Calendar of Events

New Downtown Knoxville Concert Series! 3pm-10pm @ KnoxTenn

Lineup:
The Weeks - 8:30pm
Humming House - 6:30pm
Alanna Royale - 5pm
Three Star Revival - 3:30pm

Not that there’s ever a dull moment in Knoxville these days, but who doesn’t like a good concert series? Sunset on Central is a FREE concert series, open to the public, bringing talented musical performances to our vibrant urban community. Come help us spread the elation and merriment with live music, food, beverages, mist tents, and the joy of hanging out with a few hundred of your closest neighbors and friends. Don’t forget about the kids… We’ll have face painting, balloon animals, and a bounce house to make this a family friendly affair. AND here’s the kicker..... A portion of our proceeds will be donated to charity. This month’s cause: Autism Breakthrough of Knoxville – Leading the charge to changing the way Autism services are provided for in Tennessee. — http://www.breakthroughknoxville.com/

So put on your party pants, get down to Central for one heck of a rockin' time! Questions? Joe Fox ~ 865-621-9493
At 126 Bearden Place.

During the Emory Place Block Party - Come see the exhibition and stay for the fun at the Block Party!

A1LabArts @ the Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: www.a1labarts.org

The District Gallery presents: Terra Madre: Women in Clay
Opening reception: Friday, August 19, 5-8 p.m. The show continues through September 10.

Terra Madre: Women in Clay is a group show featuring the work of an eclectic group of women ceramic artists living and working in the metro Knoxville area.
Through their diverse approaches to clay, Terra Madre seeks to encourage excellence in ceramic art, to promote clay artistry in the surrounding community, and to form a supportive creative network for its members. Comprised of over 35 artists, the group shows work as a collective two to three times annually. Their work is also exhibited individually throughout the country and can be found in galleries, small businesses, craft shows, and in private and public collections.

We are pleased to present Terra Madre as they return for their second exhibit with The District Gallery, showcasing a dynamic compilation of ceramic artwork ranging from functional to sculptural, traditional to whimsical. Please join us opening night for a special evening of fine craft, food, and drink.
The show will be on display August 19 through September 10. The District Gallery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. For more information, please visit our website, TheDistrictGallery.com, or call (865) 200-4452.

A live theatre version of the famous adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, especially adapted for young people and families. The play will be performed August 19 through September 4, Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM.

To fulfull his dream of becoming a soldier, young d'Artagnan heads for Paris and into romance, intrigue and adventure. On the way, he meets a secret agent, confronts a mysterious swordsman, rescues the beautiful Constance, and ultimately joins The Three Musketeers in their fight against an evil Cardinal. When d'Artagnan learns of a plot to destroy the queen, he accepts the chance to prove himself worthy of Constance and of the uniform of a musketeer. With The Three Musketeers, he declares: "All for one and one for all."

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

The UT Downtown Gallery will host an exhibition of the incoming class of 2019 graduate students. The exhibition includes, Printmaking, Transmedia & Design, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and installations. These student artists have chosen UTK School of Art as their home for the next three years to complete their Master of Fine Arts Degree. The exhibition highlights their current work and their artistic accomplishments prior to arriving at the University of Tennessee.

Opening reception August 19, 6-9 PM

Exhibiting student are:
Cara McKinley - ceramics
Rachel Sevier - ceramics
Katherine Gentner - painting and drawing
Eric Hines - painting and drawing
Michael Tracy - painting and drawing
Miles Ingrassia - printmaking
Lila Shull - printmaking
Baxter Stults - printmaking
Holly Kelly - sculpture
Mengmeng Shen - transmedia and design

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

The East Tennessee Historical Society will commemorate the state’s 220th birthday with a First Families of Tennessee Reunion and Jubilee, August 19-21. The weekend will include a FFT dinner at Marble Springs, home of Tennessee Governor John Sevier, with period music, dances, and living history presentations, and tours of Marble Springs, with special time set aside for attendees to visit, compare research, and meet up with cousins.
A genealogy conference will focus on records and research methods for the pioneer period, as well as the history of the state’s early settlement, including the Watauga Association, the State of Franklin, county and state records, and more. The conference keynote speaker will be Troy Wayne Poteete, chief justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, who will discuss the experiences of the Cherokee after they reached Oklahoma.
On Sunday, August 21, bus tours will travel to important pioneer sites in upper East Tennessee, such as Sycamore Shoals, Tipton-Haynes House, the site of the Battle of the State of Franklin, and replica of the State of Franklin log cabin capitol in Greeneville.
The First Families of Tennessee Reunion will be held in conjunction with the annual East Tennessee History Fair, which will take place on Saturday. The fair features traditional music, children’s games and activities, vintage films, living history presentations from the Cherokee to the Vietnam War, a History Hound costume competition, free admission to the Museum of East Tennessee History, bus tours to historic sites, and a birthday party for Davy Crockett, complete with cake.
First Families of Tennessee is a family heritage program of the East Tennessee Historical Society, with membership open to anyone who can prove descent from an ancestor who was in Tennessee by statehood in 1796. FFT has almost 16,000 members representing all fifty states and eight foreign countries.
All events are open to the public. Most East Tennessee History Fair activities are free. Pre-registration and a fee are required for participation in First Families of Tennessee events.
For more information on the schedule of events, costs, and registration, see www.eastTNhistory.org/FFTReunion

