Calendar of Events

Knoxville Watercolor Society announces a new All Media art exhibit! The Knoxville Watercolor Society will exhibit recent works from its members. For more information about the Knoxville Watercolor Society, membership requirements and to view members' art works go to www.knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.

Opening reception on Fri, Apr 8, 6:30-8:00 PM. Free and open to the public.

Exhibit viewing hours: Tu, Th 9-5; W, F 10-5; Sat 9-1. Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartctr.com

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Opening Friday, April 8, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

These Ukiyo-e prints (literally "pictures of floating world") represent the Buddhist concepts of death and rebirth. Subjects represent the entertainments in urban life such as courtesans, red-light districts, beautiful women, kabuki scenes and actors, and traveling. Woodblock prints are regarded as the most characteristic expression of the Japanese artistic genius. Great quantities of this popular art form were made during the Edo period (1603-1868) and sold inexpensively to a pubic captivated by Kabuki theater, sumo wrestling, and courtesans of the brothel districts. Representing these active, colorful ways of life often allowed for great freedom and creativity on the part of the artist. Ukiyo-e artists formed a school of painting and print design from which basic themes were drawn from everyday life. This genre became very popular among the working class of Japanese society.

Free admission! UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: W-F 11-6, Sat 10-3. Information: 865-673-0802, http://web.utk.edu/~downtown

With the stages set exclusively along downtown Knoxville’s historic Old City, Rhythm N’ Blooms showcases the best of roots music plus the hottest up-and-coming acts ranging from your favorite indie rockers to iconic Americana acts to soul and hip-hop. *Ticket Required. #RnBKnox Tickets are available on at www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com

Dogwood Arts: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com

Workshops, lectures, master classes, and performances
N.H.M.C./ 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 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

At the Farragut Branch on Friday and Saturday, April 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In conjunction with the Farragut Book Fest for children on April 9.

For more information, contact Special Events and Program Coordinator Lauren Cox at lcox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Ballet Gloria presents Pathways Etched on Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm and Saturday April 9 at 2:30 & 7:30 pm. The performance will be held at the Knoxville Emporium Center.

Both evening shows will feature Ballet Gloria performing to an original score composed and performed by Wendel Werner and other local singers. In addition, Friday evening's performance will include our Junior Company I dancers and guest artists from the local group Grounded Contemporary Dance Company. Saturday evening will once again include our Junior Company I and members of Hendersonville Ballet Company. The matinee performance will feature members of all three levels of Ballet Gloria, along with our guests from Hendersonville Ballet.
Friday, April 8 at 7:30 pm and Saturday April 9 at 2:30 & 7:30 pm. at the Knoxville Emporium Center, 100 South Gay Street.
Tickets for the evening show are $20/adults & $10/Seniors & Students; matinee tickets are $15/Adults & $8/Seniors & Students. Tickets can be purchased at The Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts or from company members. Call 865-689-8525 for more information, or email us at balletgloria@comcast.net.

Kubinek’s one man show is equal parts comic brilliance, virtuosic vaudeville and joy.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

The Athens Area Council for the Arts introduces an all-star lineup for its 36th performance season.

New this year is AACA’s “Fifth Show” option, with breakout performer Pokey Lafarge on Friday April 8, 2016. Incorporating elements of early jazz, ragtime, country blues, Western swing, and beyond, LaFarge has created a vibrant, deeply expressive body of work that embodies an expansive musical vision and vivid storytelling sensibility that are wholly his own. He has earned a reputation as a tireless, uniquely charismatic live performer, winning a loyal international fan base that regularly packs his rousing, celebratory live shows.

Pokey LaFarge, Friday, April 8 at 7:30PM.
The five concerts in the 2015-2016 Big Time/Small Town Performance Season are at Athens City Middle School Auditorium, 200 Keith Lane, Athens, Tennessee. All show times are 7:30 pm.
Season and individual tickets are on sale for the Big Time/Small Town Performance Season online at www.athensartscouncil.org, by phone at 423-745-8781, and at The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, Tennessee 37303.

Knoxville’s first and only community orchestra—will make its debut at 7:30pm at the First Baptist Church on Main Street in downtown Knoxville. The orchestra has been configured as a membership organization, comprised of over 40 amateur and professional musicians. The program Old Friends, New Faces, will include the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Elgar’s “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations, and an arranged medley from Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Phantom of the Opera. Two local conductors have been recruited by the orchestra, Ace Edewards and Matt Wilkinson. The master of ceremonies for the evening will be WUOT’s Kevin Richard Doherty.

“There are orchestras in communities surrounding Knoxville in which our members play,” says SCO board president Janice Mitchell, “but many of us wanted to give back something to the community in which we live and work.”

In the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, 510 W. Main Street in Knoxville, 37902. Info: ScruffyCityOrchestra@gmail.com or (865) 988-3798

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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

MindfulnessTN is a mindfulness-based symposium being held in Knoxville, TN on April 08, 2016 at the U.S. Cellular Stage at the historic Bijou Theatre. The goal of MindfulnessTN is to raise awareness of mindfulness meditation-based research and its impacts on health and well being
Presenters from Harvard Medical School, Wake Forest, University of Pennsylvania, University of Utah, and Pacific University.
Topics include:
• Reduction of stress by using mindfulness-based meditation
• Benefits of mindfulness & yoga practices in the clinical setting
• Application of mindfulness-based therapy for chronic pain
• Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for veterans
• Neurological effects of mindfulness-based meditation
Admission is FREE!
Visit www.mindfulnessTN.com to Reg
8:30AM at the Historic Bijou Theatre, 803 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902

The Festival of Cultures honors East Tennessee's and Pellissippi State's diverse community and heritage. This year's 10th annual celebration will include not only the popular "Taste of International Food" but performers as varied as bagpipers and belly dancers, traditional rangoli kolam (Indian folk art) and even an international fashion show.

The event is free and open to the community and will be held in the Goins Administration Building on the college's Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

Pellissippi State alumni Rashmi Gomatom, Neelima Mertya and Niloo Ranjan will return to the college to create rangoli kolam, a type of Indian folk art that has been a popular staple at the Festival over the past ten years. Entertainers include: Bella Wang classical Chinese dancers, bagpiper Kelly Shipe, Debka and the Oasis Dancers, Carlos Gonzales, Ogya World Music Band and Dancers, Tollkretsen Skandinavian Dancers, Natana Manohari School of Performing Arts Indian classical dancers, John Hausmann on the sitar and Pellissippi State's own bluegrass band, the Hardin Valley Thunder. Booths will allow attendees to try Asian calligraphy, hair braiding and Spanish conversation. Additional exhibits will showcase the cultures of Brazil, Congo, Eastern Europe, Haiti, Kenya, Spain, Romania, Vietnam and more. New this year, the Festival of Cultures will culminate in an international fashion show coordinated by Pellissippi State's international students.

Pellissippi State Community College, Hardin Valley Campus: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts