Calendar of Events

@ Remedy Back Room
December 13, 14 @ 7:30 pm
December 15 @ 2:30 pm
Tickets $15

Info: www.marblecityopera.com

Written by Allison Gregory and based on the extremely popular "Junie B. Jones" books by Barbara Park, this fast paced play is filled with over-the-top characters, witty dialogue, and hilarious situations. Come along with Junie B. as she learns to cope with her challenged holiday spirit, struggles to find the right gift, and brightens holiday spirits along the way. With plenty of laughs and life lessons, "Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!" is the perfect holiday treat for the entire family.

December 13, 7:30 p.m. and December 14, 2:00 and 7:30 p.m. at Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Tickets are $5-$12

Information: 865-539-2490, www.wordplayers.org

Grab a scarf, your family, and some holiday spirit as the Knoxville Gay Men's Chorus' (KGMC) 2nd Annual holiday concert illuminates your weekend and kicks off the holiday season with tunes old and new. Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church hosts the concert. KGMC has added a second evening to 'Holiday Lights' this year, after there was nary a seat to be had at last year's inaugural concert. Throughout the evening, the Chorus will have you laughing to tears, pulling the ones you love a little closer and have you singing along with your new Knoxville family. Special guests include Stoney Sharp, mezzo-soprano Karen Nickell, and other surprises from the community.

Above all the hubbub, Knoxville will meet Freddie Brabson, the new Artistic Director, who takes the baton for his first holiday concert with the Chorus. A phenomenal local talent himself, Brabson brings vast choral experience and performance to this group of men. He will lead over 30 singers and performers from the surrounding area in the production. "These men continue to inspire me, using their talent and courage to blaze a trail here in East Tennessee," Brabson beamed, "and our music makes Knoxville's light shine even brighter."

KGMC is striving to be an all-inclusive community organization of musical excellence,where all men can join in song. KGMC was created in Spring 2012 with the help of its founding sponsors, EastTNGSA.com (Gay-Straight Alliance) and East Tennessee GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network). East Tennessee GSA and GLSEN are local chapters of national organizations dedicated to creating safe spaces for all young people, focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender understanding and awareness. General admission tickets are $20, with a discounted rate of $10 for seniors and students. The concert begins at 8pm both evenings at TVUUC, located at 2931 Kingston Pike in Knoxville. KGMC is a 501(c3) and any tax-deductible donations will go toward KGMC’s programming needs and an eventual scholarship fund. For tickets or more information, visit www.knoxgmc.org or contact Bleu Copas at knoxgmc@gmail.com. Also, find and 'Like' them on Facebook to keep up with their upcoming events. Auditions for the spring and summer season will be announced in January, 2014.

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919.

December 13, Christmas at Chilhowee Park at 6:00PM

Marvel at a forest of lighted trees floating on the lake. Enjoy train rides for children of all ages and FREE activities including pictures with Santa Claus, marshmallow roasting, hot cocoa by the Salvation Army, face painting, balloon animals & much more! visit Mrs. Claus' Bake Shop provided by Austin East High School Culinary Arts.
Nightly self-guided driving tours through the park from December 13, 2013 - January 1, 2014
City of Knoxville - Special Events Office: 865-215-2024, www.cityofknoxville.org/events/

You're invited to join us for another annual Slamdot tradition that's just around the bend! Yes, it's time for our Holiday Open House here at the Slamdot Store on Friday, December 13th, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm!

Please drop by to enjoy the festivities, which will include networking, music, and refreshments for all ages. Dr. Patrick Zitt and Activize Chiropractic will also be providing free massages to help relieve some holiday stress! Come celebrate the close of another year and the holiday season with our wonderful customers and friends!

Here are the details: Slamdot Holiday Open House at the Slamdot Store
Friday, December 13th, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
108 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Free to attend!
Holiday music, decorations, refreshments and networking!

Please RSVP no later than Thursday, December 12th, to rsvp@slamdot.com with your name and the number of additional guests you will be bringing.

