Calendar of Events

Saturday 12/15
Amy Andrews
Grace Adele and the Grand Band

Monday 12/17
Pea Pickin' Hearts
Chosen Road

Tuesday 12/18
Wade Hill and the Hillians

Wednesday 12/19
Parker Smith

Thursday 12/20
Dave Owens
Pistol Creek Catch of the Day

Friday 12/21
Jack Rentfro's Apocalypso Quartet

Saturday 12/22
Angela James
Knoxville Bella Corda

Monday 12/24
Todd Steed and the
Christmas Suns

Tuesday 12/25
Happy Holidays!!

Wednesday 12/26
The Caring Committee
Erin Rae

Thursday 12/27
Daniel Miller

Friday 12/28
Mean Mary

Saturday 12/29
Big Jon and the Nationals

12:00 Noon, Knoxville visitors Center, 301 South Gay St. Knoxville, 37902
www.wdvx.com/events

Kick-off event with Mayor Tim Burchett on Dec 14 at 5:45 PM
Free event; canned food donations for the Love Kitchen are appreciated
The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Drive
6:00-9:00 PM daily (closed Christmas Day)
Food vendors will have materials for s'mores, hot chocolate, and kettle corn for sale
Nightly bonfires

Dec 21-23, 6-9 PM: Market with Santa, last-minute shopping with local vendors and crafters

Knoxville Zoo becomes the coolest place in Knoxville to visit during Penguin Discount Days! Now through Feb. 28, 2013, admission to Knoxville Zoo is half-off.
On days when the temperature drops below 40 degrees, some animals will be moved to their indoor enclosures, but even on the coldest days of the year visitors can still see elephants, gorillas, penguins, reptiles, chimpanzees and bears in their indoor viewing areas.
Half-price admission tickets can be purchased at the zoo ticket office during regular zoo hours and online at www.knoxvillezoo.org. Discounted admission tickets must be used by Feb. 28, 2013, and cannot be combined with any other promotion, discount, or coupon.
Knoxville Zoo is Knoxville’s largest year-round attraction. Located off exit 392 from Interstate 40, the zoo is open every day except Christmas Day. Currently, the zoo is open daily from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Admission and ticket sales stop
one-hour before the zoo closes. Next-day admission is free after 3 p.m. For more information, please call 865.637.5331 ext. 300 or visit www.knoxvillezoo.org.

December 7, 2012 - January 18, 2013
The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present Revealed, an exhibition of paintings by Pat Badt and ceramic sculptures by Paul Briggs. The paintings and sculptures share a similar modesty in size, creating an approachable and intimate relationship between object and viewer. The work is meditative in process. Lines and leaf-forms vary in length, color, orientation, and proximity to the next. It is repetitive, yet unique.

RECEPTION: Friday, December 7, 2012, 5-9pm
GALLERY HOURS: Wed - Fri 11-6PM, Sat 10-3PM

Please join us for the First Friday festivities. All events are free and open to the public.
For additional information on this exhibition, please call the UT Downtown Gallery at 865.673.0802 or visit us online at http://web.utk.edu/~downtown.

December 4-30, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Eric Gebhart and Elaine Barnes.

Eric Gebhart is a nature and landscape photographer who draws much of his inspiration from the Smoky Mountains.
Elaine Barnes will be exhibiting a collection of her recent works in clay.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for December 7th from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

Continuing in the month of December, the gallery will offer artisan-made ornaments for sale to benefit the Community School of the Arts, a non-profit program that provides free instruction in music, visual arts, modern dance and drama to children from underserved areas of Knox county.

Art Market Gallery is located a 422 South Gay Street in Knoxville next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 11 am – 6 pm and Sunday 1-5 pm. For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net or join us on facebook: facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

The Farragut Folklife Museum invites the community to visit "An Old Fashioned Christmas" exhibit, on display now through Dec. 28, 2012 (closed Dec. 24 and 25). This special holiday exhibit will feature items from the Museum's collection of artifacts as well as items belonging to Folklife Museum Committee members.

The exhibit showcases a variety of antique toys, games and dolls dating from the late 1800s through the 1900s.

The Farragut Folklife Museum is committed to preserving the heritage of its East Tennessee community and features a remarkable collection of artifacts from the area, including an extensive collection of the personal belongings of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, first Admiral of the U.S. Navy and hero of the Civil War. Housed in the Farragut Town Hall located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive, the Museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and offers free admission. For more information about the Museum or the exhibit, please visit www.townoffarragut.org or contact Museum Coordinator Julia Jones-Barham at julia.jones@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Details TBA

Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716 (16 miles north of Knoxville at I-75, exit 122, then one mile east). Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Information: 865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org

The District Gallery presents: New Work: Mastin, May, and Swanagin
November 30 – December 29, 2012
Artist Reception: Friday, November 30, 5-9 p.m.

The exhibition will feature: primal, figurative ceramic sculptures by Jenny Mastin; dynamic, abstract clay forms by Shadow May; and rich, atmospheric landscapes in oil by David Swanagin.

For more information contact Cinamon Airhart at cinamon@thedistrictgallery.com
The District Gallery | 5113 Kingston Pike | Knoxville, TN 37919 | (865) 200-4452 | www.TheDistrictGallery.com

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

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.

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.

The East Tennessee Historical Society and the Tennessee State Museum are pleased to announce that the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission’s official traveling exhibition, Common People in Uncommon Times, will be on view at the Museum of East Tennessee History through January 13, 2013.

This pictorial narrative represents a diverse array of personalities--Confederate soldiers, Union sympathizers, African-Americans, gallant women-- whose sagas illustrate a land divided. The saga of personal struggle and endurance during the Civil War is presented on 10 graphic panels taken from the State Museum’s collection of photographs and artifacts from the era, as well as from other collections across the state. Each panel portrays a different theme: Confederate leaders, Union leaders, African-Americans, civilian home front, common soldiers, war on the water, reconstruction and commemoration.

The exhibition commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil Will and is accompanied by a tie-in exhibit, In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell, organized by the East Tennessee Historical Society.

From bridge burners to hangings, heroes to villains, grand monuments to simple stones, In Death Not Divided: Civil War Tombstones and the Stories They Tell is an intensely personal look at East Tennessee's Civil War experience.

November 2--January 13. Monday--Friday, 9 a.m.-4p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-4p.m., Sunday 1-5p.m.
Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville