Calendar of Events

by Bruce Graham

Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday & Sunday performances and $15 plus fees for Friday & Saturday performances. If available, tickets will be sold at the door.

Theatre Knoxville Downtown has open seating. Doors open 30 minutes prior to show time. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to pick up your tickets and claim your seats. TKD reserves the right to seat walk-in patrons during the final 15 minutes prior to show time.

Tickets: 865-523-7521; www.KnoxTIX.com. Information: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com

The 94th annual Tennessee Valley Fair is one of the state’s largest multi-day events attracting nearly 140,000 people each year. Known for its innovative exhibits, livestock shows, concert series, action sports, exciting rides and a variety of unique fun foods, the Tennessee Valley Fair offers tremendous family entertainment!

In celebration of our 94th year, Fairgoers can enter the Fairgrounds on Friday, September 6 for only $1.00! Discount begins at 3:00 p.m. and ends promptly at 4:34 p.m.

Headline Entertainment Line-up:
Friday, September 6 - Loverboy - Reserved Seat = $15.00
Saturday, September 7 - Fairest of the Fair Pageant - Reserved Seat = $5.00. Ticket sales benefit East Tennessee Children's Hospital
Sunday, September 8 - Chase Rice - Reserved Seat = $5.00. Ticket sales benefit The Love Kitchen
Monday, September 9 - Greg Bates - Reserved Seat = $5.00
Tuesday, September 10 - Charlie Daniels - Reserved Seat = $20.00
Wednesday, September 11 - Casey James - Reserved Seat = $10.00
Thursday, September 12 - Lee Brice - Reserved Seat = $18.00
Friday, September 13 - Young MC & Tone Loc - Reserved Seat = $10.00
Saturday, September 14 - Southern Drawl Band - Reserved Seat = FREE
Sunday, September 15 - Randy Houser - Reserved Seat = $10.00. Tickets sales benefit HonorAir Knoxville

Tennessee Valley Fair: 865-215-1471, www.tnvalleyfair.org

The first Friday of every month is Knoxville's gallery hop, when art exhibitions and performances abound throughout downtown. First Friday Live, hosted by Nelson, is always a good way to kick off your urban crawl. The stage of the Knoxville Visitor Center comes alive with live performances by local and touring artists. Drop by from 7-8 p.m. for the free show or listen to the broadcast on WDVX FM and WDVX.com.

On September 6th, Bear Medicine out of Lexington, KY will perform along with R.B. Morris reading poems from his new book. Join us on the radio or live from stage of the Knoxville Visitors Center, the home of Visit Knoxville and WDVX, located on the corner of Gay Street & Summit Hill Drive.

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

We are very excited to announce that the next installment of WDVX World Class Bluegrass Show will be a FREE event in Knoxville on the Market Square Stage. Featuring Lonesome River Band , Roddy Branch Reunion, and Grassroots Gringos! This is a family friendly event, so bring the kids and a camping chair.

Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs and Jim Macpherson played their first show together on Friday, June 19, 1992 in a snooker hall behind Warrington Rugby Club in the north of England. After more than two years of touring, they played their last show on September 5, 1994, at Lollapalooza in Los Angeles. In 2013 the gang is getting back together and hitting the road!

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

After a year and a half on the road touring 2010’s Feeding The Wolves, 10 Years reached a turning point. It was time to move forward and take full control of their career by launching their own label, Palehorse Records. In addition, the band decided to self-produce their fourth album, Minus the Machine, at drummer/guitarist Brian Vodinh’s Kashmir Recording. One thing that won’t change is 10 Years’ connection with their fans. With the release of Minus The Machine, the band is hitting the road and Kyng & Luminoth will also be performing at their Knoxville show.

Old City Courtyard
Tickets on sale now: $20.00 Adv / $23.00 DOS ($2.00 minor fee for under 21)
http://concertwire.com/event/620563/10-years/

The Cultural Attractions Committee and Central Program Council are proud to present Nomadic Massive featuring DJ Mike Nasty! September 6, 2013 at the Humanities Amphitheater 7:00 PM.

