Calendar of Events

In this classic comedy, vulgar, egotistical “junkman” Harry Brock, along with his “dumb" but charming girlfriend, Billie Dawn, arrives in Washington to make a few “deals” with powerful political big-wigs. Increasingly embarrassed by Billie’s lack of knowledge and social graces, Harry hires an idealistic young magazine reporter to educate the former showgirl. Billie not only learns to appreciate history and politics, but along the way, discovers the depths of Harry’s crooked activities. Armed with a natural honesty and frank attitude, Billie must decide how to utilize her newfound knowledge to extricate herself from being a tool in Harry’s illegal schemes.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

The WaveTransform Festival is a series of prominent music concerts consisting of artists from Knoxville's WaveTransform Recording Studios (www.wavetransform.com). The festival features events which cover several styles of music, and which include both local artists and international musicians who have performed in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit the festival website at www.wavetransformfestival.com. Tickets: $15.50

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

As part of her first tour ever in the U.S., Peppa Pig is coming to the Tennessee Theatre for a LIVE adventure full of singing, dancing, and games that are sure to be "more fun than a muddy puddle!"

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

Tribute to Classic R&B Hits with Evelyn Jack & Donald Brown

Alive After Five is a unique live music series that takes place in the smoke-free, casually elegant setting of the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall in the Knoxville Museum of Art. There is a live band on stage, seating at tables, two cash bars, food from area restaurants, free freshly popped popcorn, and free parking. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries. Admission is $10 for general and $5 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free. Info: 865-934-2039.

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

Let's make shopping at your local store fun again! This is the first of many more to come pop up "Sip and Shops." We provide the wine and you bring your best friends. Our fantastic vendors and friends will be putting out special items for this one evening only. Due to the cold weather this "Sip and Shop" will be inside but some deals may spill out on to the sidewalk! So come out and enjoy local brick and mortar shopping again!

Retrospect Vintage Store, 1121 N Central St, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917. https://www.facebook.com/events/446521555545663/

The Knoxville Museum of Art is proud to present the first-ever exhibition dedicated to the history and legacy of the groundbreaking artists who worked and exhibited together in the fifties and sixties and eventually became known as The Knoxville 7. The KMA-organized exhibition features more than 60 works culled from the museum’s extensive holdings, augmented by loans from collectors around the region.

The brash, ambitious artists who exhibited together as The Knoxville 7 shared the common visual language of Abstract Expressionism, producing what are likely the first abstract art works in East Tennessee and establishing a foothold for modern art in the region. In the early 1950s, C. Kermit “Buck” Ewing, first head of the University of Tennessee’s art department, recruited a group of young artists—initially Carl Sublett, Walter Stevens, Robert Birdwell—who exhibited actively in Knoxville and throughout the Southeast. While Sublett and Stevens shared an exclusive interest in the landscape as a point of reference for their abstractions, Birdwell and Ewing often found inspiration in urban settings and the human figure. Sometimes they exhibited as a foursome and other times as The Knoxville 7 with fellow artists Joanna Higgs Ross, Richard Clarke, and Philip Nichols. This important exhibition brings into focus a richly productive period in the art history of the region and also attests to the depth of the museum’s growing holdings of works by Knoxville 7 artists.

The opening for the exhibition is Thursday, January 28, 2016 from 6 to 8pm with a short program at 6:45pm.

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

3 BIG NIGHTS! $5 each night. Doors open at 6pm each night, show starts at 7pm. This year's beneficiary is the Knoxville Girls Rock Camp. Sweet P's BBQ and Soul House will be slinging BBQ "Sundae" Bowls and take our word for it... they are DELICIOUS!

Thursday, January 28
10 – Hellaphant
9 – Handsome and the Humbles
8 – The Jank
7 – Jonathan Sexton

Friday, January 29
12 – Senryu
11 – Psychic Baos
10 – Tim Lee 3
9 – Kevin Abernathy Music
8 – The Lonetones
7 – Pinklets

Saturday, January 30
11 – Knoxville Tells reunion
Todd Steed & the Suns of Phere with special guests
10 – Heiskell
9 – Lonesome Coyotes
8 – Jennifer Jane Niceley
7 – EmiSunshine

At Relix Theatre, 1208 N Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-474-1017, www.relixvariety.com. Event info: https://www.facebook.com/WayneStockFestival/

Performed for more than 3,000 elementary students from Knox & surrounding counties.

There are three performances, two of which are sold out. These concerts take place Thursday, January 28 at 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. at the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville, and Friday, January 29 at 9:30 a.m. at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville.

The concerts entitled "Let's Tell A Story!" feature the KSO's animated friend, Picardy Penguin, who helps students learn how music can emphasize important parts of a story or define character. Picardy will narrate Prokofiev's beloved Peter and the Wolf which many students study in first and second grades. Through interactive visuals, songs and action on stage, this family-friendly performance is a great way to make learning about music and stories fun for students.

Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

The Town of Farragut will sponsor the 2016 Farragut Primary Schools Art Show this winter at the Farragut Town Hall. Don't miss the opportunity to view the work of some of the community's most talented young artists from Concord Christian School, Farragut Primary School and St. John Neumann Catholic School. A reception to honor the artists and their work will be held Tuesday, Feb 2, 4:30-6:30 PM. The art show and reception are free and open to the public.

At 11408 Municipal Center Drive (across from the Farragut Branch Post Office). Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: 865-966-7057 or l;cox@townoffarragut.org

Maya: Lords of Time explores the time-ordered universe through the Maya’s intricate calendar systems and investigates how their history and culture followed a rhythm set by the motion of heavenly bodies. Learn the story of how divine kings used their control over the calendar and its grand public rituals to assert their power.

With award-winning interactives, numerous full-sized monumental replicas, and many Central American artifacts, visitors can trace the rise and fall of the Maya kingdoms and follow how ideas of time and the calendar changed before and after the Spanish conquest.

This exhibition also explores how those long-standing beliefs can still be found in Mayan regions today.

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

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present Sara Crewe: A Little Princess, based on the heartwarming, rags-to-riches children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The play will be performed Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM.

Captain Crewe leaves his young daughter Sara at a school for girls, while he goes abroad to claim his fortune in jewels. The school is run by a strict head-mistress named Miss Minchin, who takes special care of her wealthy new student, until a stunning twist of fate changes the Fate of everyone in the school and throughout the neighborhood. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s story remains one of the world’s most popular books for children, despite being written over 100 years ago. It is a timeless tale of rags-to-riches, and Sara Crewe has become a role model for grace-under-pressure and undefeatable hope.

The play is performed by 11 talented young actors, from ages 8 to 14. KCT is East Tennessee’s leading producer of stage plays for children. Sara Crewe: A Little Princess is the 73rd play to be produced by Knoxville Children’s Theatre. The play is directed by Zack Allen from a script by R. N. Sandberg, licensed by Dramatic Publishing Company.

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

These works radiate warmth by their energy and vivid color. One thing that is noteworthy about the show is the lack of conventional landscapes, still lifes and florals. Most of the pieces are about people. They range from polished, formal oil portraits of comfortable well-to-do subjects by John Simms to spare sketchy oil pastel drawings by Gwen Johnson of people in African settings.

The Oak Ridge Art Center is open to the public seven days a week. Admission is free, but donations are very welcome.

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