Calendar of Events

Come join our sisterhood: Menopause The Musical: The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change! Set in a department store where four women, with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra, meet by chance at a lingerie sale. The all-female cast makes fun of their woeful hot flashes, forgetfulness, mood swings, wrinkles, night sweats, and chocolate binges. A sisterhood is created between these diverse women as they realize that menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage!” This hilarious musical parody set to classic tunes from the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s will have you cheering and dancing in the aisles. See what millions of women worldwide have been laughing about for over 10 years.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Part of the 2011-12 Music Concert Series at Pellissippi State Community College. Performances are offered at no charge. However, donations are always accepted at the door for the Pellissippi State Foundation on behalf of the Music Scholarship fund. Plenty of free parking is available. Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu

Science Café - Book Club
Join us for the first in a series of nature book club meetings. This month, we'll be reading The Path by Chet Raymo. According to Raymo, "Every pebble and wildflower has a story to tell." Free. Please call to register.

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

Come join The Carpetbag Theatre for an Open Dress Rehearsal of "Between Ballad and A Blues" and bid them farewell as they head off to The August Wilson Center in Pittsburgh, PA. This is the perfect after work celebration of Knoxville's own African American Professional Touring company and Black History month.

Tuesday, February 21, 6:00 PM
The Arts Emporium Center, 100 South Gay Street, Lower Gallery
Admission is your "Bon Voyage" gift and is at your discretion.

For information visit our website: www.carpetbagtheatre.org or call 865 544 0447.

Knoxville Area Transit is pleased to announce the upcoming events surrounding the unveiling of our new suspended kinetic sculpture.

The sculpture, by internationally-known artist Bob Emser, will be suspended from the vestibule entryway of Knoxville Station. The commission, juried by a panel of both art experts and transit passengers, was approved by the City’s Public Art Committee and will be installed in February.

LECTURE AND SCULPTURE VIEWING
Mr. Emser will speak at the Knoxville Museum of Art (1050 World’s Fair Park Drive, 37919, www.knoxart.org) on Monday, February 20, 2012, at 3:30 p.m. Following the lecture, participants will take a shuttle to the transit center to see the artwork. A return shuttle should arrive at the KMA around 5:00pm. The KMA and lecture are FREE and open to the public. For more information, call KAT at 215-7800.

FIRST FRIDAY ART INTRODUCTION
KAT will host a First Friday introduction to this dramatic work on Friday, March 2, 2012, from 4 pm to 7 pm.

Bob Emser is an internationally-recognized sculptor, with exhibits on 4 continents, 7 countries, and 27 states in the U.S. During his 30-year career he has served as a visiting artist and has taught at several universities, held a tenured professorship, and founded a not-for-profit art center that is still in existence. Currently he is the president of the Chicago Sculpture International, a local affiliate of International Sculpture Center, on whose Board of Directors he has served.

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

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

Athens Community Theater will present GUYS & DOLLS – a Musical Fable of Broadway by Frank Loesser on February 16 – 26, 2012 in the Sue E. Trotter Theater at The Arts Center in Athens.

Guys & Dolls is considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, the musical features a cast of 30+ singers, dancers, actors and a live orchestra introducing a cast of vivid characters who have become legends in the canon: Sarah (Brittany Duggan), the upright “mission doll”, out to reform the evildoers of Times Square; Sky Masterson (Perry Philpott), the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide (Sandra Boyd), the chronically ill nightclub performer whose condition is brought on by the fact she’s been engaged to the same man for 14 years; and Nathan Detroit (Art Kimball), her devoted fiancé, always desperate to find a spot for his infamous floating crap game. Guys & Dolls features many of Broadway’s hit songs, including “Luck Be a Lady,” “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,”, “Fugue for Tinhorns,” and many more.

Guys & Dolls is directed by Melonie Carideo with musical direction by Ellen Kimball.

Show dates are February 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 at 7PM and February 19 and 26 at 2PM. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students. Come at 6PM on opening night to roll the dice for prizes. “Dolls” who bring “Guys”on Thursday, February 23rd receive a $3 discount on each Guy’s ticket. Tickets are available on line at www.athensartscouncil.org, by phone at 423-745-8781, and at The Arts Center located at 320 North Jackson St. in downtown Athens.

Thursday 2/16
Saint Anyway, Kalob Griffin Band

Friday 2/17
Tune Junkies, Flea Market Hustlers

Saturday 2/18
Judson Claiborne, Tennessee Joltwagon

Monday 2/20
The Atomic Duo, Phil Minissale

Tuesday 2/21
Pollyanna, Anna Crane

Wednesday 2/22
Michaela Anne Band, Lizzy Ross

Thursday 2/23
Old North State, Jordan Eastman

Friday 2/24
Jonathan Edwards, Chuck Brodsky

Some of the foremost Jazz musicians hailing from the Volunteer State are united
for the first time in a rare and exciting lineup:
Trumpet legend Marvin Stamm has performed and recorded with Frank Sinatra,
Benny Goodman and a Who's Who list of music world celebrities. An artist in constantly
evolution, his performances in duo, trio, quartet, or with symphony orchestra's all over
the US are invariably exciting and imaginative.
Rusty Holloway has exhibited admirable impartiality throughout his diverse career. From Carnegie Hall to music joints of dubious reputation, his virtuosic and
groove-ridden bass playing has won the admiration of fellow musicians and audiences
alike.
Keith Brown, originally from Knoxville, is one of the great treasures of the local jazz scene. In addition to teaching full time at UT where heconducts the University of Tennessee jazz ensemble, Keith can be heard with Boling, Brown,and Holloway at Baker Peter's on Thursday evenings and at Lucille's on Saturdays with Early Bird featuring Donald Brown.
Pianist Bill Swann, from eastern
Tennessee, became serious about musicin high school; in his senior year was playing 3-5 nights a week in nightclubs across Tennessee. After two years on the road with a local band, Bill left the band pursue the study of jazz piano in college. He won an outstanding soloist award at the 1999 Mobile Collegiate Jazz Competition.
Tour Dates
• February 16, 2012 – Overton High Jazz Festival – Memphis, TN
• February 17 or 19, 2012 (TBD), 2012 – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• February 14, 2012 – Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: “Jazz is for Lovers”
• February 18, 2012 – Rusty Holloway & Steve Kaufman – Maryville, TN
• February 19, 2012 (TBC) – Barley's Taproom, Knoxville, TN
• February 23, 2012 (TBC) – Baker Peter's Jazz Club, Knoxville, TN
More Information
www.musicartsmanagement.com/artists
Tel.: (573) 639 1019