Too Much to Do – Haunted and Otherwise

Why am I writing a post about things to do on a Thursday? Isn’t that a Friday sort of column? Usually it would be, but there is so much happening over the next several days and starting tonight, that I’m going to give it a run through today.

Thursday, October 25

• Pecha Kucha – One of the greatest events I’ve attended in the city happened just over a year and a half ago at West Jackson Workshops. It was the first Pecha Kucha event and I found myself quite taken with it as I wrote here. The event started in Tokyo in 2003 and involves presentations of creative endeavors in which the presenter is allowed twenty slides and twenty seconds per slide for a total presentation time of six minutes, 40 seconds. The idea has spread to 571 cities world-wide and this will be Knoxville’s fifth. The first featured everything from cake-making to purse-making, cork products and major architectural works. Nine presenters are scheduled for tonight, 7:00 PM at Relix in downtown Happy Holler. It’s free and you can find all the details here.
• Tim Lee 3 and R.B. Morris finish their four concert series at the Pilot Light tonight. I only caught one – and flaked out to return home early that night. The starting time is early (7:00), but the show runs late. I think there is a $5.00 cover charge which is a steal to see these talented musicians.
• Brent Thompson’s Write Nite – Preservation Pub starting at 7:00. This is a wild and crazy event for writers and the people who love them. Erin Donovan and Travis Singleton will be featured, but you never know who might show up. Highly, highly recommend this event. Here’s an idea of what it’s like.
• Dead Writers Reading – Union Avenue Books, 6:00 – 9:00 – Dress as your favorite dead writer, read a three minute excerpt and have a chance to win a prize. $5 admission goes to Grist Journal, $5 Raffle for donated goods and 20% off all books by dead authors!
• Alien Invasion Fashion Show – Sapphire at 7:00 featuring clothes from Crass Couture and Vault Denim, hair by the Chop Shop and free vodka and cigars (on the back deck).
• Haunted History Cruise – It’s already started with cruises nightly at 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 leaving from Star Landing. $15 per person per cruise.

Friday, October 26

• Knoxville Opera presents Strauss’s light-hearted opera, Die Fledermaus at the fabulous Tennessee Theatre. You can read more about it and purchase tickets here. It sounds like the perfect entry opera (actually an operetta) for the uninitiated, which would be Urban Woman and myself. Thanks to an incredibly generous gesture I’ll be able to give you my impressions.
• John Black Photography – $25 portrait sessions for your trick-or-treater, your pet, yourself or all three! Dress funny or dress scary! All proceeds go to Children’s Hospital.
• Costume Party at Alive After Five featuring Boy’s Night Out at the Knoxville Art Museum beginning at 6:00.
• HearthScares Ball – James White Fort, 7:00 – 11:00, $75 tickets: Music, Silent Auction, Appetizer Buffet, Spooky Adult Party
• Knoxville Horror Film Fest – Friday and Saturday night at Relix Theater, $10 each night, doors open at 5:30 PM