Calendar of Events

The Cast List by Gayle Greene – Two star-crossed cast lists wreak havoc on a struggling community theatre’s ill-fated production of Romeo & Juliet.
2/7/15 2:30 pm at Fountain City Library
2/14/15 1:00 pm at Bearden Branch Library
2/28/15 3:00 pm at Lawson McGhee Library

The Third Proposal by Dennis Duff – Struggling against his feelings for neighbor Anna Wagner, Helmut can only watch as his two brothers vie for her hand, then fall as victims of WWII.
2/14/15 3:00 pm at Bearden Branch Library
2/21/15 2:30 pm at Fountain City Library
3/1/15 2:00 pm at Lawson McGhee Library

American Farce by Michael Reimann – A woman from Max’s past shows up at his door and claims he is the father of her 10 year-old son. Max soon devises a plot to use his estranged son’s uncanny ability to pick race horses to pay off a loan shark.
2/21/15 2:30 pm at Bearden Branch Library
2/23/15 6:00 pm at Fountain City Library
2/28/15 1:00 pm at Lawson McGhee Library
Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

GO! Contemporary Dance Works will premiere Tata Ajache: Warrior Princess at the Bijou Theatre on Saturday February 7th at 8:00PM and Sunday, February 8th at 3:00PM. GO!’s newest full length ballet will merge African and aerial with classical and contemporary dance. West African djembe drummer Obayana Ajanaku and aerial artist Sarah Joyce will join a cast of over 50 dancers to bring to life the story of a slave girl kidnapped from her village in Africa in the 1800’s and trained to become an Amazon warrior. Advanced tickets are $17.00 for students/seniors and $22.00 for adults. $22 and $27.00 at the door. Call 865-539-2475 or view the website at www.gocontemporarydance.com for ticket information. All seats are reserved.

Go! Contemporary Dance Works: 865-539-2475, www.gocontemporarydance.com

2014-2015 Knoxville News Sentinel Pops Series
Bring that special someone to the Civic Auditorium and celebrate an early Valentine’s Day with some of the most romantic music of all time. Showstoppers from Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, South Pacific and more with Broadway stars Melissa Errico and Stephen Buntrock.

At the Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

The Clayton Center presents PUSH Physical Theatre on Saturday, February 7, 2015,
in the Ronald And Lynda Nutt Theatre at 8:00PM

Seeing award winning PUSH Physical Theatre is like watching a live action- movie. This talented group of performers inspires awe with physical illusions and gravity-defying, dance-infused, acrobatic high-jinx. Rather than relying on their trained movement vocabulary, PUSH Physical Theatre began with a belief that each performer should bring his or her unique life experiences to the stage. Although PUSH performers have a solid technical and acting base, they incorporate any movement that speaks to the audience. If the perfect method doesn’t exist, they invent it.

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

Celebrate mid-winter with a cozy afternoon of hot chocolate and other warm drinks and chocolate desserts, while learning some cool new crafts. Meet Craft Center artists and members who will be assisting participants in making several different Valentine themed crafts. This annual event is for all ages! Try all the crafts or stick with one – or just enjoy the chocolate (including a chocolate fountain!) and camaraderie at the Center – all for a cool low price - $10 per person! Registration deadline: January 31 but register early to save your spot.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Hwy 61, P.O. Box 608, Norris, TN 37828, (865) 494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net

"Derelict Country"

Born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Malcolm Holcombe is recognized as a performer of national stature, a guitarist/vocalist about whom Rolling Stone magazine says: “Haunted country, acoustic blues and rugged folk all meet [here]...” His newest release Down the River follows the success of Gamblin’ Man, Wager and Not Forgotten.

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

International Championship Collegiate Acappella – South Quarterfinals
For tickets: varsityvocals.com/events/icca-south/
Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 7:00 a.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall , Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
(Ticketed Event)

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

The Knoxville Museum of Art hosts a free Family Fun Day Saturday, February 7 from 11 am to 3 pm. This event focuses on Black History Month and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the museum in the Clayton Building. This fun-filled day is packed with art-making activities, artist demonstrations, face painting, continuous entertainment on stage, and docents in the galleries.

Children of all ages can create art at one of the many art-making stations inspired by current exhibitions Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee, and Currents: Recent Art from East Tennessee and Beyond.

Entertainment for Family Fun Day includes live music by Kelle Jolly and the Will Boyd Project. Snacks will be available for purchase.

Family Fun Day is FREE thanks to the generous sponsorship of Publix Super Markets Charities.

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

Participants from Texas A&M University, Vanderbilt University, Elon University, Belmont University, James Madison University, Roanoke College, University of North Texas, Baylor University, The University of Tennessee, and University of Kentucky will compete for two positions that will advance to the regional semifinals with a chance at competing in New York City for the title of Grand Champion. This is a ticketed event. Tickets can be purchased at www.freshtix.com.

Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 7:00 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

Have you met all the animals that call the Ijams Visitor Center home? If not, be sure to stop by every Saturday for a chance to get nose-to-beak with some of our resident furred and feathered ambassadors. This program is FREE, but donations to support animal care are welcome. Pre-registration is not required for this event.

