Calendar of Events
Sunday, June 5, 2011
The Knoxville Zoo: Zoofari/The year of the tiger
Category: Festivals, special events, Fundraisers and Science, nature
Guests enjoy cocktails, a silent auction, seated dinner, wild music, and a unique-to-the-zoo live auction. Zoofari proceeds support research, conservation of endangered animals, educational programming. Zoofari also provides care, enrichment and food for more than 800 animals living at Knoxville Zoo and this year's proceeds will also support conservation of the African lion with a breeding program that will bring lion cubs to Knoxville for the first time in over five years.
Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. For information: 865-637-5331, ext 310 or email Sharon Moore , smoore@knoxvillle-zoo.org
www.knoxville-zoo.org
Clayton Center for the Arts: Knox Dance Worx Recital
Category: Dance, movement
Knox Dance Worx Recital in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre
Tennessee Theatre: "A Woman of Affairs"
Category: Film
A 35 mm print of the Clarence Brown directed silent movie A Woman of Affairs , released in 1928 and starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Lewis Stone will be shown with Wurlitzer organ accompaniment by the talented and well known theatre organist Ron Carter from Marietta, GA. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing.
This is the third in the series of four Clarence Brown directed silent movies being shown at the Historic Tennessee Theatre.
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
American Museum of Science & Energy: "NIKON SMALL WORLD"
Category: Science, nature
"NIKON SMALL WORLD" traveling exhibition of 20 award winning photomicrographs that allow the museum visitor to see the unseen. Dynamic images at the intersection of science and art show the beauty and complexity of life as seen through a light microscope. AMSE Lobby.
American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org
URBhana: The 3rd Annual Support the Tatas Fundraiser!
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Fundraisers
Come out, check out, and bid on over 90 photos of beautiful and creative images, painted on the chests of amazing women!
It's the 3rd Annual Support the Tatas Fundraiser!!
The auction starts at 6pm and bidding closes at 8:30pm. The highest bid wins, and the proceeds go to a local breast cancer survivor.
Only CASH or CHECK will be accepted. Bidding starts at $45/photo
Join us for wine, snacks, Bellydancing and awesome photos!
If you can't make it Friday, the images will be available for viewing all month at URBhana.
URBhana, 115 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-951-5454, www.urbhana.com
A1 LabArts: BINGO @ 8 Shooters Studio
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
A very serious exhibition featuring work/play by nine emerging and established international artists. Show curated by Hali Maltsberger.
Works by: Thane Lund, Giorgio Sadotti, Kevin Van Aelst, Sean Naftel, Brian Nigus, Kiernan Dunn, Beka Peralta, Hali Maltsberger, Joshua Jobb.
Opening Reception June 3, 2011 6-10 PM
8 Shooters Studio, 1202 Central, Knoxville, TN 37919
Information: www.a1labarts.org
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Forbidden Knoxville!
Category: Theatre
A satirical revue.
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
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Forbidden Knoxville
Category: Theatre
"Forbidden Knoxville," a Satirical revue is back--the singing, the dancing, the horror!
Starring: Cathy Rea Vilbrey, Bill Howard, Reggie Law, Anne Millett, Michael Peng, Dana Wham. written by Jayne Morgan and musical direction by: Vicki Masters.
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
Clayton Center for the Arts: Putting on the Ritz
Category: Dance, movement
Artistic Dance Unlimited Dance Company presents: Putting on the Ritz in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre
Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com
Museum of Appalachia: “Farm to Table: Gardens in Old Appalachiaâ€
Category: History, heritage and Science, nature
The Museum garden will provide a living demonstration of vegetables typically grown in pioneer Appalachia.
In a realâ€life demonstration of “farm to table,†the Museum restaurant will feature garden vegetables on the daily menu.
Visitors will receive an educational brochure highlighting farm implements
throughout the Museum. Signs will highlight cider presses, corn grinders,
an Mâ€30 tractor, farm wagons, butter churns, plows, harrows and rakes, scythes, an
“underground dairy†or root cellar, bee hive, cantilever barn, and numerous other agricultureâ€related artifacts and structures throughout the Museum.
Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716 (16 miles north of Knoxville at I-75, exit 122, then one mile east). Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Information: 865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org
Knoxville Zoo: Close Encounters of the Wild Kind
Category: Kids, family and Science, nature
Allowing guests to meet some of the zoo's favorite animals. Go behind-the-scenes to meet rhinos, giraffes, penguins, or tortoises. Have the opportunity to feed or even touch the animal. You'll also get to meet the animal's keeper and take a souvenir photo of you and your new friend! 10 person limit per session; $20 per person.
Tortoise Time - Saturdays at 11:00 AM
Penguin Party - Saturdays at 1:00 PM
Giraffe Gathering - Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM
Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.knoxville-zoo.org
Arrowmont: Selections from Arrowmont's Artists-in-Residence Collection
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Loggia Gallery
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 576 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. For information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org