Calendar of Events

Part of the 2016-2017 Fine Arts Calendar

Christian Composer, Pianist In concert

Tickets $10. Community Church at Tellico Village, 130 Chota Center, Loudon, TN 37774. Information: 865-458-1516 or www.tellicochurch.org

A Service of Choral Evensong
Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 6:00PM

Featuring the Parish Youth Choir, Chorister Choir, and Primary Choir,
with Tim Ward, director, and Edie Johnson, organ.

Church Street United Methodist Church
900 Henley at Main, Knoxville, TN 37902
865.524.3048 www.churchstreetunc.org

Viral pop sensation Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox reworks Top 40 hits in a vintage style, and the group is coming to Knoxville this May!

At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com

Ensemble concert; Choral Evensong

At First United Methodist Church, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. Info: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Join us for a full-day celebration of Knoxville’s culinary scene at The Mill & Mine. At the Knoxville Food & Wine Yard Party fans will enjoy locally-crafted libations, artfully-prepared and hand-selected food, whole hog dinner with special guest chef Pat Martin from Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint in Nashville, as well as wine tastings and beyond. This curated event series will have you breaking bread with Knoxville’s finest in culinary arts and discussing what’s coming next. Featuring: Old City Java, Wild Love Bakehouse, J.C. Holdway, Knox Beer Snobs, Kaizen, KnoxFoodie, Sweet P's BBQ and Soul House, Sugar Mama's, Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Knox Mason, Magpies Bakery, Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint, OliBea, and PostModern Spirits.

The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Tickets/information: http://themillandmine.com/

Directed by Albert Serra

"A mesmerizing elegy." -- Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
"The most beautiful film at Cannes 2016." -- Jonathan Romney, Sight and Sound

Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV -- magisterially interpreted by New Wave icon and honorary Palme d'Or recipient (Jean-Pierre Léaud) -- feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed.

Based on extensive medical records and the memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon and other courtiers, The Death of Louis XIV is a wry neoclassical chamber drama, a work of pure magic by Albert Serra, one of today's most singular directors.

At Knoxville Museum of Art. http://www.publiccinema.org/

On Sunday, May 7, join Honorary Chairperson Emily Stroud from WBIR Channel 10 and 1,500 of your friends and neighbors for this rain-or-shine Knoxville tradition that features an afternoon of family-friendly activities to benefit Columbus Home Children's Services, including:
A one-mile fun walk around the campus, Inflatables and other fun games,
Children's activities and face painting, Photo opportunities with local mascots,
Dollar-a-holler P.A. shout-outs, Complimentary lunch provided by Domino's Pizza,
Complimentary refreshments from area restaurants, and Spirit Stations along the walk, featuring free goodies and giveaways.

Pre-registration tickets are $20 per person (includes t-shirt) and $35 per family (includes a maximum of four t-shirts.)*
For tickets on the day of the event, please add $5 to the price. For tickets and more information please visit www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-kids-helping-kids-fun-walk-presented-by-kimberly-clark-tickets-32273317361?bbemailid=3703091&bblinkid=44793788&bbejrid=264786409

Sun, May 7, 2017, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT.
Knoxville Catholic High School
9245 Fox Lonas Road Northwest
Knoxville, TN 37923

On Sunday, May 7, Heska Amuna Synagogue will be buzzing with outdoor-related activities – and the entire community is invited to fly by and join in the fun. "Bees, Butterflies and Birds" ("the B's" for short) is an afternoon of family-friendly fun during one of the most beautiful times of the year in East Tennessee.

Sunday, May 7, 1:00 – 4:00PM, Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN, General admission: $5.00 at the door (cash only).
A limited number of tickets for an upscale afternoon tea are available for $25.00 each. Advanced reservations strongly encouraged.

