Calendar of Events

Octubafest Concert #1
Faculty recital; Alexander Lapins-tuba and Eileen Downey-piano
10/01/2017 at 4:00 PM

Octubafest Concert #2
Ensembles concert; Octubaween!
10/01/2017 at 6:00 PM

Octubafest Concert #3
Studio recital
10/02/2017 at 8:00 PM

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

Join us for an evening of music, great food and a live auction!

Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. Hours: Gardens open daily from dawn to dusk. Information: 865-862-8717, www.knoxgarden.org.

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-2018 Chamber Classics Series, which marks the KSO’s 82nd season and features new Music Director Aram Demirjian.

This program opens the Chamber Classics series with Austrian composer HK Gruber’s Frankenstein!! A Pan-Demonium for Chansonnier & Ensemble. Debuted in 1978, this humorous piece includes spoken word and sung verse by a narrator or chansonnier to accompany the orchestra who talk-sings of Frankenstein and other demons he encounters. The program concludes with Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 60 known as Il Distratto, or “The Distracted,” which is a playful piece intended to almost make the audience laugh out loud.

At the Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

At Maryville College, 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, Tennessee 37804

For only $2 per 3'x3' square, you can make your mark!! Come and share your artistic talent with your community!! We provide the chalk, you bring the talent! Judges arrive at 5:00... prizes awarded at 6:00 (or before)!

We have a special announcement! This year, we will be hosting a Maker's Market during Chalk the Walk!! This awesome group of local artisans will be showing and selling all of their wonderful works! Also... they will have box lunches available for purchase! https://www.facebook.com/events/1038778429591172

On Sunday, October 1, 2017, Mabry-Hazen House will host its fourth annual Lineage and Legacy event from 2pm — 4 pm. Every year the museum invites family descendants, supporting members, and the general public to Mabry’s Hill to commemorate of one of Knoxville’s first families. The event reflects on the past and present experiences of the Mabry family and their imprint upon Knoxville’s history.

Join us in 2017 for Evelyn & Evelyn, a one-act play written by Douglas McDaniel and performed by the Tennessee Stage Company. The play will imagine an elderly Evelyn Hazen, the last descendant who lived in the home, as she reflects on her life by conversing with her younger selves. Miss Hazen, born 1899, was involved in an ill-fated love affair throughout the 1920s and gained notoriety in Knoxville when in 1934 she won a breach of promise lawsuit against her former fiancé. During the 1960s, she became a staunch opponent to Urban Renewal and unwittingly casting herself as one Knoxville’s earliest preservationists.

The event also will serve as a membership drive and annual meeting of the membership. In addition to the play, guests will enjoy light refreshments and tours of the 1858 house and original collection. Tickets to Lineage and Lineage cost $10 and support the museum’s mission to preserve and educate the public about a valuable part of East Tennessee. Members attend free of charge. The one-act play is supported by a matching grant generously provided by the Tennessee Arts Commission. Tickets are available for purchase at the museum or www.mabryhazen.com.

Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37915. Information: 865-522-8661.

The work of Asheville artist, Kathryn Gunn is a vibrant collection of color, light and reflection that comes from an intuitive place where music and mindfulness mingle with canvas, acrylic, and curiosity. Gunn only recently started painting – in fact, until last year, she thought that she couldn’t: “I have always been a lover of art and when I was younger I pursued a career in Art history, but never believed that I could be an artist.”

But when she salvaged the remains of a children’s tempura paint set, Gunn’s artistic interest started her on a path that would lead to art shows and juried events across the southeast even though the beginning of the journey was a very, very private affair that included only one set of eyes: her own.

“I took [the children’s’ paints] home with me. I just loved mixing colors. I would hide in my basement and paint on cardboard so I could throw them away as soon as I was finished and no one would ever look at anything I did.” And even when a friend lured her to a live model drawing event with a promise that the event had “really chill music and you get to drink wine,” Gunn only agreed to attend when she was assured that no one would actually see what she had drawn. The event proved to be much more than a pleasant afternoon of wine and song because when her drawing turned out to actually look like the model Gunn was moved to continue to explore her artistic side. Her subsequent experiments with drawing led to more painting and more work with color and form.

Gunn’s approach remains intuitive – she adds color based on a sense of what’s missing and remains open in terms of style and subject style. “I’m not sure that I’ve found my niche, and maybe never will as I find the next style and go ‘I want to try that out!’”

But her work is certainly informed by nature – in landscapes and even in her abstract and “Flow” works, the colors might leap from the flowers and vistas of the Appalachian Mountains. But more than that, Gunn’s work reflects a peaceful beauty, one that’s attune to her creative process. When she works, Gunn is absorbed by the present, because, she says, “When I’m painting, I lose myself in the work, lose track of time, forget to eat, completely absorbed, I don’t even know that I am sore from standing for hours and hours until I am finished. There is really no separation between me and the painting.”

