Amy McRary

• Disney on Ice 'Finding Nemo' choreographer finds similarities between sea life and skating Published 11/06/2009 at 5:39 p.m.

  Before creating choreography for Disney on Ice's "Finding Nemo" production, Cindy Stuart went to the source.

• Clay sculptor brings engineering background to play in his work Published 11/06/2009 at 5:32 p.m.

  Bill Lee shapes slabs of clay into works of art. He's a sculptor who doesn't work in stone and a potter who doesn't use a wheel.

• More sparkle to be sprinkled throughout Winterfest Published 11/04/2009 at 6:23 p.m.

  Sevier County is kicking off the holiday season just as the Halloween jack-o'-lanterns land in the trash. Winterfest comes early, starts late and sparkles for months in between.

• Art for health's sake: Artsclamation! sale benefits Peninsula programs Published 10/30/2009 at 6:14 p.m.

  Some 30 local and regional artists will sell watercolors, pottery, jewelry, photographs, fiber art, pastel, oil and acrylic paintings at the eighth annual Artsclamation! Fine Arts Show and Sale.

• Halloween-themed 'Orange and Black Ball' to provide crafts in schools Published 10/25/2009 at midnight

  Glitterville company founder Stephen Brown hosts his annual Orange and Black Ball at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, to celebrate his favorite holiday. This year's affair also helps his new Glitterville Foundation put crafts in East Tennessee schools.

• Spools of thread become fine art in Sperber's exhibit at KMA Published 10/23/2009 at 5:32 p.m.

  Most people probably don't recall their initial reaction to viewing a JPEG image on a computer. But what then-sculptor Devorah Sperber saw on her computer screen in the mid-'90s changed her art.

• Theater students get a workout as Audrey II in CBT's 'Little Shop of Horrors' Published 10/23/2009 at 5:28 p.m.

  Zachary Parker and Patrick Ryan Kimberlin won't actually be seen by audiences attending the upcoming Clarence Brown Theatre production of "Little Shop of Horrors."

• Scare up some Halloween fun with walking tours, corn mazes, more Published 10/22/2009 at 1:53 p.m.

  Blount Mansion is adding a very recent ghostly tale to its annual October "Ghosts and Ghouls" walking tour. Marble Springs, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway, hosts a bonfire, ghost stories and trick-or-treating. Oakes Farms, 8240 Corryton Road, opens its ...

• Wannabe zombies prep for Oct. 24 mass dance Published 10/18/2009 at midnight

  GATLINBURG - Five potential zombies stomped their feet, snapped their fingers and rolled their shoulders last Tuesday night. Moving in a small classroom at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, the quartet punched fists in the air, twisted their hips and ...

• First-time concert blends opera, choir performances Published 10/18/2009 at midnight

  The chorus of thank yous rang again and again in Mount Olive Baptist Church on a rainy Saturday morning. Sometimes the 33 singers standing in the choir loft stopped to repeat a note or emphasize a beat while singing praises.

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