Calendar of Events

Everyone loves a party! Get into the spirit and join us for some old-fashioned holiday fun. We’ll make recycled crafts like gift tags, ornaments, candles, pine cone suet feeders and garland. There will be snacks for everyone. Free to members, $2 for non-members.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. For information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

The Candoro Arts & Heritage Center is celebrating its 10th year anniversary. Thanks to people like you we have preserved and continue to renovate and care for the Candoro Marble Building.

You are invited to join us on to see the progress we have made and to enjoy light food and refreshment and the music of Knoxville’s beloved Jazz Pianist, Wendel Werner. Please come show your continued support and welcome our three new board members: Bill Snyder, Bud Armstrong, and Mickey Mallonee.

Candoro Marble Arts & Heritage Center, 681 Maryville Pike, Knoxville, TN. Information: 865-577-0078, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000533057729. Call Trudy at 384-1273 for more information about the Open House

Blount Mansion Association will be hosting a Holiday Open House. Interpreters will be dressed in period attire and will provide tours of the Mansion, which has been decorated for the holidays by the Knoxville Garden Club. The Concord Brass Quintet will provide music from 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. in the Blount Mansion Visitors Center.
The open house is a free event for the public, though donations are appreciated.
Blount Mansion was the home of William Blount, a signer of the Constitution for North Carolina, governor of the Southwest Territory, and one of Tennessee’s first Senators. Blount Mansion is the only National Historic Landmark in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-525-2375, www.blountmansion.org

Artist Reception is Friday, December 10th from 6-9pm
Refreshments Provided

Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM. For information: 865-288-0277, www.redlinegallery.net

2 nights only! - by Truman Capote |adapted by Marvin West

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37917. Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday & Sunday; $15 plus fees for Friday & Saturday. For information: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

Friday, Dec. 10, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., & Saturday, Dec. 11, 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Browse through our collection of salvaged architectural pieces such as doors, wood flooring and trim, pedestal sinks, light globes, and more.

Knox Heritage Office, 1300 N. Broadway. Information: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Presented by McMinn County High School's Show Choir at the Athen's Arts Council

Two nights only! Come enjoy dinner and a mystery with some radical entertainment as we revisit the bodacious 80's!

Tickets must be pre-ordered by calling Sarah Dalbey, the Choral Director at the High School 423-745-4142 or 540-421-9191 or by emailing at swilliams5@k12tn.net.

An exhibition by ORAC members. Reception on December 5, 2-4PM with gallery talk at 1:30 PM.

Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9AM-5PM; Saturday-Monday, 1-4PM. For information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org

Dec. 4, 11 & 18
An extension of the Market Square Farmers' Market, the Holiday Market gathers vendors of local food, handmade crafts and farm products with gifts and decor for all your Holiday needs. Find farm-made wreaths, trees and greenery, handmade ornaments & decorations, baked goods, handmade gifts and more. Shop for locally made gifts while enjoying hot chocolate or cider, Old City Java coffee, burritos from just ripe and many other treats to warm you from head to toe. Photo above: glass ornaments and decor from Marble City Glassworks.

Also, from noon-3pm, join us for a farmers' market with farmers and food producers with winter produce, including kale, sweet potatoes, green onions, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, turnips, radishes and more.

Market Square District Association, PO Box 2263, Knoxville, TN 37901. Information: 865-405-3135, knoxvillemarketsquare@gmail.com, www.knoxvillemarketsquare.com

Everyone's holiday season should include the classic tradition of Tchaikovsky's timeless score, the Nutcracker. Accompanied by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the sights and sounds of the ballet company's elaborate production will resonate with adults and children of all ages.

At the Knoxville Civic Auditorium on Saturday, December 4th - 8:00 pm & Sunday December 5th - 2:00 pm

At Clayton Center for the Arts on Saturday, December 11th - 2:00 pm & 8:00pm

Tickets on Sale November 16. In advance - $36, $31 and $21; At door - $41, $36 and $26. $1 facility fee has been added to each ticket price. Student and senior citizen discount $5 off. Group rates available. For Tickets: Appalachian Ballet at 865.982.8463; Knoxville shows: Tickets Unlimited at 865.656.4444; Maryville Shows: Clayton Center at 865.981.8590. www.appalachianballet.com

The UT Downtown Gallery is proud to present the work of American Illustrator, Walter Haskell Hinton (1886-1980). This collection of work includes original drawings, watercolors, and oil paintings representing an array of clients and subject matter during his prolific career as an illustrator. Some of Mr. Hinton’s clients include, Outdoor Life Magazine, Sports Afield Magazine, Mammoth Western Magazine, The John Deere and Company, Fairmont Railways, and Washington National Insurance Co.

An exhibition catalog of Mr. Hinton’s work will be available for sale at the Downtown Gallery. The catalog highlights Mr. Hinton’s illustartions of the Popular American West.
For more information about Mr. Hinton and his career please visit: www.walterhaskellhinton.com

Please join us for a First Friday Opening reception December 3 from 5:00pm until 9:00pm. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

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

Hallah Art Presents “Winter Wonder”, a collection of new work by Hallah John Paul Boltik, and featuring original Hallah Art pendants created by Headstock Studios in Asheville, NC. "Winter Wonder" opens with a reception on Friday December 3rd, 7:30-10:30pm at 5201 Kingston Pike Suite 7 Knoxville, TN. The exhibit runs from December 3rd through December 31st.

Self taught fine artist, Hallah John Paul Boltik, specializes in abstract floralism and disappearing wilderness landscapes. He works primarily with oils and acrylics on canvas and wood incorporating three dimensional and carving techniques in his work. “Hallah”, as his works are signed, also paints on reclaimed materials including wood, slate, brick, stone and tile.