Calendar of Events

Saturday, May 6, 2017

The Basement Community Art Studio: Plum Print Art Collection Event

  • May 5, 2017 — May 12, 2017
  • 6-8 PM

Category: Festivals, special events and Kids, family

The Basement Community Art Studio will be partnering with Plum Print for an exciting opportunity to archive your child's art! Plum Print digitizes your child's art work and creates beautiful bound books from their art as well as other fun gift items. These bound books are a fun way to save your child's art work without the bulk and storage of saving each individual piece of art!

For this partnership The Basement Community Art Studio will be hosting an art collection event. They will collect your child's art and ship it to Plum Print for you! Plum Print will then digitize the art and send you a proof prior to completing your order.

By participating in this event Plum Print has offered you a $25 discount on your first book order! Plus they will be donating 10% of the total sales to The Basement Community Art Studio which will go directly to our scholarship program. The scholarship program will help children attend the many art programs at the studio, including summer camps, after school art classes, and open Studio sessions!

Opening reception Friday May 5th from 6-8 p.m
Come see sample books, enjoy refreshments, and check out the art studio during the First Friday Art Walk! While you are here enjoy a fun family friendly craft, refreshments, and find out more about or summer programs! Drop off times: May 5th-12. Art Will be shipped to Plum Print Monday May 15th.

The Basement Community Art Studio, 105 W. Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-333-5262. http://www.thebasementartstudio.com/2017/04/introducing-plum-print.html

Art Guild of Tellico Village: 19th Annual Spring Art Show

Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Festivals, special events, Fine Crafts and Free event

Opening reception Friday May 5, 7-9 PM. Free and Open to the public

Featuring the fine art of 55 artists from the local region. The exhibit includes over 50 three dimensional pieces and over 200 two dimensional pieces in a gallery setting. The exhibit viewing hours are 10-4 on Sat May 6 and 8-2 on Sunday May 7. Awards will be given on Sunday at 1:30 PM.

At the Tellico Community Church Christian Life Center, 130 Chota Center, Loudon, TN 37774. Art Guild of Tellico Village: www.tellicoartguild.org/spring-art-show

City People Downtown Home Tour

  • May 5, 2017 — May 6, 2017
  • May 5, 5:30-9:00PM, May 6, 12:00-4:00PM

Category: Festivals, special events

The City People Downtown Home Tour Returns May 5-6, 2017.

Retirees, college students, working professionals and others of all ages come together in one of Knoxville’s most vibrant and eclectic neighborhoods — downtown.

There’s nothing typical about residential life in downtown Knoxville. You can live in spaces that are industrial, modern, classic, mid-century, traditional or urban. You can live in a studio loft or a three-bedroom townhome. You can live in the bustle of Market Square, the serenity of World’s Fair Park or the historic hum of the Old City.

But now, you don’t have to live downtown to experience what it’s like to do so. You just have to join us for City People’s Downtown Home Tour on May 5, 5:30pm-9:00pm and on Saturday, May 6, 12:00pm-4:00pm.

Purchase tickets at https://www.knoxcitypeoplehometour.org/.

WDVX's Camperfest Reunion

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Category: Festivals, special events and Music

Join us on May 5th and 6th, 2017 for WDVX's Camperfest Reunion. Named in honor of the original WDVX broadcast camper studio, the original East Tennessee Americana Music Festival is heading back to Dumplin Valley Farm RV Park as part of our twentieth anniversary celebration.

On the line up it's Darrell Scott, The Scott Miller & the Commonwealth, The Barstool Romeos, Guy Marshall, Brendon James Wright & the Wrongs, Eli Fox Music, and many more to be announced. For more information keep listening to WDVX and visit us online at WDVX.com

Nourish Knoxville’s 2017 Market Square Farmers’ Market

  • May 3, 2017 — November 18, 2017

Category: Culinary arts, food, Exhibitions, visual art, Festivals, special events, Fine Crafts, Free event, Kids, family and Science, nature

Wednesdays from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Saturdays from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
at Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

The Market Square Farmers’ Market is an open-air farmers’ market located on Market Square in the heart of downtown Knoxville. Everything at the MSFM is grown or made by the vendor in the East Tennessee region. Products vary by the seasons and include produce, eggs, honey, herbs, pasture-raised meat, bread, baked goods, salsas, coffee, artisan crafts, and more. With interactive fountains, delicious local food, and surrounded by shops and restaurants, the MSFM is a perfect family destination. https://nourishknoxville.org/markets/market-square-farmers-market/

Art Market Gallery: Work by Larry Gabbard and Dennis Sabo

Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts and Free event

Recent works by photographer Dennis Sabo and potter Larry Gabbard will be on display at the Art Market Gallery. An opening reception for the featured artists will begin at 5:30 p.m., May 5, during Downtown Knoxville’s monthly First Friday Art Walk, with complimentary refreshments, and music performed by Boogertown Gap.

