Calendar of Events

Fridays at 1 PM - FREE for all ages – caregivers and service providers welcome to participate too!

Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi is a very respected and highly decorated system in tournaments and special events both in the United States and China. It is a system known for its high standards in traditional Kung Fu. Because of this, the goals of Wah Lum Kung Fu are to preserve the quality of these standards by helping all to achieve the highest level of excellence to the best of their ability.

We are so excited to unite with ETTAC in hopes to spread the benefit that the practice of Kung Fu and Tai Chi with its breathing techniques and posture correctness aids not only in Martial Arts but in a persons overall well-being.

Email joelsimmons@ettac.org to register or call 865-219-0130

East Tennessee Technology Access Center, 116 Childress Street, South Knoxville (enter through rear entrance of building). Phone: 865-219-0130, ettacmain@gmail.com, www.ettac.org

All us lady folk have decided it's time to share our love of vintage with the good folks of Knoxville! This ain't your Momma's sale! We are loaded down with eclectic, unusual, and interesting finds. You don't want to miss this one! A true Pickers Paradise! We'll be open Friday the 22nd from 5pm to 9pm and Saturday the 23rd from 10am to 4pm

At Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 706 N Broadway St, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917. Plenty of Free Parking in the back of the Building! https://www.facebook.com/events/1341828175830850/

Renowned singer-songwriter-musician Sarah Jarosz returns to the U.S. Cellular Stage this summer!

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

"History through Photographs! By Ray Smith, Y-12 and Oak Ridge Historian"

Refreshments will be served. This event is in conjunction with our current exhibition: "Through the Lens of Ed Westcott, A Photographic History's of WWII's Secret City". The Gallery Talk is sponsored by Strata-G, a veteran-owned small business based in Knoxville, with operations across the United States. Strata-G's 175 professionals, dedicated to the principles of integrity, service, and quality, assist their customers in solving engineering, waste management,and other technical challenges that relate to sustaining energy and the environment. For information about Strata-G visit www.stratag.org

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

Join WUOT’s TruckBeat team and The Central Collective for a family-friendly afternoon block party. There will be fun and healthy activities for adults and kids, face-painting, low-cost yoga and children's movement classes – and more! And make sure to bring your health questions – we’ve lined up a fantastic roster of public health experts from the Knox County Health Department who will be available to answer your health and wellness questions one-on-one. They’ll also provide information and resources for eating healthy on a tight budget, helping your baby grow up strong, and the latest on the Zika virus. Share your health stories and questions in the TruckBeat story truck, enjoy a delicious summer pie from the Dale's Fried Pies stand and get your portrait taken in our free photo booth!

The Central Collective, 923 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-236-1590, info@thecentralcollective.com, www.thecentralcollective.com

New Traditional Country & Bluegrass

At the GSM Heritage Center ampitheater. $8 per person, GSMHC Members (and children 5 and under) Free. Tickets are available at the door the night of the concert. No advance ticket sales. You are welcome to bring lawn chairs. Refreshments available for purchase through intermission by Riverside Restaurant and Trailhead Steak and Trout House. 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, Sunday 12-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

With Tee Dee Young, returning to AA5 after his smash hit debut last summer! A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Tee Dee Young is an internationally touring Blues artist with a dynamic stage presence and unique guitar style. His playing and singing are authentic to the Blues genre and oblivious to current industry trends, and he also includes some R&B classics to his repertoire for a change of pace and to spice up the show. His tight 5-piece band (with keyboards, saxophone, bass, drums, and guitar) puts on a stunning, high energy show guaranteed to stir up the dance floor and keep the ladies smiling.

Food available from The Viet Grill.

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 $15 for general and $10 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

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

ENCORE, an exhibition of the work of 11 graduates from the University of Tennessee School of Art living in Nashville, TN opens Friday, July 15. Exhibiting artists are: Jodi Hays, Rob Matthews, Sterling Goller-Brown, Brandon Donahue, Briena Harmening, Jonathan Lisenby, Mary Addison Hackett, David King, Lakesha Moore, Lain York, and Terry Thacker.

Closing Reception to be held on Sunday, August 28th 1:00-4:00 pm - Artists will be present

Summer Hours (through Tuesday, August 16): Tues, Thurs & Fri - 12-5 PM

School Hours (starting Wednesday, August 17): Mon-Fri - 10 AM - 5 PM

Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present “Legally Blonde: The Musical, Jr.,” a version of the hit Broadway musical specially adapted for children and families, and based on the popular MGM film. The play will be performed July 15 - 31, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM.