Featured activities include notable naturalist speakers:
Mark Armstrong, master bird bander. Mr. Armstrong helps band birds at locations in our area like Seven Islands State Birding Park, to allow them to be studied and tracked.
Steve McGaffin, Knoxville Zoo Curator. He is a key proponent and organizer of butterfly monitoring in Tennessee.
Marianne Wilson, from Stanley's Greenhouse, and educator on native plants for pollinators.
There will also be a monarch butterfly release, local artisans with a variety of crafts and items to browse, garden shop with indigenous plants, hummingbird and butterfly attractors, yard art and accessories, bird houses and feeders, and plant containers

This event benefits Heska Amuna Synagogue and the Butterfly Bush Outside Beautification Committee. For more information please email HAButterflyBush@gmail.com or call the synagogue's office at 865-522-0701.

We're thrilled to welcome Albert Serra to Knoxville for a screening and discussion of his acclaimed new film, The Death of Louis XIV. This event, co-sponsored with UT's Cinema Studies program, is free and open to the public.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. http://www.publiccinema.org/

Please join the Art Market Gallery as we kick off a month-long celebration of our 35th year selling original art and fine crafts by regional artists. On Saturday May 6, we begin our celebration with three of our charter members at the gallery from 2-6pm to talk to friends, patrons, other artists, and art or history lovers. It will be a lively time of stories and memories. Also on 1st Friday evening May 5 visitors may get a coupon for 10% off one item over $25 good for either Saturday May 6 or Saturday May 27 only.

The history of the Art Market Gallery is interestingly entwined with the history of visual arts in the area, but the birth of the Gallery as an Artists’ Co-operative came about during the time of the 1982 World’s Fair. The history of how the gallery came to be can be read here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxfrvox6aobxzvr/The%20Art%20Market%20Gallery%20History.docx?dl=0

The Art Market Gallery moved to Gay Street from the old Candy Factory location in 2006 and is proud of being a part of the redevelopment of Downtown and a growing appreciation of art in our area. The organization is one of the oldest co-operative art groups in the Southeast with over 60 artist-members in a wide variety of art mediums.

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

Dogwood Art DeTour is a one-day event where local artists welcome the public into their actual studio space to experience the working creative process as the artist demonstrates the making of a work of art. When it comes to art, the creative process can be just as interesting as the finished product. Dogwood Art DeTour provides an intimate look into local artists’ working studios. Visitors are invited to watch as the artists produce some of East Tennessee’s spectacular works of art. Artist studios must be located in Knoxville, Maryville or Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Read our Art DeTour Prospectus Here.

May 6-7, 2017: Art DeTour [10am-5pm], Meet the Artists Reception [5:30-7:30 May 6 at Dogwood Arts]

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

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Gathering Light: Works by Beauford Delaney from the KMA Collection. Gathering Light includes more than 30 of Delaney’s paintings and drawings—nearly all of which have never before been on public view—that were purchased from the artist’s estate between 2014 and 2016 in what is one of the most significant art acquisition in the KMA’s 27-year history. The acquisition and display of these works are part of a larger effort to bring long-overdue attention to Delaney’s legacy in his hometown.

Beauford Delaney (Knoxville 1901-1979 Paris) is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Despite battling poverty, prejudice, and mental illness, he achieved an international reputation for his portraits, scenes of city life, and free-form abstractions marked by intense colors, bold contours, and vibrant surfaces. The KMA’s growing collection promises to serve as a vital resource for the preservation and celebration of this East Tennessee master’s work.

The paintings and drawings in Gathering Light were purchased with funds provided by the Rachael Patterson Young Art Acquisition Reserve (part of a major gift from the Aslan Foundation), along with additional support from the KMA Collectors Circle, Brenda and Larry Thompson, and friends of the museum. The KMA also wishes to acknowledge Derek L. Spratley, the executor of the Estate of Beauford Delaney, for making works available for loan and acquisition. Accompanying the works acquired by the KMA are also a small selection of paintings from the artist’s estate that the museum hopes to raise funds to purchase.

“We are thrilled to shine a light on one of the world’s greatest artists and local hero Beauford Delaney,” said KMA Executive Director David Butler. “His legacy has been recognized internationally, but he is less well-known here at home. We hope this exhibition helps to change that.”

The museum is holding an opening reception Thursday, May 4 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.

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