Calendar of Events

Wood-fired clay vessels at the O'Brien Art Gallery. For specific dates and updates to exhibits: 865-882-4649, wilkersonbs@roanestate.edu, or www.roanestate.edu/art/gallery

The Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will feature the work of two member artists, Lynnda Tenpenny, mixed media and Pat Fitch, painted toys & furniture. The Gallery will host a First Friday Reception for the Featured Artists on Friday, December 4 with music by Brian Sward, guitarist. The Gallery is now selling ‘artist-made’ Christmas Ornaments to benefit the Community School of the Arts in Knoxville.
Holiday Gallery Hours are: Monday – Saturday, 11am – 6 PM & Sunday 1 – 5pm.
422 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

The simple joys of an old-fashioned Christmas await Museum of Appalachia visitors during the month of December. The Museum will celebrate "Twelve Days of Christmas in Old Appalachia" with special music and activities each day. Throughout the holiday season cabins will be decorated in pioneer style, recalling times past when Christmas was a quiet family holiday. During chilly December days, visitors may tour the Hall of Fame exhibit building in leisurely comfort. Logs burn brightly in the brick fireplace downstairs, and there's time to read the Museum's trademark stories about colorful and resourceful Appalachian folk. Regular admission. 2819 Andersonville Hwy, Clinton, TN 37716. Information:
865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org

Acony Records is proud to announce the November 17 release of the Dave
Rawlings Machine record, A Friend of a Friend. This is the first record by
Dave Rawlings, the guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter best known for
his work with Gillian Welch and Old Crow Medicine Show. These long-time
compatriots join Rawlings on this record beside newer friends Benmont Tench from the Heartbreakers, Karl Himmel, and Nate Walcott of Bright Eyes. Of the nine songs on the record, Rawlings wrote seven. A Friend of a Friend has more lavish arrangements than songs from the Gillian Welch catalog typically do. They are more boisterous, but they are built on the same careful spine that Welch songs are. The Machine will include Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch along with Ketch Secor, Willie Watson and Morgan Jahnig of Old Crow Medicine Show. Tickets are $19.50 advance/ $21.50 day of show, available via the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online. Information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com.

Registration begins at 6:00 PM. SEEKING: a cast of approximately 10-12 performers, middle school ages and up. High school students, female dancers, and male youths strongly encouraged to audition. REQUIREMENTS: Cold reading from script. Recent photo. No appointments. PLEASE be prepared to provide a list of conflicts from December 7- January 24. REHEARSALS BEGIN: December 7, 2009 (with a break during Holidays). PRODUCTION RUNS: January 21-24, 2010. For more information about Jr. Playhouse, please see our website: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

Oak Ridge Art Center, 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.

The open air ice rink on Market Square opens at 10 a.m. on November 27 and will be open every day through January 3rd (except Christmas Day).

The Tennessee Art Education Association is pleased to announce it's partnership with the Knoxville Museum of Art to present the Fourth Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition. This exhibition features artwork created by East Tennessee middle and high school students. The competition offers students the opportunity to display their talents and be honored for their accomplishments in a professional art museum environment. The student art exhibition provides an excellent competitive arena for young artists. This year exhibition will spotlight a remarkable cross-section of the region's best student artwork from grades six through 12 and encompass an impressive variety of media, including ceramic, drawing, digital imagery, mixed media, painting, computer graphics, sculpture, traditional photography, and printmaking. There will be an awards ceremony at 6pm on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, in the Great Hall of the Knoxville Museum of Art, for the artists participating in the Fourth Annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition, their families, friends and school's personnel.
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

November 27,28,29, December 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.

Our most popular event with Santa, cookies, and storytelling.

More information on our excursions can be found online: www.ThreeRiversRambler.com

The Holiday Express returns to the UT Gardens again this year with extended days (including Christmas Day), appearances by Santa, and musical performances by community choral groups. The garden-scale train display decorated for the holidays will open with a sneak preview for UT faculty and staff, sponsors and Friends of the Gardens on Tuesday, November 24. It will open to the public the following day. Last year 9,300 people visited Holiday Express at the UT Gardens, and even more are expected this year. Bring the kids, grandkids and kids at heart to help make Holiday Express a continuing holiday tradition that will benefit the UT Gardens. Visit on one or more of the following dates: November 25-28: 12-8 p.m., Sunday, November 29: 12-6 p.m.; Weekends December 4-January 3: (Except Friday, Christmas Day): 2-6 p.m.; Friday and Saturdays:12-8 p.m. Sundays: 12-6 p.m.

Scrooge, the Cratchits, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet-to-come return for those who have embraced this Dickens’ classic as part of their holiday season – and for those about to discover it for the first time. Information: 865-974-5161 or www.clarencebrowntheatre.org

Little Charlie Bucket finds the golden ticket that gains him entry into the factory of Willy Wonka, the world-famous candy man who is on a quest to find an heir. This new adaptation, drawn from the classic family film, explodes on the stage and features popular songs from the original score like "Pure Imagination" and "The Candy Man."

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