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February 10, 2:00 PM
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Knoxville Children's Theatre will hold auditions for a full-scale production of Bridge To Terabithia on Sunday, February 10. The audition will take place from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM at our theatre at 800 Tyson Street. The play is based on the Newberry Medal-winning by Katherine Paterson. Dennis E, Perkins will direct the play.

Auditions are by appointment only. Auditioners may choose from the following appointment times: 1:30 PM, 2 PM, 2:30 PM, 3 PM, 3:30 PM, 4 PM, and 4:30 PM.

Auditioners should prepare a one-minute monologue from a play or novel.

Rehearsals will begin on or around Sunday, February 17, continuing through Thursday, Mar. 21, 2013. Rehearsals are held Sunday through Thursday evenings. Actors should expect to attend most rehearsals. Actors must also be available for all 13 performances: Mar. 22 through Apr. 7, Thursdays through Sundays. There will be no performance on Sunday, Mar. 31, for observance of Easter. The play’s director will be resident director Dennis E. Perkins.

To make an audition appointment: Send an email to Caroline King at caroline@childrenstheatreknoxville.com .

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.

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.

It has been more than 70 years since cowboy entertainer Tom Mix and his horse took center stage at the Tennessee Theatre. After this prolonged absence, horses will be a featured highlight in Knoxville Opera’s upcoming Wells Fargo Advisors production of Puccini’s The Girl of the Golden West. The musical drama exploring the 1849 California Gold Rush presents a unique opportunity for Knoxville to experience opera and horses! Opera singers will make their entrances and exits on quarter-horses from Strong Stock Farm on Rutledge Pike. The action includes gunfights, poker, whiskey and cigars, a sheriff, a Wells-Fargo agent, Native Americans, and a blizzard!

The opera is the perfect marriage of thrilling music and a slice of Americana, combined with excitement and an authentic Western storyline. To add to the audience’s experience, the Wells Fargo Stagecoach will be parked in front of the Theatre to welcome patrons and for photo opportunities.

Tickets for performances on February 8 and 10 start at $18 for adults and $13 for students and are available by calling the Knoxville Opera Box Office at 865-524-0795.

At the Tennessee Theatre, 601 S. Gay Street. Information and tickets: 865-524-0795, www.KnoxvilleOpera.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