Calendar of Events

Recent photographs by Lui Ho-Jang. Opening reception & Meet the Artist, Friday October 23, 6-9pm. Consisting of large digital photographs, this exhibition of recent work by Liu Ho-Jang offers the Knoxville community the unique opportunity to experience the art of one of Taiwan's leading contemporary artists. Liu Ho-Jang has an extensive international exhibition record. His visit to Knoxville is sponsored by the UT School of Art. 106 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wed-Fri 11-6, Sat 10-3. Free Parking in the Jackson Ave Lot. Information: 865-673-0802 or www.ewing-gallery.org/New_Downtown/Index/DT_Index.html#

A series of weekend multimedia events centered on the life and career of writer James Agee sponsored by the University of Tennessee and others.
October 23-25: The James Agee Film Festival. Films, lectures, readings, exhibits. November 1: An Afternoon in Agee Park. Lecture, readings, refreshments. November 6, 14 & 15: James Agee, Walker Evans, and Abraham Lincoln. Lectures, exhibits, reception.
November 20-22: One Last Weekend with Jim. Lectures, music. For more information, visit http://web.utk.edu/~english/news/agee100.html or http://www.knoxlib.org/agee100

Workshop/Special Event
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
This year's celebration is packed with exciting events for violists of all ages and abilities, including a series of master classes with renowned violists, an introduction to eurhythmics, a seminar on performance issues in the Bach Suites, a faculty recital, a Suzuki workshop for younger violists, viola related exhibits, and of course, the popular All-Viola Orchestra! There is something for every violist at the Viola Celebration, and all events are FREE, so come join the fun! Register by September 30th to receive practice parts in the mail and ensure your place in master classes and the orchestra. For more information and online registration, see www.music.utk.edu/violacelebration.

Held at the Knoxville Expo Center, Tinsel and Treasure will feature over one hundred merchants selling some of the most sought after gift items for the holidays, including jewelry, handbags, pewter serving items, and holiday decorations.

Brown bag luncheon video presentation.

201 Badger Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9-5; Saturday-Monday, 1-4. Admission is free. For more information, visit the Web site or call (865) 482-1441.

At Clarence Brown Theatre. Information: 865-974-5455, http://cpc.utk.edu/Committees/cac/

Traditional Song; Leah Gardner and Cruz Contreras are long time members of the Knoxville music scene who have recently received critical and popular praise for their work with the Black Lillies, who recently released their first CD Whiskey Angel and performed at Bonnaroo. Leah Gardner is known for her singing with the Maid Rite String Band while mandolinist, singer and songwriter Cruz Contreras became a local icon with former bands Robinella and the CC Stringband, the Cruz Contreras Band and the Stringbeans and for his work with singer-songwriter Jay Clark. The duo perform both traditional and original material, influenced by a range of Southern music traditions. They are joined by bassist Taylor Coker. The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus at 1538 Laurel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916. For additional information call (865) 522-5851 or visit www.KnoxTIX.com.

Knoxville's unique live music experience on select Fridays in the museum's Great Hall. Non-smoking, two cash bars, dancing, catering, family-friendly and great for a date. Free parking. Admission is usually $8 for non-members, $4 for members and students.

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

Patty Loveless was one of the most popular female singers of Nashville's new traditionalist movement. After winning ACM's Female Vocalist of the Year in ‘96, she returned to the Kentucky bluegrass of her youth with the album Mountain Soul. Loveless brings her take on the traditional approach in an Evening of Acoustic Music. 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com

At Remedy Coffee House, 245 West Jackson Avenue. Includes Darren Jackson, Christian Gerard, Jessie Janeshek, Charlotte Pence, among other great talents in our community. Free and open to the public. www.knoxvillewritersguild.org

Best young poets in Knoxville will be performing at the Remedy Coffee House, 125 W. Jackson Avennue. Prize-winning and dynamic: Josh Robbins, Jessie Janeshek, Darren Jackson, Michael Hudson, Kierstyn Lamour, Charlotte Pence, Christian Gerard. Some of the finest poets in America live and write in Knoxville. Don't miss this chance to hear a sampler of their work. This reading will make history!
www.knoxvillewritersguild.org

2009-2010 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks series: October's Masterworks concert features an all-orchestral program focused on stories told through music. The main work in this program is the colorful ballet, Petrushka, by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. The orchestra will provide super titles detailing the story's progress projected above the proscenium to help the audience follow along. The concert will open with Richman's An Overture to Blanche, derived from incidental music that he wrote for a production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. The evening will conclude with Dvorak's Golden Spinning Wheel a symphonic poem that tells the tale of a king and the magic that restores his love to him.

At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. More information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com