Calendar of Events

Our next show, ArtMoves, located at the Knoxville Museum of Art will be Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19, 2:00pm show times both days.

This is a collaborative experience for our choreographers and live musicians(!) whose inspiration for the work is based on selected pieces on display in the museum.

Children 5 and under are free and it is a family friendly experience!

$9/students, $12 general admission (at the door is $12/students with student id, $15 general admission).

www.momentumdancelab.com

At the James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
website: www.music.utk.edu • concertline: 865-974-5678

10 am NATURE PRESCHOOL: Nocturnal Fun
(Ages 4-5) What is Ijams nightlife all about? Come found out in this program where we'll explore more about the critters that prowl in the dark! Free to members, $15 for non-members. To register, please call. Leader: Sarah Brobst

10 am LIVING CLEAN & GREEN: Wonderful Wetlands
Join us for an informative program about area Wetlands. We will explore the importance of wetlands for local flora and fauna. If weather permits, we will visit an area of Ijams that is slowly becoming a wetland. Free. To register, please call. Leader: Sabrina DeVault

10:30 am PUBLIC PROGRAM: Insects and Spiders...Oh My!
Join Ijams staff at Smart Toys & Books for a presentation on insects and spiders. There are two presentations: 10:30 am and 11:30 am. Participants will learn about these interesting critters, do a critter craft (for ages 5 and up) and read a buggy book! Reservations and $8.00 per child to cover materials are required in advance. Space is limited. To register, call Smart Toys at 691-1154. For more information, visit Smart Toys & Books.

1 pm PUBLIC PROGRAM: Signs of Spring Hike
Even with a chill in the air, signs of spring are starting to appear. Join us for this fun hike where we'll read the clues that signal warmer weather is around the corner! Free to members, $5 for non-members. To register, please call. Leader: Sabrina DeVault

1 pm WALKABOUT: Shorebirds at Rankin Bottoms
Join us for carpool trip to Rankin Bottoms at the junction of the French Broad and Nolichucky Rivers about 40 miles east of Knoxville. Several species of seasonal shorebird always a possibility. Free to members, $5 for non-members. Please call to register. Leader: Stephen Lyn Bales

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.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

The Ensemble Swing Time is a 16 piece big band from Knoxville, TN that specializes in classic big band swing and features original arrangements made famous by Glenn Miller, Harry James, the Dorsey Brothers and other great bands from the Swing Era.

Ensemble Swing Time Band will be performing February 18, 2012 and is a part of the Clayton Center's Cozy Winter Nights Series. They will be performing in the Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall at 8pm. Tickets are $10.

Knoxville Zoo is hiring friendly people to fill seasonal positions at their annual Job Fair, which will be held on Saturday, February 18, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at the Lee Congleton Conference Center, located on zoo grounds.
Seasonal positions are available in the zoo’s Guest Services department,
including retail sales, food service, ticket sales and camel and carousel ride
operations. The zoo is also hiring for seasonal exhibit construction and
general laborer positions.
First-round interviews will be conducted at the Job Fair. Some positions
will begin work immediately and others will start on a staggered schedule
throughout the late winter and early spring. Those interested in attending
the Job Fair should come to the Ranger Station, to the right of the zoo’s
main entrance, for directions to the Lee Congleton Conference Center.
Most positions require applicants who are 16-years or older, although some
positions are available for applicants who are 15-years-old. Seniors and retirees are encouraged to apply as well. Weekend and holiday hours are required.

Knoxville Zoo is an equal-opportunity employer and a Tennessee Drug-Free Workplace. Drug testing is mandatory for employment at the zoo. For more information, please visit the zoo’s website at
www.knoxville-zoo.org.

The Blount Mansion Association is hosting a lunch and lecture in commemoration of Black History Month on Saturday, February 18, 2012, noon to 3:00 p.m.

