Calendar of Events

A unique installation of video, films and multi-image performance works by Norman Magden, School of Art Professor of 4D Arts, will be on display at the University of Tennessee, Downtown Gallery. The exhibition is titled THROUGH A TRANSPARENT LENS INSIDE OUT, which refers to the time based images displayed and Magden’s focus on transparent and super imposed images to create a mesmerizing effect. The exhibition will be a quasi-retrospective in that one part will show earlier works and another section will contain more recent pieces.

Magden’s work recently received first place in the Experimental Film category at the Los Angeles Movie Awards and received several Awards of Excellence for Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. He also received First Place in the Experimental Film category in the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival with additional awards of Best Cinematography, Best Concept, Best Costume Design and Best Production Design. Other venues where his work was selected for screening include New Filmmakers (Hollywood), International Vampire Film Festival (New Orleans), Festivus Film Festival (Denver), Peoples Awards Film Festival (Quito, Ecuador), Byron Bay International Film Festival (Australia), Kansas City Film Festival and The Rome International Film Festival (Georgia).

The exhibition will open on Friday, July 16 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM, as a special premiere for A1LabArts members. The public opening and reception will be the First Friday, August 6 from 5:00-9:00 PM.

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM; Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. For information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

Over 180 of the finest craftspeople from all over the United States demonstrate their skill, answer questions, and offer their unique art for sale. From broom-making to stained glass, the Fair has something for everyone!

July 16-24 and October 7-23. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Admission: $6 adults, children 12 and under free. Music shows at 12, 2, and 4 pm - Sundays at 12 and 2 pm.

At the Gatlinburg Convention Center, Traffic Light #8. Information: 865-436-7479, www.craftsmenfair.com

No film better utilizes Audrey Hepburn's flighty charm and svelte beauty than this romantic adaptation of Truman Capote's novella. Hepburn's urban sophisticate Holly Golightly, an enchanting neurotic living off the gifts of gentlemen, is a bewitching figure in designer dresses and costume jewelry. George Peppard is her upstairs neighbor, a struggling writer and "kept" man financed by a steely older woman. His growing friendship with the lonely Holly soon turns to love and threatens the delicate balance of both of their compromised lives.

16 Jul 2010 at 8:00PM and 18 Jul 2010 at 2:00PM

Historic Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Friday, July 16 and Saturday, August 7
The Dos Equis Comedy Series presents Sinbad and Patton Oswalt at the Bijou Theatre. Sinbad’s name recalls the literary legend that symbolizes strength, adventure and optimism. "I renamed myself Sinbad because Sinbad is bad. He could hang with rogues and with kings. He didn’t have the strength of Hercules, but he could outwit anyone." Sinbad (the comedian) became well-known in the late 1980s and 1990s; being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Houseguest, First Kid and Jingle All the Way. Sinbad never tells jokes - "I don’t know any," he admits - but rather tells real-life stories, reliving his material as he remembers it. Psychologically, he jams us, poking holes in our lifestyles. Sinbad’s comedy is explosive; his phrasing is manic, musical and right on time.

Patton Oswalt is an actor/writer/comedian who has been headlining comedy clubs all over the U.S. since 1996. Oswalt’s stand-up comedy covers topics ranging from pop culture frivolity (such as comic book supervillains and 1980s glam metal) to deeper social issues like American excess, materialism, Mesopotamian cuneiform script, foreign policy and religion. His most recent album was recorded in Feb. 2009 and it premiered on Comedy Central as Patton Oswalt: My Weakness is Strong on August 23, 2009. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Learn how to capture a perfect garden photograph while enjoying an early morning walk through the garden. A member of our staff will lead an hour-long walk focusing on the best lighting and garden location during that particular walk. This is a unique opportunity to have time with fellow photographers and garden lovers while having some serious photography time in the garden. Photography Walks are free and will be held every third Friday: June 18, July 16, August 20 and September 17. Walks begin at 7:30 a.m. at the entrance to the UT Gardens.

UT Gardens, Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-7151, http://utgardens.tennessee.edu

If you missed the recent WBIR Channel 10: Heartland Series special, "A Place by the River: the Ijams Family Legacy" special, join Executive Director and author Paul James for a special screening and book signing. Free program. Please call 865-577-4717 ext. 10 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Visitor Center: Monday: by appointment only for tour groups and school trips; Tuesday-Saturday: 9AM-5PM; Sunday: 1-5PM (March 1 - November 30). For information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Closing reception
Fluorescent Gallery, 627 N Central St, Knoxville, Tn
Snacks and Refreshments will be served
865.386.8848

New York Steinway Artist, Lenore Raphael comes to Knoxville to perform at American Piano Gallery for FREE!!!
American Piano Gallery, 11651 Parkside Drive in Farragut
Admission is free.
Play List:
I Love You - Cole Porter
What Is This Thing Called Love - Cole Porter
Georgia - Johnny Mercer
Confirmation - Charlie Parker
For Chet - an original - Lenore Raphael
Autumn Leaves (better find out who wrote this one)
Along Together - (Schwarts/Deitz)
Blues For O.P. - (an original ) Lenore Raphael

LENORE RAPHAEL - Jazz Pianist/Steinway Artist, composer and jazz teacher, Lenore Raphael has devoted most of her life to the art of jazz. Critics and jazz hosts and jazz lovers all agree that she is one of the most SWINGING mainstream pianists today. Influenced by Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell and Bill Evans, she has taken these influences and created her own recognizable sound. As a performer, she has appeared and gotten rave reviews and standing ovations for her performances at such prestigious venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Birdland, Ronnie Scott's in London, The S.S. Oosterdam Floating Jazz festival, the Ottawa International Jazz Festival, the Panasonci Jazz festival in New York City and many more. As a composer, she has won ASCAP awards for her original compositions, which appear on her own CDs and other artists'. They have been played on Continental Airlines in-flight jazz stream, and on jazz stations worldwide, including their inclusion into the Jazz At Lincoln Center jazz stream. Her passion for teaching jazz to students has spanned the age ranges of very young students to college age jazz majors. She was director of the Jazz Opportunities for Youth summer jazz workshop at Montclair State University, has done Master Classes internationally and has developed a program to teach jazz to young children which became the model for teaching jazz in the country of Latvia.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the American Piano Gallery at 865-671-3388.

