Calendar of Events

­­Auditions for paid Knoxville Opera Chorus positions for TENORS for the 2013-2014 season will be held July 19, 22, 23, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. each day at Knoxville Opera studio offices located at, 612 E. Depot Ave. (one block south of Magnolia, one block east of Hall of Fame Drive).

Audition requirements: Two prepared pieces in Italian and/or French and a resume with musical training and performance history.

Accompanist: Provided by Knoxville Opera.

Knoxville Opera Season at the Tennessee Theatre: Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann (October 2013), Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (February 2014), Bellini’s Norma (April 2014)

Engagement conditions: Choristers are engaged one opera at a time and are not required to participate in all productions.

To schedule an audition and/or for further information: contact Knoxville Opera Chorusmaster, Don Townsend, at dtownsend@knoxvilleopera.com or call 865-599-7961.

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Southern Women Expo to be held Friday and Saturday, July 19 and 20th at the Expo Center at 5441 Clinton Highway Knoxville, TN 37912

In its first year, the Southern Women Expo will attract women of all ages with shopping, special guests, fashion, live entertainment, prizes & more! You will get to browse through over 100 booths as you search for that special treasure. Enter to win tickets to see Sheryl Crow in concert on Sunday, August 4th at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC including 2 tickets to tour Biltmore and an overnight stay at Fairfield Inn in Asheville. A men’s fashion show will offer classy fun as these gorgeous male models walk the runway and then work the crowd for “tips” for Knoxville’s Ronald McDonald House. You can also participate in the Silent Auction. Sign up for "The Cup Song" Contest for a chance to win tickets to see Hunter Hayes in concert in Knoxville!

Show Floor Hours:
Friday, July 19th - Noon til 7pm
Saturday, July 20th - 9am til 7pm
Learn more about it at www.southernwomenexpo.com

Boogie-woogie, jazz and blues pianist Philippe LeJeune, from Toulouse, France, has performed at AA5 numerous times.

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

Randall Bramblett, from Athens, Georgia, is multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned more than three decades. He has worked with Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Goose Creek Symphony, Elvin Bishop, Steve Winwood, and many others. His songwriting is influenced by blues, folk, and gospel music, and one of his songs is included on Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning album “Slipstream.”

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

Want to know what's hot and what's not? Knox County Public Library and UT’s Center for Children's & Young Adult Literature are teaming up to present a workshop highlighting the best new books of the year for children and young adults on Friday, July 19, at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street.

The day will be divided into two sessions, focusing on different age groups. Books for birth through 6th grade will be covered in the morning session, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; and the afternoon session, from 1-4 p.m. will discuss books for 6th through 12th grade. Each session will cost participants $25. Participants provide their own lunch and parking. Certificates of Attendance will be provided for professional development purposes. Participants can register at www.knoxlib.org or by calling (865) 215-8767.

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

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