Calendar of Events

By Bruce Norris, Directed by Ed White

Irreverently climbing through the looking-glass of Lorraine Hansberry's classic A RAISIN IN THE SUN, Act One takes us inside the house at 406 Clybourne street in 1959, as the anxious white neighborhood is roiled by the sale of the home to a black family. Act Two opens in the same house in 2009, as the now black neighborhood struggles to deal with the next wave of change: a white family seeking to raze the house and build a new one. This excruciatingly funny play digs deep to unearth shared demons, and the uncomfortable fault lines between race, community, and so much more.

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

A group exhibition by Mary-Margaret Lucas, Michael Ericson, Michael Seagraves and Mark Bender.

6-9 PM each night with an opening reception and live performance on Feb 17.

Fluorescent Gallery, 627 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: https://www.facebook.com/Fluorescent-Gallery-125807454127737/

Part of the 2016-2017 Fine Arts Calendar

Free admission, free-will offering taken. Community Church at Tellico Village, 130 Chota Center, Loudon, TN 37774. Information: 865-458-1516 or www.tellicochurch.org

Maren Morris is burning up the country-music charts with her debut album Hero and catchy-as-heck songs such as “My Church” and “80s Mercedes.” But you don’t have to go far to see her perform. She takes the U.S. Cellular Stage this February!

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

Faculty recital in Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

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, and the Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive 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

The WDVX Blue Plate Special is going on the road this winter due to remodeling at our Knoxville Visitor Center location. Come out for a heapin' helping of real live music!

At Clayton Center for The Arts in Maryville with Pistol Creek Catch of the Day along with Jay Clark & The Tennessee Tree Beavers

The show starts at noon and it's FREE. Meet us there or listen live! Info: 865-544-1029, http://www.wdvx.com

A Toast to Broadway & Popular Song! Join us for an evening of rollicking entertainment with wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres, plus a fun silent auction! This fundraising concert will help support the Tennessee Valley Players' big production in June of Anything Goes!

$40 per person, reservations required. At St. John's Cathedral "Great Hall", 413 W. Cumberland Avenue, pay parking available. Information: 865-584-8173

Broadway Studios and Gallery presents "Wild Woman & Her Sacred Gypsy" handcrafted sculptural jewelry trunk show by artist Sheri Treadwell from Temple of Trust Studios, Friday, Feb. 17, 5-9 pm

A night to remember! Come join the Gypsy gathering ..exotic handcrafted amulets, jewels and finery...belly dancing..food and wine and of course fabulous bohemian music...On fire with Vision, Sheri was inspired by unabashed creativity to create wearable sculpture to honor the Sacred Feminine.

Broadway Studios and Gallery, 1127 N Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917, across the street from the north end of Fourth and Gill neighborhood and K-Brew Coffee House. Situated between Knoxville Art And Fine Crafts and Vinyard Floor Covering. For more information please visit www.broadwaystudiosandgallery.com/.

"Going Over" and Coming Back: Translating Cherokee Epistemologies of Space and Sound for Language Revitalization

Sara L. Snyder, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, and Director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University will explore Cherokee indigenous concepts of space and sound through a close analysis of the Cherokee language of the 1846 Cherokee Singing Book. She deconstructs some of the assumptions that underlie translation and demonstrates how the fragments of meaning allow us to decolonize the archival text and recover Cherokee ways of understanding that are not fully equivalent to their English-language concepts. Snyder also discusses the methodological and conceptual challenges translation and (in)commensuration pose for Cherokee language revitalization efforts. This lecture is in conjunction with the graduate seminar, Music, Soundscapes, and the Environment and is sponsored by the Haines Morris Grant.

Room G22, NHMC

The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, and the Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive 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

KnowHow invites you to our annual celebration and fundraiser to support our work building young community leaders through the arts and civic engagement! Your donation at the door goes directly to our youth programs and gives you entertainment by middle school rockers The Bad Hatters, art making, dance party jamz, food, and more! Raffle tickets will be sold to give you the opportunity to win some amazing prizes. So bring some extra dough!

Every day feels like Groundhog Day lately, so let's break negative patterns and create positive shifts in our community. Supporting young people, art, revolutionary learning, and community creativity is more important than ever. Festivities begin at 6pm. We're celebrating silliness and Groundhog Day and each other. If you arrive dressed as your favorite Bill Murray character, you get a free raffle ticket!

Unable to attend this event but still wish to support KnowHow? Visit our Facebook Fundraiser page to learn more about donating! https://www.facebook.com/donate/10157941038690595/

At The Birdhouse, 800 N 4th Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917. https://www.facebook.com/knowhow.knoxville/

UTK Diaspora Student Association & Rooftop Collective Present:

The first annual charity Art Gala on behalf of the Student Diversity Fund... Last year the state senate unanimously voted to strip the Student Diversity Office of any state funding and we want to help show that diversity is still important to Tennessee! This event is for anyone of any walk of life to come and be themselves and see what true expression is all about! Admission is whatever you feel you can donate. There will by a multitude of artists of different variety displaying and selling their work as well as performances by some top tier local talent.

5:30-5:45 Chuck Die$el!
6:00-6:15 Notty Taylor
6:30-7:00 Hyperbolic Headspace
7:15-8:00 Thelo-Que
8:15-9:00 Shanks Akimbo

The event is free to attend, but donations are encouraged. Along with the donations at the door, at least 30 percent of the profit of the art sales will be donated. For more information, please go to either the event page at: http://events.utk.edu/index.php?eID=64458 or the Facebook event at: https://www.facebook.com/events/138735519963736/.

With featured soloists Brandon Gibson, Dominick White, Michael Rogers, & Maurice Hendricks, who will perform love songs spanning various genres from opera to musical theater to jazz standards, accompanied by a selection of chocolates and wines handpicked and supplied by Holly Hambright of Holly's Corner and Holly's Eventful Dining.

21 and up, ticket price $50 (all inclusive)

At Modern Studio, 109 W. Anderson Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917. https://www.facebook.com/events/359108594460831/?ti=cl
Marble City Opera: 646-217-1580, www.marblecityopera.com