Calendar of Events

This annual outdoor arts and crafts festival is held to raise awareness for the need to protect and preserve the streams and rivers in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and raise funds for more conservation.

For information: (865) 448-9459

10 am-7 pm, Friday-Saturday; 12-5 pm Sunday

Tennessee Artists Association and the Merchants of the Market Place invite you to a Spring Festival. Art and Photography by local artists and children's activities. Event is free. The Market Place is located just west of Cedar Bluff on Kingston Pike. Our website is www.tennartists.org. For information, call 865-693-4292

May 15, doors open at 8pm
The Catalyst presents a multimedia collaboration based on the art of Alex Grey. Featuring Live Paintings by world renowned visionary artists Allyson and Alex Grey and video projections designed and presented by internationally renowned artist, Jonathan Singer. This exhibition is designed as an intermedia audio-visual collaboration. The night opens with Zach Widgren (of UT) live painting with Culture Vulture of Knoxville, TN. Following the opening act, Mz. Imani (resident shaman/CoSM) offers a blessing and introduction of Alex Grey, CoSM and "Art Psalms" (spoken word performance). Musical support for Art Psalms is provided by Haj (Sub Swara, CoSM, NYC) and Mz. Imani and the Rhythm Shamans. Haj will then weave a set of archetypal deep pathways that will take us to meet the collective muse. Free The Robots, turns up the heat, while Alex Grey and Allyson Grey Live Paint onstage, and finally, the night concludes with an outstanding electronic late night set from Designer Drugs. The Catalyst, 125 E. Jackson Ave., Knoxville, TN 37915, 865-363-4784. TICKET PRICE: $28 in advance / $32 @the door. More info: www.cosm.org, www.ihnkenink.com, www.fortune5fifty.com.

May 16, doors open at 7pm - At Knoxville Museum of Art, Alex will present visionary ideas, images and concepts about the future of CoSM, and his personal experience as a contemporary artist. Alex Grey will read from his newest book "Art Psalms", with sonic support by Haj (Sub Swara, CoSM, NYC) and Mz. imani and The Rhythm Shamans. This performance will be followed by a DJ set from Leo 123 of Dark Party and miniTiger&dummy stupid. There will be a booksigning and meet and greet after the performances. Alex Grey is Presented by ihnken and Fortune5Fifty. Tickets available: www.ihnkenink.com Presented by ihnken and Fortune 5 Fifty. $28 in advance / $32 @the door.

Info: Dale Ihnken: 410.215.4638, dihnken@yahoo.com

When: Friday, May 15, 9 p.m. and Saturday, May 16, 9 p.m.

In this 1968 movie, a young woman and her husband move into a swanky New York apartment building. Since it's a movie, they ignore the warnings that the building has a 'history that is somewhat disturbing'. The young couple hook up with a quaint, older pair of tenants who share baked goods and other treats during their increasingly frequent visits. The younger guy (who's name is Guy) hits it big in the theatre and his wife becomes pregnant. Without spoiling the rest of the movie, there are witches, nude romps, a bacchanal sequence and some hallucinatory camera work. It's a classic, creepy movie starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon and Sidney Blackmer. Directed by Roman Polanski in his pre flight-to-Europe days.

803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com

Opening Reception Friday May 15th, 6-9pm

UTK School of Art Student Gallery featuring the figurative ceramic sculpture by Norma Prahl. Three dimensional works that investigate facial approximation (forensic sculpture) and reconstruction/ deconstruction of the human face.

113 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, 37902. The student-run gallery is affiliated with the UTK School of Art. It is open from noon to 4pm Thursdays through Saturdays. http://sunsite.utk.edu/gallery1010/Site.html

2333 Dandridge Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. 523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday @ 8:00 pm
Tickets: Thu & Sun: $10 / Fri & Sat: $15

Directed by Jayne Morgan!
Musical direction by Vickie Masters!
Theatre Knoxville Downtown's outrageous take on all things Knoxville. A little song ... a little dance ... a little seltzer down your pants. Who knows what the night will bring? Join us for skits, sketches, parody songs, and other amusements as we poke fun at everything we can think of. Politicians, personalities, current events, local color: it's all fair game. Don't miss it! www.theatreknoxville.com or 865-522-5851

The conclusion of this Masterworks series features Mahler's grand Symphony No. 5, the centerpiece of which is the eloquent Adagietto, a "love letter" for harp and strings that Mahler wrote to his wife Alma. Alexander Ghindin, winner of the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, will perform Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. Mr. Ghindin is also the youngest winner ever at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, clinching the title in 1994 at the age of 14.

At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. For more information, visit the Web site or call (865) 291-3310.

60 original contemporary works by painters and sculptors hailing from around the world. Organized annually and providing a wonderful comparison to 18th- and 19th-century bird art by Catesby, Wilson, and Audobon in the concurrent exhibition "Birds of the Smokies".

1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9-5 and Sunday, 1-5. FREE. For more information: (865) 974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Drawn from the rich archive at the John Kobal Foundation in London, this exhibition focuses on the stars, the sets, and the scenes created by the film industry and memorialized by the most important photographers who worked in Hollywood from 1920 to 1960. Featuring more than 90 vintage prints, Made in Hollywood offers a glimpse into the world of fantasy, glamour, and perfection that the image makers produced. Kobal (1940-1991) was a leading Hollywood historian who collected prints by some of most important photographers working in Hollywood during its golden era: Ernest Bachrach, Margaret Bourke-White, Nikolas Muray, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Eugene Richee, George Hurrell, and many others. Their subjects are drawn from the pantheon of the greatest stars produced during the golden age of Hollywood: Garbo, Dietrich, Swanson, Cooper, Harlow, Gable, Hepburn, Bogart, and many others.

1050 World's Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 10am-5pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 1pm-5pm. FREE admission. For more information: (865) 525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1715 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996. Gallery Hours: Monday and Thursday, 10-8; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10-5; and Sunday, 1-4. More information: 865.974.3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

Footprint by Randy Arnold and "A New Creation" by Jonathan Howe

The opening reception will take place on Friday evening, May 8, 6-8 pm

2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 9-5, Sunday, 9-12 noon. For more information: 865-523-4176 or www.tvuuc.org