Calendar of Events

The Ewing Galleryis pleased to Think / Make/ Think. With works in printmaking, sculpture, design, collage, ceramics, painting, and drawing, digital media, photography, and installation, this exhibition showcases recent work from 19 faculty members from UT's School of Art. Opening Reception is Thursday, August 21 from 6-8pm in the Ewing Gallery.

Please join us on Sunday, September 21 from 2-4PM in the Ewing Gallery for a closing reception celebrating our faculty! Excited to announce that we will have music at the closing reception provided by UT's own Rusty Holloway and Mark Boling of the School of Music jazz faculty!

The exhibition features the work of current professors in the School of Art. Exhibiting faculty are:
Joshua Bienko, Emily Bivens, Sally Brogden, Jason S. Brown, Paul Harrill, Paul Lee, Sarah Lowe, Beauvais Lyons, Frank Martin, Althea Murphy-Price, John Powers, Deborah Shmerler, Jered Sprecher, Cary Staples, Claire Stigliani, David Wilson, Karla Wozniak, Koichi Yamamoto, and Sam Yates

Hours: Tues-Fri 1-5, Sun 1-4

Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

FREE admission all weekend with the donation of any school supply! All donations will benefit the Knoxville Area Urban League!

James Sibley is a favorite across the U.S.A. With regular appearances on Bob & Tom Radio, The John Boy & Billy Big Show and XMSirrus Radio its sure you've heard him before. Maybe you have seen him on NBC's "My Name is Earl" or with Billy Bob Thornton in "Mr Woodcox".

With a "sitting in the living room talking" feel to his shows audiences across the country instantly fall in love with this regular old guy down the street delivery. Come see for yourself why audiences all over America are wondering "When is James Sibley coming back to town"?

TICKET PRICES: $8 FOR GENERAL ADMISSION, $10 FOR PREFERRED SEATING ONLINE! All tickets via phone or at the door are $2 more per ticket! All tickets go up $2 on the day of the show. View picture, web site link, and video at www.SideSplittersComedy.com

Side Splitters Comedy Club - West Knoxville
9246 Parkwest Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37923
Info: 865.934.LAFF (5233), www.SideSplittersComedy.com

The City of Knoxville's Public Arts Committee is pleased to present a Design Charrette and Public Input Meeting on Thursday, August 21, from 2:00-6:00 PM at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville to discuss the redevelopment of the City Park located at the intersection of Summit Hill Drive and Gay Street. The meeting will be conducted by the City of Knoxville Public Art Committee and the East Tennessee Community Design Center with help from local artists, architects, and landscape architects. All are welcome to attend this free event, and participants are invited to attend the entire meeting or visit as their schedule allows.

A design charrette is defined as an intense period of design, with input from designers and users, to develop a solution to a defined problem. A local artist will partner with an architect or landscape architect to facilitate small group discussions to create a Park Concept Plan. Items for discussion may include: how to develop a park that is inviting and dynamic to people of all ages and from a variety of vantage points; how to incorporate public art into the park; how the park can function as a connector between Market Square and the Old City; and more. Each group will present their Park Concept Plan at the end of the meeting.

The meeting will take place at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Parking is available at metered spots on the Gay Street viaduct or in the parking lot on Jackson Avenue caddy-corner from the Emporium. For driving and parking information, visit www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. Please RSVP to Suzanne Cada at 865-523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com. For questions, please contact Leslie Fawaz at 865-525-9945 or leslie@communitydc.org.

Knoxville Convention Center
701 Henley Street

Tickets are now on sale for the YWCA Knoxville’s signature Tribute to Women event being held on Aug. 21, 2014. This year, the YWCA celebrates the event’s 30th anniversary by highlighting 30 remarkable female leaders who have positively influenced the community.

The 2014 Tribute to Women honorees include: Donna Cobble, Mary Costa, Joan Cronan, Mary “Bee” DeSelm, Dr. Mary Duffy*, Ann Baker Furrow, Pam Fansler, Margaret Gaiter, Sarah Moore Greene*, Dee Haslam, Mary Lou Horner*, Dr. Kamilia Kozlowski, Justice Sharon Lee, Amy Miles, Cynthia Moxley, Phyllis Nichols, Susan Packard, Sharon Pryse, Mintha Roach, Hon. Madeline Rogero, Tommie Rush, Liane Russell, The Sisters of Mercy, Wanda Sobieski, Elaine Streno, Pat Summitt, Kim Trent, Loida Velazquez, Susan Richardson Williams, and Sylvia Woods. (*honored posthumously)

The YWCA invites you to a night of celebration, inspiration and surprises, including a chance to win an exciting prize from Tribute to Women presenting sponsor, U.S. Cellular. Tribute to Women will be held at the Knoxville Convention Center and will begin with a reception at 5:30 p.m. during which guests and friends will have a chance to congratulate and celebrate all of the honorees. The official program will begin at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $85 and include a reception with heavy hors d’ oeuvres and cash bar; one complimentary drink ticket; and admission to the program. All proceeds from Tribute to Women benefit the programs of the YWCA Knoxville.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 865-523-6126 or online at www.ywcaknox.com. For more information about the YWCA Knoxville’s Tribute to Women event, contact Kelsey Houser at KHouser@ywcaknox.com.

Thursday, Aug. 21
The museum's free lunchtime art short film series, Talking Pictures, will continue at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21. The museum will present a short film on James McNeill Whistler—a famous British artist featured in "The Collector’s Eye."

"The Collector's Eye" has been extended to run through Aug. 31. More information about the exhibit may be found at http://tiny.utk.edu/mcclungart. The exhibit is curated by Catherine Shteynberg and presented by Bennett Galleries and WUOT. Additional support is provided by Knox County, the City of Knoxville and the Arts and Heritage Fund.

