Calendar of Events

The dress rehearsal for Knoxville Opera's production of Girl of the Golden West will be held February 6 at 6:30 in the Tennessee Theatre.
Free to students and ticket holders.

Phone: (865) 524-0795 Email: hello@knoxvilleopera.com
www.knoxvilleopera.com

A Brown Bag Lecture and Gallery tour for Becoming the Volunteer State: Tennessee in the War of 1812 by exhibit curator Myers E. Brown II.
Noon, Wednesday, February 6, 2013

East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Free and open to the public.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a “brown bag” lunch. Soft drinks will be available.

For more information on the lecture, exhibitions, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824 or visit the website at www.EastTNHistory.org.

“Lift Every Voice”
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

This one-act play tells the story and influence of the Harlem Renaissance and highlights important cultural, artistic, and political figures and events focusing on the contributions of several key figures in the Harlem Renaissance, such as W.E.B. DuBois, James Weldon Johnson, Louis Armstrong and Zora Neale Hurston. It puts into context the incredible influence of the Harlem Renaissance on people such as Elvis Presley, Spike Lee, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This 50 minute play also features drama, song and dance.

Performances will be held in the O’Brien Theatre, Roane County Campus, Harriman, Tennessee, at 12:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
www.roanestate.edu/theatre

NAT KING COLE TRIBUTE

Wes Lunsford is known around town as one of the best young jazz guitarists on the scene. The fact that he's also a talented vocalist has been somewhat of a secret until now. The "cat will be let of the bag" at February's jazz lunch concert when Lunsford and company perform a tribute to the Nat King Cole trio, complete with vocal renditions of some of Cole's most beloved hits. You can purchase tickets and watch a video of the Nat King Cole Trio

The Square Room
KJO Jazz Lunch
Tribute To: Nat King Cole w/ the Jazz Standard

Wednesday, Feb 06, 2013 12:00 PM EST (11:30 AM Doors)
The Square Room, Knoxville, TN
http://www.ticketweb.com

February 1 - July 28 "JAPAN 1945: IMAGES BY U.S. MARINE PHOTOGRAPHER JOE O'DONNELL" is a traveling exhibition organized by the Tennessee State Museum that showcases 22 of the most compelling images to document the aftermath of U.S. bombing raids on the Japanese cities struck by the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Artifacts and explanatory panels complete the exhibition. AMSE Lobby.

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

The Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will feature an exhibit of recent works by two artists recently juried into the gallery, Kory Kiker and Katie White.

A First Friday opening reception for the exhibit is planned for 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, with complimentary refreshments and live music: jazz, soul and fusion performed by saxophonist Marquis McGee.

Member owned and operated by more than 60 regional artists, the Art Market Gallery is located at 422 South Gay St., next to the Downtown Grill & Brewery, and a few doors down from Mast General Store. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. For more information,. Call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net, or join us on Facebook: facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

The UT Downtown Gallery is pleased to present and installation by Chad Curtis. Chad D. Curtis is an artist and technologist living and working in Philadelphia. Drawing inspiration from both digital technology and homebrew DIY makers, Curtis's work examines the abstraction of materiality in the digital age and the effects of high technology on the relationship between human beings and the natural environment.

Chad Curtis will be giving a public lecture on his work at 7:30pm in room 109 of the Art and Architecture building on Thursday January 31st. There is a basketball game on campus that evening. Parking Services will be selling off the lots until game tip-off shortly after 7pm. If you are planning on parking in the lot behind the A+A building, please plan to arrive no earlier than 5-10 minutes before the lecture begins to avoid paying to park.

February 1 , 2013 - February 23, 2013
RECEPTION, Friday, February 1, 2013, 5-9pm

LECTURE
Thursday, January 31, 2013
7:30 pm in room 109 of the Art and Architecture Building

GALLERY HOURS: Wed - Fri 11-6PM, Sat 10-3PM

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present its National Juried Exhibition of 2013, a new exhibition featuring selected works from 24 artists in the Southeast region. The National Juried Exhibition was developed in 2006 to provide a forum for local artists to compete on a national scale and display their highest quality work. The exhibition encompasses all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists and will be displayed in the Emporium Center from February 1-22, 2013. A public reception will take place on Friday, February 1, from 5:00-9:00 PM with a brief awards ceremony at 6:00 PM in which $1,000 in cash awards will be announced.

Gallery open M-F 9:00AM-5:00PM. Additional hours Sat. Feb. 2, 11:00AM-3:00PM.
The Emporium Center, 100 South Gay Street.
http://www.knoxalliance.com

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a new group exhibition featuring artwork by six local artists opening Friday, February 1, at 5:00 PM in the Balcony of the Emporium Center:
Tina Brunetti (Knoxville) – Acrylic and mixed media works,
Phillip Carter (Morristown) – Acrylic on canvas,
Meg Haufe (Knoxville) Pastel paintings inspired by music and musicians,
Steven Ingram (Talbott) – Mixed media artworks in the style of surrealism mixed with impressionism,
Barry McManus (Louisville) – Photography,
Jane Nickels (Knoxville) – Acrylic on canvas, abstract in nature with an emphasis on pattern and visual connections/relationships.

The group exhibition will be displayed in the Balcony at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, from February 1-22, 2013. An opening reception will take place as part of First Friday activities on February 1 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, February 2, 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.

Please join us for First Friday, February 1, 5-8 p.m. for a champagne reception featuring: Julia Britell Jewelry (show continues through the 22nd), V Chocolates, Donna Gordon Glass.

The District Gallery and Framery
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
5113 Kingston Pike | Knoxville | TN | 37919
(located next to Gourmet's Market) | 865.200.4452 | www.thedistrictgallery.com

Red takes you into the mind of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko and chronicles his two-year struggle to complete the largest and most lucrative commission in the history of modern art – a set of dark red murals for Manhattan’s exclusive Four Seasons restaurant. As Rothko’s young assistant gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the possibility that his crowning achievement as an artist might also be his artistic undoing. Set during the changing cultural landscape of the early 1960s, John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play is a snapshot of a brilliant artist at the height of his fame. Red is hailed as “intense and exciting” by The New York Times.

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

John Logan’s acclaimed Tony Award-winning drama “Red” will paint the Carousel Theatre stage January 31 to February 17, 2013. The production is sponsored by the Clayton Foundation with additional support from the Mildred Haines and William Elijah Morris Lecture Endowment Fund. It contains mature language, herbal cigarette smoking and will run approximately 1 ½ hour with no intermission.

“Red” runs January 31 – February 17, 2013. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Matinee performances begin at 2:00 p.m. Ticket prices vary. Discounts apply. For tickets, please call the CBT box office at 865-974-5161 or Tickets Unlimited at 865-656-4444.