Calendar of Events

Tuesday 2/12
Kaleb Hensley

Wednesday 2/13
The Tune Junkies

Thursday 2/14
The Honeycutters
Glossary

Friday 2/15
Hillbillies From Mars
Edgar Allen Lee

Saturday 2/16
Steven Kim
Mayday Malone

Monday 2/18
Shivering Timbers
Bombadil

Tuesday 2/19
Juliet and the Lonesome Romeos
Rich Del Grosso & John Del Toro Richardson

Wednesday 2/20
Adrian Krygowski
Barstool Romeos

Thursday 2/21
Wylie and the Wild West

Friday 2/22
Occidental Gypsy
Henry Wagons

Saturday 2/23
Locust Honey Stringband
Mary Gauthier

12:00 Noon, Knoxville Visitors Center, 301 South Gay St. Knoxville, 37902

Shen Yun brings to life 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through classical Chinese dance and music in an exhilarating show you will never forget. Shen Yun captures the spirit of a culture long lost. The show moves quickly through regions, dynasties, and legends. Ethnic and folk dances fill the stage with color and energy. Tremendous athleticism, thunderous battle drums, and masterful vocalists are all set to animated backdrops that transport you to another world on Tuesday, February 12 and Wednesday, February 13.
Tickets are available now via the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Knoxville Tickets outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444 or online. www.tennesseetheatre.com

With vocalist Dee Daniels at the Bijou Theatre

Whether accompanying herself at the piano or fronting a trio, big band or symphony, Dee Daniels’ musical career is as varied as her four-octave vocal range is thrilling. She is a unique talent who transcends musical borders when she brings her jazz styling, infused with gospel and blues, to the stage. One critic says, “Daniels’ voice has a hypnotic quality, delivering an impressive range that gives the romantic songs and verse of 50 years ago new life and raw emotion.” In our humble opinion, the songs and verse this critic referred to stand as some of the greatest music ever written. And Dee Daniels has a library full of these songs with orchestrations by John Clayton, one of our favorite big band arrangers. It’s the perfect Valentine’s treat for your special someone.

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

February 12, 2013, 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. speaker
Knoxville Civil War Roundtable Monthly
Speaker, Jack Hurst, Historian/Author:
“Born to Battle: Grant and Forrest, 1862-1863”

Bearden Banquet Hall
865-671-9001 dinner reservations required
http://www.discoveret.org/kcwrt/history/history.htm

Choral Arts Concert

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.

James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
Free and open to the public.

Join us on Tuesday, February 12, at 6:00PM for a festive Mardi Gras Masquerade. Enjoy a dinner of gumbo, garlic bread, king cake and a masquerade cocktail. Entertainment will be provided by the Roane State Jazz Band and Celebration Singers and the Arts in Motion Dancers.
Admission $15 per person or $25 couple.
Proceeds benefit the RSCC New York City Choir Tour 2013.
The Rockwood Event Center, 116 West Rockwood St., Rockwood, TN 37854.
865 285 9458 or www.rockwoodeventcenter.com

Tuesday, February 12

5:30 p.m. Science Café: Neanderthal Dynamite
Over 60,000 years ago, the first modern humans encountered the stocky, powerfully build Neanderthals. So what happened? Did we make love or war? That question has tantalized generations of scholars and seized the popular imagination. Modern DNA evidence may hold the key to answering that question. Join us as we explore the prehistoric world of early man. Did we underestimate our mysterious, long-vanished human cousins? This program is FREE and open to the public. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

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.

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