Calendar of Events

Monthly singing the second Sunday of each month as announced. Call Tina Becker, 865 982-7777 to confirm.

All are invited and encouraged to sing. No experience is necessary and loaner books are provided.
6:30-8:00PM, Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave Knoxville, TN 37916
www.oldharp.org for more information.

Toad the Wet Sprocket has been the name of the four piece California rock band consisting of lead singer Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss. From 1989-1998, they made five studio albums which combined sold over four million copies, had five major radio hits, and won over audiences across North America and Europe. After breaking up in 1998, Toad would get together sporadically to play shows on a casual basis. After successful tours from 2006-2010, the band finally decided to put the last piece of the puzzle in place, and committed to working together on new music. With a successful greatest hits album in 2011, Toad the Wet Sprocket is back on tour in 2013 and fans can look forward to a new album release as well!

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

Tennessee Stage Company: Shakesology
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 2pm

-ology: a branch of learning
-Shakes: short for Shakespeare

Together they make Shakesology! Come and learn about Shakespeare, 12th Night and Richard III, Tennessee Stage Company's ever popular Shakespeare on the Square production.

At Lawson McGhee Library
More information at the Knox County Public Library’s calendar of events: http://knoxrooms.sirsi.net/rooms/html/KCPL/calendar.html

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

This pioneering exhibition will present an underappreciated side to the work of Thornton Dial, Sr. (b. 1928), an artist best known and celebrated for his large scale, multi-media assemblages dealing with a wide range of charged social and political themes. Since the early 1990s, Dial has also produced a rich body of lyrical works on paper, often engaged with themes of gender and human relationships. This exhibition focuses on the very earliest of those drawings, a group of 50 sheets with Dial’s characteristic and broadly coherent iconography of women, fish, birds,
roosters, and tigers, rendered in a variety of media. Organized by the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina.

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

THE MUSIC MAN - Mainstage Musical
July 12-28, 2013

Despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef, fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill arrives to con the good people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that will supposed save the town from moral decline. But his plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he runs up against forthright Marian the librarian, whose own bill of sale captures his heart.
July 12, July 13, July 18, July 19, July 20, July 26, July 27 at 8:00PM
July 21, July 28 at 2:00PM

Online ticket sales begin June 24 at http://www.orplayhouse.com/tickets.html.

This new adaptation of Johanna Spyri's classic novel Heidi contains all of the humor, faith, hope and adventure of the original work, but is reset to our great state of Tennessee. The Alps scenes are transposed to the Great Smoky Mountains. And instead of Frankfurt, Heidi is spirited away to Nashville. But all the timeless characters remain: Heidi, who falls in love with mountain living; Clara, the young invalid who takes her first steps on the mountain; Heidi's grandfather, whom the town fears and Heidi adores; Clara's busy mother, who may not truly know her own daughter; Aunt Deedee, Heidi's villainous aunt, and the cold and cruel Mrs. Rottenmeyer. Featuring a special cameo appearance by The King!

Friday 7/12 at 7 PM
Saturday 7/13 at 1 PM
Saturday 7/13 at 5 PM
Sunday 7/14 at 3 PM
Thursday 7/18 at 7 PM
Friday 7/19 at 7 PM
Saturday 7/20 at 1 PM
Saturday 7/20 at 5 PM
Sunday 7/21 at 3 PM
Thursday 7/25 at 7 PM
Friday 7/26 at 7 PM
Saturday 7/27 at 1 PM
Saturday 7/27 at 5 PM

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Reservations: tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com

The Summer Movie Magic Series has arrived!

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.

The Tennessee Stage Company presents its 23rd annual summer Shakespeare Festival, featuring the comedy “Twelfth Night” and the history play “Richard III.” “If Music be the food of love, play on,” declares Shakespeare in his beloved romantic comedy “Twelfth Night.” Though the search for true love lies sweetly at the heart of the play, “Twelfth Night” is adorned with enough raucous ribaldry, outrageous intrigue, vaulted villainy and gender-bending cross-dressing to declare it one of Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedies. “Richard III” makes its return to the Shakespeare in the Square stage the summer after the much-maligned King of England himself made a dramatic comeback, when his remains were discovered last August in a parking lot in England. Look for the skeletal Son of York to make a cameo appearance in the Shakespeare in the Park program.

