Calendar of Events

Every Thursday! Marble Springs State Historic Site is proud to present the 5th season of ‘Shopping at the Farm’ – the Marble Springs Farmers Market for our South Knoxville community. All vendors will be selling fresh, locally-produced products!

And, every Third Thursday, families can join us during the Farmers Market for a free event from 4:30pm-6:30pm to learn about different topics, ranging from historic preservation to gardening and more. Children's activities will be available at Third Thursday.

Marble Springs: 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-573-5508, www.marblesprings.net

Every Thursday - enjoy story time in the Gardens. This free program includes garden stories, music, coloring, and sprinkler time. Get the weekly e-mails: dstowell@utk.edu

UT Gardens, 252 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: (865) 974-8265, http://utgardens.tennessee.edu/

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Carol Erikson as the featured artist for May and June. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, the exhibit highlights her photographic art, titled "Images that Inspire."

A New Jersey native, Erikson's exhibit features a mix of customer favorites and her newer work, including birds in South Texas, the Tybee Island lighthouse, and angel statuary from cemeteries in Savannah and Ohio. Her photography focuses on local nature images, especially waterfalls, wildflowers, old barns and landscapes. Mainly self-taught, Erikson has taken non-credit photography and editing courses at the University of Tennessee. A Rutgers University and University of North Carolina graduate, she works as an analytical project manager in Oak Ridge, supporting the ongoing decontamination and decommissioning work on the Oak Ridge reservation.

Each month, the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture.

The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

There's a full weekend of fun on Thursday, May 14 through Saturday, May 16!

On Saturday, the main Festival starts with a stroll down Biscuit Boulevard, the tasting area with more than 20 different restaurants and Biscuit bakers sharing their Signature Biscuits. Individual tickets for the Biscuit Boulevard go on sale Saturday, May 16 at 8:30 am at the Biscuit Festival Information Booth, located at the corner of Market and Clinch and at the Biscuit Baking Tent, located on Market, just north of Church. Buy a Biscuit Boulevard Ticket for just $10.00 and sample up to five different Biscuit creations.

And don't miss other events throughout the weekend. The Biscuit Bazaar vendor area also opens at 9:00 am to showcase Biscuit-friendly wares, including jams, jellies, honey, sorghum, aprons, kitchenware, artwork and cookbooks. And there's the Southern Food Writing Conference, Blackberry Farm Biscuit Brunch, Biscuit Baking Contest, and Mr. and Miss Biscuit Pageant.

Find all the details and a complete schedule at www.biscuitfest.com!

The International Biscuit Festival 2015 also includes a month of Biscuits with the Biscuit Art Exhibition through May 30 at the Emporium Center Gallery.

2014-2015 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Season
Lucas Richman, conductor
Gabriel Lefkowitz, violin

The KSO’s 79th season ending also concludes the tenure of beloved music director, Maestro Lucas Richman. This uplifting concert celebrates the Maestro’s twelfth and final season with the KSO. Musical selections include Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, featuring KSO Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz. The concert concludes with Mahler’s Tenth Symphony: Adagio and Ravel’s La Valse.

At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

In the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church

Community School of the Arts: 620 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-523-5684, www.csaknox.org

The City of Knoxville's Mayor's Council on Disability Issues (CODI) will be celebrating a monumental milestone this year. CODI has been an active part of the City of Knoxville for 30 years. CODI was established in 1984 and is an advisory body of 21 people all closely connected to the disability community of Knoxville. They help guide the city in policies and practices that involve people with disabilities, with the goal of making Knoxville a city that values and includes everyone, regardless of ability level. To recognize the impact of CODI on the city, there will be a reception at the Square Room, 4 Market Square, on May 14 at 4:30 p.m. For more information, to get involved or to sponsor these events, please contact Stephanie Brewer Cook with the City of Knoxville at scook@cityofknoxville.org or 865-215-2034, or Katherine Moore with the dRC at kmoore@drctn.org or 865-637-3666.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has been documented back to 500 BC, but it has been largely misunderstood until recently. Bestselling author, Pamela Schoenewaldt, writes about PTSD (then called shell shock) during World War I in her new novel, Under the Same Blue Sky.

At Lawson McGhee Library, Schoenewaldt will read from her new novel. She is joined by Dr. Ellison Mitchell, a clinical psychologist specializing in stress management and post-traumatic stress disorder. Admission is free.

Through her historical novels, USA Today bestselling author, Pamela Schoenewaldt, explores issues facing Americans in the 20th century. Her latest novel, Under the Same Blue Sky, offers vivid images of military and civilian shell shock symptoms from the Great War. Now called post-traumatic stress disorder, shell shock was a common malady of returning veterans then and remains so today as one in three combat veterans suffers some form of PTSD. Under the Same Blue Sky, tells the story of a young woman grappling with the realities of war and the ravages it takes on the human psyche. After the reading, Dr. Mitchell and Ms. Schoenewaldt will discuss the history of PTSD, symptoms of which were recorded as early as 500 BC, along with a screening of rare documentary footage of World War I shell shock victims. Dr. Mitchell, a Navy veteran, outlines promising new treatment options for PTSD.

This program is of special interest to members of the helping professions, care-givers and all who are interested in a condition affecting millions of Americans today. Handouts of community resources for PTSD survivors, family members, and care-givers will be available.

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

Knoxville Christian Youth Bands
20th Anniversary Celebration and Spring Concert
May 14, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Wallace Memorial Baptist Church
701 Merchant Drive
Knoxville, TN 37912
Admission is free

6 pm Book signing with Bill McGowan author of The Ali Files: On the Town with Ali Akbar

Free and open to the public.

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com

Showing work by Athens’ Mayfield Dairy entrepreneur, Goldie Mayfield. The exhibit is scheduled at The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, Tennessee. AACA invites community members with original work by Goldie Mayfield to loan pieces to this special exhibit. Goldie Mayfield, one of Athens’ most prolific local artists, is among the women fundamental in bringing the visual arts to our community by teaching and supporting other local artists and by starting our Community Artist’s League. Her work was often featured in Mayfield Dairy’s Christmas cards in the 1980s and early 1990s. She used various mediums and is known for her expert use of watercolor.

Goldie was known for graciously giving away her work to friends and family. Community members who loan work to the exhibit will be duly credited as donors.

The exhibit reception is Friday, May 22, 2015 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Mayfield’s friends and family will be on hand to informally discuss her art. The reception will include light refreshments and is free and open to the public.

Athens Area Council for the Arts, 320 North White Street | Athens, TN 37303. Info: 423.745.8781 or www.athensartscouncil.org

Join us when our new shows open!
"A Life’s Work: Phyllis Wichner" will include collages, prints, and batiks in the Long Gallery and "Family Ties: Kniseley & Van Wyk" will be composed of paintings by Father & Daughter, Ralph Kniseley and Susan Van Wyk.

Opening reception Saturday, May 9 from 7 to 9 PM. A Gallery Talk will be held at 6:30 PM.

Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tu-F 9-5, Sa-M 1-4. Information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org