Liz-Beth Candlelight Sale and Party
Friday, December 13th, 5 till 8pm

10% to 30% Off* Everything! NO EXCLUSIONS!
Two Trunk Shows: Jewelry Trunk Show by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong
& Bovano Trunk Show - Copper Enameled Wall Art

Fabulous Holiday Cocktails and Gourmet Treats!
RSVP 865-691-8129 or beth@liz-beth.com
Wine and Hors d’oeuvres
Silent Auction - Over 20 Fabulous Items
Register to win - Hourly Drawings

Come Socialize & Shop at our Gallery & Studio!
Featuring Arbonne Make Overs & Products, Locally Crafted Jewelery & Accessories, Art, Clothing & Home Decor Items.
Wine & Nibbles Courtesy of Paulk & Co.

Friday, December 13, 6-10pm
510 Williams Street, Knoxville, TN 37917
Free Parking is Available Adjacent to the Gallery in the City Parking Lot
RSVP events@paulkandco.com

This Holiday Season, let The District Gallery help wrap up your holiday shopping in a special way. Our staff is ready to assist with everything from great gift ideas, customized wish lists, and spectacular gift wrapping... And don't forget our distinctive custom framing and gift certificates!
Featured artist: Dawn Whitelaw.
Be sure to ask about our Holiday Wish List!
Holiday Hours:
Open Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
The District Gallery & Framery | 5113 Kingston Pike | Knoxville | TN | 37919
(located next to Gourmet's Market) | 865.200.4452 | www.thedistrictgallery.com

In July of 2013, eight artists traveled to France to paint en plein air as part of a workshop held at La Bonne Etoile, about an hour outside of Paris. Six of these artists are represented in the exhibit “Fresh Impressions: Tour de France”at Rose Center through December 19.

La Bonne Etoile was developed to assist artists who would benefit from an experience in another culture as well as offer them a time of seclusion and solitude for creating and recreating. Though some subject matter and scenery are the similar, each artist shares her own impressions and discoveries of this experience. The unique styles and colors of the artists complement each other. They were all inspired by the light, colors, flowers, scenery and culture of France.
Rose Center is located at 442 W. Second Street in Morristown, and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Rose Center at 423-581-4330, visit www.rosecenter.org, or www.facebook.com/rosecenter

Annual luncheon and tour of Knoxville area homes that have been decorated for the season - details TBA

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

On Leaving Eden, the Carolina Chocolate Drops newest album, the group illustrates their own adaptability to growth and change as the original lineup expands from three to five players for this recording and their new repertoire incorporates more blues, jazz and folk balladry alongside brilliantly rendered string-band tunes.

The opening act for both nights is Pokey Lafarge.

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

Popcorn balls and paper chains; Fruits and nuts in their stockings; Carols by the fire; A cedar tree cut in the nearby woods - that's the Christmas most rural Appalachian children knew.

And it's the Christmas we recreate each year throughout the Museum village at our special Christmas in Old Appalachia. Join us as we recreate a meaningful holiday of simpler pleasures and homier joys. Traditional trees and homemade decorations, typical of austere pioneer days, transform the Museum's authentic log buildings; and in the one-room, dirt-floored "Dan'l Boone" cabin, strings of popcorn and cotton bolls circle a dormant tree. Paper chains and other ornaments trim the tree in the Little Tater Valley Schoolhouse.

Sweet gum and sycamore balls are strung throughout the Mark Twain Family Cabin, and a traditional silver star tops a native red cedar Christmas tree in the turn-of-the-century Peters Homestead House. Apples, nuts, homemade toys, and oranges fill stockings hung in the cabins.

Sing Christmas carols along with musicians in the Homestead House, where they'll be singing holiday and traditional songs every day during December. Sit and visit with the kids over some hot chocolate and Christmas cookies from the Museum Restaurant.

Pick up some stocking stuffers in the Museum Gift and Antique Shop, which features everything from hand-crafted ornaments, locally made muscadine and moonshine jellies, and beautiful pottery, along with baskets, quilts, and plenty of Appalachian specialties. Or just come relax in a rocking chair by the cozy, crackling fire in the big stone fireplace.

Museum of Appalachia, 2819 Andersonville Hwy., Clinton, TN 37716 (16 miles north of Knoxville at I-75, exit 122, then one mile east). Open every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Information: 865-494-7680, www.museumofappalachia.org