14th Annual Sycamore Shoals Quilt Show: Elizabethton, Tenn. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area. Four-day exhibition featres a show and demonstrations by local quilters in the park museum. Hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 423-543-5808.

Fort Watauga Knap-In: Elizabethton, Tenn. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Celebrat Tennessee Archaeology Week with demonstrations of how pre-historic man made stone tools and weapons. For more information, call 423-543-5808.

13th Annual Carolina Bonsai Expo: Asheville, N.C. North Carolina Arboretum. Features the Arboretum's world-class bonsai collection housed in the Bonsai Exhibition Garden. Vendors will come from around the region to sell plants and hard-to-find bonsai tools. For more information, call 828-665-2492.

North Carolina Chrysanthemum Society Annual Show:Asheville, N.C. North Carolina Arboretum. Juried exhibition highlights the exceptional variety in size, shape and color of these popular flowers. For more information, call 828-665-2492.

Scary Stories at the Carter Mansion: Elizabethton, Tenn. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., there will be tales of woe and terro, the weird and the macabre, with a touch of wit thrown in for good measure. For more information, call 423-543-6140..