Calendar of Events

The Christmas in the Smokies Bluegrass Festival takes place in Pigeon Forge , December 8-10, at the Ramada Inn and Smoky Mountain Convention Center. Featured acts include Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, III Tyme Out, Carolina Road Band, The Larkins, Jerry Butler & the Blu-Jays, Goldwing Express, The Lewis Tradition and many more. For tickets and information the number is 1 (800) 223-6707 or on line at www.larkinmusic.com.

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

JCA presents a series of social dance evenings featuring traditional southern squares, circles, waltzes, and two-steps, with live old-time music and calling led by Allison Williams. All dances will be taught.

Monthly on second Thursdays - lessons for beginners at 7:30 pm, dance begins at 8 pm. Tickets: $7 ($5 for students and JCA members). 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

Dec 8, 5-7p
Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave.

Tha Doggfather of hip-hop, Snoop Dogg, is headed to the Valarium on December 8! Tickets have been flying and there are only a handful left. So if you want to see Snoop, get ‘em, get ‘em, get ‘em.
Check out concertwire.com for more details as well as ticketing links to these and other shows.

JCA presents a series of social dance evenings featuring traditional southern squares, circles, waltzes, and two-steps, with live old-time music from the Hellgrammites and calling by Allison Williams. All dances will be taught. No taps, please.
Thursday, December 8
Lessons for beginners at 7:30 pm, dance begins at 8 pm.
$7 General Audience, $5 Students, & JCA Members
At the Laurel Theater, 16th Street and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood.

Pellissippi State Community College's Magnolia Avenue Campus rings in the holiday season with a concert by the Delights String Quartet.

The concert is expected to include compositions by Franz Joseph Haydn, jazz, rock songs arranged for string quartet and holiday tunes. Members of the quartet will discuss each selection and encourage audience participation.
The all-female ensemble, with members from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, performs noon-1 Thursday, Dec. 8, in the Community Room of the campus' main facility, newly named the Joe Armstrong Building. The Magnolia Avenue Campus is located at 1610 E. Magnolia Ave.

The event is free, and the community is encouraged to attend.

For more about the concert, call (865) 329-3100. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action for Pellissippi State, (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

Virginia Derryberry's "Alchemical Narratives" includes large scale oil on canvas figure paintings that blend narrative elements from mythology and alchemy, the forerunner of modern science. My intent is to suggest multiple interpretations rather than straightforward illustration of a specific narrative.

Clayton Center for the Arts
Blackberry Farm Gallery
Open Monday- Friday 10-6

Denso Gallery, Clayton Center for the Arts
Exhibit open Monday-Friday 10-6

The Tennessee Artists Association is a volunteer organization created by artists for artists of all levels of ability.

Saturday 12/10, Shiny and the Spoon & Kata Hay
Monday 12/12, Vagabond Swing & Elisabeth Pixley-Fink and Andru Bemis
Tuesday 12/13, Mandy Barnett
Wednesday 12/14, The Morgans
Thursday 12/15, John Francis & Les Kerr
Friday 12/16, Megan McCormick & Renee Wahl
Saturday 12/17, Tilford Sellers & Oldest Boy and Girl
Monday 12/19, Kory & Kelsey Wells, Sweet Fancy Moses, and Maggi Vaughn
Tuesday 12/20, The Madelines
Wednesday 12/21, Christabel and the Jons, Rene Moffatt
Thursday 12/22, Wade Hill and the Hillians
Friday 12/23, Todd Steed and the Christmas Sons
Saturday 12/24, Robert Anderson
Tuesday 12/27, The Harp Dogs
Wednesday 12/28, The Skipperdees
Friday 12/30, Oona Love
Saturday 12/31, Naughty Knots
Tuesday 1/3, Barbara Lamb, Caroline Doctorow
Wednesday 1/4 WestWend

The popular Music Concert Series hosted by Pellissippi State Community College will present 10 performances for 2011-12. On December 6 and December 8:

Holiday Spectacular

All performances are offered at no charge. However, donations will be accepted at the door for the Pellissippi State Foundation on behalf of the Music Scholarship fund. During the 2010-11 academic year, the Foundation awarded more than 100 music-related scholarships to more than 80 Pellissippi State students.

Concerts take place in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road . Plenty of free parking is available, and the community is encouraged to attend.

The simple joys of an old-fashioned Christmas await Museum of Appalachia visitors through December 24th. Recalling times past when Christmas was a simple family holiday, cabins will be decorated in pioneer style with cedar Christmas trees draped in paper chains, popcorn strings, sweet gum and sycamore balls.

Special holiday exhibits include the Children's Display in the Hall of Fame, with toys and furniture made by loving parents and grandparents; and Granny Irwin's traditional Christmas Crazy Quilt. "Christmas in Old Appalachia" runs from December 3 to December 24.

Christmas shoppers may browse the gift shop for unique regionally hand-crafted items or simply rest by the fireside in wooden rockers. Hot, country-style lunches are served daily from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Museum restaurant; home-made holiday desserts are available all day.

The Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day in December except for Christmas Day. It is located 16 miles north of Knoxville, one mile east of I-75, exit 122.

Appalachian Ballet Company presents: The 40th Anniversary season of The Nutcracker
Presented TWO WEEKENDS in TWO VENUES accompanied by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

Knoxville Civic Auditorium
Saturday, December 3rd - 8:00 pm
Sunday December 4th - 2:00 pm
School matinees also available on December 1st and 2nd at 10:00am

AND Clayton Center for the Arts
Saturday, December 10th - 2:00 and 8:00pm

Tickets are on sale at the following locations:
Appalachian Ballet 865.982.8463
Knoxville Tickets 865.656.4444
The Clayton Center for the Arts 865.981.8590

Advance - $36, $31 & $21
At door - $41, $36 & $26
Student and Senior Discount $5 Off
Ask about Group Rates

This 40th anniversary production featuring over 80 dancers and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will showcase guest artists Kylie Morton as the Sugarplum Fairy and Aaron Smyth of Australia as the Cavalier. This magical production of The Appalachian Ballet Company's Nutcracker is filled with lavish sets, scenery, costumes, orchestra, choir and dancers. Come enjoy Knoxville's tradition of 40 years and now also playing in Maryville.