The Tennessee Stage Company will be back on Market Square for our eighth season of Shakespeare On The Square (and our twentieth summer Shakespeare season) playing at 7:00 pm Thursday through Sunday evenings July 15 – August 15, and featuring Romeo & Juliet and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). The Complete Works will be directed by Jenny Ballard - the Artistic Director of Children’s Theatre of Knoxville - and Romeo & Juliet by Tennessee Stage Artistic Director Tom Parkhill. Played on a rough replica of the new Globe Theatre in London (a reconstruction of Shakespeare’s original theatre) the plays will be presented in the timeless style of Elizabethan Theatre presentations. The Tennessee Stage Company encourages our audience to spend an evening on the Square: do a little shopping, have a nice dinner, see the play and maybe stop into a pub afterward. All of this and more is available on Market Square nightly. So come early and see the Square!

Romeo & Juliet: July 15, 17, 23, 25, 29, 31 and August 6, 8, 12, 14
Complete Works: July 16, 18, 22, 24, 30, and August 1, 5, 7, 13, 15

Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

A Nashville songwriter, a local humorist and the screenwriter for the indie film Tennessee are among 13 instructors at this year’s Knoxville Writers’ Guild’s summer workshops, scheduled for July 12-15 and July 19-22 at Pellissippi State Community College. Steve Leslie, who wrote the title cut to Ricky Skagg’s Grammy winning album Brand New Strings will offer the course “Have You Written a Hit Song?” Leslie’s work has been recorded by Kenny Rogers, George Straight, Mark Chesnutt and others.

Sam Venable will discuss making people laugh as a columnist for the Knoxville News Sentinel and the author of 10 books, including Someday I May Find Honest Work: A Newspaper Humorist’s Life.

“Writing and Reading Your First Screenplay” will be taught by Knoxville native Russell Schaumburg. A graduate of Northwestern University, Schaumburg also holds a law degree and studied acting at the Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio.

“We have a great line-up of professional writers willing to share their experiences,“ said Guild Vice President Terry Shaw, a local novelist. “Whether you’re just starting out or have been doing this a long time, these workshops can help.

“They also highlight some of the incredible talent we have right here in Knoxville,” Shaw said.

For example, he pointed to the session on short story writing by Michael Knight, who has published in Esquire, The New Yorker and Paris Review. The author of five books, his novel, The Typist will be published by Atlantic Monthly Press in August. Knight teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee.
Other presenters include:
Novelist and poet Darnell Arnout, “Building Character” and “Mining the Mother Lode.”
Poet K.B. Ballentine, “Place and Persona: The Where and Who in Your Writing,” “Continuing the Celtic Tradition” and “Imagery in Poetry.”
Toastmasters veteran Grant Fetters, “Basic Public Speaking”
Author, photographer and poet Alex Gabbard, “Travel Writing”
Poet Linda Parsons Marion, “Mining the Gold of Family Experience”
Performance artist and writer Kali Meister, “Basic Playwriting” and “Erotica Writing”
Public relations professional Kelly Norrell, “Promotional Strategies” and “Promotional Writing”
Author John Tullock, “How to Discover, Sell and Promote the Book You Want to Write”
Editor, poet Marianne Worthington, “The Personal Essay”

Workshops cost $30 for Guild members and $42 for non-members. For more information, contact Shaw at 865-963-7633 or tshaw05@comcast.net; visit the Guild’s website at http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

Enrollment is still open for students with and without disabilities. The four day camp will be focus on interviewing people with disabilities. These role models have been involved with promoting awareness in the community and understanding the laws that give everyone the same civil rights. Junior reporters will be taking pictures and using video software to create their own story and stories about others, and they will be writing brief stories about the pictures they take and publishing them. Assistive technology will be available to those who need it to interview, take videos and write stories. They will receive a copy of the videos and stories at the end of the camp, as well as the Learning About Freedom curriculum.

Dates for the camp are July 15, 16, and 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and July 27 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. All sessions will be held at ETTAC’s Knoxville office. East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 4918 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37918. For information: 865-219-0130 www.discoveret.org/ettac

The American Quilter's Society International Quilt Expo brings more than 10,000 quilting enthusiasts to Knoxville. More than 400 quilts will be on exhibit at the show, many of which are semifinalists in AQS contests. There will also be workshops and lectures offering various quiltmaking techniques will be taught by national quilting instructors in the AQS School of Quiltmaking.
· WHERE: Knoxville Convention Center
Wednesday - Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION:
At the Door Admission-
AQS Members $9 daily or $17 multi-day
Non-members $11 daily or $30 multi-day
MORE INFORMATION: www.americanquilter.com
Contact Information: Robb Wells at the KTSC at 865-342-9137 or email rwells@knoxville.org.