Calendar of Events

The Farragut Folklife Museum will feature the “Out of the Attic” exhibit this winter and spring. This special exhibit will showcase interesting artifacts from the Museum collection that have not been displayed in many years or have never been on display.

Farragut Folklife Museum, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934. Hours: Monday-Friday, 10AM-4:30 PM. For information: 865-966-7057, www.townoffarragut.org

Reception January 14, 6:30-8:00 PM. Music by Dave Williams, refreshments will be served.

Also featuring Knox County Student Art Exhibit: Powell High and Middle, Brickey McCloud Elem., Copper Ridge Elem., Norwood Elem., Pleasant Ridge Elem., Powell Elem., and West Haven Elem.

213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. For information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

by Christoper Durang

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

Hans Christian Anderson's greatest story features all the hallmarks of the best fairy tales: magic mirrors, evil trolls, crystal palaces, spine-tingling adventure, and a battle twixt good & evil.

Located at 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com, info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

Tennessee Mountain Writers will present January Jumpstart XI featuring a fiction workshop led by Pamela Duncan and a poetry workshop led by Steve Holt. The event, held at the Magnuson Hotel in Sweetwater, opens with an informal social hour on Friday evening; workshop sessions will run from 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM on Saturday and from 8:30-11:30 AM on Sunday. Participation is limited to 20 per workshop. Registration info: www.tmwi.org, theorrs@usit.net; 865-671-6046.

He made a big splash on the first season of NBC's hit show "Last Comic Standing." Since then he's performed stand-up on just about every late night show you can think of: The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Comedy Central, Craig Kilborn and more. You won't want to miss his observant and self-effacing stand-up!

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

Starring Gregory Peck. Free to the Public. For any further information contact Sharon Hannum at 865-789-9624. The Palace Theater is located at 113 West Broadway, Maryville. TN. www.palacetheater.com

Aggressively Traditional Bluegrass
Celebrating their 35th year in music in 2011, Dry Branch Fire Squad plays aggressively traditional bluegrass music like no other band in the realm today. As always, the band is led by mandolin player and cultural observer Ron Thomason, whose thought-provoking and humorous takes on bluegrass music and the world continue to delight audiences. The band’s current lineup is its strongest ever, featuring Tom Boyd on banjo and dobro, Brian Alridge on guitar and mandolin and Dan Russell on bass and banjo and the band promise to bring their thought repellant hats with them for this concert.

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

On the second Friday of each month. All ages and experience levels are welcome to participate in this event. This is a fun family event. Kids love the Raku process. Or it could be a great ''date night'' event. Plus, you will be taking home a beautiful piece of art to decorate your home that you helped create! Hope to see you there! The $30 fee ($20 if you bring your own bisque-fired pot) includes your choice of one handmade bisque piece, use of our studio raku glazes, glazing instruction and the firing. Class Maximum: 10 Students

Mighty Mud, 2444 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11-6PM. For information: 865-595-1900, www.mightymudclay.com

Faculty solo recital, featuring works by Bach, Britten, Shulman, and Piatti
Performance Hall 32, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
FREE and open to the public.

1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. Please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

One artist likens her work to a Rubik’s Cube. The other is a former punk rock–bluegrass musician who now composes mixed media and traditional acrylic paintings. Both are full-time faculty members at Pellissippi State Community College and will share gallery space in the current New Faculty Show art exhibit.

The exhibit welcomes Jennifer Brickey and Herbert J. Rieth III as new faculty who have been teaching art at the college since fall 2010. Brickey and Rieth both teach classes ranging from drawing and painting to design. Brickey received her B.F.A. in studio art (painting) from the University of Tennessee and her M.F.A. in the same discipline from Maryland Institute College of Art. Rieth comes to Pellissippi State after teaching at universities in Alabama, Mississippi and Ohio. The art on display promises to be engaging. Brickey’s pieces represent five years’ worth of paintings and drawings, many of them autobiographical. Brickey says she is drawn to the connections between her life and work.

The New Faculty Show takes place in the gallery of the Bagwell Center for Media and Arts on the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. An artist reception is scheduled for Jan. 20, 5-7 p.m., and will be preceded by an artist talk at noon. The reception, discussion and exhibit are free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Jeff Lockett, Art professor, at jlockett@pstcc.edu or (865) 694-6433.

The O’Brien Art Gallery on the Roane County Campus is currently featuring the paintings of Nashville based artist Ev Niewoehner. For gallery Hours, contact Bryan Wilkerson at 865.882.4649. www.roanestate.edu/art/gallery