Calendar of Events

The Lambert Recital Hall Performance Series

The Enso’s members all were drawn to the string quartet repertoire because of its richness and diversity, and the ensemble is committed to exploring the four corners of that repertoire. The Enso regularly performs the classics of the string quartet literature, but also champions lesser-known works that deserve to be heard, along with much contemporary music, including works the Enso has commissioned. The ensemble also performs many of its own transcriptions, including arrangements of 16th Century Renaissance music.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Phil Leadbetter with all-star guests playing familiar favorites and songs from his new critically acclaimed release, 'The Next Move.' Guests include John Cowan, Paul Brewster, Dale Ann Bradley, Steve Gulley, Mike Bub, Sierra Hull, Steve Thomas Cory Walker, and more to be announced.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Starring 60 local children! For Aladdin it's not easy to find a magic lamp but it's even harder to get a date! It's a swirling sandstorm of famous Arabian Tales from Ali Baba to Scheherazade, and even Sinbad the Sailor, as Aladdin journeys to find a magic lamp in a Cave of (not so great) Wonders. Full of memorable characters, from lost penguins to talking palm trees, this is an adventure worthy of 1001 laughs.
Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 6:00PM at the Hiawassee Performing Arts Center.
www.monroearts.com, 423 442 3210.

This event is one of our members’ favorites because it presents the perfect occasion to meet new people interested in art or just in sharing great food! The cost of admission is $10 per person. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Fountain City Art Center by providing for extra high heating bills in the winter and by providing some of the other operational funds needed to support this 501( c )3 nonprofit organization. The dishes will be prepared by FCAC members; many of the recipes have been featured in FCAC Recipe Books from 2012 and 2013. Guests will be able to choose from soups, salads, meat or vegetable casseroles, breads and desserts. LeGrand Music Studio, located in the Art Center, will provide guitar music during the party.

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; 2nd and 3rd Saturdays, 9AM-1PM. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Blues Harmonica

Growing up in East Tennessee, Wallace Coleman was captivated by the sounds he heard late at night from Nashville’s WLAC … the Blues. The sounds haunted him by day where, he says, “I would be sittin’ in class and hear the Howlin’ Wolf singin’ just as clear in my head…” It was on WLAC that Coleman first heard those who would become Blues Legends and his greatest musical influences: Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters. Coleman left Tennessee in 1956 to find work in Cleveland. A self-taught musician, Coleman began playing professionally with Cleveland’s Guitar Slim at the Cascade Lounge. There Coleman caught the ear of audience member Robert “Jr.” Lockwood and joined his band in 1987. Still based in Cleveland, Wallace has been leading his own band since 1997.

$12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance
$14 General Day of Show • $7 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

Missoula Children's Theatre - Aladdin

Public Show - Adult/$10; Student/$5; Ages four & under Free
Hiwassee College, 225 Hiwassee College Drive, Madisonville, TN 37354
Tickets available online at www.monroearts.com; at Century 21 Hendershot Realty in Madisonville; at all Citizens National Banks in Monroe County; also available at the box office on the evening of the performance

Monroe Area Council for the Arts: PO Box 491, Madisonville, TN 37354, 423-442-3210, monroearts.com

Graduate Vocal Auditions for the School of Music
Music Auditions
Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 8:00 a.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

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

Chocolatefest is a fun-filled local event held annually in Knoxville. They have asked for our help with their many volunteer needs on Saturday, January 31st.

You may purchase tickets in person in advance at Sugarbakers, 514 Merchants Road in Knoxville or at Imagination Forest, 7613 Blueberry Road in Powell. You may also purchase tickets at the door with cash or credit card. You are free to enter Chocolatefest Knoxville free of charge. But to taste the chocolate, you need a tasting pass.

It's a truly sweet event to benefit Knoxville's Ronald Mcdonald House. Enjoy Chocolate, Candy, Cakes, Cupcakes and more.
There will also be live entertainment, fun for the kids and a silent auction!

Chocolate Tasting Pass - $15.00
We give you a box (or you may bring your own) that you take from booth to booth picking up their delicious samples and shopping to your hearts content.

VIP Tasting Pass - $30.00
We take you to the special VIP area where you are seated and can kick back and enjoy the live entertainment while the chocolate is brought to you!

For more information, visit www.chocolatefestknoxville.com

Join us for our ever popular annual seed swap at the Visitor Center. Using the seeds from the plants we grow in our own gardens allows us to repeat our successes, maintain genetic diversity and be more self-reliant. Ijams’ Seed Swap is a free event to promote the sharing of vegetable, flower and other seeds among area gardeners. Everyone is welcome, with or without seeds! This program is FREE for everyone.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

This is the fifth installment of an annual group show of 3-4 artists living and working in East Tennessee. LIFT: Contemporary Printmaking in the Third Dimension examines the work of international contemporary artists who use a variety of strategies to bring a sculptural dimension to printmaking. Featured artists include Enrique Chagoya, Lesley Dill, Olafur Eliasson, Robert Gober, Red Grooms, Jane Hammond, Hideki Kimura, Nicola Lopez, Leslie Mutchler, Oscar Munoz, Marilene Oliver, Dieter Roth, Graciela Sacco, and Jonathan Stanish. This exhibition is the culmination of a series of lectures, demonstrations, studio visits, and the creation of an online video archive documenting each artist’s studio practice. The series is intended to garner support for contemporary art in East Tennessee, and is accompanied by an illustrated publication. Organized by the KMA. Located in the Hall & Rogers Gallery.

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

Contemporary Focus is vital to the KMA’s mission to support and highlight art and artists of East Tennessee, bring them together with the museum’s audience in meaningful ways, and provide incentive for them to maintain their studio practice in the region. The public is invited to a free opening preview at the museum Thursday, January 29 5:30-7:30pm. Contemporary Focus 2015 artists will be on hand to answer questions about their work: Caroline Covington, Mira Gerard, and Karla Wozniak. The three artists selected have a common interest in creating works that examine the uncertain terrain between personal experience and external reality, abstraction and representation, and civilization and nature.

Contemporary Focus is an exhibition series launched by the KMA in 2009 that recognizes, supports, and documents the development of contemporary art in East Tennessee. It features the work of innovative emerging artists who are living and making art in this region, and who are exploring issues relevant to the larger world of contemporary art. The exhibition gives artists an opportunity to exhibit recent work, or consider creating a new body of work. In addition to giving feature artists the opportunity to showcase their latest work in a museum setting, it also allows them to engage with KMA audiences in gallery talks and lectures about their approach to making art, and about the challenges and benefits of basing their studio practice in East Tennessee. In several cases, inclusion in Contemporary Focus has created important new exhibition opportunities for the featured artists.

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

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