Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Sight and Feeling: Photographs by Ansel Adams January 31-May 4, 2014. This exhibition of 23 prints by Ansel Adams emphasizes the role of the artist’s intuitive and emotional response to the landscape in the creation of his powerful and enduring images. Also included in the KMA’s special presentation of this exhibition are three rare prints Adams made during his little-known visit to East Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains in 1948. Adams is widely considered to be America’s greatest landscape photographer. His ability to create black and white photographs with a remarkable range and subtlety of tones is legendary. Yet for all Adams’ technical mastery, he recognized that what made a compelling photograph was far more elusive.

Few are aware that in 1948 Adams traveled to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—his first and only recorded visit to Tennessee—in order take photographs as part of a Guggenheim Fellowship on America’s national parks and monuments. The resulting images represent an extensive and important artistic record of the Smokies approximately 14 years after the park was established.

There will be an opening reception Thursday, January 30 at the KMA, which includes a members-only preview from 5 to 6pm, and a public opening from 6 to 8pm.

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 Knoxville Museum of Art presents Contemporary Focus January 31-April 6. This annual exhibition series is designed to serve as a vital means of recognizing, supporting, and documenting the development of contemporary art in East Tennessee. Each year, the exhibition series features the work of artists who are living and making art in this region, and who are exploring issues relevant to the larger world of contemporary art. The three artists selected for this year’s exhibition have a common interest in creating layered works dealing with memory, identity and the surrounding environment—whether suburban, rural, synthetic, or natural. Jean Hess produces dense, intricate collages made up of fragments culled from eclectic sources such as topographical charts, children’s writings, and the natural landscape. In addition to her studio practice, Hess is active as a freelance art writer and curator. Althea Murphy-Price is a printmaker and installation artist who uses hair—both human and artificial—rather than a drawn line as the basis for her elaborately textured compositions. Murphy-Price is an assistant professor of printmaking at the School of Art, University of Tennessee. Jessica Wohl is a mixed media artist based in Sewanee whose sprawling installations, obsessively detailed ink drawings, and sewn portraits are largely inspired by contemporary suburban life. She currently lives in Sewanee, Tennessee where she is an Assistant Professor of Art at The University of the South.

There will be an opening reception Thursday, January 30 at the KMA, which includes a members-only preview from 5 to 6pm, and a public opening from 6 to 8pm.

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

By Matthew Lopes; Directed by John Sipes

Everyone has scars in this stirring period drama. In April 1865, a wounded Jewish Confederate soldier returns to his home in Richmond only to find it ruined and abandoned--except for two former slaves also raised in the Jewish faith. As the three men celebrate Passover, they uncover a tangle of secrets and grapple with an uncertain future brought on by the end of the Civil War.

This production contains strong language and content and is recommended for high school and up.

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

In Kaufman and Hart’s 1940s comedy, famed author and personality Sheridan Whiteside, invited to dinner during a speaking tour, slips on the doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follows as the irascible and disagreeable invalid takes over the host family’s home and destroys their domestic tranquility with the arrival of strange and exotic get-well gifts, a parade of celebrity friends, and a devious plot to undermine his secretary’s budding romance.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

In Kaufman and Hart’s 1940s comedy, famed author and personality Sheridan Whiteside, invited to dinner during a speaking tour, slips on the doorstep, breaking his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follows as the irascible and disagreeable invalid takes over the host family’s home and destroys their domestic tranquility with the arrival of strange and exotic get-well gifts, a parade of celebrity friends, and a devious plot to undermine his secretary’s budding romance.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

The fourth Waynestock: For the Love of Drew festival brings together Knoxville music community for a three-night on January 30, 31 and February 1, at Relix Variety Theatre in Knoxville’s Happy Holler neighborhood. Admission to Waynestock is $5 per night with all proceeds going to the E.M. Jellinek Center, a non-profit organization that provides housing and comprehensive treatment for chemically dependent men. Raven Records & Rarities will hand out $5 off coupons, and Sweet P’s BBQ & Soul House will be selling plates of barbecue and sides on Friday and Saturday nights.

