Calendar of Events

Marble City Opera will present La Femme Bohème, an all-female cast of Puccini’s opera La Bohème at NV nightclub in Knoxville, Tennessee at 7:30pm on January 24th and January 31st, 2015. The production will be presented with chamber orchestra, conducted by Peter Leonard, former Artistic Director of the Volkstheater in Rostock, Germany.

Marble City Opera was founded in May of 2013 and continues to make waves in the Knoxville music scene. In 2014, Artistic Director and soprano, Kathryn Frady’s world premiere performance of Amelia Lost received the high honor of being named the Most Memorable Operatic Performance in Knoxville by Alan Sherrod in Arts Knoxville.

The La Femme Bohème cast will feature online magazine Sexi Soprano writers as well as Knoxville favorites, including Kathryn Frady as Musetta and Metropolitan Opera National Council Regional Semi-Finalist, Linda Barnett as Rodolfo. There will be an open bar before, during, and after the performance. Admission is $20 for adults, and $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at knoxtix.com.

Saturday, January 24, 2015, 7:00 PM.
Historic Grove Theater, 123 Randolph St., Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Masskus Productions will host Memphis Native, Ron Jewell in a performance celebrating American Comedic Philosopher, Mark Twain.

Mark Twain At Large is a stunning one-man theatrical tour de force that introduces us to the 70-plus-year-old Twain on a stormy night in his Connecticut home. Racing in from thunderous rains, he invites the audience into his study for an intimate conversation filled with stories and anecdotes taken directly from Twain’s writings. Jewell’s performance has been hailed across the country as “personable and touching,” as critics and audience members alike have delighted in his retelling of Twain’s tall tales.
Ron graduated from Belmont University in Nashville and has worked in dinner theatre, summer stock and film. He regularly performs in trade and industrial shows both in and out of his Mark Twain persona. In 1994 he opened the new Performing Arts and Conference Center in Bartlett, TN as its director. In 2003 and again in 2004 Jewell was named to Memphis Magazine’s “Top 100 Who’s Who in Memphis” for his work at the arts center.
Saturday, January 24, 2015, 7:00 PM.
Historic Grove Theater, 123 Randolph St., Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Knoxville Tickets.com 865-656-4444

What do you get when you combine the glorious sounds of gospel and the magnificence of opera? Multiple standing ovations by a large crowd who have shouted “hallelujah” at the five previous performances of Knoxville Opera Goes to Church…A Celebration of Talent!

The 5th annual concert, sponsored by Home Federal Bank, DV Communications, and The 5th Commandment Fund will feature the Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir and local soloists together with Knoxville Opera artists in a unique presentation of gospel, spirituals, and highlights from the popular opera Carmen. The free-admission concert, one of Knoxville Opera’s yearly 75 education/outreach activities, will take place at Greater Warner Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church, 3800 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Knoxville.

“We are the only opera company in the world that has its own Gospel Choir and we are proud to present our eclectic repertoire featuring outstanding local and visiting guest artists. Our performances are an inspiration to both the performers and our very enthusiastic audience. We always make sure to give them something to cheer about!” said Jeanie Turner Melton who will conduct the 40-voice Choir. Knoxville Opera Maestro Brian Salesky will accompany the solo opera artists.

The outstanding lineup of soloists includes Knoxville Opera guest artists Audrey Babcock, Briana Hunter, Brian Cheney, and Ryan Kuster, along with local soloists Evelyn Jack, Sonia Roberts, and Michael Rodgers. “We are privileged to contribute to our community with this unique event that unites patrons and fans who appreciate diverse musical cultures” said Salesky, “and we are most grateful for the support of our generous sponsors which makes this concert possible.”

The event’s program will include Oh for a Thousand Tongues to Sing, You Must Have That True Religion, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Don’t Feel No-ways Tired, Hallelujah is the Highest Praise, Move on Up a Little Higher, Even Me, Amazing Grace, Walk With Me Lord, and excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen which Knoxville Opera is presenting in schools in early January and at the Tennessee Theatre on February 13 and 15, 2015. More information - http://www.knoxvilleopera.com/schedule/kochurch

The four-piece "jamgrass" outfit was formed in 1998 in Nederland, Colorado and has since developed a strong following among bluegrass and jam band fans alike. Some of Yonder Mountain String Band’s earlier fan favorite songs include "Half Moon Rising" and "Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown." Join us for the show on Saturday, January 24th!

