Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has added a new concert series for the 2012 – 2013 season, “Gabriel Lefkowitz & Friends,” featuring recently appointed Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz in performances he has programmed and will lead. Wednesday and Thursday evenings at Remedy Coffee, 125 W. Jackson Ave (Old City) in Knoxville. Concerts will last approximately one hour. Seating is limited. Complimentary coffee and dessert will be served after each concert when ticket holders will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the performers.

Bach Solo Sonata No. 3 in E Major – Prelude
Ysaye Sonata No. 2, Obsession
Dvorak Piano Quintet
Gabriel Lefkowitz and Gordon Tsai, violin; Kathryn Gawne, viola; Andy Bryenton, cello; Kevin Class, piano

For information and tickets: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to announce a monthly series featuring artists showcasing their work and discussing their inspirations and processes. The next presentation takes place on Wednesday, January 16, from 12:00-1:00 PM with artist Fritz Massaquoi. Fritz Massaquoi is a resident multi-media artist in the Emporium and a fixture in Knoxville’s arts community. His artistic talents include vibrant paintings of African village life, colorful abstractions inspired by his interest in modern dance, weavings, embroidered African clothing, and more.

Wednesday, January 16, 12:00-1:00PM in the Emporium Gallery, 100 South Gay Street
www.knoxalliance.com

Knox County Public Library offers a new take on its monthly lunch and learn program
Books Sandwiched In replaces the popular Brown Bag Green Book Series with a broader focus on trending current events

The first book to launch the new series is The Signal and the Noise: Why most predictions fail, but some don’t by Nate Silver, at noon on Wednesday, January 16 at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street. The discussion will be led by the City of Knoxville’s Deputy to the Mayor and Chief Policy Officer Dr. William Lyons.

The public is invited to join the conversation. Bring your favorite sandwich or pick up something from a downtown restaurant. Copies of the books are available at the Library if you'd like to read one before the program. For more information, please call Emily Ellis at 215-8723.

It's time for parents to register their students for 2013 Homeschool Friday Programs offered two times a month for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-6 at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. Topics for the interactive programs are the same for each of the specific groups; however, the class time varies as does the cost for the Homeschool Friday Programs. The K-2 classes meet at 10:30 am for one hour with cost of $7 for non-members and $5 for AMSE members. The Grade 3 - 6 classes begin at 12:30 pm and continue for two hours with the cost of $12 for non-members and $9 for AMSE members. For more information and to register for the Homeschool Friday Programs go to www.amse.org or come by AMSE.

May 10 HOMESCHOOL FRIDAY PROGRAM features "Geology" for Grades K-2 at 10:30 am for one hour with cost of $7 for non-members and $5 for AMSE members. Grades 3-6 at 12:30 pm for two hours with the cost of $12 non-members and $9 for AMSE members. Students will learn about the layers of the earth, their composition, depth, temperatures, and their relation to minerals. Activities include testing 9 kinds of minerals and observing 15 kinds of rocks. For more information and registration forms, click www.amse.org or get a flyer at AMSE.

May 24 HOMESCHOOL FRIDAY PROGRAM features "Trees" at Freels Bend Cabin in Oak Ridge for Grades K-2 at 10:30 am for one hour with cost of $7 for non-members and $5 for AMSE members. Grades 3-6 at 12:30 pm for two hours with the cost of $12 for non-members and $9 for AMSE members. Which trees are used to make baseball bats, pencils and Popsicle sticks? Learn about the trees of East Tennessee and how they are used in our lives. Students will learn how to measure a tree's height and diameter in this outdoor class. For more information and registration forms, click www.amse.org or get a flyer at AMSE.

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

16th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition
January 12 – March 2

Opening Reception & Awards, January 11, 6-8 pm
Sandra J. Blain Galleries
Free Admission
Mon - Fri, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN
865.436.5860
www.arrowmont.org

We are so excited and honored to host an exhibit of works by 30 members of the Foothills Craft Guild here at the Fountain City Art Center. Works by our own FCAC membership, Bob Meadows and Jim Gentry, will be featured in the show, too! Everyone is invited to attend the opening reception for the show on Friday, January 11, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM. If you have never been to a Foothills show or sale, you are in for quite a treat! The exhibit will be on display through February 7. Artwork by students from the Karns area schools will also be featured in “Student Exhibits” during this time.

No admission is charged. The Fountain City Art Center is located at 213 Hotel Avenue, next to the Fountain City Park in the old library building. Art Center Hours are: Tu, Th 9-5; W, F 10-5; Sat. 9-1. Contact us at: fcartcenter@knology.net, or 865.357.2787 for more information. Visit us on Facebook or on our website: www.fountaincityartctr.com.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present a live stage version of the grand chase novel Around the World in 80 Days for children and families from January 11 through 26. The play will be performed at Children’s Theatre at 800 Tyson Street in downtown Knoxville.
The time is 1872, decades before the invention of the airplane. A gentleman thief has just robbed the Bank of England, and three days later, Phileas Fogg makes a daring wager: that he can travel around the world and return home to England in 80 days. But Inspector Fixx of Scotland Yard is convinced that Mr. Fogg is the thief, and that the wager is merely a clever means to escape justice. Around the World in 80 Days is full of comic episodes, adventure scenes, wise advice, and good old British ingenuity.

Performances:
Friday 1/11 at 7 PM, Saturday 1/12 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 1/13 at 3 PM
Thursday 1/17 at 7 PM, Friday 1/18 at 7 PM, Saturday 1/19 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sunday 1/20 at 3 PM, Thursday 1/24 at 7 PM, Friday 1/25 at 7 PM, Saturday 1/26 at 1 PM & 5 PM

Tickets: $12 or Any adult & Child entering together = $10 each
Reservations by phone at (865) 599-5284, or by e-mail at tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com
800 Tyson Street, 300 feet off Broadway, near Old Gray National Cemetery

January 2-27, Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present a special 30th Anniversary Exhibit. This exhibit will feature artworks by nine active and inactive artist-members that are among the earliest or original members of the Art Market Gallery.

From its establishment 30 years ago as an adjunct of the former Dulin Gallery of Art, Art Market Gallery has become one of the longest-standing cooperative artist groups in the Southeast and boasts the largest selection of local and regional art and fine craft in Knoxville. The gallery shows and sells only original, one-of-a- kind artworks in a historic space located on Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. All of the gallery’s active members are involved in the operation of the gallery.

Art Market Gallery is located a 422 South Gay Street in Knoxville next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery. Gallery hours are Tuesday-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

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 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.