Calendar of Events

The Oak Ridge Art Center pottery studio will hold the Hot Pots/Cool Art fundraiser on Saturday, October 1, with a special members preview on September 30, from 7 to 9 PM. It is a public raku firing with lots of additional activities going on simultaneously. Planned activities include a silent auction, brown bag surprises, games, barbeque, tattooing, as well as the opportunity for participants to purchase a bisque pot to glaze and raku. The silent auction is always a featured aspect and includes all fine art disciplines. In 2011, it will be expanded to the web for items that we receive before September 1. Pieces contributed for the auction prior to September 1st will be on display on-line from September 15 through September 30th, then in the Art Center, to be viewed and bid on, the evening of September 30 through 3:45 PM on October 1st.

Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org

“Few individuals have symbolized the South in popular culture as directly and indelibly as Charlie Daniels” - Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

In the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre at 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

The Last Friday Art Walk is a recurring event to celebrate the arts on the last Friday of every month in Downtown Maryville. What's unique about it is that it's not just galleries participating. It's also businesses like bars, retail stores, restaurants, theaters, and coffee shops. Each participating business hosts a "featured artist," this includes all disciplines of art; visual arts, performance artists, actors, writers, dancers, musicians, etc. New artists and new art are required each month, which gives the community a new experience each time they come.
http://www.maryvilleartwalk.com

To Keep the Music Goin' on! Have a Cheer and a Tune at Knoxville's New Musical Pub - Boyd's Jig and Reel, in Knoxville's Old City. A celebration of music and friends to benefit WDVX Radio - The WDVX-travaganza features eXciting performances and eXtemporaneous WDVX stories from top area bands, eXcellent food and drink, and eXtremely desirable silent auction items. It'll be an eXtraordinary evening you won't want to miss. Tickets are $100 each. Make your reservation now: 865-544-1029 or development@wdvx.com

After the Last Friday Art Walk, join us for a special viewing of National Velvet starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. Palace Movie Club Tickets $6.00. Tickets Available at the Door only.

The Palace Theater is conveniently located in Downtown Maryville just 17 miles south of Knoxville, TN. Plenty of Free Parking in the many city municipal lots. The Palace Theater, 113 West Broadway, Maryville TN 37801. Information: 865-983-3330, www.palacetheater.com

RB is back with a release show for his new CD Rich Mountain Bound, featuring RB with only his voice and guitar performing songs with an old country and mountain flavor which are often requested but never previously recorded. Strongly inspired by the Beat poets and a range of musical influences and genres, RB Morris has both reflected and defined a distinctive Knoxville subculture in the course of a more than thirty year career as recording artist, songwriter, poet, playwright and performer.

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

"The grooviest, funkiest band in the land is back for a night of energetic dance entertainment. Classic soul and Motown music videos before the show and during intermission. Pre-show videos start at 7:00PM, the band will start at 8:00PM. Tickets are $12 if purchased online or $15 at the door. Students and KSDA are $10.
127 W. Broadway, Maryville, 980-1966, www.bookthecapitol.com

After the Art Walk join the Palace Theater Film Club for a
special viewing of National Velvet starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey
Rooney. Palace Movie Club Tickets $6.00 Showtime 7:30PM Tickets Available at
the Door only

The Palace Theater is located at 113 West Broadway, Maryville. TN. For
advance tickets 865-983-3330 with Visa or MC or from Murlin's Music World
429 West Broadway, Maryville, TN

The Palace Theater is conveniently located in Downtown Maryville just 17
miles south of Knoxville, TN. South from Knoxville: Travel 129 South past
the airport. Take the right fork and turn left at the first light. Pass 4 or
5 lights and Take the first right onto Broadway. The Palace is will be on
the right.

The show is entitled "Here and There." The "Here" is a series focusing on the culture and history of East Tennessee and the Appalachian Mountains, the artist's home. The "There" consists of limited edition prints from street art created throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and the United States. In some ways this is a goodbye for now as the artist and his wife are planning on moving to Asia in June to do missions work as well as continue the street art throughout Asia.

Everyone is invited!

There will be free wine and refreshments available and Michael will be there to talk/hangout.

WWW.MICHAELAARONART.COM

Address: Remedy Coffeehouse
125 W. Jackson Ave
Knoxville, TN 37902

This month's arboretum walk will focus on collecting seed and inexpensive and easy ways of propagating trees and shrubs.

For additional information about any of the classes or workshops below, visit our website at www.knoxgarden.org.

To register or to purchase tickets, please email info@knoxgarden.org or call 865-862-8717.

As We See Nature Photo Exhibit: Ijams will be hosting a reception and exhibit for As We See Nature: Wildlife and Scenic Views, photos by John Barker and Gail Masinda. All photos will be for sale. To register call 577-4717, ext. 110.

String quartets from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will travel to local libraries during the months of September and October to read stories and play music for pre-school aged children as part of the orchestra’s Story Time Program: Music Is All Around Us. Musicians will read books that explore music that children may hear throughout their day from breakfast to bath time. Violet’s Music tells the story of a born musician who searches to find a band of friends to play along. Fiddle-I-Fee, based on Aaron Copland’s I Bought Me a Cat, will explore in song items that may be purchased on a daily trip to the store. These performances will help to highlight the connections between music and literacy and introduce string instruments to young audience members as well as prepare children for the KSO’s Family Concert on Sunday, October 9 featuring the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and animated character Picardy Penguin.

KSO Library Story Times are made possible by support from the Tennessee Arts Commission, Knox County , the City of Knoxville and Aqua-Chem. All Story Time performances are FREE and open to the public.

September 27 10:30 AM Murphy Library

September 28 11:00 AM Karns Library

September 29 11:00 AM Smart Toys and Books

September 29 4:00 PM Farragut Library

September 30 10:15 AM Fountain City Library

October 4 10:30 AM Sequoyah Library

October 5 10:15 AM Bearden Library

October 7 4:00 PM Cedar Bluff Library