Lisa Oakley, Curator of Education at the East Tennessee Historical Society will present a talk, “Interpreting the Frontier Slave Experience: Slavery at Blount Mansion, 1792-1800.” Lunch will be provided by Chandlers for $5.00, and there will be a showing of a segment of Roots following the lecture.

Free tours of Blount Mansion will be offered, including the inaugural tour of the Blounts’ Slave Quarters.

Please R.S.V.P. for lunch by Thursday, February 16 at 865-525-2375 or director@blountmansion.org.
www.blountmansion.org

Pre-order your 2012 Limited Edition Print, Scenic Road!
We are thrilled to announce that Scenic Road by Andrew Saftel was chosen as the 2012 Dogwood Arts Limited Edition Print!

Born in Massachusetts, and receiving his B.F.A. from San Francisco Institute of Art, Andrew’s interest in art began after working to publish editions of prints and sculptures at a printmaking workshop in San Francisco. He moved to Knoxville in 1985 and immediately felt inspired by the landscape and folk artists.

Scenic Road will be on sale for $100 to the public for the first time at the Dogwood Arts House & Garden Show, February 17-19, at the Knoxville Convention Center. The original artwork will be available for purchase at Bennett Galleries for $5,000 during the month of April.

Due to limited reproduction, we encourage you to pre-order your Scenic Road print via dogwoodarts.com or by calling [865] 637.4561.

Part one of Neil Simon’s autobiographical trilogy. The poignant and funny memoir captures the life of a struggling pre-war Jewish family living in a crowded, lower middle-class Brooklyn home. Adolescent Eugene Jerome, dreaming of baseball and girls, must somehow cope with the mundane existence of his family life: a formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother. Add in his widowed Aunt Blanche, her two rapidly aging young daughters, and Grandpa the Socialist and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

Reception: Friday, February 24, 2012
Open Monday - Saturday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Dogwood Arts is setting the stage for a spectacular House & Garden Show with grand, new features that are sure to inspire everyone. This year's show will take place Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday, February 19 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Knoxville Convention Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The 2012 Dogwood Arts House and Garden Show, presented by homemarketnow.com, will showcase more than 200 commercial exhibits featuring innovative home and garden products, and professionals will be on-hand to provide ideas and assistance. It is the largest house and garden show in Tennessee and offers attendees the opportunity to shop and save on the newest and most innovative home and garden products and services for indoor and outdoor design.

Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (over 65), and $5 for youth (6-12 years old). Children under 5 get in free. All proceeds benefit Dogwood Arts.

For more information on the House & Garden Show, visit www.dogwoodhouseandgarden.com

Get your fiddle fix!
This celebration of Irish music takes place February 17th-19th. Starting with a session at the Jig & Reel on Friday, February 17, and continuing on Saturday afternoon at the Grove Theater in Oak Ridge with workshops and an Irish music concert. On Sunday, the festival returns to the Jig & Reel with a farewell session. For tickets and information the website is www.tunejunkie.org .

Horizons is an installation by noted Icelandic artist Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir. The exhibition includes 12 androgynous, life-sized iron figures in the KMA’s South Garden. Each is unique in pose and expression, and has a polished glass band inserted in its torso. The artist explains this juxtaposition of glass and iron, “The color of the iron signifies their primal quality—as if they are emerging from the earth” while “Glass as a material has a lot of different connotations. It can be fragile, yet dangerous. It can be translucent, or solid . . . It's like water, but also like air.”

Thorarinsdottir has exhibited widely in Europe, Japan, and Australia over the last 30 years, as well as in the United States, where Horizons has been traveling for the past three years. The installation is featured in the documentary Horizons by independent filmmaker Frank Cantor, which won the CINE Special Jury Award in Washington as the best documentary of 2008. Thórarinsdóttir’s work is held by collectors worldwide, and she has been commissioned by both the Icelandic and English governments for major sculptural installations. She has received numerous awards including the Order of the Falcon by the President of Iceland in 2009.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org