Calendar of Events

8th Annual Fountain City Art Center Annual Open Show - a spectacular array of area artists’ talents. This exhibit includes pottery, amazing decorative gourds, a handmade book, a leather and fossil sculpture, oils, watercolors, pastels, graphite pencil drawings, fused glass, and many mixed media pieces.

Exhibit Reception - June 28, 6:30-8:00 PM

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

A Festival of Horns and Drums
Join us as we have a weekend of music on the Plaza, in the R&L Nutt Theatre, in the Haslam Family Theatre and the Lambert Recital Hall. Move through the Clayton Center and find your favorites, listen to something new and enjoy food and drink or dance under the stars. This year's festival features Dor L'Dor, Joy Ride Jazz Septet, Morning Star Flutes, East Tennessee Concert Band, Tuatha Dea Drum Circle, Ensemble Swing Time Band (on the plaza for dancing) and many more! Weekend passes are $25 for adults and $10 for students.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Info: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

The Summer Movie Magic Series has arrived!

Smokey and the Bandit: Friday, June 28 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, June 30 at 2 p.m.
On Golden Pond: Friday, July 12 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, July 14 at 2 p.m.
Rear Window: Friday, July 26 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, July 28 at 2 p.m.
The Godfather Part II: Friday, August 16 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, August 18 at 2 p.m.
National Lampoon's Animal House: Friday, August 23 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, August 25 at 2 p.m.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Open mic event for local spoken word artists, singers, poets, dancers, and more! Admission is $3.

This months special guest host is ScReW LoOsE. ScReW LoOsE got started in 1999 rapping over live music and progressed to doing live shows. In 2001 ScReW LoOsE began to produce his own tracks and started to do background vocals. Upon starting to produce ScReW LoOsE formed an underground label known as Just 2 Tight Records with other producers Sleepy Eyez and Slack$tar. Later ScReW LoOsE began to make several underground songs with various artists around Knoxville, Tennessee. ScReW LoOsE has performed for events such as: The Kuumba Festival, Tru Skool Thursdays, Throw back Thursdays, and King of the Mic. Also ScReW LoOsE has performed for: the Freeway album release party, D4L, and other venues in the area of Knoxville, Tennessee. ScReW LoOsE is an accomplished rapper/vocalist/producer, who is a instrumentalist as well.

Carpetbag Theatre at Fourth United Presbyterian Church, 1323 N. Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-544-0447, www.carpetbagtheatre.org

with Milk Carton Kids
Josh Ritter is a powerful and enlightening folk troubadour whose music defies easy categorization. With each new album, he deftly proves why he is incomparable to any other folk artist of this time. This tour finds Ritter & The Royal City Band celebrating the release of The Beast In Its Tracks, his seventh studio effort. Bonus prize: Ticket purchasers will also receive an immediate download of The Beast In Its Tracks!

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Big Jon & The Nationals and their classic blues performance were well received at their AA5 debut last year and are back again by popular demand!

Alive After Five is a unique live music series presented on thirty or more Fridays per year in four seasonal series. The programs take place in the smoke-free, casually elegant setting of the Great Hall in the Knoxville Museum of Art. There is a live band on stage, seating at tables, two cash bars, food from area restaurants, free freshly popped popcorn, free parking, and a licensed therapeutic masseuse available. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries. Admission to the spring series premier of Alive After Five is $10 for general admission and $6 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Jerry Butler & The Blu-J’s - Bluegrass, Classic Country, and Gospel

All the concerts begin at 7:00 pm and are presented in the Heritage Center’s covered outdoor amphitheater with a scenic view of the mountains and sunset. The series is presented by Boyd’s Jig & Reel. Admission to the concerts is $5.00 and may be purchased at the door. Admission is free to all “Sunset Music Series” concerts for members of the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center. Annual memberships to the Heritage Center may be purchased at the concerts for $15 per individual or $25 per family. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are available at the concession stand.

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

Nationally acclaimed concrete artist Justin Paulk and his comrades at Paulk & Co. will present The Steampunk Carnivale; a dynamic and enchanting evening filled with live performance art, fashion inspired by Victorian Industry and Science Fiction, fine art and sculpture, and an overwhelming cornucopia of beautiful and interesting characters.

Emceed by JC Haun of the Black Liver Society and SassyFrass America, The Steampunk Carnivale experience includes esteemed artists from the region: Biz’Cirque featuring Claire Metz and Jaia, The Wing Project, Appalachian Flow Arts, Sandsation Dancers as well as members of Salome Cabaret.

