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HIRING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sep 18 The Arts Center Registration Deadline: The Studio The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINEThe StudioREGISTER NOWMeets: MONDAY September 21, 3:00 - 4:30 PMJoin an art club that meets once a month for tweens and teens. The goal of the club is to bring together the artistic youth of our community and create an enriching space for sharing, learning, and creating art! We’ll paint, draw, sculpt and many other forms of art. The Studio is free to join. Please register your attendance for each session. Read more → The Arts Center Sep 24 The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Handbuilding Pottery The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINEHandbuilding PotteryREGISTER NOWClass dates: SUNDAYS September 27 - October 25, 2:30 - 5:00 PMIn this 5-week handbuilding class you will learn to combine pinch pots to make such things as vases teapots, fruit items, or something of your own choice. This class is suitable for beginners or those wanting a refresher. Read more → The Arts Center Sep 25 The Arts Center AMERICAN PATCHWORK QUARTET The Arts Center American Patchwork QuartetBUY TICKETS TWO FOR ONE!Led by multi-GRAMMY® award-winning guitarist/vocalist Clay Ross, American Patchwork Quartet weaves timeless American folk with jazz sophistication, country twang, West African hypnotics, and East Asian ornamentation to create an innovative sound that transcends culture, politics, and ideology. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 2 The Arts Center RECEPTION Open Exhibit 2026 The Arts Center RECEPTION Open ExhibitAn annual competition and exhibit of for artists in McMinn and surrounding counties.Want to exhibit? Check out our Prospectus (deadline to register is August 26)PROSPECTUS Read more → The Arts Center Oct 2 The Arts Center The Crucible The Arts Center BUY TICKETSOne of the most acclaimed plays in the American theatrical canon, this exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem is a gripping and timely parable of contemporary society. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 10 The Arts Center Pumpkintown at The Arts Center The Arts Center PUMPKINTOWN AT YOUR ARTS CENTERCome paint Pumpkins with us during Pumpkintown in our Visual Arts Wing!* We provide the pumpkins and paint—you provide the inspiration! But that’s not all! We’ll have the famous Pumpkin House out front, to enjoy and take selfies, as well as free parking all day!*While supplies last Read more → The Arts Center Oct 12 The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINE: ARTSPLORATIONS Arts Workshops The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINECLICK HERE TO REGISTER AGES 5-10CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AGES 11 - 16Fall 2026 Artsplorations are October 13Join us for a performing arts workshops during Fall Break taught by AACA instructors. Cost is tiered Pay What You Can. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 13 The Arts Center Table Read: Misery The Arts Center MiseryA famous romance writer named Paul Sheldon crashes his car in a snowstorm. A local woman named Annie Wilkes—who says she is his "number one fan"—rescues him and brings him to her quiet home. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 15 The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Date Night Pottery The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINEDate Night PotteryREGISTER NOWClass date: FRIDAY October 16, 7:00 - 8:00 PMMake a date of pottery throwing! This one hour class is perfect for those who have never tried the pottery wheel before, or want to have an adventure with your partner in crime. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 16 The Arts Center Registration Deadline: The Studio The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINEThe StudioREGISTER NOWMeets: MONDAY October 19, 3:00 - 4:30 PMJoin an art club that meets once a month for tweens and teens. The goal of the club is to bring together the artistic youth of our community and create an enriching space for sharing, learning, and creating art! We’ll paint, draw, sculpt and many other forms of art. The Studio is free to join. Please register your attendance for each session. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 18 The Arts Center Auditions: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown The Arts Center AUDITION FORMCharlie Brown, Snoopy, and the whole Peanuts gang come to life with humor and heart celebrating friendship, hope, and everyday triumphs. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 21 The Arts Center Table Read: And Then There Were None The Arts Center And Then There Were NoneAgatha Christie's And Then There Were None is a thriller play about ten strangers who are lured to a remote mansion on Soldier Island off the coast of Devon, England Read more → The Arts Center Oct 23 The Arts Center Gone 90s Country The Arts Center BUY TICKETSTwo-step and toe-tap along with the twangy tunes that defined a decade. Relive the nostalgia and feel the influence that still shapes Country music today. Read more → The Arts Center Oct 26 The Arts Center Auditions: Ragtime The Arts Center AUDITIONSAUDITION FORMThis sweeping musical portrait of early-twentieth-century America tells the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream. Read more → The Arts Center Nov 5 The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Date Night Pottery The Arts Center REGISTRATION DEADLINEDate Night PotteryREGISTER NOWClass date: FRIDAY November 6, 7:00 - 8:00 PMMake a date of pottery throwing! This one hour class is perfect for those who have never tried the pottery wheel before, or want to have an adventure with your partner in crime. Read more → The Arts Center Dec 4 The Arts Center A Choral Christmas The Arts Center BUY TICKETSRing in the season with this beloved annual tradition, featuring stirring choral arrangements, intimate small-group numbers, and standout solo performances spanning sacred and secular favorites. Read more → The Arts Center Jan 8 The Arts Center Torch Burns Blue The Arts Center BUY TICKETSSit back for a slow burn as our vocalists ignite the night with smoldering torch songs drawn from blues and beyond—aching, soulful, and impossible to look away from. Read more → The Arts Center Jan 28 The Arts Center You