Calendar of Events

Ensemble concerts
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

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

As part of programming related to the current special exhibition, Maya: Lords of Time, the McClung Museum presents Ted Fisher, Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University, giving the talk, “The Once and Future Maya: Cultural Revival and Resurgence in the Modern World.” Free to attend.

An interpreter from the UT Spanish program will be on hand for Spanish speakers.

Dr. Fischer’s research combines cultural anthropology and political economy with a geographical focus on highland Guatemala and Germany. His ongoing fieldwork is centered in the Kaqchikel town of Tecpán and he has also worked extensively with the leaders of Guatemala’s pan-Maya movement. His books include Maya Cultural Activism in Guatemala (co-edited with R. McKenna Brown), Cultural Logics and Global Economies: Maya Identity in Thought and Practice (A Choice Outstanding Academic Title), Tecpán Guatemala: A Modern Maya Town in Local and Global Context(co-authored with Carol Hendrickson), and Broccoli and Desire: Global Connections and Maya Struggles in Postwar Guatemala (co-authored with Peter Benson).

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

Lunch with the Arts, food, live music and artist demonstrations. $10.

The Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814. Information: 423-581-4330, www.rosecenter.org

Rain gardens and stormwater management will be the UT Arboretum Society’s next program in the 2016 lecture series, Thursday, February 25th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the UT Arboretum Auditorium, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge.

The program will be presented by Dr. Andrea Ludwig, Assistant Professor at the Department of Biosystems and Engineering and Soil Science at the UT Institute of Agriculture.

Taking advantage of the last bit of the evening’s daylight, the program will begin with a walk outside the auditorium to look at a site slated for a rain garden. Dr. Ludwig will discuss the "stormwater footprint" of the auditorium building and how building a rain garden will help reduce runoff downstream.

Conventional development practices often leave landscapes thirsty for rain due to the increase in impervious surfaces and prevalence of poor soils quality. These conditions impede rainwater from soaking into the soils and nourishing plants. In this presentation, Dr. Ludwig will discuss ways to improve our community and residential landscapes with techniques like rain gardens and grassy swales that allow the rain to soak in.

An ecological engineer, Dr. Ludwig works in the areas of stream restoration and watershed management. She conducts research into effective practices for decreasing non-point source pollution in the state’s watersheds.

This is a free event but the UT Arboretum Society welcomes donations to help support the organization and its programs.

Thursday, February 25th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the UT Arboretum Auditorium, 901 S. Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge.
To learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org. For more information on the program, call 483-3571.

Knoxville Habitat for Humanity ReStore
Thursday, Feb 25, 6:00-9:00PM

Join us for a fun night of painting and refreshments while also helping low-income families in Knoxville!

Knoxville Habitat for Humanity's S.H.O.P. program is excited to partner with Wine & Canvas for this fundraising event. An artist will walk you through steps necessary to make your own painted masterpiece! You'll also have the opportunity to browse through our ReStore and save 25% off your purchase. Come early and check out our selection and unique finds!

Tickets are $40, and $15 of every ticket goes to benefit Knoxville Habitat for Humanity and S.H.O.P. (Sisters Hammering Out Poverty). Seating is limited, so register now!

Knoxville Habitat for Humanity ReStore, 1511 West Rd, Knoxville, TN 37919
Thursday, Feb 25, 6:00-9:00PM
http://www.yelp.com/events/knoxville-wine-and-canvas-fundraiser

by Earnest J. Gaines; adapted by Romulus Linney. At the Carousel Theatre. “The story’s wrenching power lies not in its outrage but in the almost inexplicable grace the characters must muster as their only resistance to being treated like lesser beings.” The New Yorker

It’s 1948 in a small plantation community in the heart of Cajun country. A young man, jailed for a murder he did not commit, will soon lose his life and has lost his self-respect. A young teacher, with most of his life ahead of him, has lost respect for the situation in which he lives. Both men teach each other the lessons they need to face their very different futures with dignity and strength. The CBT is pleased to be partnering with the Knox County Public Library on a series of ancillary events associated with this production.

