Calendar of Events

Still think roses are too ‘high maintenance' for your garden? Well, join Kathy Brennan of the Tennessee Rose Society for this informative talk on the different types of roses and their care and maintenance. She will also cover soil preparation, planting, and fertilizing which are important first steps in growing perfect roses. Proper pruning techniques will also be addressed.

Instructor: Kathy Brennan (Tennessee Rose Society)
Location: Garden Club Room
Cost: $10 members $20 nonmembers

2743 Wimpole Avenue, Knoxville, TN. 865-540-8690, www.knoxgarden.com

www.etnirishfest.com

This family event is sponsored by Ballet Gloria' and Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts (home of Ballet Gloria'). There will be free dance classes, Medic blood drive, raffles, face painting, games, hot dogs and drinks, vendors, artists, bake sale, car wash, and more! The proceeds will go to help support the organizations continue their mission of arts education and performance.

2906-A Tazewell Pike in Knoxville. For information, call 865-689-8525 or e-mail tcfa@comcast.net.

Have a blast with your East Tennessee past! The East Tennessee Historical Society will be celebrating our region's history in a big way in downtown Knoxville. Free museum tours, trolley rides to historic sites, live traditional music, living history timeline, historic craft demonstrations, vintage films at the Bijou, children's activities, Davy Crockett Birthday Party, storytelling, historic and genealogical groups from across the region. Free to the public. Free tours will be offered at the East Tennessee History Center's new exhibition Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee. Sponsored by Knoxville CBID. For more information, call 865-215-8824 or visit www.easttnhistory.org.

In the Blain Galleries. Opening reception August 21, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN. Information at 865-436-5860 or www.arrowmont.org.

The inspired movie hit of the sixties comes vividly to life on the stage. Benjamin Braddock, recent college graduate and prodigal son, returns home and promptly becomes embroiled in an affair with the wife of his father's business partner, one Mrs. Robinson, only to find himself falling in love with her daughter. A rich and full bittersweet comedy.

227 Broadway in Historic Jackson Square, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. For more information, call (865) 482-9999 or visit www.orplayhouse.com

An exhibition of work by 12 new graduate students in the MFA Program at The University of Tennessee School of Art. A public reception will be held on Friday August 21 from 6-9 P.M. Gallery 1010 is located at 113 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday from 12 - 4 P.M. The new graduate students in the School of Art come from across the United States, including Minnesota, Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, California, Hawaii and Tennessee. The exhibition will include a variety of media, including ceramics, sculpture, prints, media arts and paintings. For information, call 974-3408 or visit http://sunsite.utk.edu/gallery1010/Site/About_Gallery_1010.html

The exhibition brings together the works of six contemporary Tennessee sculptural artists—Jason Brown, Knoxville; Greely Myatt, Memphis; Greg Pond, Sewanee; Deborah McClary, Sparta; Audrey Russell, Greenville, and Jackson Martin, Johnson City.  These artists engage the human experience of understanding place in shifting natural and cultural landscapes. In this exhibit, six sculptors representing the different regions of Tennessee work in a range of media from organic materials such as wood, dirt and coal to electronic video and audio. Local and personal objects merge with global issues in a diverse range of perspectives on the concept of landscape. Although based in Tennessee, these artists have exhibited extensively throughout the US and abroad. There will be an exhibition reception on Sunday, October 4, from 1-4 PM. The artists will be present and refreshments will be served. The Ewing Gallery is located at 1715 Volunteer Boulevard on the UT campus and is open free to the public Monday and Thursday, 10-8; Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10-5; and Sunday, 1-4. For more information, please call 865-974-3200 or visit http://www.ewing-gallery.org.

A colleague of Vanderbilt University art professor Michael Aurbach once told him that you never know who a person really is until they have been put into a position of power.  The large installation entitled The Administrator is a humorous portrait of a university administrator who made Aurbach's life miserable. First Friday Artist Reception, September 4 from 5-9pm.

106 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours: Wed-Fri 11-6; Sat 10-3. (865) 673-0802

Featuring Judy Jorden, Christine Harness, Owen Weston, Sue Lane, Giovanni Hall and others.
Reception: Friday, Aug. 14, 6:30-8:30PM

213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9-5, Wednesday & Friday 10-5, Saturday 9-1. More information: (865) 357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

Book adapted and additional lyrics by David Simpatico; Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle; Based on the 1951 Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" and the novels "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll

Thursdays at 7 PM, Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sundays at 3 PM

865-599-5284; www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com

An exhibit of documentary photographs created by children from migrant farm worker and local families living in rural Appalachia and West Tennessee will be featured at the Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery. The exhibit will feature dozens of photographs depicting the lives of rural children and their families. The images are the work of more than 50 children, ages 8 – 18, from East to West Tennessee. Curator Jane Crowe, Telamon's Program Development Coordinator, collaborated with Tennessee's Migrant Education Program, Tennessee 4-H, Milligan College, East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Martin to bring the fruits of this project to the public. To date, this exhibition has been shown at Knoxville Museum of Art, The Art Gallery of Knoxville, West Tennessee Regional Art Center, The Mess Hall in Chicago, and even promoted on Time Square in New York City. The exhibit is part of Telamon Corporation's statewide Youth Initiative. On September 23, in conjunction with the exhibit, the Commission will host a Latino Arts Meeting at the gallery from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The Commission gallery is located at 401 Charlotte Avenue in downtown Nashville, and hours are Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. For more information on the project visit: http://www.telamon.org or contact Jane Crowe at (865) 212-4011, ext. 15. For more information on the Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, visit: www.arts.state.tn.us or contact Julie Horn at (615) 532-9798.