Calendar of Events

Rodgers & Hammerstein's first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, having set the standards and established the rules of musical theatre still being followed today. Set in a Western Indian territory just after the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt, and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!

PERFORMANCES: Nov 9-11 @ 7:30 and Nov 12 @ 2:30
TICKETS: Available in advance at www.beardentheatre.com or at the door. Prices $10-15
LOCATION: Bearden High School, 8352 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

November 9 – 11: "The Lesson" by Free Spirit Theatre
Free Spirit Theatre brings a masterpiece of absurdist tragicomedy with Eugene Ionesco's The Lesson. A timid professor uses the meanings he assigns to words to establish tyrannical dominance over an eager female student. Ionesco, a citizen of France and Romania, witnessed the atrocities of the Nazi regime firsthand, and his plays juxtapose the tragedy of human destiny against its own ridiculousness.

Thursday, Nov. 9, 10 & 11 at 7:30 PM at Modern Studio
This play may make you laugh or cry, but you'll never guess how it ends.

$15 general admission. Thursday's performance will be followed by a talkback session with the actors and director.
Modern Studio, 109 W Anderson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-323-2425, www.modernstudio.org

by Knoxville Performing Arts Exchange
$15
Free Spirit Theatre is a new company promising provocative theatre for the Knoxville community with their first offering of Eugene Ionesco's The Lesson. Ionesco was a Romanian-French playwright and one of the foremost figures of French avant-garde theatre. The Lesson, one of his most popular plays, is funny, tragic, and surprisingly relevant for today's audiences. Thursday's performance will be followed by a talkback session with the actors and director. Facebook event.

Nov 9-10-11, 7:30 PM; Modern Studio, 109 West Anderson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-spirit-theatre-presents-the-lesson-tickets-38816448041

Thursday, November 9 at Mill and Mine in downtown Knoxville.

We're thrilled to announce Grizzly Bear is bringing their baroque indie-folk to Knoxville this fall. The band's albums are exercises in detail—obsessive and a little dark but still amazingly pop-minded, like The Beach Boys had they been raised on Grimm's Fairy Tales instead of the sunny California coast. We can't wait to share this night with you, Knoxville!

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

Like classical music and craft beer? The KSO musicians are going "UnStaged" for a brand new event featuring tastings from local breweries at the Standard Knoxville. Crafted for your pleasure, one beer tasting coinciding with each of the four musical sets, all surrounding the theme of “creating” or “crafting.”

Hosted by Aram Demirjian, Music Director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Zack Roskop Owner of Knox Brew Tours. Featured Breweries are Alliance Brewing Co, Blackhorse Brewery, Crafty Bastard Brewery, Last Days of Autumn Brewing.

Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:00 p.m.; doors open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $34; this event is 21+ only. No refunds or exchanges.

Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, http://www.knoxvillesymphony.com/event/309/kso-unstaged-craft/

Jubilee Community Arts presents Knoxville Square Dance with live old-time music by The Hellgramites and calling by Stan Sharp, Ruth Simmons and Leo Collins.

Thursday, November 9
Thursday, December 7 (1st Monday)

Second Thursdays at the Laurel Theater! No experience or partner is necessary and the atmosphere is casual. No taps, please. Admission: $7 ($5 for students & JCA members).

Follow the Knoxville Square Dance on Facebook: www.facebook.com/knoxvillesquaredance

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org.

Annual Sara Jordan Birthday Bash
Memorial Celebration of Knoxville’s Blues Diva
At Open Chord / All Things Music, 8502 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Bands and Musicians - Mystic Rhythm Tribe, Mighty Blue, Michael Crawley, Jonathan Reynolds, Jason Lockwood & Co., Steve Michel (In planning stage, more to come.) FUNDRAISER FOR THE BLUES FOUNDATION HART FUND - MUSICIANS MEDICAL & HURRICANE RELIEF!

Smoky Mountain Blues Society: http://smokymountainblues.org/wp/

Faculty recital

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

Clayton Center for the Arts, Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre

The MC3Band, under the direction of Dr. Eric Simpson, and the Maryville College Community Chorus, under the direction of Alan Eleazer, will join forces to present a fall concert. The concert, titled “We Hold These Truths,” is free and open to the public and will feature patriotic favorites for choir and band.

During the concert, Maj. Gen. Bob Tiebout, U.S. Marine Corps (retired), will give special recognition to veterans and active duty and reserve military members, who are invited as special guests for the concert.

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

Centro Hispano is opening its doors for you to find out more about what we are doing! We hope you can join us! Thursday, November 9th from 4:30-7:30pm (presentations, tours & refreshments every hour)
Centro Hispano, 2455 Sutherland Ave (in the John Tarleton Park) Building D
Knoxville, TN 37919

Come over and find out all the fun ways you can be involved in supporting the Latino community in Knoxville. Do you want to practice your Spanish? Are you a stay at home parent who wants to offer your kids a multicultural playdate session? Do you want to teach English? Can you help us with our day to day activities? The list is endless... Invite your friends and family, bring the kids. We can't do what we do without volunteers and contributors like you!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1862316934083552
865.522.0052 www.centrohispanotn.org

Thursday, November 9 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Pellissippi State Community College Educational Technology Services, 2nd Floor Goins Administration Building, 10915 Hardin Valley Rd, Knoxville, Tennessee 37933.

Seven community organizations have joined together to bring Backpack Full of Cash to Knoxville. The film is a cautionary tale about cities like Philadelphia, New Orleans and Nashville where privatization and funding cuts have had a devastating impact on public schools, affecting the most vulnerable children who depend on them.

Following the showing, a panel of experts will answer questions from the audience. Nashville School Board member Amy Frogge will be present at this first showing, along with local experts Joan Grim from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Special Education Advocate Kim Kreditch.

https://www.facebook.com/events/290884851410412
Hosted by Jobs with Justice of East Tennessee, League of Women Voters and United Campus Workers.

Join me at Union Avenue Books to celebrate the launch of my new book, Lost Restaurants of Knoxville!

Come talk Knoxville history, restaurants, and food with me and experience some memorable dishes from a few of Downtown Knoxville’s favorite Lost Restaurants such as the Imperial Sandwich from T.E. Burns Grocery lunch counter, Andrew Johnson Hotel’s Crab Salad in Puff Pastry, and the S&W Cafeteria’s Chess Pie. These vintage and much loved dishes will be Presented by Rex Jones of Bradford Catered Events. This event is free and open to the public!

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com