Calendar of Events

Thursday, January 26

10 am WEE ONES: What's That Animal Wearing?
(Ages 2-3) Join us as we explore wildlife wardrobes. Who wears fuzzy fur? Who prefers shiny scales? Come and find out! Free to members, $15 for non-members. To register, please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110. Leader: Sarah Brobst

Saturday, January 28

10 am WEE ONES: Animal Tracks and Signs
(Ages 2-3) Join us as we explore wildlife wardrobes. Who wears fuzzy fur? Who prefers shiny scales? Come and find out! Free to members, $15 for non-members. To register, please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110. Leader: Sarah Brobst

10 am - 2 pm PUBLIC PROGRAM: Seed Swap
Join us as Ijams Nature Center's annual seed swap. In addition to sharing seeds, participants often share tips, tricks and hints to improve gardening success. Please bring your excess seeds to share and trade. Free. To register, please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110. Leader: Peg Beute

2 pm PUBLIC PROGRAM: Animal Program
Join us every Saturday for a live animal encounter with one of our non-releasable education animals. Free to members, $2 for non-members. No registration required.

2 pm WALKABOUT: Water Birds along Volunteer Landing
Join us for a walk along the Tennessee River and Neyland Greenway in search of coots, grebes and other wintering waterfowl. Free to members, $5 for non-members. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register. Leader: Stephen Lyn Bales

3 pm WALKABOUT: Singles Meet-up at Old City Java
Join us for a fun and informal gathering at Old City Java. We'll enjoy some social time and then do a brief walk, highlighting the history of Knoxville and the Old City. Free to members, $5 for non-members. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register. Leader: Sabrina DeVault

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo -- UT Cultural Attractions
Facility: Clarence Brown Theatre (UT), Knoxville, TN

Through vibrant rhythm movement and its renowned vocal harmonies, two-time Grammy Award winning Soweto Gospel Choir’s inimitable performance style has become a worldwide phenomenon. Since its foundation in 2002, the Choir has performed to sell-out crowds at the greatest concert halls across the globe and alongside superstars including Bono, Queen, Celine Dion, John Legend, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. Expect earthy rhythms, rich harmonies, acapella numbers as well as accompaniment by an exciting 4 piece band and percussion section. Add to this, energetic dancing and vibrant, colorful costumes, and the mix is awesome. This young dynamic choir performs both traditional and contemporary music, adding its own unique feel and interpretation to both. The choir performs in six of South Africa’s 11 official languages.
January 26, 2012

$39.50, $29.50, and $19.50 Net applicable service fees
Tickets on sale now at All Knoxville Tickets Locations and The Tennessee Theatre Box Office

Doors open at 7:00 pm

The Maryville College Civil War Sesquicentennial Series presents: "Glory"
January 26, 2012 7:00 PM in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre

Glory is a 1989 American drama war film that tells the story of Robert Gould Shaw as he leads the Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates. Dr. Aaron Astor, assistant professor of history at Maryville College, will give a brief presentation prior to the film screening to discuss the significance of the movie. Co-sponsored by the Maryville College Academic Affairs department and the Clayton Center for the Arts. Free to the public.

The Maryville College Civil War Sesquicentennial Series presents: "Glory"
January 26, 2012 7:00 PM in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre

Glory is a 1989 American drama war film that tells the story of Robert Gould Shaw as he leads the Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates. Dr. Aaron Astor, assistant professor of history at Maryville College, will give a brief presentation prior to the film screening to discuss the significance of the movie. Co-sponsored by the Maryville College Academic Affairs department and the Clayton Center for the Arts. Free to the public.

The 1950 strike at the American Enka plant in Hamblen County is the subject of the exhibition, "American Enka and the Modern Labor Movement." Guest curated by Auburn University Associate Professor of History Jennifer E. Brooks, the exhibition examines the strike and the conditions that led to it in the context of the modern labor movement in the South following World War II.

The traveling exhibit is rich with period photographs that illustrate the story of the strikers and those who sought to replace them. Among the original items featured are artifacts from the American Enka plant in Hamblen County and a dress made from nylon produced at an American Enka plant.
“American Enka and the Modern Labor Movement” will be on display at the Rose Center in the Hal A. Noe Gallery, 442 West Second North Street in Morristown. Hours are Monday- Wednesday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; and by appointment on Saturday. For more information visit www.rosecenter.org or call (423) 581-4307.

The Museum of East Tennessee History and its traveling exhibition program are coordinated by the East Tennessee Historical Society and is located in the East Tennessee History Center at 601 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. For more information about the permanent or traveling exhibitions of the East Tennessee Historical Society, please contact Adam Alfrey at 865-215-8832 or by e-mail at aalfrey@knoxlib.org.

