Fall Leadership Breakfast. Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist at Apple and author of 10 books, including Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way, will speak at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Fall Leadership Breakfast on the “benefits of treating every company as a startup.” Belmont University’s Curb Event Center, 1900 Belmont Blvd. Information: nashvillechamber.org, 743-3115.

NOV. 17 & 19

Watkins YART Sale

Watkins College of Art, Design & Film hosts the fall edition of its semi-annual YART Sale, 1-5 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday in the Cecy Reed Student Center. One of the visual arts college’s most popular community events, the YART Sale will feature original artwork from students, faculty and staff at yard sale prices. One-of-a-kind items will include paintings, ceramics, jewelry, graphic art, home accessories and more, with most items in the $5 to $100 range. All proceeds will benefit participating student artists and the student government association. Information: 383-4848, watkins.edu.

SATURDAY, NOV. 19

Book Writing Boot Camp

Symmetry hosts a metaphysical boot writing boot camp for local aspiring authors, Noon-4pm, 212 Louise Avenue. Facilitated by author Carol Batey. Fee: $30. Information: [email protected], 485-4548.

SATURDAY, NOV. 26

Small Business Saturday

106 public and private organizations have partnered with American Express OPEN and Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) for this event. Small Business Saturday is the day after Black Friday and is designed as a day for shopping at local, independently-owned small businesses. Organizations joining the Small Business Saturday Coalition include the American Booksellers Association – Indie Bound, Association of Small Business Development Centers, Enterprising Women, Hispanics Impacting Public Policy and National Small Business Association. Information: (212) 539-3285, [email protected].

THROUGH JAN. 15

Works of Rev. Howard Finster

The Tennessee State Museum presents a special exhibition featuring the work of the late folk artist Howard Finster. The exhibition, Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster, is free and available through Jan. 15 in the museum’s Changing Galleries. Finster was one of America’s most widely known and prolific self-taught artists, producing more than 46,000 pieces of art before his death in 2001. Information: tnmuseum.org.