Several local businesses and organizes have provided raffle items, including:
Two passes to the 2014 Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, donated by AC Entertainment; • Two tickets to Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn at Clayton Center for the Arts, donated by Clayton Center for the Arts; • Two season passes to The Shed, donated by Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson; • Two passes to the Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games, scheduled for May 17 and 18 at Maryville College, donated by Smoky Mountain Highland Games; • Two passes to Rhythm N' Blooms, scheduled for April 4-6, donated by the Dogwood Arts Festival; • Two passes to the Foothills Fall Festival, Oct. 17-19 in downtown Maryville, donated by Daily Times Weekend entertainment editor Steve Wildsmith • Gift certificates donated by Central Taps & Flats, Time Warp Tea Room, The Chop Shop, Magpies, Lost & Found Records, Basement Records, Wild Honey Records, and others. Raffle tickets are $5 each, and drawings will take place several times each night.

Updated performers and times:
Thursday, January 30, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
A selection of songwriters will perform their original tunes and talk about their creative process. Songwriters include: Kevin Abernathy, Black Atticus, Christina Horn, Mike McGill, and Sam Quinn. After the performance and discussion, the Greg Horne Band will perform.

Friday, January 31. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Jodie Manross, 7 p.m.
Dixieghost, 8 p.m.
The Barstool Romeos, 9 p.m.
The French, 10 p.m.
CrumbSnatchers, 11 p.m.
Teenage Love, 12 a.m.

Saturday, February 1. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Jamie Cook, 7 p.m.
John Myers Band, 8 p.m.
Donald Brown, 9 p.m.
JC & the Dirty Smokers, 10 p.m.
Senryu, 11 p.m.
Tribute to Lou Reed featuring many guests, 12 a.m.

Relix Theatre, 1208 N Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-474-1017, www.relixvariety.com
Info: pmtravis73@gmail.com, 865-951-3733

Fans who have followed Umphrey's McGee for any period of time know that there are only two guarantees: you never know what you’re going to get, and Umphrey's always delivers. How else can a band be relentlessly innovative in both music and fan relations for 13-plus years? The latest expected twist arrives in the form of their newest studio album Death By Stereo. It's disarmingly straightforward. Sure, you can dance to it, but the clever arrangements, meticulously crafted chordal interplay, and virtuoso instrumentation put Umphrey's McGee in a category all their own.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

The East Tennessee Green Building Council is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual USGBC-ET Green Light Awards Ceremony to be held on January 30, 2014 at the Emporium In Knoxville, TN from 5:30-8:30pm.

At the Green Light Awards, USGBC-ET brings together building professionals and community members to celebrate outstanding achievements, leaders and volunteers who have advanced sustainability in the East Tennessee region.

Price of admission includes live jazz from The Wes Lunsford Trio, heavy hors d’œuvres, and drinks.

Tickets are $25, $45/pair and are available online at Eventbrite

Doors open at 6 PM, concert begins at 7 PM. Tickets are $20 for lower level, $15 for Balcony. Purchase tickets: 865-882-0356, www.princessharriman.org/events/108/the-kingdom-heirs

The Princess Theatre, 421 North Roane Street, Harriman, TN 37748. Information: 865-882-4633, princesstheatre@roanestate.edu, www.princessharriman.org

Get your tater salad ready: we’re bringing a second show with Ron White to the Tennessee Theatre! Taking place on Friday, January 30 at 9:30pm to follow the night’s earlier show, there’s no telling what to expect! White first rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour phenomenon, but now as a chart-topping Grammy-nominated comedian and a feature film actor, Ron White has established himself as a star in his own right.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Featuring over 40 pieces from East Tennessee College Students

Join us at The Arts Center at 5:30 on Friday January 31 for an opening reception & award presentation; light refreshments provided by the AACA hospitality committee

The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, TN; 423-745-8781
http://www.athensartscouncil.org/a/events/regional-college-art-student-show-accepting-submissions/

Title: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: A Half Century Remembrance of the Dream

Photographic exhibit on tour from National Exhibitions & Archives
Twenty framed photographs of the historic event by LOOK photographer Stanley Tretick, with text panels, provide a look back to the day Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Rose Center, 442 W Second N Street, Morristown, TN 37814
Info: info@rosecenter.org, 423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org, www.facebook/rosecenter