Harvard's beloved blonde takes the stage by glittery pink storm! “Legally Blonde:The Musical, Jr.” follows Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. When Elle's high school boyfriend, Warner, dumps her and heads to Harvard, claiming she's not "serious" enough, Elle takes matters into her own hands. As Elle begins outsmarting her peers, she realizes that law may be her natural calling after all. Songs from the junior version include “Serious,” “Bend And Snap,” “Daughter of Delta Nu,” “Chip On My Shoulder,” “Omigod You Guys,” and “Legally Blonde.” The play is performed by 21 talented young actors, from ages 12 to 17. The play is directed by KCT Academy Director Dennis E. Perkins. Paul Jones serves as Musical Director.

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

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents a powerful exhibition by the Central High School National Art Honor Society students to bring awareness of the problem of human trafficking. The exhibition contains 15 artworks created under the instruction of teachers Phyllis Ball and Val Sigmon. The exhibition runs through July 31 and then moves to the Knox County Schools Office at the Andrew Johnson Building.

Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs. Cases of human trafficking have been reported in all 50 U.S. States. Almost every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims. Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry (behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking). National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888

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

The Tennessee Stage Company presents its 26th Anniversary summer Shakespeare Festival, featuring the comedy Merry Wives of Windsor and the tragedy King Lear, alternating Thursday to Sunday evenings at 7:00 PM on the Market Square Stage. Shakespeare on the Square annually features two of the magnificent plays of Williams Shakespeare, comedies, tragedies and histories, rotated nightly outdoors on Market Square in the heart of downtown Knoxville. A blanket or a lawn chair is all you need to view these performances. While we perform with no admission charge for general seating, we do appreciate your donations – we pass a basket nightly and we suggest a $10 donation per person. Special VIP seating is available on the Square for $15. The indoor matinees (Sunday, July 24 & 31, 2:00 PM) at the Scruffy City Hall are $10. One additional performance on July 25 at 6:30 PM takes place at the Blount County Public Library.

Merry Wives of Windsor Features one of Shakespeare’s funniest and most unique characters, the dissolute knight Sir John Falstaff. This play was purportedly written at the command of Queen Elizabeth who demanded that Shakespeare write a play showing “Falstaff in love!” In what may be the original sitcom, Falstaff attempts to court two women at the same time behind their husbands backs, but the fat knight is no match for our fiery heroines who give him his comeuppance. “Let us everyone go home, and laugh this sport o’re by a country fire.”
July 14, 16, 22, 24, 28, 30, Aug. 5, 7, 11, 13 - 7:00 pm nightly outdoors on Market Square

King Lear of Britain, aging and weary from his years of rule decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters and lay down the burden of governing. But when his youngest daughter, Cordelia, does not show the obsequiousness he sought he grows furious and turns his back on her, dividing her portion between his two older daughters, Regan and Goneril. He only slowly realizes - and too late - these two daughters were not sincere in their protestations of undying adoration and that love is found in actions, not in words. “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child.”
July 15, 17, 21, 23, 29, 31, Aug. 4, 6, 12, 14 - 7:00 pm nightly outdoors on Market Square

King Lear is directed by Julianna Sanderson and Merry Wives of Windsor is directed by Jennifer Alldredge and Tom Parkhill.

Shakespeare on the Square productions are performed on a rough replica of the new Globe Theatre in London (a reconstruction of Shakespeare’s original theater). The plays are presented in the timeless style of Elizabethan theatrical presentations. The Tennessee Stage Company encourages our audiences to spend an evening on the Square: do a little shopping, have a nice dinner, see the play and maybe stop by a pub afterward. All of this and more is available on Market Square nightly. So come early and see the Square! Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

Tevye, an affable dairyman, must cope with the strong wills of his three eldest daughters - each of whom wish to defy tradition and marry for love – while also attempting to maintain his family’s culture and faith as outside influences of Tsarist Russia encroach upon his little village. Touching audiences worldwide with its humor, warmth and honesty, this show is a staple of musical theatre, cutting across barriers of race, class, nationality, and religion.

Showtimes
Fri Jul 8, 2016 | 8:00PM
Sat Jul 9, 2016 | 8:00PM
Thu Jul 14, 2016 | 8:00PM
Fri Jul 15, 2016 | 8:00PM
Sat Jul 16, 2016 | 8:00PM
Sun Jul 17, 2016 | 2:00PM
Fri Jul 22, 2016 | 8:00PM
Sat Jul 23, 2016 | 8:00PM
Sun Jul 24, 2016 | 2:00PM

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