The McClung Museum is located at 1327 Circle Park Drive. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is free.

South Carolina rock outfit NEEDTOBREATHE is kicking off a new chapter of it's story with their newest album and tour namesake Rivers In The Wasteland. After non-stop touring caused tension between the Rinehart brothers, Bear & Bo, and Seth Bolt, frontman Bear noted, "We had to take a break and meditate on what we each wanted NEEDTOBREATHE to be." For all three, the answer was to return to their roots and find the anchor of musical simplicity. It’s a moment of realness NEEDTOBREATHE wanted to capture on their new album, a means of letting go of everything that isn’t truly essential to the song. It was a long, sometimes tumultuous process, that ultimately yielded a collection of songs the band feels reflect who they want to be as musicians now. NEEDTOBREATHE returns to Knoxville for a two night run on Wednesday, August 20 & Thursday, August 21.

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

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Jackie Beckner as the featured artist for August and September. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, her exhibit features handmade sewing creations.

A Knoxville native, Beckner acquired her love of sewing from watching and learning from her mother as a child. When she became a mother, she made clothes for her two daughters, including prom dresses and eventually even a wedding dress. Today, Beckner enjoys sewing children's clothes, purses and other handmade items which she sells to raise funds for missions trips to Haiti. She volunteers with the One Vision International Children's Home in Haiti to teach girls the simple skill of sewing so they will have a means to provide for a family when they age out of the orphanage. Beckner is employed by the Knox County Public Building Authority.

Each month, the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. 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 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture.

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.

This year, events get under way with the inaugural art exhibit at the Blount County Campus: “Quantum Confusion,” featuring the mind-bending artwork of Denise Stewart-Sanabria. The show runs Aug. 18-Oct. 18. The art will be on display in the lobby of the campus, 2731 W. Lamar Alexander Pkwy., during normal business hours, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each weekday.

The exhibit will feature installations of large charcoal drawings on plywood that suggest the presence of portals, using existing walls and building spaces. Visitors and students will walk through the installation when they visit the Blount County Campus.

Exhibit Reception at Blount County Campus/Pellissippi State on Thursday, September 25 at 5:00pm

For more information about these and other events in the 2014-2015 Arts at Pellissippi State series, visit www.pstcc.edu/arts or call (865) 694-6400. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

“Radiant Geometry,” an exhibit by Maryville College Professor of Art Dr. Carl Gombert, will be on display in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Blackberry Farm Gallery. Receptions will be held from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Aug. 29 and Sept. 26, in conjunction with the Maryville Last Friday Art Walk.

Gombert’s exhibit will include ink drawings, which consist only of straight lines drawn with a T-square, and rubber stamp monotypes. Most of the pieces Gombert will display in his exhibit were created during a sabbatical last semester. Gombert joined the Maryville College faculty in 1993, and his areas of teaching include painting, drawing and art history. He has exhibited in more than 200 shows throughout the country.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Info: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present a new stage adaptation of the epic, medieval legend of King Arthur: Knights Of Camelot. The play will be performed August 15 through 31, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM. The show is KCT’s 60th full-scale production and features 22 young actors in the cast.

TICKET PRICES: $12. SPECIAL RATE: Any adult & Child entering together = $10 each
RESERVATIONS: by phone at (865) 208-3677, or online
NEW LOCATION: 109 E. Churchwell Avenue; corner of Central & Churchwell Avenues

The play is performed by 22 talented young actors, from ages 9 to 16. KCT veteran performers will play the familiar roles of King Arthur (Andrew Fetterolf), Merlin the Magician (Cody Chaffins), Guinevere (Jaden Lily Branson), and Sir Percival (Zak Terry).
Five actors are making their KCT debuts: Cian Bell, Reece Brown, Brody Copeland, Gemma Nash, and Jacob Sousley.

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com. Reservations: tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com

Lower galleries
This exhibition of more than 50 photographs traces this influential street photographer's career from 1962 to the present. Lyon rode with a notorious Chicago biker gang, marched against segregation during the Civil Rights Movement, and spent hours inside the death-row "Walls Unit" of Texas' Huntsville Prison. His goal, he said, was "to destroy Life magazine" - to present powerful, real alternatives to the hollow pictures and stories permeating mass media in America. A special group of Lyon's photographs taken during his visit to Knoxville in 1967 will be featured in the KMA's presentation.

August 14, 5:30-7:30pm Exhibition Opening Reception - This World is Not My Home: Danny Lyons Photographs

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 series will include varied musical genres: country, Americana/bluegrass, Scottish tunes, aires and waltzes and opera. All concerts will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday evenings in August. They are free and indoors in air conditioned comfort in the library’s main gallery! All performances in this annual series are sponsored by the Blount County Friends of the Library.

+ August 7: Erin Ott is a 10-year-old country singer who claimed two awards—Female Vocalist of the Year and Female Entertainer of the Year in her age category--at the North American Country Music International's (NACMAI) Country Music Week 2014 in Pigeon Forge.

+ August 14: Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers. This all-female Bluegrass/Americana/Mountain-Music band from Cincinnati, Ohio, is a 3-time nominee for the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards.

+ August 21: The Good Thymes Ceilidh Band. In 2008, The Good Thymes Ceilidh (kay-lee) Band formed from members of the Knoxville Scottish Music Club. They play fiery Scottish tunes along with lovely aires and waltzes.

+ August 28, Knoxville Opera Company. Two opera singers, Kevin Doherty, baritone, and Sarah Fitch, mezzosoprano, will preview the coming season’s Knoxville Opera Company operas. Maestro Brian Salesky, Executive Director and Conductor of Knoxville Opera, will be the guest speaker and accompanist.

Blount County Public Library: 508 N Cusick St, Maryville, TN 37804, (865) 982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org