Calendar of Events

The UT AuthorFest series presents AustenFest, a three-day celebration of the work and the Regency world of Jane Austen, whose characters including Elizabeth Bennett, Mr. Darcy, Emma Woodhouse, and Catherine Moreland, are among the most beloved in English literature. First editions of Austen’s works and related items from UT’s Special Collections will be on display in Hodges Library during the month of April. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, April 5
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM: Film screening of Emma
L&N STEM Academy Lawn, 401 Henley St, Knoxville, TN 37902
Reading tent and old-fashioned games for children. Seating provided, parking available in the lower KMA lot, free admission, concessions available for a modest price.

Thursday, April 6 (All events will take place in the John C. Hodges Library - Parking available in Volunteer Hall 1525 White Ave.)
3:30 PM: Austen Special Collections Presentation with Chris Caldwell, Humanities Librarian, Special Collections
4 PM: Public Lecture: “Jane Austen and the Common Reader: Contemporary Responses to Emma“ with Peter Sabor, Professor, Department of English at McGill University (Lindsay Young Auditorium)
4:45 PM: Announcement of essay contest winners
5:00 PM: Afternoon tea (Jack Reese Galleria, Hodges Library - RSVP online)

Friday, April 7
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM and 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Tea Blending Workshops with Julia Matson of Bingley’s Teas - The tea blending workshops cost $25 (to be paid during the workshop), and places must be reserved in advance online.
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM: Marathon reading of Jane Austen’s greatest scenes (Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library)
4:00 PM: Public Lecture: “The Making of Jane Austen” with Devoney Looser, Professor, Department of English at Arizona State University (McClung Tower, Room 1210 - Parking available in Volunteer Hall 1525 White Ave.)
7:30 PM: Regency Ball, with dance demonstrations, teaching, and English Country dancing and desserts for all (RSVP online) at Southern Depot, 306 W Depot Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902

Information: 865-974-5401 or https://english.utk.edu/austenfest/

1st Wednesday of each month - $15 admission includes lunch.

SONGS OF NEW YORK WITH KAYLEY FARMER
Join vocalist Kayley Burton Farmer as she explores the wealth of songs from the Great American Songbook on the topic of the Big Apple. Songs to be featured include Autumn in New York, Lullaby of Birdland, Broadway, Manhattan and others.

Kayley Burton Farmer - vocals
Scott Simmerman - piano
Chad Volkers - guitar
Jay Farmer - bass
Keith Brown - drums

4 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902. Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

THE WOOD BROTHERS WITH NOAM PIKELNY

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

Pellissippi State Community College invites the community to celebrate National Poetry Month at a reading and book signing by author Marilyn Kallet. Kallet will speak from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, in room 2540 at the Strawberry Plains Campus, 7201 Strawberry Plains Pike. She will sell and sign books and take questions following the reading.

She will read from two of her works: "The Love That Moves Me" and "Packing Light: New and Selected Poems." Kallet is the author of 17 books, including "The Love That Moves Me." She has translated Paul Eluard's "Last Love Poems," Péret's "The Big Game," and co-translated Chantal Bizzini's "Disenchanted City." She also is the Nancy Moore Goslee Professor of English at the University of Tennessee.

The reading and book signing is sponsored by Pellissippi State's Creative Writing Club. For more information about the event, contact the Strawberry Plains Campus at 865-225-2300. To request accommodations for a disability for this event, contact the executive director of Equity and Compliance at 865-539-7401 or accommodations@pstcc.edu.

Join us at Crescent Bend for an afternoon of springtime fun! Enjoy a delightful high tea by Bradford Catered Events, stroll through the tulips, and tour the rooms of our 1834 home. Mast General Store will treat us to a program featuring the history of some favorite old – fashioned candies just in time to fill your Easter baskets!

Come and enjoy the elegant pleasure of partaking in a formal High Tea and take the tour of the house museum and gardens were 25,000 tulips will be in bloom. Special entertainment will also be provided during tea time. Cost is $24.95 per adult & $15.00 per child. Price also includes the cost of admission to tour the house museum and gardens.

Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-637-3163, www.crescentbend.com

Thursday, April 5, 2018, at 7:00PM. Peter and Will Anderson are one of the most extraordinary set of brothers performing music today. Known for their unique renditions of classic jazz songs and innovative original music, they original music, they hail from Washington, DC, but moved to New York City to attend Julliard. Tickets are $10.

130 Chota Center
Loudon, TN 37774
www.tellicochurch.org
Phone: 865.458.1516

Recent works by painter Harriet Howell and mixed-media artist Marilyn Avery Turner will be on display during April. An opening reception for the featured artists will begin at 5:30 p.m., April 7, during Downtown Knoxville’s monthly First Friday Art Walk, with complimentary refreshments, and music performed by Matt Tilley.