You can get lost in Gunn’s paintings, too at the downtown Market Square Tomato Head through October 1st. She will then hang at the West Knoxville Tomato Head from October 3rd through November 6th.

Tomato Head, 12 Market Square (865-637-4067) and 7240 Kingston Pike, Suite 172 (865-584-1075), in Knoxville. http://thetomatohead.com

By: Anton Chekhov; New Version by Libby Appel

“If you are new to Chekhov, this version would be a marvelous introduction; for the repeat viewer, it may in some ways be a revelation.” The Five Points Star

Olga, Masha, and Irina struggle to let go of their past and to shape their future. A domineering sister-in-law, romance, soldiers, and money challenge the Prozorov family’s happiness and unity. With artful depiction of three very different women, Chekhov fascinates audiences with his deeply sensitive observations on life’s struggles.

Carousel Theatre, 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

FINAL SALE UPDATE: The date of Sunday, Oct 22 has been changed to Friday, Oct 20, 10AM to 4PM.

Continuing our school fundraiser once a month on Sundays, 9 AM - 2:30 PM, outside the entrepreneur Center (center of Market Square between Wall St. and Union Streets). We will still have prize drawings for the next two months. Violettes by Becky is donating 50% of profit from Music Art greeting cards and large Prints sales to Public School Music Departments*, and 20% of sales from music purses, earings, "Pick Banjos, Not Fights" T-shirts. Whimsical paintings by Becky are mostly based on practice tips for instruments, for Voice, for playing in band and orchestra, excuses that students make, musical animal humor.

*Funds will go to school that purchaser wants to represent.Funds from any undesignated purchases will go Knox County Music Department (downtown office).

Over 100 note card and print designs to choose from!
Hand painted silk scarves to order.
Music themed earrings.
https://www.facebook.com/events/278043979377408

Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in partnership with The Ritchie Company, will present 14 live performances featuring the hilarious characters of Barbara Park in “Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook.” This is the Knoxville premiere of the new play by acclaimed playwright Allison Gregory.

The live stage play will be performed September 22 through October 8:
Fri., Sept. 22 at 7 PM, Sat., Sept. 23 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sun., Sept. 24 at 3 PM, Thurs., Sept. 28 at 7 PM, Fri., Sept. 29 at 7 PM, Sat., Sept. 30 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sun., Oct. 1 at 3 PM, Thurs., Oct. 5 at 7 PM, Fri., Oct. 6 at 7 PM, Sat., Oct. 7 at 1 PM & 5 PM, Sun., Oct. 8 at 3 PM.

Something terrible has happened to Junie B. Jones! Someone stole her new furry mittens! So, when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen of many colors, she should be allowed to keep it, right? And there’s a new boy in class, and he’s the handsomest! But both Grace and Lucille want him to be their boyfriend. Maybe he will love Junie B. if he sees her wonderful pen. It is okay to keep it, right? Junie B. Jones is not a crook… or is she?

This funny play is chock full of the humorous life lessons that Barbara Park’s series of books is known for. The show is based on two of those books: “Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook” and “Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren.”

The play is performed by 11 talented young actors, from ages 8 to 12. Jillian Barry will perform the role of Junie B. Julia Lance and Caroline Simmons will play Junie’s friends, Grace and Lucille, respectively. Tanner White will perform the role of Handsome Warren.

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

A unique exhibition by HoLa Hora Latina member artists celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month - one exhibition, two venues!

Opening Fri Sep 1, 5-9 PM at the Emporium and on display through Sep 8

Then, on display at the Knoxville Museum of Art from Sep 14 - Oct 15 in the Kramer Education Center. Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tu-Sa 10-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org

Information: 865-335-3358, www.holahoralatina.org

For thousands of years Northwest Coast Indians including the Coast Salish, Haida, Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw, Makah, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Tlingit peoples represented in this exhibition, have made art expressing their cultural norms and values with precision, clarity, and artistic exuberance. Using indigenous and trade materials obtained in their homes along the coast of Oregon and north to Alaska, Northwest coast peoples mark elaborate ceremonial life, social rank, and prestige through their objects and art.

This exhibition explores Northwest Coast art through over 60 objects made by known and unknown artists, representing traditional and modern forms of cultural expression. From model totem poles and bentwood boxes, to spoons, prints, and silver bracelets, these objects were created for different purposes––utilitarian, decorative, and ceremonial. What all of them share in common is the desire to preserve and perpetuate Northwest Coast cultural heritage and community.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Recent artwork in a variety of media by current C-N Art Dept faculty: Chad Airhart, Lisa Flanary, Heather Hartman, Cody Leihgeber, Julie Rabun, Raquel Roy, David Underwood, and Mark Wankel.

Opening Thur Sep 7, 3-5 PM

Gallery hours: M-F 8-4. Warren Art Bldg, corner of Branner Ave & Ken Sparks Way, Jefferson City, TN 37760. Info: 865-471-4985.