Thursday-Sunday at 7:00 PM
Twelfth Night: July 11,13,19, 21, 25, 27 Aug. 2,4,8, 10 (free) with the indoor Square Room matinee on July 13 at 2:00 pm ($10 admission)
Richard III: July 12, 14, 18, 20, 26,28, Aug. 1, 3, 9, 11 (free) with the indoor Square Room matinee on July 20, at 2:00 pm ($10 admission)

“Twelfth Night” alternates performances with “Richard III". “Richard III” is directed by Mark H. Creter, co-founder of the Tennessee Stage Company and professor of theater at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. “Twelfth Night” is directed by Tom Parkhill, founding artistic director of the Tennessee Stage Company.

Shakespeare on the Square productions are performed on a rough replica of the new Globe Theatre in London (a reconstruction of Shakespeare’s original theater). The plays are presented in the timeless style of Elizabethan theatrical presentations. The Tennessee Stage Company encourages our audiences to spend an evening on the Square: do a little shopping, have a nice dinner, see the play and maybe stop by a pub afterward. All of this and more is available on Market Square nightly. So come early and see the Square! Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

High school students who play drums and other percussion instruments will have a special opportunity to develop their skills this summer. The 1st Annual UT Summer Percussion Institute (UTSPI), a week-long workshop for high school students, will take place at the University of Tennessee Knoxville campus. Students will participate in daily hands-on clinics, master classes, ensemble rehearsals, and performances alongside percussion professionals. Instruction will be given in concert-orchestral percussion, mallet instruments, drum set, jazz & improvisation, steel band, ethnic instruments, percussion ensemble, and more.

The seminar will be taught by an esteemed faculty of professional percussionists including its founder and director, Dr. Andrew M. Bliss, Director of Percussion Studies at the UT School of Music in Knoxville. The other distinguished percussionist faculty are Keith Brown, UT Jazz faculty; Erin Walker, University of Kentucky World Music faculty; Casey Cangelosi, Percussion Solo Artist; Josh Jennings, Afro-Cuban/Brazilian Percussion Specialist; and Matt Weyer, Directors’ Workshop Coordinator for Contemporary Percussion Concepts.

According to Bliss, “One caveat for high school teachers is the two-day concurrent Director’s Workshop, which counts toward professional development credits, and includes an option to attend the students’ master classes, rehearsals and performances too.”

The UTSPI will be held at the Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 and is open to high school students of all backgrounds and skill sets. No audition is required for acceptance. Registration and tuition are required. Limited scholarships are available. For more information or to register online, visit www.music.utk.edu/UTSPI. For additional help, call (865)-974-4882 or (423)-863-2470. www.music.utk.edu/events

On First Friday July 5th., “2 Many Pixels” photo gallery is proud to present a collection of photographs by artist and 6 times Ilford Prize winner JACQUES GAUTREAU.

This exhibit explores the full extent of the photographic language, composition, colors, textures, shadows and offers a voyage through the most subtle and genuine emotions.
The photographs are all for sale, gallery archival prints, signed and numbered by the artists.
Hope to see you all for the opening on Friday night, July 5th., 6pm to 9:30pm.
The photos will remain on the walls through the months of July and August.
"2 Many Pixels"130 West Jackson avenue, suite 201, Knoxville, TN 37902
The gallery is open weekdays 10 am to 5 pm and after hours or weekends by appointment or chance... at 917 532 4913 or patrice@2manypixelsphoto.com

The gallery at the Plateau Creative Arts Center (PCAC) will feature art in the theme of Celebrating Freedom. The public is invited to the PCAC gallery to view original artwork in the form of oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastels, colored pencil, photography, mixed media, pottery, sculpture, and jewelry, created by Art Guild members.

In addition to viewing this fine art work, visitors also learn about the many art classes available during the month, and depending on the day and time, may view a class in session, or watch the open painting, beading, or figure drawing sessions that take place in the studio. The gallery is also the perfect place to shop for a reasonably priced gift of art.

The PCAC is open Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Saturday and Sunday 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Located at 451 Lakeview Drive (off Peavine), the gallery is handicapped accessible. The Art Guild at Fairfield Glade is a not-for-profit organization and an equal opportunity provider. For more information call 931-707-7249. www.artguildfairfieldglade.net.