Calendar of Events
Thursday, December 6, 2012
WDVX Blue Plate Special
Category: Music
Tuesday 11/27
Taylor Brashears
Ruby James
Wednesday 11/28
The Dusty 45's
Thursday 11/29
Mare Wakefield
Friday 11/30
Jason Esckridge
The Gladson Family Band
with Matt Kinman
Saturday 12/1
Honey Boy and Boots
Humming House
Monday 12/3
Big Leg Emma
Rusty Belle
Tuesday 12/4
Randall Kent Wilkerson
Wednesday 12/5
Swingbooty
David Clifton
Thursday 12/6
Delta Moon
Green Carpet Players
Friday 12/7
Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours
Connor Christian and Southern Gothic
Saturday 12/8
John Doyle
Hiroya Sukamoto
12:00 Noon, Knoxville Visitors Center, 301 South Gay St., Knoxville 37902
www.wdvx.com/events
Knoxville Museum of Art: East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Free event and Kids, family
November 27, 6-8:00pm Reception & Awards Ceremony. Awards ceremony begins at 6:45.
The seventh annual exhibition is co-hosted by the TN Art Education Association and features hundreds of artworks by middle and high school students from 32 counties in East TN.
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
Shanks Center for the Arts: Art of the Nativity Exhibit
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Fine Crafts
The public is invited to a reception, Friday November 23, 5 - 7 pm, at the Shanks Center for the Arts, 140 North Main Street, across from the Depot, Crossville, Tennessee. Entertainment will be provided by Dennis Donald of D-Squared Productions. Hundreds of nativity sets will be on exhibit, on loan from the First Methodist Church, Crossville, Tennessee, and formerly owned by Jim and Nancy Bridges. In addition, the Shanks Center will feature three galleries and an extended gift Shop with fine art, fine craft items and holiday ornaments for sale to the public. Gift certificates for items and for classes will also be available.
The Shanks Center regular business hours are Thursdays-Fridays-Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm. Special Sunday hours will run November 25 through December 23 when the center will be open on Sundays from 1 - 4 pm.
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Absurd Person Singular
Category: Theatre
By Alan Ayckbourn
Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday & Sunday performances and $15 plus fees for Friday & Saturday performances. Theatre Knoxville Downtown has open seating. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to pick up your tickets and claim your seats. TKD reserves the right to seat walk-in patrons during the final 15 minutes prior to showtime. For more information on the show, please call Theatre Knoxville Downtown at (865) 544-1999, e-mail info@theatreknoxville.com, or visit www.theatreknoxville.com.
Theatre Knoxville: Absurd Person Singular
Category: Theatre
Theatre Knoxville presents Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by
Zack Allen. Absurd Person Singular is set over three Christmases in the kitchens of three couples: Sidney Hopcroft, an ambitious tradesman, and his submissive wife Jane; architect and adulterer Geoffrey Jackson and his depressed wife, Eva; and Ronald Brewster-Wright, a banker, and his alcoholic wife Marion.
Nov 23-Dec 9, 2012
Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8:00 pm, Sunday @ 3:00 pm
Tickets: Thu & Sun: $10, Fri & Sat: $15
Theatre Knoxville Downtown
319 N. Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37917
865/544-1999
info@theatreknoxville.com
www.theatreknoxville.com
University of Tennessee Ewing Gallery: Joshua Bienko, Evan Meaney, Althea Murphy-Price, and Karla Wozniak
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Joshua Bienko, Evan Meaney, Althea Murphy-Price, and Karla Wozniak
November 18 - December 16, 2012
Reception: November 18, 2-4pm, Ewing Gallery
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday 11:30AM-5:00PM.
Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1715 Volunteer Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37996-2410
ph: 865.974.3200
Reclaim and Tribe One Present Whole Woman: Healthy Woman
Category: Classes, workshops
Do you need more health and wellness in your life?
Do you need more support in your life?
What is leadership? Do you consider yourself a leader?
If these are questions you have asked yourself then this is for you!
Through yoga, art and educational training, women will explore what it means to lead with purpose in healthy and life sustaining ways.
Wear clothes that you can move in.
