Calendar of Events

Start the New Year off right with an early morning Ashtanga practice taught by Jardana Peacock for 4-weeks from January 7-January 30th. Find more information here: http://www.glowingbody.net/workshops/#ashtanga_series.

Glowing Body is the only yoga studio in Knoxville that offers Ashtanga yoga! This class is for beginning through advanced students. Ashtanga is a vigorous style of yoga that has a place for all bodies with the appropriate dedication by the individual.

Monday 1/7
The Newbees
Les Kerr

Tuesday 1/8
Rockwood Ferry
Greg Horne

Wednesday 1/9
Keith Kenny

Thursday 1/10
Sarah Morgan
Christian Cole

Friday 1/11
Wallace Coleman
Sugar Lime Blue

Monday 1/14
Laura Thurston
Secret B-Sides

Thursday 1/17
E.G. Kight

Friday 1/18
If Birds Could Fly
Samantha Harlow & Andrew Leahey

Wednesday 1/23
Jay Clark
Jimmie Davis

12:00 noon at the Knoxville Visitors Center, 301 South Gay Street 37902.
www.wdvx.com/events

Works by Hali Maltsberger on view by appointment at A1 LabArts, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, January 5-18.
Contact Hali Maltsberger,n 865-850-0006 or hlmaltsy@g.mail.com.
www.halimaltsberger.com.

The guest performers for the James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday Program will be Poppa Geno and the Playback. In addition to the performers, Bill Snyder and Freddie Brabson will play selections on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. Guest MC for the program will be Kelly Vasconcelos. A boxed lunch may be purchased in the lobby for $5.00 (while supplies last). In addition, several snacks may be purchased at the concession stand such as soft drinks, bottled water, popcorn, candy. There is no charge for the program.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Mighty Musical Monday, January 7, 2013, 12:00 Noon at the Historic Tennessee Theatre.
Featuring House Organist Bill Snyder, Freddie Branson, Associate House Organist and Poppa Geno and The Playback. Guest MC will be Liza Zenni of the Arts and Culture Alliance.
Chick-fil-A brown bag lunches available for $5.

For information contact the Tennessee Theatre Box Office at 865 684 1200 or www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Derek Hoke has parked himself at the intersection of classic country and western. And he is preaching the gospel with three chords and the truth. He'll be bringing in the new year with a traditional country twist. Get your tootsies ready to two step.

David Nelson is Cowboy Poet Laureate of Tennessee. He has entertained countless Tennesseans with his brand of Western themed humor and wit. His Cowboy Comedy Hour, and his stage persona as the "biggest liar in East Tennessee" place him in demand as a showman all over the country.

Tickets will be available at the WDVX Blue Plate Special & at the door.
7PM, Knoxville Visitors Center, 301 South Gay Street, www.wdvx.com/events

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of hand drawn and hand stamped ink artworks by Carl Gombert entitled “Radiant Geometries”, on display in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville from January 4-25, 2013. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on January 4 from 5:00-9:00 PM with complimentary hors d’oeuvres.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM with additional hours on Saturday, January 5, from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new exhibition of woven mixed media works and drawings and paintings by artists Geri Forkner and Elizabeth Porter entitled “Alternate Realities”. Geri Forkner creates alternate realities by collecting various papers, cutting or tearing and then reweaving these papers into themselves, and Liz Porter draws and paints human figures that have electrical components showing our dependency upon technology and external power sources.

The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville from January 4-25, 2012, and an opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on January 4 from 5:00-9:00 PM. The Emporium will be open from 11AM-3PM Saturday January 5 and Monday through Friday 9AM-5PM.

Contra dancing to live acoustic music. No experience or partner required!

Mondays at 8:00PM, $7, for information call 865-386-6627 or www.knoxvillecontra.org.
Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37916.

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.

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