Calendar of Events

GO! Contemporary Dance Works presents Unsung Heroes: Women of World War II. An original full-length contemporary ballet with live music performed by the Samuel Williams Quintet. This performance will focus on women during WWII, their roles, struggles, victories and losses. GO’s audience will encounter the WACs, WAVES, and WASPs, as well as Rosie the Riveter, Anne Frank and Josephine Baker.

Performances will be Saturday, February 9th at 8pm and Sunday, February 10th at 2pm at the Bijou Theatre. Advanced reserved seating tickets are $22 for general public and $17 for students and seniors and $27/$22 at the door. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Bijou Theatre Box Office at 865-684-1200, GO! Contemporary Dance Works at 865-539-2475 or online.

SAY GOODHIGHT GRACIE! FEATURING AL SAFIER AS GEORGE BURNS - Saturday February 9, 2013 at 3pm and 7pm (2 shows)

SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE!
The Life, Laughter and Love of George Burns & Gracie Allen
Alan Safier stars in Say Goodnight Gracie, the hit Broadway play that invites you to spend a hilarious, heart-warming evening in the uplifting company of the world’s favorite and funniest centenarian, George Burns, who spanned over 90 years of American entertainment history, is now alive and kicking — and singing and dancing! — in a stunning tour de force solo performance for Alan Safier. With vintage photographs and video clips from film and television performances, "Say Goodnight Gracie" brings to life Burns's fascinating story.

The Second Series of performances will take place at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center located at 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Oak Ridge High School Wildband whose boosters will also be helping patrons at the shows. Tickets to the following 3 shows are available through www.KnoxvilleTickets.com, by phone 865-656-4444 or toll free 877-995-9961, in person at Knoxville Tickets outlets or at the door.

This theatrical adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ brilliant novel about spiritual warfare will change the way you think about how demons and angels influence your life.
February 9 ONLY!

The performance schedule for THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS is Saturday, February 9 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $39 - $59. There are a limited number of student seats for $25 (student ID required). For groups of 10 or more (including student groups) call 866.476.8707.

To purchase tickets, visit www.ScrewtapeonStage.com, call 423-642-8497 or visit the Tivoli Theatre Box Office 399 McCallie Avenue, Monday to Friday 10:00am-6:30pm, and 1hr prior to performance.

Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad Street in Chattanooga

Harp music is sometimes described as the heavenly music of angels. The opportunity to hear a concert of multiple harps and harpists gives local residents the chance to encounter a heavenly host.
For the tenth year, you are invited to a Harp Ensemble Valentine’s Concert at the Blount County Public Library. The performance will be on Saturday, February 9, at 2 p.m. William Lovelace, former national presidential of the American Harp Society, will direct the concert and is the instructor for the harpists.
A unique event anywhere in the world, this concert will be a special privilege for Blount County area residents to enjoy a concert of seven harps and harpists.
Plan a Valentine’s date with that special someone to enjoy a heavenly harp concert at the library.
Free and open to the public, the program is at the Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville.

For further information about library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.

February 9, 2013 at 8pm
Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall
Cozy Winter Nights with Robinella

Robinella's voice has been called "honey-sweet" and "dazzling, warm and bright as summer sunshine soprano".
Most recently Robinella was part of Appalachian Ballet's 49th Anniversary Celebration.

Join us for our first Cozy Winter Nights performance.
Tickets are $10.
For more information contact the Clayton Center Box Office at (865) 981-8590.

Knoxville fashionistas are invited to join us on Saturday, Febuary 9, to support the program to assist the Runaway Shelter of Child and Family Services.

Project Runaway, a fashion show to benefit at-risk youth, will begin at 7 p.m. at the Foundry, with local designers presenting their thrift store recreations. Prior to designing their recreations, each of the designers participated in a preliminary shopping trip to choose two clothing items from an area KARM Thrift Store. Then, they were asked to deconstruct the clothing items and recreate them into a fashionable outfit to present on the runway.

In addition, local boutiques will present their newest collections on the runway. These items will be available for purchase from the boutiques’ booths that will be set up throughout the Foundry. Event goers will also be treated to a performance by local Americana/folk band Guy Marshall and free hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar will be available throughout the event. Tickets are $25; student tickets are available for $10 (a valid student ID is required). All of the funds raised will benefit Child & Family Tennessee’s Runaway Shelter.

Additional partners for the event include Children’s Hospital, Morris Creative Group and the University of Tennessee’s sororities.

Saturday, February 9, at 11:00AM join Bob Hess and the Everything Mushrooms crew to learn the fine art of mushroom log inoculation. Your $25 fee includes all materials and instruction needed to make your very own shitake mushroom log.
Not ready to commit to your own mushroom log? A $5 fee will include instruction only.

Please visit our website to pre-register for this program! Due to the materials fee, online pre-payment is required. Space may be limited due to materials, so pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins will be welcome until we run out of materials!

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, 37920.
865 577 4717

Winter Bonsai Display
Saturday, February 9th 10am to 4pm
Displaying in Winter allows for the viewer to see the delicate structure of deciduous bonsai like Japanese Maples and American Hornbeams, which can be much more impressive than with all the leaves in place. Please come and enjoy some of the nicest bonsai in the region free of charge.
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum
2743 Wimpole Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37914

Although his home and studio are in Coldwater, Miss., artist Tom Lee is known throughout the South and across the nation for his “lessons of the truth of absurdity.” Pellissippi State Community College hosts a collection of Lee’s work at an exhibit scheduled Feb. 8-March 1.

“It’s What You Get….” kicks off on the 8th with an opening reception honoring the artist. Reception hours are 3-5 p.m. The reception and exhibit, both of which are free and open to the community, take place in the gallery of the Bagwell Center for Media and Art on the Hardin Valley Campus. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

For additional information about the exhibit or “The Arts at Pellissippi State,” call (865) 694-6400 or visit www.pstcc.edu/arts. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu. Requests should be made at least two weeks in advance.

Clayton Center for the Arts presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare as the Second in 2012-2013 Theatre Series.

On February 8 and 9 at 8 pm, the play considered by many to be the greatest play of all time will be presented in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre at the Clayton Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15 for General Admission and may be purchased by calling 865-981-8590 or at www.claytonartscenter.com. The Clayton Center, in its third of a series of plays produced by the theatre, will produce the play for schools at 10 a.m. February 7 in addition to the public performances on February 8 & 9.

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.