Find sanctuary at Tribe One
2112 East Magnolia Ave
Knoxville, TN 37917
Saturdays from 9:30am-11:30am
November 17: Art, Yoga and Meditation
December 1st : Know Your Value
December 8th : Leading with purpose
Cost: Pay-what-you-can
Call to secure childcare
RSVP: reclaimwholebeing@gmail.com or 865-385-4367
Fountain City Art Center: Fountain City Art Guild Annual Holiday Show
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
Opening reception: November 16, 6:30-8:00 PM
Also showing: Gibbs area Knox County Schools student artwork
No admission charged; open to the public.
November 16 - December 19, 2012
The Fountain City Art Center
213 Hotel Ave., Knoxville, TN 37918
865.357.2787
fcartcenter@knology.net
Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts: Selections from the Arrowmont Permanent Collection
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
Selections from Arrowmont’s Permanent Collection
November 15 – December 22
Sandra J. Blain Galleries
Free Admission
Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN
865.436.5860
www.arrowmont.org
Westminster Presbyterian Church: Paintings, Prints and Icons
Category: Exhibitions, visual art
Westminster Presbyterian Church is presenting an exhibit of icons which are on view in the church’s Schilling Gallery through December.
Featured are paintings by local artist Clorinda Bell, prints by Mary Grace Thul, and a selection of Greek and Russian icons on loan from St. George Greek Orthodox Church. Westminster Church is located at 6500 Northshore Drive and viewing hours are 9-4 weekdays and Sundays, 9-noon. For additional information, please contact the church office at 584-3957.
American Museum of Science and Energy: Movies at the Museum
Category: Film, Free event and Kids, family
Plan a movie date with family and friends for specific Friday evenings in November and December to view "Movies at the Museum" for free at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.
For "Movies at the Museum" AMSE opens at 5:30 pm for free admission and the featured movie starts at 7:00 pm in the AMSE auditorium. For links to the six movie descriptions, reviews and ratings, click on www.amse.org for guidance in age or family appropriate content.
On November 9, "The Beginning or The End," a 1947 docudrama on the Manhattan Project and creation of the atomic bomb and subsequent bombing of Japan, is the featured movie to kick-off "Movies at the Museum."
On November 16, "Jurassic Park," produced in 1993, focuses on an age-old fantasy that becomes a reality as dinosuars are genetically re-created for the ultimate theme park in this adaptation of Michael Crichton's best selling novel, Jurassic Park.
On November 30, "King Kong vs.Godzilla" (1962) a pharmaceutical company captures King Kong and brings him to Japan, where he escapes from captivity and battles a recently released Godzilla.
For three Fridays in December, these "Movies at the Museum" include Dec. 7 "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (1953) as a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur thaws out and starts making its way down the east coast of North America;
Dec. 14 "Godzilla" (1998) a enormous, radioactively mutated lizard runs rampant on the island of Manhattan; and Dec. 28 "Dinosaur" (2000) where an orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meterorite shower destroys his family home.
The American Museum of Science and Energy, located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, is open Monday - Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday 1 - 5 pm. For more information on AMSE memberships, exhibits, programs and events, go to www.amse.org.
Athens Area Council for the Arts: The Art of Still Life
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
The Athens Area Council for the Arts announces this year’s annual juried art competition and exhibit, “The Art of Still Lifeâ€, to be held at The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, Tennessee, from November 6, 2012 – January 4, 2013. Over $1200.00 in prize money will be awarded in three divisions – high school, college, and open. Residents of McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, and Bradley counties have been invited to participate by entering artworks.
The goal of this juried art show is to encourage artists to stretch the limits of what we consider a ‘still life’, defined as the depiction of a grouping of inanimate objects. While the still life has been a key subject for many artists in all eras, this tradition remains fresh and relevant as each succeeding generation seeks new interpretations of the form.
The Art of Still Life opening reception and awards ceremony will be held at The Arts Center on November 13, 2012. Hosted by the Community Artists’ League, the reception will begin at 6:00 p.m. to allow for viewing of the entries and voting on the People’s Choice Award. Light refreshments will be served. The awards ceremony will begin 7:00 p.m. The public, artists, family, and friends are invited to attend.
For more information or directions visit www.athensartscouncil.org or call AACA at (423) 745-8781. The ArtsCenter is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. till 5:00 p.m. Admission is free.