The main event, Full Steam Fashion Show, will be held at 9pm, and is the brainchild of KC Leatherwerks (Diane Corey) and Shadow Oak Maille (Kelly Jones), the darlings of Knoxville Fashion Week. Professional models will be exquisitely stunning, and are provided by Gage Talent. Hair and makeup by Douglas J Aveda Institute.

Side acts will include Knoxville Opera performers; random live music acts and a wide variety of dancers: belly, burlesque, and go-go; dark clowns; fortune tellers; palm readers; hypnotists; Hard Knox Roller Girls; body and face painting; and a monkey with a pet hen. A Steampunk Costume Contest will also be held, with custom trophies by Paulk & Co. being awarded to the best male and female contestants.

A variety of vendors from near and far will be presenting and selling their delicacies, as well as their wares, which will include jewelry and other accessories, art, gadgets, gizmos, and contraptions inspired by the Steampunk aesthetic and culture.

Award winning music video team STAND will present their award winning music video This Fight, featuring the local music rage, Annandale, which recently took the Founder’s Pick Award at the 2013 Knoxville Film and Music Festival’s CVMAs.

The Steampunk Carnivale will be held June 28 at Paulk & Co., 510 Williams Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. 7pm until midnight. 18+ after 10pm. Tickets are $10 at the door and ample free parking is available at the City Parking lot under the bridge opposite the event.

http://www.steampunkcarnivale.com

title: It's okay. (i don't know why but) It is.
medium: paintings, mixed media, and things that hang
statement: a body of work that invites you to breathe in and out. and that's enough.
bio: Ashley Addair is a visual artist, a mama, and a nomadic adventurer. She is a modern dancer and holds track and field records in the state of Illinois. She tells one joke every year at Christmas. If she weren’t a painter she would be a scientist. Ashley’s paintings have been collected in Italy, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and the throughout the U.S. Visit noroomforhipsters.com to learn more.

Join us for a wine & cheese reception & Meet the Artist on Friday, June 28, 7:00 pm
100% of sales goes to the artist.
After this opening, viewings are available by appointment: 865-368-5778.

Hosted by Travetta Johnson, The SHAREhouse, 1640 Jefferson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917
865-368-5778

The Last Friday Art Walk is a recurring event to celebrate the arts on the last Friday of every month in Downtown Maryville. What's unique about it is that it's not just galleries participating. It's also businesses like boutiques, retail stores, restaurants, theaters, music halls and coffee shops. Each participating business hosts a "featured artist," this includes all disciplines of art; visual arts, performance artists, actors, writers, dancers, musicians, etc. New artists and new art are required each month, which gives the community a new experience each time they come.

The Townsend Artisan Guild is exhibiting at the Palace Theater on 1564 Broadway.
www.townsendartisanguild.org

In downtown Maryville; http://maryvilleartwalk.com

WHO IS INVITED? Adult, Knoxville residents, especially in the North, East and Mechanicsville neighborhoods. No experience required. You don’t have to be a storyteller. No preparation.

WHAT WILL I DO? Share stories about “place”. Share stories with your neighbors about the place where you live. It’s a great way to meet neighbors. If you are new to the neighborhood, it’s a great way for you to share your story.

WHEN? Friday, June 28th is the next story circle. It will take place 2 hours before CBT’s open mic show, CAFÉ NOIR. But we want you to mark every 4th Friday on your calendar because we would like to repeat this event on the 4th Friday of the month.

HOW DO I SIGN UP? We will provide a welcoming, safe and open environment to share. You can call Linda Parris-Bailey at (865) 544-0447 or email the staff at thecarpetbagtheatre@gmail.com. Our website is www.carpetbagtheatre.org

Friday, June 28 at 5:00pm
Fourth United Presbyterian Church, 1323 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917
(865) 544-0447

Beer lovers rejoice! Following in the footsteps of great craft beer Meccas such as Asheville, NC, and Atlanta, GA, Knoxville now has its own Craft Beer Week to celebrate.

Culminating in the Knoxville Brewfest, Knoxville Craft Beer Week (KCBW) is a full week of special events celebrating the beauty of craft brews. The full week’s schedule spreads from Saturday, June 22 through Saturday, June 29 and consists of a diverse collection of beer-centric events such as special cask-tapping events with beers brewed especially for KCBW, a charity 5k fun-run, beer-pairing brunches and dinners, infusion nights and more. The full schedule is still being determined, but an updated list of events is available at www.knoxbeerweek.com
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The Knoxville Craft Beer Week Association is an affiliation of local brewers, beer drinkers, distributors, craft beer markets, bars, restaurants and pubs. The mission of the association is to promote the availability, diversity, and enjoyment of craft-brewed beer to the Knoxville Metropolitan community through education, camaraderie, and responsible fun.