Calendar of Events

Thursday, July 18
10:00 am FAMILY PROGRAM: Little Tykes Hike
(Ages 6 and under) Bring your little ones out to explore, dig, run and play. We'll celebrate a summer fling as we explore the world of flowers, birds, and other fun things! This program is FREE, but pre-registration is required. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

Friday, July 19
2:00 pm FAMILY PROGRAM: Ijams Children's Story Time
Join Ijams volunteer Lynn Keffer as she reads one of her favorite children's books. Whether she takes you into the fascinating world of animals or explores some of her favorite places around the globe, each weekly story is sure to be a treat. This program is FREE, but donations are accepted. Pre-registration is required; please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

Saturday, July 20
9:00 am Wagging Walk with Dr. Louise
(All Ages) Grab your favorite four-legged friend and join Ijams' own veterinarian, Dr. Louise Conrad, as she walks her own canine companions. She'll review good doggy etiquette at the park and help owners understand the special safety concerns for dogs in nature. This month will focus on canine parasites, and how to keep your dog safe this summer. The fee for this program is $5 for non-members and FREE for members. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

2:00 pm Live Animal Program
(All Ages) Have you met all the animals that call the Ijams Visitor Center home? If not, be sure to stop by every Saturday for a chance to get nose-to-beak with some of our resident furred and feathered ambassadors. This program is FREE, but donations to support animal care are welcome.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

"Forensic Identification at Ground Zero and other High Profile Cases" presented by Mike Tabor, author of book by the same name and graduate of Oak Ridge High School, in conjunction with the Dick Smyser Memorial Community Lecture Series sponsored by Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Lecture at 6:00 pm in AMSE Auditorium followed by Reception/Book Signing at 7:00 pm in AMSE Lobby. The public is cordially invited to attend this program and there is no admission charge. To purchase the book, visit www.WalkofDeath.org.

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

Dinner with Knoxville's most interesting people!

For $100, you get to sit with a Knoxville Celebrity (of your choice) and have dinner and drinks with them. It is not scripted, so you can ask any questions you would like. Table Hosts:
Erik Ainge, Fmr. UT and NFL Football Player
Bert BertelKamp, UT Basketball Color Analyst
Dee Haslam, CEO and Founder of RIVR Media
Hallerin Hill, Hallerin Hilton Hill in the Morning show host, News Talk 98.7
David Dewhirst, Developer and Founder of Dewhirst Properties
Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News Sentinel Cartoonist
Dr. Jimmy Cheek, UT Knoxville Chancellor
Gene Patterson, WATE-TV6 News Anchor
Alan Williams, WVLT Volunteer TV News Anchor
Bill Landry, Host of WBIR TV’s Heartland Series
Dr. Joe DiPietro, UT Systems President
Eddie Mannis, CEO Prestige Cleaners/Fmr. Deputy to Mayor Rogero
Raja Jubran, CEO Denark Construction
Fire Chief Stan Sharp, Fire Chief
Dep. Police Chief Gary Holliday, Dep. Police Chief
Erin Donovan, Host of Darin’ Erin
Bill Snyder, Fmr. UT Chancellor/Wurlitzer Organist at Tennessee Theatre
Bill Williams, Fmr. WBIR TV News Anchor
Sam Venable, Knoxville News Sentinel Humor Columnist and Author
Bill Schmidt, Olympic Bronze Medal Winner and Former CMO of Gatorade
Patricia Robledo, Business Liaison, City of Knoxville

At the Southern Depot, 318 W. Depot Avenue.
6:30-7:00 PM cocktails, 7:00 PM dinner.
Information: 865-523-9131, www.uwgk.org/media/events-2

Spend a week learning so many exciting facts about our East Tennessee heritage while enjoying games, crafts, hands-on projects and more.

2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-546-0745, www.ramseyhouse.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 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

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 Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Knoxville artist Bill Cook as the featured artist for July and August. His work is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall through Aug. 30.

As a young child growing up in the foothills of East Tennessee, Cook took up wood carving with a pocket knife, creating small carvings from the plentiful cedar wood on the family farm. As a University of Tennessee student, he discovered sculpting in clay, and, in the late 1990s, he began using marble as a sculptural medium. Cook enjoys the physical, mental and spiritual effort required to use marble to create sculpture. He currently resides in Knoxville with his wife and three children.

For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 865-966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org (Departments, Parks & Leisure Services, Arts & Culture). The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

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.

The University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery is excited to present Print Resonance, a portfolio of 50 prints by students and faculty members from five international universities. This portfolio has been exhibited at the other schools and is now being displayed for the first time in the United States here at the Downtown Gallery.
Fifty graduate students and faculty members at five universities: the University of Alberta, Canada; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium; Silpakorn University, Thailand and Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan created prints specifically for this project. The participating artists made their prints on the same size paper, allowing the viewer to focus on the image, rather than the scale of the work. The audience is encouraged to consider the artistic expression from each university and to find commonality across geographic and cultural borders, as the printmakers share ideas about their own interests, lives, and values.

The works were created using various print techniques, which include inkjet, etching, drypoint, chine-colle, lithography, woodcut, intaglio and blind printing. This portfolio is a limited edition of 10 copies, two for each of the five universities, with the goal of further development of printmaking education around the globe.

Print Resonance will be on display at the UT Downtown Gallery from July 5 -27, 2013.

The opening reception is on July 5 from 5:00- 9:00pm. The artists representing the University of Tennessee in this exhibition will be present.

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM; Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown