Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents the Latino Art Exhibit in the Corridor Gallery. The select works of nine local Hispanic artists will be featured including works from June Crowe, Susana Esrequis, Astrid Galindo, Angel Luna, Cecilia Stella Martin, Rosalina Tipton, Irene Torrealba, Loren Velazquez, and Luis Velazquez. The exhibit captures the diversity in styles of Hispanic artists residing in East Tennessee and of those who support the mission of LoLa Hora Latina.

Notes about three of the artists in the show:
Rosalina Tipton always tries to express beauty and spontaneity in her work even though her style borders on the abstract. She aims to have a connection with the real world and her personal life experiences. She primarily uses oils, mixed media on canvas, and wood and was influenced by the culture of her native Brazil.
Irene Torrealba, who was born and raised in Santiago, Chile, displays special interests in realism in water color and oil. She especially enjoys painting country landscapes that connect with her memories of her childhood, family, and travels.
For Susana Esrequis, painting is a time when her imagination and feelings come together and when she finds peace in genuine and simple things. Her works often depict pristine landscapes from both South America and North America.

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

I would like to invite you to a Fortepiano Residency on Sept. 26 and 27 at the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. There will be a recital on Friday evening the 26th at 8pm featuring Janice Wenger (fortepiano) and Julie Rosenfeld (violin) performing four early Mozart violin/piano sonatas.

On Saturday morning from 9:30- 11:30 Professor Wenger will present “Haydn and Clementi Sonatinas: Defining the Classical Sound.” The following repertoire will be discussed: Clementi Op. 36 and Haydn Sonatas Hob.XVI: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Following the workshop, audience members will be able to briefly try the instrument.

The Mayville Arts Coalition invites you to downtown Maryville for Last Friday ArtWalk
September 26 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm.
September's ArtWalk will feature the photography of Mary Jane (MJ) Booth.

Please visit our gallery, and other participating businesses downtown, during Last Friday ArtWalk and show your support!
http://www.maryvilleartwalk.com

More than 25 restaurants are expected to participate in the Farragut Food Festival, presented by TDS (formerly the Taste of Farragut). The purpose of the event is to draw people from and to Farragut for food & fun by showcasing local food and retail beverage establishments.

There will also be a wide variety of wines and ready-to-drink cocktails (ID is REQUIRED), as well as entertainment. Expect some exciting new "twists" this year - as we work towards building the event to a regional "festival" status - including the addition of a beer lounge!

General admission tickets are $25 for adults (if purchased in advance through noon the day of the event) or $30 if purchased at the gate. Admission for children under 10 is $10 in advance or $15 at the gate, with children under 5 free. The discounted advance tickets go on sale online beginning August 29th at www.farragutbusiness.com.

Call 307-2486 or email info@farragutbusiness.com for more information.

Featuring Exploded Clay Sculptures by Justin Paulk in his first ever show as a so-called "Professional Artist" and the show that resulted in Paulk+Co being investigated by the Fire Marshal with the Photography of Bill Foster and Music By Roman Reese + Michael Davis. Proceeds Benefit the TN Veterans Business Association and The East TN War Veterans Memorial. Free, covered parking is available adjacent to Paulk+Co in the City lot under the bridge. Free Beer + BBQ. Paulk+Co, 510 Williams Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Info: 865-335-3334. www.paulkandco.com

Guest artist

At the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events. View additional UT Music concerts and events including all student recitals on the website.

Guest artists; University of Missouri-Columbia Piano Professor, Janice Wenger and Voice Professor, Steven Sharp, will perform Franz Schubert's Die Schöne Mullerin featuring an historic reproduction fortepiano.

At the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center. Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events. View additional UT Music concerts and events including all student recitals on the website.

An evening of fantasy and dance! Dinner, silent auction and exclusive preview performance of GO!'s newest works!

At the Foundry. Tickets are $80.
Tickets/information: 865-539-2475, www.gocontemporarydance.com

Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has been hailed as the greatest American play ever written. The story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets, audiences follow the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually—in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre—die.

Show dates are Thursday-Saturday, September 25-27 and October 2-4 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, September 28 at 2:00 pm in the Sue E. Trotter Black Box Theater at The Arts Center in Athens, Tennessee. More details TBA.

Athens Area Council for the Arts: 320 North White Street, Athens, TN, 37303. Info: 423-745-8781, www.athensartscouncil.org

Side Splitters Comedy Club in Knoxville is currently open under a new management team that is committed to keeping a full time comedy club alive and well in the community. If Knoxville wants to keep its comedy club, then its residents need to come out to see the shows now.

There are 5 shows this weekend, September 25 - 27, with Nathan Brannon of the Seattle Comedy Festival. Nathan takes the audience on a ride full of witty stories, clever punch lines, and amusing shadow puppets. He brings smiles and hilarious anecdotes to the stage every time he grabs the microphone. Nathan also added this sentence because he needed a higher word count.

Side Splitters Comedy Club – Knoxville
9246 Parkwest Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37923
865.934.5233
www.KnoxvilleStandup.com

Current Exhibits at the Rose Center, Morristown, now thru October 17.

21st Annual Quilt Show
Over 70 handmade quilts
Edith Davis Gallery

Theatre Guild: Past, Present & Future
Celebrating 80 years of Tennessee's oldest communtiy theatre
Hal Noe Gallery

The Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814.
423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org

Bob Patterson, Director of the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center and Don M. Alexander, Cades Cove Heritage Tour Manager announced the 2014 Cades Cove Heritage Tours schedule of specialty tours.

Advance reservations are required.
Limit of 17 guests per tour.
Call 865-448-8838 for reservations.

Sam Venable, author, columnist, humorist, and naturalist will highlight points of interest in the GSM National Park. The 3 1/2 - 4 hour tour is $50 per person and will depart from the GSM Heritage Center at 9:30 am on the following Saturdays: May 10, August 23, September 20, October 18.

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is a not for profit museum
and is located between the traffic light and the national park entrance,
on scenic Highway 73.
For more information, please call 865-448-0044