Community Calendar

Actress Anne Van Curen transforms into Emma "Grandma" Gatewood to describe what it was like to be the first woman to solo hike the Appalachian Trail in 1955. Smokies Life Branch Out event. Great Smokies Welcome Center, Townsend, Tenn. Cost: For Park Keepers, $45; to join and attend, $85 (Park Keeper basic membership $40 + event registration $45). Info – SmokiesLife.org/branch-out-events or email: membership@smokieslife.org.

New Food Pantry now available to neighborhood and surrounding areas twice a month. Every 2nd Thursday of each month we will be giving away non-perishable goods and personal care items. On the 4th Thursday of each month we will be serving a hot meal.

Knox SOUP — Supporting Outstanding Unique Projects - is a community dinner where four local individuals or groups pitch projects that could make Knox County stronger, more connected, and more vibrant. Enjoy soup, salad, bread and dessert, hear the ideas, then vote for the project you want to help fund. Suggested donation: $5.

Have a community project idea? Proposals are welcome from throughout Knox County. Submit your proposal by October 27, 2026 for consideration at the November dinner.

Thursday, November 5, 2026 • 5:30 p.m. doors open, 6:00 p.m. program
Knoxville First Presbyterian Church, 620 State Street

Couture Opera marks its fifth season with an unforgettable evening that blends five artistic disciplines together to celebrate imagination, transformation, and the enduring power of the human spirit. Award-winning architecture, fashion, opera, historic preservation, and storytelling converge for a magical experience.

Flights of Fantasy unfolds in five breathtaking acts - from innocence and awakening through darkness, metamorphosis, and ultimately, triumph. The event is set within the beautifully restored Sanitary Laundry Building, a Knoxville landmark that has itself been transformed by MHM Architects from an industrial icon into a vibrant center for creativity and community. The evening celebrates the extraordinary ability of both people and places to reinvent themselves.

Proceeds support Knoxville Opera’s artistic and educational programming, making this an evening of design and discovery that benefits the community.

Attire: All That Glitters
Black tie. Metallics. Jewels. Sequins. Sparkles.

The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform a Veterans Day concert on Sunday afternoon, November 8, at 3 pm in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church, 1101 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge. This is a FREE event, and all area veterans have a special invitation to attend and be recognized for your service to our country. Our program directed by conductor Bill Kerr will include familiar and loved patriotic songs in honor of all our veterans. Visit our website at www.orcb.org for more information and also see our facebook page at www.facebook.com/OakRidgeCommunityBand.

Honor the stories of those who have served through an extraordinary evening of music at Voices of Valor.

Presented in partnership with the Cathedral Concert Series at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, this special Veterans Day concert welcomes the U.S. Army Chorus as a featured performer. The program also brings together Knoxville Opera’s military chorus, Military Voices of East Tennessee (MVET), Knoxville Opera soloists, and the Tennessee Wind Symphony for a moving celebration of service, sacrifice, resilience, and hope through opera, American classics, patriotic favorites, and choral music.

Community announcement from a small independent app developer (ITAPS LLC; not a student group or local business), in case it's useful to your listeners.

Lock It: Calculator Vault is a free Android privacy app. Looks like a calculator. Opens like a vault. It works as a normal calculator, but when you type your own secret equation and press =, it opens a private vault for photos, notes, passwords and 2FA codes, encrypted with AES-256 on the phone. It also has private messages and calls only with people you invite by key or QR code. Handy for anyone whose phone gets passed around among roommates and friends.

Free to download with ads; optional Premium Pro ($4.99/month) and Offline Vault ($9.99 one time).
Available now on Google Play for Android. iPhone (iOS) version coming soon.
Search "Lock It: Calculator Vault" on Google Play, or: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appfactory.calculator&referrer=utm_source%3Dwuot.org%26utm_medium%3Dlisting%26utm_campaign%3Dfree_ads

Contact: lockit@mail.grokbot.com (ITAPS LLC). Thanks for reading!

With the growing awareness of holistic and complementary approaches to personal balance and inner growth, the concept of transformation through spiritual practices is gaining increased attention.
Bruno Groening (1906-1959) brought a simple message: there is a higher power that is the basis of all living things. He showed how this power can be absorbed freely to transform body and soul.
Since 1979 the Bruno Groening Circle of Friends has continued to pass on his Teaching on living in harmony with natural and spiritual laws.
Speakers will include Mrs. Brigitte Hutter from Germany and Mr. Jan Skopic from the Czech Republic.
The event is open to all who are interested.

Student Orientation Session for incoming students: We will review all the essential information to ensure a successful start, including Academic policies, Attendance requirements, Dress Code and our digital Learning Management System. You will also get a guided tour of the campus and classrooms to help you find your way around, alongside dedicated support to set up your new laptop. We look forward to sharing some fun moments together as well!

Opened in 2015, the Ross Medical Education Center Knoxville campus is located just about a mile from the intersection of I-75 and I-140, right off of Kingston Pike in the Windsor Square shopping center.

New Food Pantry now available to neighborhood and surrounding areas twice a month. Every 2nd Thursday of each month we will be giving away non-perishable goods and personal care items. On the 4th Thursday of each month we will be serving a hot meal.