Wednesday 1/25, DI3 / 2-Bit Palamino

Thursday 1/26, Jim Hurst

Friday 1/27, Wise Old River

Saturday 1/28, Grassroots Gringos / Little Johnny Kantreed

Monday 1/30, TBA

Tuesday 1/31, Hogbear

Wednesday 2/1, Jesse Payne / Lydia Loveless

Thursday 2/2 Flint Blade / Nathan Griffin

Friday 2/3 Matt Flinner Trio

Knox County Public Library is pleased to host Tennessee Stage Company's 15th Annual New Play Festival. The public is invited to watch the creative process unfold as playwrights and actors read and refine new plays that could become tomorrow's great masterpieces. The New Play Festival is an exciting opportunity for playwright, cast, and audiences to come together in a creative collaboration. After each reading, the playwright will engage the cast and audience into a discussion of the play with an eye towards refinement. The Festival is composed of four new plays, eleven readings in four libraries over three weeks from January 14 - 29.
All readings are free to the public.

The new plays to be read this year:
STATIONS OF THE CROSS by Brandon Daughtry Slocum - A dark comedy about two sisters who haven't spoken in years as they cross a bridge built of resentment, family secrets, and divergent religious views.

GRACE and CHRISTMAS IN THE SUMMER by Paul Leeper - Two very off beat looks at true love. As everyone knows, love is not for the faint of heart.

TIC TOC by Gayle Green - Successful attorney, Debra Chambers has it all...money, a trendy loft, and an expensive car. Everything except what she truly longs for. Knoxville playwright, Gayle Greene's romantic comedy, Tic-Toc (My Biological Clock Won't Stop) lends a new twist to the old song "first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes Debra with the baby carriage..."

SCHEDULE
Saturday, January 14, Carter Branch Library
11:00 am “Grace & Christmas” 2:00 pm “Tic Toc”

Bearden Branch Library
11:00 am “Tic Toc”, 1:30 pm “Grace & Christmas”

Fountain City Branch Library
2:00 pm “Stations Of The Cross”

Saturday, January 21
Fountain City Branch Library
12:00 pm “Tic Toc”, 2:00 pm “Grace & Christmas"

Carter Branch Library
2:00 pm “Stations Of The Cross”

Saturday, January 28
Lawson McGhee Library
11:00 am “Stations Of The Cross”, 2:00 pm “Grace & Christmas In Summer”

Sunday, January 29
Lawson McGhee Library
2:00 pm “Tic Toc”

January 12 - April 14th
A Timeless American play that inspired the Academy Award winning film, Driving Miss Daisy, is the Affecting story of the decades long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur

Admission: $24 for Adults, $23 for Seniors, $22 for groups (15 or more Adults/ Seniors), $12 Kids/Students. Includes a $3 Service/facility charge

*Exhibition is continued at the Ewing Gallery on the UT campus.

Curated by Sam Yates and HidekiKimura, professor of art at Kyoto City University of Arts, Redefining the Multiple unites 13 printmakers from Japan who bring the techniques and concepts of printmaking to a wide range of contemporary and traditional media.
Of the selected participants, four make three-dimensional objects and installations, two paint with printmaking tools and techniques, three use digital photography and technology, while others utilize traditional and recognizable printmaking methods.
Each of the participating artists will exhibit three to five works, resulting in a diverse selection of objects and images from the hands of an equally diverse group of artists, including men and women of various ages from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties. The artists reside and work in different regions throughout Japan, and the visual content of their work ranges anywhere from formal abstraction, to iterations of traditional Japanese cultural images. The featured artists are: Hideki Kimura, Junji Amano, Kouseki Ono, Koichi Kiyono, Shuji Chiaki, Toshinao Yoshioka, Shunsuke Kano, Naruki Oshima, Marie Yoshiki, Nobauki Onishi, Shoji Miyamoto, Arata Nojima, and Saori Miyake.

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM; Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

The WordPlayers, a Knoxville theatre company, will tour “Walk Don’t Ride! - A Celebration of the Fight for Equality” by Peter Manos from January 20 through Feb. 29, 2012.

“Walk, Don't Ride” is a presentation of drama and song depicting events that helped shape American freedom. Events included are: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, The Nashville Lunch Counter Sit-ins, and The Greyhound/Trailways Freedom Rides.

“Walk, Don't Ride” is an example of the best kind of “edu-tainment,” and has been booked in 14 different venues, including middle schools, high schools, colleges, and churches.

There are seven public performances, the first being Jan. 25 at First Baptist Church, 510 Main St., Knoxville at 6:00 pm. For a complete list of performances, please visit www.wordplayers.org.

For more information, please call 865.539.2490 or visit www.wordplayers.org.

Curated by Sam Yates and Hideki Kimura, professor of art at Kyoto City University of Arts, Redefining the Multiple unites 13 printmakers from Japan who bring the techniques and concepts of printmaking to a wide range of contemporary and traditional media.

Of the selected participants, four make three-dimensional objects and installations, two paint with printmaking tools and techniques, three use digital photography and technology, while others utilize traditional and recognizable printmaking methods.

Participating artist and co-corator Hideki Kimura will give a lecture Thursday, January 19 at 7:30pm with a reception to follow. Please join us! All events are free and open to the public.

There will be 2 opening receptions for Redefining the Multiple. Join us, Thursday, January 19, after Professor Kimura's lecture, or come to the UT Downtown gallery Friday January 20, 2012 from 5-9pm!

For additional information on this exhibition, please call the Ewing Gallery at 865.974.3200 or visit us online at www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu.

UT Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture - A+A Bldg. 1715 Volunteer Blvd., The University of Tennessee School of Art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.