The Burnin’ is a NeoSpiritual inspired by two major U.S. nightclub tragedies; the Rhythm Night Club Fire of Natchez, MI (1940) and the E2 Club Stampede of Chicago, IL (2003). It’s 1940 in the fictional City of Antebellum. As the African American community prepares for the return of hometown hero Band Man, scheduled to play at the local juke, the White community organizes it’s Annual Pilgrimage Pageant; a celebration of Southern hierarchy as it was “Before the War.” Fast forward 75 years and post-Great Migration urban residents in the metropolis of Sittay gather to critique the policies and politics behind contemporary headlines at a spoken word/hip hop spot. When disaster strikes in both spaces and places, all involved are forced to examine the meaning of community, agency and identity in the blink of an eye. As history repeats itself, The Burnin’ straddles time between these two worlds, examining the possibility that the more things change, the more they stay the same and traces how we receive and redefine legacies of identity to accommodate our contemporary realities. Re-imagining and re-examining these American tragedies, The Burnin’ invites audiences to look deeper into personal and communal definitions of freedom, empowerment and the course of “progress” we all have the power to chart.

Tickets via www.KnoxTIX.com and (if available) at the door.

NEW LOCATION (due to inclement weather) - At Fourth Presbyterian Church, 1323 N Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-544-0447, http://www.carpetbagtheatre.org

The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture Store at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is hosting a back-to-school sale through the end of the month. The sale will feature items at up to 70 percent off the original price. Museum members and UT students will receive an additional 10 percent off all purchases, including jewelry, toys, books, scarves and more. All proceeds from the store support the museum's free educational programs, which reach thousands of university and K-12 students in East Tennessee and across the region each year.

Museum admission is free, and the museum and museum store's hours are 9 a.m–5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and 1–5 p.m. Sundays. Free two-hour museum parking passes are available from the parking kiosk at the entrance to Circle Park Drive during the week. Free parking is available on the weekends. Free public transportation to the museum is available via the Knoxville Trolley Vol Line. Info: Kimberly Pack, store manager (865-974-6750, kpack2@utk.edu) or http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Townsend Visitor Center will exhibit "Art of Native Plants" to honor the centennial of the National Park Service. The exhibit will run 8/16/2016-08/28/2016 and will feature botanical illustration, sculpture, quilts and more. The exhibit will highlight plants used for medicinal value, ones used for food, tools and dyes and plants which are endangered species.

Townsend Visitor Center, 7606 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN. www.smokymountains.org.

Get out and see some live music!
Open Chord Music, 8502 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: (865) 281-5874 or http://www.openchordmusic.com/live-music-venue

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting works by ceramic artist and longtime Arrowmont staff visionary Bill Griffith. This exhibit is in conjunction with Arrowmont’s Utilitarian Clay VII: Celebrate the Object National Symposium (September 21-24, 2016), a gathering of leading practitioners in the field which Bill initiated in 1992.

The Bill Griffith Recollective showcases ceramic work produced during his 27-year tenure as the Assistant Director and Program Director of Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Among his many contributions to the school, he established the Artists-in-Residence Program in 1991, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. As an outgrowth of the Residency Program, he also established ArtReach – an annual program that has provided hands-on art instruction to more than 25,000 Sevier County students. Bill currently serves as Arrowmont’s Outreach and Partnership Liaison.

Bill received a BS in Art Education from Indiana State University and an MA in Art Education/Ceramics from Miami University, Ohio. He participated in the initial International Workshop for Ceramic Art in Tokoname, Japan and is a recipient of an Individual Artists Fellowship awarded by the Tennessee Arts Commission. Bill’s functional and sculptural works have been exhibited internationally and featured in numerous publications. He has work in private and public collections including Tennessee State Museum, Arkansas Arts Center, City of Orlando, Florida Permanent Collection, San Angelo Museum of Art, Texas, Tokoname Japan Cultural Museum and Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China. For more information, visit his website at www.billgriffithclay.com.

In the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery. Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

New Paintings by Michael Giles

O’Brien Art Gallery, Roane State Community College, O’Brien Building, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748. Information: www.roanestate.edu/art/gallery