Montreal’s own Nomadic Massive has firmly established itself as a group of premier performers and skilled musicians in a genre that has evolved from its early days of two turntables and a microphone. These musical nomads represent an open-minded Hip-Hop which finds its inspiration in the traditions of the past; combining live instrumentation, samples, and a wide array of vocal styles.

Mike Nash, also known by his stage name DJ Mike Nasty, is a Memphis native and member of Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Psi. This UT student has performed in venues around campus and across the Southern US.

This event is open to the public and free. Student ID is required for all students. For more information about these events or to arrange disability accommodations, contact Student Activities @ stuact@utk.edu or 865-974-5455.

Calhoun's on the River at Volunteer Landing
With special guest: Bruce Pearl

Join us to party for a purpose - support clean water!
Benefiting the Fort Loudoun Lake Association
Featuring a live band, BBQ, and beer - $50 per person

865.523.3800 or www.fllake.org

An art teacher at one of the Cumberland County Schools was trying to instruct one of her students when he boldly asked "Are you really an artist?" The art teacher replied, "Yes, I am." The student said "Well, I have never seen any of YOUR work." That was the inspiration for inviting the Cumberland County public school Visual Art Teachers to have their own exhibit at the Shanks Center for the Arts, Crossville Tennessee, which is entitled "Artists in their own right." The months of September and October 2013 were scheduled because during those months, every 4th grader in Cumberland County (over 600 students!) makes a school field trip to Downtown Crossville. One of the places they visit is inside the Shanks Center for the Arts.

The public is invited to a First Thursday Reception, Thursday September 5, 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Musical entertainment will be provided from 5:00 - 6:00 by North Cumberland Elementary School music teacher, Becky Bull. Ms Bull is the director of COCCO Children of Crossville Chamber Orchestra. The three front galleries will have been changed to an entirely new set of original works by local and regional artists. The Gift Shop also has new items. The First Thursday receptions are a time to mingle with artists, authors, musicians, and guests.

Shanks Center for the Arts, 140 North Main Street, Crossville, TN 38555. Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10AM-4PM. Information: 931-787-1936, www.shankscenter.org

by Michael Frayn, directed by Greg Leaming
“This dizzy, well-known romp is a festival of delirium.” The New York Times
This popular farce follows the onstage and offstage antics of a hapless English theatre troupe stumbling from the first dress rehearsal to the disastrous closing night of their production, “Nothing On.” Missed cues, broken backstage romances…and a very slippery plate of sardines all come together to create a comedy that gets everyone caught in the act!

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

The UT Knoxville School of Art is pleased to announce that Ewa Głowacka and Alicja Masiukiewicz, two printmaking students from The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland will spend the month of September as guest artists at the University. Their campus residency is part of an exchange that also allows two students from UTK to spend time in Wroclaw each May. Głowacka and Masiukiewicz and present an exhibition of their art and work in the School of Art Printmaking studios during their residency.

Their exhibition will take place at Gallery 1010, 113 S. Gay St. from September 5-7 with a (First Friday) reception on Friday September 6th, from 6-9 pm. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Beauvais Lyons (blyons@utk.edu).

The UT Knoxville School of Art is pleased to announce that Ewa Głowacka and Alicja Masiukiewicz, two printmaking students from The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland will spend the month of September as guest artists at the University. Their campus residency is part of an exchange that also allows two students from UTK to spend time in Wroclaw each May. Głowacka and Masiukiewicz and present an exhibition of their art and work in the School of Art Printmaking studios during their residency.

Their exhibition will take place at Gallery 1010, 113 S. Gay St. from September 5-7 with a (First Friday) reception on Friday September 6th, from 6-9 pm. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Beauvais Lyons (blyons@utk.edu).