Calendar of Events

MASSKUS PRODUCTIONS proudly presents
“COUNTDOWN: Your New Year Celebration!”
featuring Tennessee’s Favorite Party Band,
BOYS’ NIGHT OUT!
The Ballroom at the Double Tree by Hilton will be rocking on New Year’s Eve. East Tennessee has not celebrated like this in a number of years, so bring an appetite and your dancing shoes. A sumptuous array of hors devourers both hot and cold will be the holiday present of the Chef at the Double Tree. Besides ringing in the New Year with a champagne toast the Boys will remember their founding member and lead guitarist, Jeff Ginsburg, who suddenly left this world October 18. Jeff’s contribution to the band over 3 decades can never be adequately measured or rewarded. Guests will be asked to bring a donation of non-perishable food items to fill the barrels for Second Harvest of East Tennessee, his favorite local charity. This promises to be a Boys’ Night Out to remember.

Boys’ Night Out will present this special event and concert on Wednesday December 31, beginning at 8:00pm at the Double Tree by Hilton, 215 S. Illinois Avenue, in Oak Ridge. The music starts at 9pm and will last well into the New Year. They will play from a vast library of 1960-70-80’s music specifically orchestrated for their eleven member group. Many of your Motown, Carolina Beach shag, R&B and blues tinged Rock-N-Roll tunes will be highlighted by their amazingly tight horn section and crooned by longtime front-man, C. Vaughn Leslie.

Wednesday December 31, beginning at 8:00pm at the Double Tree by Hilton, 215 S. Illinois Avenue, in Oak Ridge. Tickets for this performance are all $60.00 and includes admission, food, coffee & tea, and a champagne toast. Cash Bar is additional. Tickets are available through www.KnoxvilleTickets.com, by phone 865-656-4444 or toll free 877-995-9961, in person at Knoxville Tickets outlets and the front desk of the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Oak Ridge.

Ring in the new year with some of our Knoxville kinsmen, The Black Lillies! Comprised of Cruz Contreras and his bandmates, The Black Lillies have grown from a few friends sitting around campfires and living rooms to a band that shows up in far-flung cities where folks to whom they’ve never played before already know the words to the songs.

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

The Almost Anniversary of The Autumn Effect - New Years Eve Bash with 10 Years Featuring the line up from that era: Jesse, Tater, Lewis, Brian and Matt. Working together as a band for the first time since writing the Gold selling album The Autumn Effect helped 10 Years go back to their roots, without label enforced pressure to create a radio friendly “hit,” and free to experiment with the hard rock sounds that lie at the core of their music. “Our true fans who buy the albums, not just the singles, understand that our singles, for the most part, misrepresent the entire album,” says Hasek. “As a band, we like to explore more and go a little left of center with song structures. We wanted to create an album that has no boundaries, and where we didn’t have to make every song ‘three minutes and 30 seconds’ for a label to approve it. There’s a fine line with that, of course, and we’re very aware of it. We all grew up on rock music, and as many albums as we’ve written, the way we’ve written them, it’s ingrained in us to work within a time frame that fits radio. There are definitely songs that work well for that, but as a whole, we wanted this album to represent a journey in a sense.”

Doors at 8:00 PM, Show at 9:00 PM
Tickets on sale now
$25.00 Adv / $30.00 DOS / $75.00 VIP

The International, 865-200-5143, 940 Blackstock Ave., Knoxville, TN

· Ice skating on the Holidays on Ice skating rink from 1 p.m. until midnight
· Festival foods and face painting available at the ice rink
· Music on the Square beginning at 11 p.m., with a big screen showing events from 2014
· Countdown beginning at 11:59 p.m., with a ball drop and fireworks
· Join in the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" following the fireworks

For more information please call the Special Events Office at 865-215-4248 or visit http://www.cityofknoxville.org/christmas/

Join the Al Curtis Orchestra and dance the night away at the 4th annual New Year’s Eve celebration hosted by the Rose Center Council for the Arts!

Beginning at 9 PM on Wednesday, December 31, the evening will feature live big band music, food provided by local favorite, Jersey Girl, and plenty of fun to ring in the new year. Last year, the party kicked off with over a hundred patrons who partied the night away in style!

Tickets are only $35.00 per person and are available by calling (423) 581-4330 or emailing info@rosecenter.org. There will be delicious food and swingin’ music as well as dance lessons offered, beginning at 8 PM, for those who want to step out with style. The lessons cost $5.00 per person and space can be confirmed at the time of the reservation.

Heavy hors d’oeuvres are included in the ticket price and adult beverages will be available for purchase. Don’t miss this opportunity to ring in the New Year with class in the beautiful setting that is the Rose Center!