Harriet Howell’s work uses color and movement to express the emotional content of the landscape. She prefers plein air painting which, she feels, encourages an interactive relationship between the artist and the subject. She teaches classes in pastel landscape drawing and in experimental water-media painting. Her art training includes a BFA from the University of Tennessee and studying with master painters over many years. She has taught in pastel landscape drawing at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts for many years.

Marilyn Avery Turner draws from numerous sources, ancient and contemporary, to blend personal experiences with archetypal images. The use of drawings and statuary from early Mexican cultures reflects her abiding attraction to the country where she spent a formative part of her childhood. With a background in painting and collage, her use of monoprinting has become an ideal synthesis for these two mediums.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tu-Th & Sa 11-6, Fri 11-9, Su 1-6. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net or www.Facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

Group 2: Josh Shorey, Jing Qin, and Meg Erlewine

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

By day, Casey Fox is the celebrated manager of Library Fund Development for the Knox County Public Library. Featured as one of the Knoxville News-Sentinel’s “40 under 40,” Fox gets kudos for her fund-raising efforts, particularly a capital campaign to help digitize the library’s historic archives. But when she’s not busy contributing to the Library’s mission, Fox has a secret identity, and it’s one that Tomato Head has proudly unveiled and put on public display in our Market Square restaurant. Casey Fox is also a photographer.

Now through May 1st, Fox presents her first solo exhibit in our downtown location. Titled “Landscaped,” the exhibit features a collection of images that Fox captured over the last 7 or 8 years but without intending to create a series. Fox says it was only after the fact that she realized that not only did she have enough shots for a show, she had also uncovered a style: “I was just looking back through my pictures and realized, ‘oh this is what I do’. I remember sitting on the couch once lookin

"Landscaped", an exhibit of photographs by Casey Fox will be on view at the downtown Knoxville Tomato Head Restaurant from April 3rd to April 30th, 2017. The exhibit will then display at the West Knoxville Gallery Tomato Head from May 2nd to June 5th, 2017. Tomato Head, 12 Market Square (865-637-4067) and 7240 Kingston Pike, Suite 172 (865-584-1075), in Knoxville. http://thetomatohead.com

At Blackberry Farm Gallery, Clayton Center for the Arts. 3D art ceramic

Barron Hall graduated from the University of South Florida with his BFA in 3D studies followed by an MFA in Ceramics from The University of Tennessee in 2008. His work has been exhibited nationally including solo and group exhibits in New York, Maryland, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida and Alabama. Past collaborations include sculptural installation projects with Robmat Butler as The Art Team. He is an Adjunct Instructor of Ceramics and 3-D Sculpture at Maryville College and is the owner/operator of Mighty Mud Studios in Knoxville. Barron originally hails from Auburn, Ala. and grew up in both Alabama and Florida. Barron currently resides in Knoxville, Tenn. with his family. http://barronart.net/

A reception will be held in the galleries on Fri., April 28 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m., in conjunction with Downtown Maryville’s “Friday Night Lights” event.

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

Art in Public Places Knoxville (AIPPK), now in its 10th year, is a featured presentation of Dogwood Arts. In partnership with the City of Knoxville, Art in Public Places Knoxville is a juried exhibition of large-scale sculptures created by exceptional local, regional and national artists. The 2017-2018 Exhibition will feature up to twenty sculptures in downtown Knoxville, the McGhee Tyson Airport, and Oak Ridge as juried by Knoxville-based sculpture artist John Douglas Powers.

Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

Explore more than 60 miles of trails, open gardens, and camera sites as you enjoy a walk, bike or drive, March 31 through April 30.

Dogwood Arts celebrates its North Knoxville trails in 2017. The Featured Trail, Historic Fountain City, dates back to 1957, covers 16 miles and boasts over 3200 blooming dogwoods and abundant flowering azaleas as it winds through the neighborhood. At the center of this welcoming community is a 12 acre park with walking trails, the Fountain City Art Center and the iconic Fountain City Lake where residents gather to visit and enjoy nature.

As you explore North Knoxville, visit the Historic North Hills Trail, with its blooming boulevard along with a charming mix of 1930s Neo-classical, English Cottage, Bungalow, Craftsman and Italian Renaissance homes. Further north and in the foothills of the Clinch mountains, the Halls-Timberline neighborhood was designed as a beautiful building site abundant with native Tennessee flowering dogwood trees. As part of our Bazillion Blooms Program, over 100 dogwood trees have been added in recent years.

For a complete list of the 2017 Open Gardens and Camera sites, please visit http://www.dogwoodarts.com/trails-and-gardens.
Dogwood Arts Festival: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com.