Downtown Knoxville has transformed into an immersive holiday experience for residents and visitors, including thousands of new holiday lights, decorated windows, murals and new twists on both the Peppermint Trail and The Elf on the Shelf® scavenger hunt. 

Crossville’s historic Palace Theatre will host three dynamic performers in late January.

Art Guild member and artist Barb Pelak is offering a fun-filled “paint and wine” class with a festive fall harvest theme from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Plateau Creative Arts Center. 

Chain mail jewelry continues to be a popular accessory, especially for casual wear. 

Head to the Plateau Creative Arts Center to see how to convert an old book into an amazing art journal to showcase that creative side. 

The Friends of the Library, in an effort to reduce their backlog of books, have placed some boxes of sale books in the bookstore at reduced prices. Most sale books are priced at 25 or 50 cents. These books have been going fast, but are continuously refilled. 

Shelter favorite Selena, a 7-year-old Cur/Lab female, is a nice, happy pooch. 

Participating hikers ages 11 and younger will receive a backpack filled with hiking items when they turn in an activity sheet at the “Hit the Trails” festival in October. 

Frank O’Reilly, lead historian at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in Virginia, will make a second visit to the Cumberland Mountain Civil War Round Table as the first speaker of the 2020-’21 Speaker Series. 

Make your own delicious creation to put in one of Habitat for Humanity's bowls.

Things to do in and around Cumberland County Sept. 9-25.

On Friday, Aug. 7, at the show’s opening reception and awards presentation, the winning entries were announced for the Art Guild’s 11th annual Judged & Juried Art Show. 

Also on display is a special themed exhibit, “Women’s Suffrage Centennial.” This theme incorporates artwork (in any medium) that was inspired by the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage.