Calendar of Events
Friday, September 25, 2009
Last Friday Art Walk in Maryville
The Last Friday Art Walk is a recurring event to celebrate the arts on the last Friday of every month in Downtown Maryville. What's unique about it is that it's not just galleries participating. It's also businesses like bars, retail stores, restaurants, theaters, and coffee shops. Each participating business hosts a featured artist, this includes all disciplines of art; visual artists, performance artists, actors, writers, dancers, musicians, etc. New artists and new art are required each month, which gives the community a new experience each time they come.
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night: Pictures At An Exhibition
Category: Music
2009-2010 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks series: The first half of the concert presents music written about the American South. Upon Maestro Richman's personal request, John Williams is, for the first time, making his Suite from "The Reivers" available for live performance. Samuel Barber's landmark work Knoxville: Summer of 1915 sets the Prologue from James Agee's A Death in the Family in a powerful and poignant soliloquy for soprano and orchestra; this performance will feature local soprano, Jami Rogers. The performance of The American Scene: The South by African-American composer, William Grant Still, will be a local premiere. The evening will conclude with Modest Mussorgsky's triumphant Pictures at an Exhibition in the orchestration by Maurice Ravel.
At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. More information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com
Oak Ridge Art Center: Open Show 2009
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Juried Mixed Media Exhibition by Regional Artists
Opening reception, September 12, 7–9; Gallery Talk at 6:30, Awards Presentation at 7.
201 Badger Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9-5; Saturday-Monday, 1-4. For more information, visit the Web site or call (865) 482-1441.
Fountain City Art Center: Members' Show 2009
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Reception: Fri., Sept. 18, 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
Knoxville Museum of Art: Latino Arts Exhibition
The annual Latino Arts Exhibition at the Knoxville Museum of Art honors Hispanic Heritage Month. Widen your horizons for free! 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 parking. For more information: (865) 525-6101, www.knoxart.org
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church: A1LabArts exhibition
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Based in Knoxville, A1LabArts is a nonprofit dedicated to multi-disciplinary and experimental exploration of contemporary art issues in all media. Opening reception September 11, 6:00-8:00 PM. 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-335-2670, www.a1labarts.org
Knox County Public Library: Movies on Market Square
+ Field of Dreams (PG) on September 11
+ The Goonies (PG) on September 18
+ Kung Fu Panda (PG) on September 25
+ Casablanca (PG) on October 2
+ Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (G) on October 9
+ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (PG 13) on October 16
Pull out your lawn chair or blanket and join the fun for Knoxville's favorite outdoor movies series every Friday night. For information, call 865-215-8750.
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Category: Theatre
By Ed Graczyk, Directed by Courtney Woolard
Showtimes: Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8:00 pm and Sunday @ 3:00 pm
Tickets: Thursday, Sunday $10; Friday, Saturday $15.
319 N. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com
Children's Theatre of Knoxville: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
Category: Kids, family
by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, based on the writings of Anne Frank
Thursdays at 7 PM, Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sundays at 3 PM
865-599-5284; www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com
Knoxville Visitor Center: Uniquely Friday
Fridays: September 11 - Hazel Tippo with Hazel & Company will host a salad dressing tasting; September 18 - Gloria Felter, local quilter, will demonstrate her hand-stitching; September 25 - Wendy Smith and Kathryn Byrd, local potters, will demonstrate their wares.
301 S. Gay Street (corner of Gay St & Summit Hill). 865-523-7263
Hanson Gallery: These Smoky Mountains
A visual tour and continuing celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Smoky Mountains National Park. In this exhibition, the Gallery is premiering photography collections of our local mountain treasure by Ronald Burke as well as Robert Batey, both
local artist/photographers. 5607 Kingston Pike. 865-584-6097, www.hansongallery.com
East Tennessee Foundation: City Light, Photographs by Rob Heller
UT Photojournalism professor Robert Heller always has his camera with him when he travels. Heller's photographic exhibit, "City Light," examines the confluence of architecture, people and light, as found in cities such as San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Warsaw and elsewhere. Open to the public M-F 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. 625 Market Street, Suite 1400, downtown Knoxville. 865-524-1223 or www.easttennesseefoundation.org