Calendar of Events

The Guild of the Knoxville Museum of Art presents Art Fair KMA 2015! This second annual event raises funds to support the museum and presents art for sale by artists from the region and across the United States.

Friday, September 25: A Vernissage/Opening Preview and Sale takes place from 6 to 9pm. This gala event includes a cocktail party, silent auction, and VIP access to art for sale. Tickets are $95 per person and may be purchased online at http://www.knoxart.org/events/art-fair-kma.html.

Saturday, September 26 & Sunday, September 27: The Art Fair takes place the following Saturday (10am-6pm) and Sunday (12noon-4pm) and is free and open to the public. Visitors can enjoy individual artist booths featuring original art, free art and craft activities for children, and free photo booth. Founding sponsor of Art Fair KMA is Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson.

For more information, visit www.knoxart.org or email artfairkma@gmail.com.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Admission and parking are free. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

The annual Knoxville Lindy Exchange is a weekend long event where dancers travel from all over the southeast, midwest, and beyond to dance to some of the hottest swing music in the country and explore our city. The KSDA is proud to present this year's musical line up, including a big band formed specifically for our event. Friday and Saturday night dances both include a free beginner drop in dance lesson. Discounts with KSDA benefit cards or Knox/Blount/Anderson county student IDs. The line up for this year's main events:

Fri, Sept 25, 7:15 pm - 12 am: Mint Julep Jazz Band from Durham, NC at the Flynn Square Dance Center, https://www.facebook.com/events/1634879900094748/

Sat, Sept 26, 7:30 - 11:30 pm: Gamble Wilson Swing Orchestra from Asheville, NC at Bridgewater Place, https://www.facebook.com/events/720130741448199/

Sun, Sept 27, 1 - 5 pm: Scruffy City Syncopators from Knoxville at the Laurel Theater, https://www.facebook.com/events/1646366178974047/

Full information for all weekend events: http://klx.swingknoxville.org, https://www.facebook.com/events/1542063946032071, swingdanceknoxville@gmail.com, or 865-224-6830

Ever wonder what the zoo is like after everyone goes home? Join us for a Family Bedtime with the Beasts adventure and find out! Pre-registration is required. Info: rgorzeman@knoxville-zoo.org

Knoxville Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914. Open every day except Christmas. Information: 865-637-5331, www.knoxville-zoo.org

These Knoxville rockers invite you to join them for an evening that will mark the end of an era.

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

7th Annual Farragut Food Festival,
Friday, September 25, 2015 from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

The popular 7th Annual Farragut Food Festival (formerly Taste of Farragut) is being held Friday, September 25 from 6:30-9:30pm on the pristine lawn of Renaissance | Farragut again this year. This regional festival showcases "best bite" samples from Farragut’s eateries, as well as pairings with wines, beers and ready-to-drink cocktails (ID required). For an especially fabulous, multi-chef experience, a limited number of "Very Important Bite" ("VIB") tickets are available. The Farragut Business Alliance and Town of Farragut are co-hosts of the event, with presenting sponsorship from TDS, platinum sponsorship from SouthEast Bank, and silver sponsorship from Costco Wholesale. The event is a fundraiser for the Farragut Business Alliance to support "Shop Farragut" and other programming of benefit to the community.
Friday, September 25, 2015 from 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Renaissance Farragut
12800 Kingston Pike
Farragut, TN 37934
For more information please visitwww.shopfarragut.com/events.html.

Guest artist recital; Gustavo Romero, internationally renowned pianist and recording artist, presents the third of three piano recitals dedicated to the works of Franz Schubert.
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 is located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. 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

Lively and fun...Celtic, Irish and Scottish music.

At the GSM Heritage Center ampitheater - $8 per person, GSMHC Members(and children under 5) are Free. Tickets are available at the door the night of the concert. No advance ticket sales. You are welcome to bring lawn chairs. Join us for dinner starting at 6 PM - Concessions provided by CAMPFIRE GRILL, Townsend. No coolers, food or drink may be brought into the concert. Sorry, no pets permitted, except for service animals.

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery will conduct a mandala sand painting in the museum’s Native Peoples of Tennessee gallery. Specific times for the opening and closing ceremonies will be announced at a later date. Though this event is free and open to the public, groups must make reservations by calling (865)974-2144.

From all the artistic traditions of Tantric Buddhism, that of painting with colored sand ranks as one of the most unique and exquisite. Millions of grains of sand are painstakingly laid into place on a flat platform over a period of days or weeks to form the image of a mandala. To date the monks have created mandala sand paintings in more than 100 museums, art centers, and colleges and universities in the United States and Europe. Traditionally most sand mandalas are destroyed shortly after their completion. This is done as a metaphor for the impermanence of life. This event is held in conjunction with the McClung Museum’s special exhibit, Embodying Enlightenment: Buddhist Art of the Himalayas. http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/events/mystical-arts-of-tibet-sand-mandala-painting/

Free and open to public at 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

Featuring a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D artwork by our members!
Opening reception Friday, Sept 18, 6:30-8:00 PM

Free and open to the public! Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tu & Th 9-5, W & F 10-5, Sa 9-1. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr., a musical stage version of the classic 1989 Walt Disney Studios film, specifically adapted for children and families. The play will be performed September 18 through October 4, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM.

In a magical underwater kingdom, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home - and her fins - behind and live in the world above. But first she'll have to defy her father King Triton, make a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula, and convince the handsome Prince Eric that she's the girl whose enchanting voice he's been seeking. Many of the favorite songs of the Walt Disney film are brilliantly recreated on stage, such as the Oscar-winning “Under The Sea,” “Part Of Your World,” and “She’s In Love.” The script is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and the Disney film , written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements. The script is written by Doug Wright, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater. The play is produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

KCT will also host a series of "Under The Sea" tea parties to coincide with Saturday 1 PM and Sunday 3 PM performances of Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. Performances with the tea-party option include September 19, 20, 26, 27; October 3 and 4, as interest and availability dictates. The $25 ticket price includes admission to the performance, as well as food, drinks, crafts and games, all with a special "Under The Sea" theme. Pre-registration is required by calling (865) 208-3677. All tea-party tickets must be pre-paid. Seating is limited.

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents decorative artist Barbara Enser as the featured artist for September and October. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, the exhibit highlights her paintings of various birds.

A Niagara Falls, New York, native, Enser's exhibit features bird paintings done in various media - including colored pencil, acrylics and oils - and painted birdhouses. A graduate of State University of New York at Albany, Enser taught high school mathematics at West High School in Knoxville in the 1980s, as well as at schools in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and North Carolina. She is a member of the Rocky Top Decorative Painters, the Middle Tennessee Decorative Artists and Society of Decorative Painters.

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 lcox@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.

The WordPlayers presents Walking Across Egypt, a comedy adapted by Catherine Bush from the novel by Clyde Edgerton. When Mattie Rigsbee discovers a stray dog on her porch, she decides she’s too old to keep it and calls the dogcatcher. Little does she know that the dogcatcher will open her eyes to a world she never knew existed; a world that includes car theft, prison breaks and a delinquent named Wesley who is as desperate for family as she is. Armed with only her mouth-watering cornbread and a deep abiding faith, Mattie is determined to woo Wesley to the side of God and good Southern manners… if she can manage to stay out of jail herself. (Recommended for all audiences)

Performances will be at Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Rd. on September 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 20 & 27 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10-$15 and may be purchased on line at www.wordplayers.org or at the door with cash or check. Sept. 17 is Pay What You Can Night. Please call 865.539.2490 for more information.