Dennis Sabo is an internationally honored photographer specializing in contemporary abstract, stunning landscape, and gorgeous seascape photography. His fine art natural world abstracts and landscapes are often sought out by home decor and interior designers and have been included in solo and group art gallery exhibitions, commercial installations and private home collections throughout the United States and internationally.

Larry Gabbard enjoys fast-firing techniques which create a rich variety of textures and colors on bisque clay. He finds the unexpected marks made when clay, heat, and smoke interact to be among the most intriguing and challenging of finishes to perfect and reproduce.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tu-Th & Sa 11-6, Fri 11-9, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net

Ijams Hallway Gallery Presents: Kristy Keel-Blackmon

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  • May 1, 2017 — May 31, 2017

Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event

Stop by to see May's exhibit by Kristy Keel-Blackmon, the artist behind Oak Roots Creative, whose beautiful nature photographs and abstract paintings showcase her attention to detail! http://www.oakrootscreative.com/

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Fountain City Art Center: Knoxville Watercolor Society

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Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event

Opening reception on Fri Apr 28, 6:30-8:00 PM. Free and open to the public.

Featuring the opening of the Annual All-Media Show by the Knoxville Watercolor Society. The exhibit does contain 90% watercolors, but other media represented are: oils, pastels, mixed media, and acrylics. KWS allows members to show other media once a year to demonstrate that some of the members are just as competent and comfortable working in other media besides watercolor.

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.fountaincityartcenter.com

Oak Ridge Playhouse: Marvelous Wonderettes

Category: Music and Theatre

We first meet the girl group “The Marvelous Wonderettes” as they take the stage at their 1958 senior prom. Through classic hits of the 50’s we learn about their lives and loves, discovering that their dreams are as big as their crinolines! A decade later, the “Wonderettes” reunite at their 10-year reunion, eventually discovering that no matter what life has thrown their way or what the future may bring, they can conquer it together. A must-take musical trip down memory lane!

Showtimes
Fri Apr 28, 2017 | 8:00PM
Sat Apr 29, 2017 | 8:00PM
Thu May 4, 2017 | 8:00PM
Fri May 5, 2017 | 8:00PM
Sat May 6, 2017 | 8:00PM
Sun May 7, 2017 | 2:00PM
Fri May 12, 2017 | 8:00PM
Sat May 13, 2017 | 8:00PM
Sun May 14, 2017 | 2:00PM

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

Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure

Category: Theatre

By Steven Dietz, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and William Gillette
Directed by Patrick McCray

Winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Mystery Play

The world's greatest detective has seemingly reached the end of his remarkable career when a case presents itself that is too tempting to ignore: The King of Bohemia is about to be blackmailed by a notorious photograph, and the woman at the heart of this crime is the famous opera singer, Irene Adler. With his trusted companion, Doctor Watson, at his side, Sherlock Holmes pursues first the case, and then the affections of Miss Adler—and in doing so, marches right into the lair of his longtime adversary, that malevolent genius of crime: Professor Moriarty.

In this spirited, fast-moving and thoroughly theatrical adaptation, Steven Dietz presents Holmes at the height of his powers—surrounded by all the elements that fans of his exploits have come to expect: danger, intrigue, wit, humor and surprise. "The game is afoot, Watson—and it is a dangerous one!"

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

Clarence Brown Theatre: Around the World in 80 Days

Category: Theatre

Adapted by Mark Brown. From the Novel by Jules Verne.

“Bursting with imagination, this exuberant whistle-stop tour through Verne is a trip worth making.” The Stage

The intrepid Phileas Fogg with his loyal valet, Passepartout, voyage from Victorian London through the Indian subcontinent, to Asia and across the Pacific to America on a wager that he will return in precisely 80 days. Literally, a theatrical tour-de-force.

Pay What You Wish Preview night on April 19

Clarence Brown Mainstage, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Candoro Arts & Heritage Center: Juried Exhibition

  • April 16, 2017 — May 13, 2017

Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event

Theme : South of the River, Live, Work, Play
We seek to recognize local South of the River Artist, and while preference will be given to South Knoxville Artists, all local artists are welcome to apply. The show will Open April 16th with a reception May 12th 5-8 p.m. for Vestival, and officially end on May 13th. Approximately 25 – 35 pieces will be selected for display in the historic marble showrooms.

Candoro Marble Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-0078, www.candoromarble.org

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