Calendar of Events

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

Monday 2/25
The Town Pants
The Dulcimer Guys

Tuesday 2/26
Driftwood
Mandi Rae

Wednesday 2/27
Tim Haggerty
Patchwork

Thursday 2/28
WestWend
Tim Lee 3

Friday 3/1
Star and Micey
Carolina Story

Saturday 3/2
The Emancipators
Small Houses

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

The Fountain City Art Center’s theme exhibit, “Reflection,” will run from February 15 – March 28, 2013.
Fountain City Art Center is located in the old library building at 213 Hotel Avenue next to the Fountain City Park.

Public viewing hours are Tuesday and Thursday 9-5; Wednesday and Friday 10-5; and Saturdays 9-1.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present a live stage version of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty for children and families from February 15 to March 2. KCT’s version adheres to all the basic elements of the classic bedtime story: romance, intrigue, and ancient magic. But our new adaptation re-imagines various elements to include humor, suspense, and drama, all set amid the backdrop of the French Revolution. Dreams become reality in KCT’s Sleeping Beauty.

Reservations are strongly recommended for all CTK performances. To reserve tickets for the production, e-mail the number of adult and child tickets needed, along with your requested performance date and time, to tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com at any time. Or you may call us at (865) 599-5284 between the hours of 1 PM and 5 PM weekdays, or 11 AM to 5 PM on weekends. Reservations will be placed on “will-call” and paid for upon arrival.

TICKETS are $12 per person. CTK is continuing our special Adult & Child Combination rate for this production: If an adult and a child enter together, these two may be admitted for $10 each.

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

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

Becoming the Volunteer State, a traveling exhibition of the Tennessee State Museum, Nashville will be on display in the East Tennessee History Center from January 28, 2013 through May 19, 2013.

There will be a preview for ETHS members from 2:00-4:00PM, Sunday, January 27, 2013 and a Brown Bag Lecture and Gallery Tour with exhibit curator Myers E. Brown II, at noon at the East Tennessee History Center on Wednesday, February 6, 2013.

East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay Street, Knoxville.
More information online at www.eastTNhistory.org.

January 19 - May 12 "Zoom Into Nano" traveling exhibition offers a hands-on, interactive experience on how scientists see and make things that are too small to see. Nanoscale science and engineering is the process through which materials are manipulated on the molecular scale to generate very, very small structures and devices. Exhibit activities include a magnification station, particle progression, shrink a pattern, atom transporter, shaking solids, infinity crystal, carbon nanotubes, stretch a molecule dissolve a crystal and more. AMSE second level

The American Museum of Science and Energy, located at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, is open Monday - Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm and Sunday 1 - 5 pm. AMSE admission is Adults $5, Seniors (65+) $4, Students (6 - 17) $3, Children (5 and under) no charge. AMSE members are free.

Elaborate silver and gilt jewelry, as well as carpets and textiles from the Turkomen tribes of Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan are the focus of the current exhibition. The Turkomen are one of the major ethnic groups of Central Asia who traditionally lived a semi nomadic existence, migrating with the seasons to access pasture and fertile land. Both jewelry and textiles were forms of transportable wealth that often served as markers of social position. While tribal lands and traditions have changed and evolved, Turkomen peoples continue to play an important role in the culture of Central Asia.

Hours are Monday-Saturday 9:00AM-5:00PM and Sunday 1:00-5:00PM. Admission is free. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, 37996. 865-974-2144 or mcclungmuseum.utk.edu.

EG Knight--Friday, January 18, 2013
"The Georgia Songbird" returns with her won special blend of country-flavored southern-fried blues. Featuring powerfully inflected vocals, extraordianry guitar playing, and a combination of original music and covers, she joyfully ranges from soulful ballads to all out rockin' anthems.

Brushfire Stankgrass--Friday, February 8, 2013
Mixing analog electronics with bluegrass backbeats, the music of Brushfire Stankgrass is instantly unique. A jamgrass band to watch as they burst into national attention.

Harpeth Rising--Friday, March 8, 2013
These four classically trained musicians are forging a distinctive new sound in Americana music. Melding traditional bluegrass and folk banjo and fiddle, then adding a cello and hand drums, the quartet play truly original music.

Black Box performances are held at The Arts Center, 320 North White St., Athens, TN.
Tickets at www.athensartscouncil.org.