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

Recent works by architectural painter Dede Christopher of Maryville, and pen and pipe maker Ron Smith of Dandridge will be on display during the month of February at the Art Market Gallery. An opening reception for these featured artists will be held during Downtown Knoxville’s monthly First Friday Art Walk beginning at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6, with complimentary refreshments and jazz/funk music performed by Alix DeAngelis.

Encouraged to paint and draw since early childhood by her artist mother, Dede Christopher has always been attracted to architecture, and in her artwork she strives to capture the beauty of a place or setting and how buildings interact with each other. “I decided to pursue architectural illustration as a career, believing it would lead me to a more artistic life and a more fulfilling occupation,” she says. With a BA and graduate degree in architectural design she has had her own architectural illustration business since 1989 and has been drawing and painting for clients and her own inspiration nearly every day since then. Recently, Christopher has devoted time to plein air and studio art, focusing on the beauty, light and detail in a particular setting or place, at different times of the day, year, and season.

Ron Smith never had formal art training in college and graduate school. Following retirement, however, he took classes at Walters State Community College. During a sculpture course he discovered an affinity for power tools and generating sawdust which, combined with his lifelong enjoyment of writing and pipe smoking, led him to further instruction at Woodcrafters in Knoxville and to renowned American pipe maker Tim West in Columbus, OH. The result: Smith’s pens that take a mostly traditional form, but with distinctive materials, colors, shaping and weight; while his pipes, created from ebauchon briar, are mostly free-form rather than classic shapes. “Pens and pipes are functional art,” Smith explains, “and to succeed, they require not only an appeal to the eye, but a comfort and feel to the hand.”

Owned and operated by 62 professional regional artists, the Art Market Gallery, at 422 South Gay St., is a few doors from Mast General Store and next to Downtown Grill & Brewery. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday. The gallery is wheelchair accessible, and parking in the abutting garage and on the street is free on weekends and after 6 p.m. weekdays. For more information, call 865-525-5265, or visit artmarketgallery.net, or facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery.

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present its National Juried Exhibition of 2015, a new exhibition featuring selected works from 31 artists in the Southeast region. The National Juried Exhibition was developed in 2006 to provide a forum for local artists to compete on a national scale and display their highest quality work. The exhibition encompasses all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists working in a variety of media such as photography, watercolor, oil, fiber, marble, ceramic, lithographs, and more and will be displayed in the Balcony gallery of the Emporium Center from February 6-28, 2015. Most of the works are for sale. A public reception will take place on Friday, February 6, from 5:00-9:00 PM with a brief awards ceremony at 6:00 PM in which over $1,000 in cash awards will be announced. The First Friday reception also features music by Cricket & Snail in the gallery; a flamenco dance performance by Pasión Flamenco from 6:00-6:30 PM in the Black Box Theatre; and a Jazz Jam Session hosted by Vance Thompson and Friends from 7:00-9:00 PM in the Black Box Theatre. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres will be available and chocolate fondue will be provided by the Melting Pot of Knoxville.

Stefanie Gerber Darr served as juror for the exhibition. “One of the greatest joys of being a curator/juror is the glimpses I receive into the minds of others through the works they put forth to the world,” says Gerber Darr. “Whether commenting upon our culture through ink on paper or capturing a fraction of a second in time in a photograph, artists illustrate a multitude of possibilities, remind us of ideas, and at times offer understanding of a situation through a new lens.”

The following artists’ works will be shown:

+ Ann Harwell of Wendell, NC
+ Catherine Haverkamp of Andersonville, TN
+ Brandon Douglas of Clinton, TN
+ Art Brown of Kingsport, TN
+ T.P. Dunn of Kingston, TN
+ Melinda Adams, Nicholas Bell, Jennifer Brickey, Bill Cook, Jr., Raluca Iancu, Roy McCullough, Clay Pardue, Norm Plate, Shawn Poynter, Chris S. Rohwer, Denise Stewart-Sanabria, Daniel Taylor, Marilyn Avery Turner, and Steve Zigler of Knoxville, TN
+ Susan B. Miller of Lenoir City, TN
+ Loretta Lee Edge and Dennis Sabo of Loudon, TN
+ Tatiana Potts and Brian Reid of Maryville, TN
+ Bill Long of Morristown, TN
+ Audry Deal-McEver of Nashville, TN
+ Danielle Winger of Piney Flats, TN
+ Cheryl L. Tarrant of Powell, TN
+ Lisa D. Line of Sevierville, TN
+ Chris Turnier of Talbott, TN
+ Tyson Smith of Townsend, TN

A gallery of images may be viewed at www.knoxalliance.com/album/juried_2015.html. The National Juried Exhibition of 2015 is on display February 6-28, 2015 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Saturday, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Additional special hours are posted at www.theemporiumcenter.com/visit.html. For more information, please contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543, or visit the Web site at www.knoxalliance.com.