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com

First Generation Bluegrass

The Chattanooga based Dismembered Tennesseans, led by champion fiddler Fletcher Bright, was formed in 1945. They have performed from Florida to Washington to Ohio and Colorado and points between, showing their unique music and humor to the world, bluegrass “sung from the heart through the nose.” Regulars at the Laurel Theater, Fletcher is joined by Ed “Doc” Cullis on banjo, bassist and vocalist Laura Walker, multi-instrumentalist Ansley Moses, guitarist and vocalist Bobby Martin, mandolinist Don Cassell, Brian Blaylock on mandolin and dobro, and Fletcher’s son George Bright on flat top guitar.

$10 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $11 General Advance
$12 General Day of Show • $6 Children 12 & Under

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

Orgelfest
Organ Workshops, lectures, master classes and performances
Friday, January 24, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus.
*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

YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A CURRENT MEMBER TO ATTEND. You only need to be a person who wants to be a member in 2015! At The Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville TN 37917. Membership fees must be paid in full at the meeting. We can accept credit card payments. Dues are: Student $25, Individual $50, Family $75 & Corporate $150. FREE Art book with Entry (amazing books donated from a private collection library); members receive discounts at Jerry's Artarama; members get two exhibitions free/year + more opportunities to exhibit and have their own show at EXTREMELY competitive prices. Please bring a dish to put on the table to share (include a tag as to what it is i.e. meat/fish/dairy/nuts etc). We will have a bit of business where you can find out what has been happening with A1 this past year and what future happenings will occur. This is also a chance to raise your voice, bring ideas & be heard. Knox Makers will introduce themselves to the group as well as Smiling Medusa Designs and The Green Urbanite! Abandoned ART Knoxville will be happening throughout the evening where you get a chance to participate in this fun project of making art and leaving it for another to find out in the world. There will also be door prizes & fun plus the Odd-ball Auction with Emily. New things are happening at A1 - come be a part of it! If you cannot attend the meeting but would still like to be a 2015 member, you still can join at www.a1labart.org and pay by PayPal or by mailing in a check. Info: sarablairmcnally@gmail.com

A1LabArts @ the Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: www.a1labarts.org

The work in this exhibition explores the non-objective and propositional quality that sculpture can have, and the ways in which we can understand something devoid of specificity and illustration. Presented on custom-built risers and linear structures, individual components are often physically or conceptually networked together with arrangements of objects ranging from the random and chaotic to the precise and articulate. Through careful positioning and intentional framing the works are suggestive of abstracted models and diagrammatic systems that allude to a sculptural logic that is both pragmatic and allusive at the same time.

Paul Sacaridiz will be lecturing at UT in room 109 of the Art and Architecture building on Thursday, January 22 at 7:30 PM. There will be an opening reception the following evening, Friday, January 23, with the artist at the UT Downtown Gallery from 5-9PM. We hope you can make it to these events.

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

The Healthy Living Expo is coming back!
Knoxville Convention Center
Friday, January 23, 2015 - 9 am to 3 pm
Saturday, January 24, 2015 - 9 am to 4 pm

2015 Highlights
Higher Brain Living Seminar - NEW for 2015
CPR Friends & Family Class by CPR Choice - NEW for 2015
Medicine Collection Event
Painting Class with Paint the Town Art
Piloxing demo
Medic Blood Drive
KCBC Mammograms on site
Arbor Massages

FREE Employer Edge Program
FREE Health Checks
Visit participating Expo exhibitors for FREE and reduced cost health checks.
FREE Health Checks
FREE Samples
DISCOUNTED Health Checks

Eat Right Nutrition Stage
Get Active Fitness Stage

Print your free tickets to the Expo!
http://thehealthylivingexpo.com/knoxville/downloads/2015_NL_Tickets.pdf

Drawn from the McClung Museum is an innovative exhibition project involving 28 artists, each of whom will produce original prints in response to objects from the collection of the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. The exhibition will pair the objects and the prints to address how we perceive and interpret art, science, and culture. Like the museum itself, the objects are varied, ranging from a mastodon mandible and an Egyptian ibis mummy, to a Victorian hair necklace and an Ojibwa men’s ceremonial dance apron.