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

Metamorphosis: Angel-Phoenix Figures
Art By Theophilus
The Literacy Imperative Arts Reception:
December 11, 2014 4PM to 8PM
Exhibit: December 11, 2014 to January 31, 2015
Burlington Library, 4614 Asheville Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37914
(865) 525-5431

Grade-school students from the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School are building a canned food sculpture, featuring the school’s name and ram mascot, for a “STEAM Out Hunger”. The project is inspired by Knoxville’s Holiday Canstruction® event hosted by Messer Construction. ConAgra and Bush Beans donated the 1,440 canned-food building blocks for the sculpture. The Besmann Family Fund for Social Justice and Spiritual Enrichment of the Knoxville Jewish Community Family of Funds also provided support.

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

Presented by HoLa Hora Latina
First Friday at the Emporium Center-Casa HoLa • December 5, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
A series of paintings by Argentine native Susana Esrequis. Selected by UNICEF to design their Christmas cards and postcards, Susana has also contributed her work to other non-profit organizations including the Argentinean Children Patronage, Argentinean Association of University Women, Knoxville Opera Guild, and HoLa Hora Latina.

Susana Esrequis through her clear-green eyes sees the world with the confidence of a person who does not despair, even when everything leads to uneasiness. She sees with the eyes poorly called “the child”, but it is the glance of a person who did not forget the depth of the nature message, this unique gift always affronted, than now more than ever a lot of us are trying to protect for the man, that mistreated son of God. - Albino Dieguez Videla, Internatinoal Asociation of Art Critics

HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours: Monday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm. Information: 865-335-3358, www.holaknoxville.org, www.holafestival.org

Artists throughout history have found inspiration in the form of birds. Man imbued birds with mystical and religious meaning due to their fascinating ability to exist in two worlds – the earthly world, and the sky, or heavenly realm. Drawn primarily from the Ewing Gallery’s permanent collection, Of a Feather features works from historic and contemporary artists who represent birds in a diverse assortment of styles. While some artists approach the bird as studies of simplified form others utilize strategies of space and distance to take a more poetic or analytical look at the economic and social issues attached to birds. Works range from hyperrealism to whimsical to abstract. This exhibition incorporates a number of artists of artists from New York and Chicago including Keith Haring, Michael Kirk, Keith Long, Diane Churchill, and Laurie Hogin; regional artists, Howard Finster, Todd Johnson, Kelly Hider, Heather Middlebrooks, Gary Monroe, and Richard Jolley, as well as distinguished faculty from the University of Tennessee – Jered Sprecher, Diane Fox, Beauvais Lyons, Marcia Goldenstein, Don Kurka, Bill Kennedy, Clark Stewart, and Byron McKeeby. The artworks on display consider themes of scientific inquiry, symbolism, environmental consciousness, and the rituals of birding, among others. The exhibition is organized by Sam Yates, Director and Curator of the Ewing Gallery, in tribute to the late artist, Ellen Lanyon, who often used images of birds in her art. Two of her works will be on display. Of a Feather will be on view at UT’s Downtown Gallery December 5, 2014 through January 15, 2015.

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 11AM - 6PM, Saturday: 10AM - 3PM. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

New narrative sculpture & paintings ("Every Picture Tells a Story") by Marga McBride, and new paintings by Charlotte Terrell. Opening reception & Holiday Open House Dec 7, 5-8 PM.

Bennett Galleries & Company, 5308 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Info: 865-584-6791; www.bennettgalleries.com

The Knoxville Watercolor Society will exhibit recent works from its members at the Rose Center, 442 W. Second North St., Morristown, TN 37814.

Opening reception will be Friday, December 5th from 6:00 pm. to 8:00 pm, in conjunction with the Rose Center's Holiday Open House. Regular hours for the Rose Center are M-F, 9 am. to 5 pm., and Thursday until 7:30 pm.

For more information about the Knoxville Watercolor Society, membership requirements and to view members' art work go to www.knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

Where: Bliss Home 29 Market Square Knoxville, TN 37902
When: Friday, December 5th, 2014 through the end of the month.
Opening Reception: Friday, December 5th, 2014 6pm to 9pm
Admission: Free

Facebook: Bliss Home • Stacey Fletcher

Artist's Website: www.staceyfletcher.com

Bliss Home is pleased to present the latest works by Knoxville artist, Stacey Fletcher, for December's First Friday. Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, December 5th from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary Steamboat Sandwiches will be provided and Stacey's art will be featured for the month of December.

Stacey Fletcher received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing from The University of Tennessee in 2003, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Valdosta State University in 2000. She has exhibited nationally and internationally in many individual, group, and juried exhibitions. This includes being awarded the honor of participating in the 2005 Pienkow International Artist Workshop in Poland. Stacey has taught for The University of Tennessee since 2000 as a graduate assistant, an assistant professor, as well as through the personal and professional extended education program. She lives, paints, and teaches in Knoxville, TN.

As a cathartic painter, Stacey’s work expresses emotions and frustrations that would otherwise be hard to express verbally. They seem abstract at first glace to the viewer, but have some sense of childhood imagery disguised among the colorful layers. Her work is fresh with vibrant lively colors, with layered metaphors of herself and others contrasted with the chaotic approach of the energetic marks.