Pay What You Wish Night - Wednesday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased Feb. 24 at the CBT Box Office from 12 to 7 p.m. Cash in full dollar amounts is accepted and limited tickets are available on a first come, first served basis.

Post-Performance Salon Discussions - Tuesday, March 1 and 8, following the 7:30 p.m. performance
Audience-driven, providing patrons and community members the opportunity to discuss their thoughts, experiences, and issues raised after attending the performance.

Sunday Symposium with Dr. Michelle D. Commander - Sunday, March 13, following the 2 p.m. performance
Dr. Michelle Commander will lead a post-performance discussion on the play and its themes. Dr. Commander received her Ph.D. in American Studies and Ethnicity from the University of Southern California. She teaches courses and conducts research on twentieth and twenty-first century African American literature, cultural studies, diasporic literatures, and Black social movements.

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

The Town of Farragut and Farragut Arts Council will sponsor the 2016 Farragut Intermediate Schools Juried Art Show this winter at the Farragut Town Hall. Don't miss this opportunity to marvel at the work of some of Farragut's most talented young artists from Farragut Intermediate School and St. John Neumann Catholic School. Awards will be given for best in show and first, second and third places during a reception on Tuesday, March 1.

Reception: Tuesday, March 1 - 4:30 - 6 p.m.

View the exhibition during regular Town Hall hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
At 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934. Information: 865-966-7057, www.townoffarragut.org

History, Food, & Fun! Enhance your time in Historic Downtown with Knoxville’s Award Winning, Original Tour! Enjoy a complete Knoxville experience in just a few hours – enjoy tastings of specially selected dishes from some of Knoxville’s best new and iconic restaurants featuring local, regional, Southern & Appalachian cuisine; add pairings of beer from local and craft breweries, wine flights, craft cocktails, Tennessee whiskey, or even moonshine; hear the history of the city and notable buildings. A must for locals and visitors!

Reservations Required. Purchase Tickets at www.knoxvillefoodtours.com or call 865-201-7270.

An off-Broadway hit comedy-drama by Jack Heifner. The story follows three young girls as they journey from high school in the 1960s to college days and beyond in this sharply sad and funny play. Tickets: 423-586-9260.

Performed at Rose Center, 442 West Second North St., Morristown, TN, 37814. www.rosecenter.org

Athens Community Theatre presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! February 18 - 28, 2016 in the Sue E. Trotter Theater at The Arts Center in Athens, TN.

Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian Territory just after the turn of the century, the high–spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand–new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant Oklahoma!

Oklahoma! is directed by recent Steel Magnolias star and ACT veteran director, Melonie Carideo, with music direction by AACA Executive Director Emeritus, Ellen Kimball, and choreography by Pippin choreographer, Angie Hudson .The score is played by a live orchestra led by Ellen Kimball.

Performances are February 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, and 27 at 7:00pm and February 21 and 28 at 2:00pm. Tickets for all performances are $15 for adults, $8 for students. Tickets are available online at athensartscouncil.org, by phone at 423-745-8781, or in person at The Arts Center, 320 N. White St., Athens, Tennessee. For more information, contact The Arts Center at 423-745-8781.
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Kay is an accomplished painter in oils and works in a variety of subject matter. 27 paintings are on exhibit along with high quality giclee prints.

Envision Art Gallery, 4050 Sutherland Avenue (Corner of Sutherland Ave. and Carr St.), Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: Wed-Thu 11-5, Fri 11-7. Information: 865-438-4154, www.kaylistart.com, www.envisionartgallery.com

Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The show's unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically; the two characters only meet once, at their wedding in the middle of the show.

"I can't think of any better way to celebrate the arrival of spring than by spending 90 exhilarating minutes with The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown's giddily sorrowful eulogy for a brief marriage."
—Bloomberg News

"It's instantly clear […] that this poignant, richly dramatic and piercingly honest two-character show is destined to be a hit."
—The Chicago Sun-Times

"Jaw-dropping! A gem of a show from Jason Robert Brown."
—New York Magazine

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 North Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com