The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the SGC International Printmaking Conference, which will bring 1,500 printmakers to Knoxville from the United States and abroad March 18–21, 2015.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Tennessee Stage Company Presents Its 6th Timeless Work – A Benefit Production of HARVEY

Where: The Historic Southern Railway Station, 300 West Depot Avenue
When: Jan. 22 – Feb. 1, 8:00 pm Thursday – Saturday; 2:00 pm Sunday matinees

Tickets on sale now: limited availability. Call (865) 546-4280 for reservations or go online to purchase tickets through Paypal at www.tennesseestage.com. General Admission: $ 15; Students/Seniors $ 12. Group discounts available.

The Tennessee Stage Company, known to Knoxville audiences for Shakespeare On The Square and the New Play Festival returns to our Timeless Works series this winter with the Mary Chase’s classic comedy, Harvey. This most gentle of comedies is the story of a most unconventional man who has dropped out of the rat race to live a simple life with his most unusual best friend, Harvey, who just happens to be a six foot tall invisible white rabbit! Harvey is a collaboration with the Historic Southern Railway Station newly renovated and now being operated as an event space by the Blueslip Winery. This beautiful structure is a perfect backdrop for the simplicity and whimsy of the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his rabbit. Timeless Works was conceived by the Stage Company as a benefit series to help raise funds for our other programs, Shakespeare On The Square, the New Play Festival and our Education and Outreach programs. All the artists donate their time and talents and all funds raised go directly back into the work of the Company.

Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

Saturdays at the Library will snap, tap, and sing with professional storytellers and musicians. In its third year, Saturday Stories & Songs has provided parents and caretakers who work during the week a chance to bring their children to one of four libraries at 11:00 a.m. each weekend. There, they will experience great performers as they bring to life nursery rhymes, singalongs, and stories of all kinds, appropriate for all ages.

Saturday programs take place at 11:00 a.m. at Lawson McGhee Library, Cedar Bluff Branch Library, Fountain City Branch Library and Powell Branch Library. They are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.knoxlib.org/saturday or contact Erin Nguyen at (865) 215-8725 or by email at enguyen@knoxlib.org.

SCHEDULE:
January 17, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Becca Tedesco, storytime
Lawson McGhee Library Sean McCollough, musician
Fountain City Brianna Hanson, storytijme
Powell Faye Wooden, storyteller

January 24, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Miss Lynn, musician
Lawson McGhee Library Becca Tedesco, storytime
Fountain City Melissa Mastrogiovanni, storytime
Powell Brianna Hanson, storytime

January 31, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Sean McCollough, musician
Lawson McGhee Library Laurie Fisher, storytime
Fountain City Emagene Reagan, storytime
Powell Georgi Schmitt, storyteller and musician

February 7, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Molly Moore, storytime (emphasis babies)
Lawson McGhee Library Faye Wooden, storyteller
Fountain City Laurie Fisher, storytime
Powell Becca Tedesco, storytime

February 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Charlene Ellis, storytime (emphasis babies)
Lawson McGhee Library Kindermusik
Fountain City Robin Milhollan, storytime
Powell Miss Lynn, musician and storyteller

February 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Brianna Hanson, storytime
Lawson McGhee Library Georgi Schmitt, storyteller and musician
Fountain City Sean McCollough, musician
Powell Emagene Reagan, storytime

Febrary 28, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.
Cedar Bluff Kindermusik
Lawson McGhee Library Molly Moore, storytime (emphasis babies)
Fountain City Georgi Schmitt, storyteller
Powell Sean McCollough, musician

Knox County Public Library: 500 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-215-8750, www.knoxlib.org