Calendar of Events

Opening reception on Fri Nov 10, 6:30-8 PM. Free and open to the public.
Both exhibits will continue to be on view to the public, Nov. 10 - Dec. 15, 2017 and Jan. 3 - 4, 2018.

Every fall for the past 38 years, the Fountain City Art Guild holds its Holiday Show and Sale usually featuring 25 to 30 of the Guild's 40 members' original paintings, and sometimes handmade books, jewelry, pottery, and decorative gourds.This year, the Guild is honored to be sharing exhibit space with the Smoky Mountain Firecrackers. The Firecrackers are a group of about 25 artists who use lampwork (glass melting and shaping with a specially designed torch) to design intricate beads for jewelry and also to create amazing decorative glass marbles. Jo Marie Brotherton is one of the Firecrackers who is also a Guild member. It was her idea to have the Firecrackers exhibit their work at the Fountain City Art Center. The Firecrackers are involved in making special glass beads for children undergoing chemotherapy. The program is called "Beads of Courage."

FCAC Hours: Tu, Th 9 - 5; W, F 10 - 5; most Saturdays 9 -1

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartcenter.com

Handmade Textiles - Just in time for holiday gifts!
https://www.shopfolk.org/

Glowing Body, 711 Irwin Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-545-4088, www.glowingbody.net

A free weekend of concerts, master classes, and events for flute players of all ages and skill levels!

Grammy Award-winning flutist Molly Barth headlines the 4th Annual Smoky Mountain Flute Invitational.

Participants will attend master classes and concerts featuring notable guest artists such as UT flute professor Shelley Binder, Valdosta State University flute professor Elizabeth Goode, UT alumnus Micah Layne, Burkart representative Ethan Lin-Schwartz, and J.L. Smith representative Alex Xeros. Friends from Flute World, J.L. Smith, and Burkart-Phelan, Inc. will also be on site exhibiting all things flute-related including flutes, piccolos, sheet music, and accessories. For more information, go to http://www.music.utk.edu/smokymtnflute/index.php.

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

Mozart's beloved classic comedic opera performed by the graduate and undergraduate students of the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, directed by James Marvel and conducted by Kevin Class.
11/10/2017 at 8:00 PM
11/11/2017 at 2:30 PM
11/11/2017 at 8:00 PM
11/12/2017 at 2:30 PM

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com. Info: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Terra Madre: Women in Clay announces their 8th annual Holiday Pottery Sale. Show hours include a Friday evening opening reception. The 2017 sale will feature the handmade pottery and clay art of over 25 members of the group. Terra Madre is an eclectic group of female artists with diverse approaches to clay. Unique additions to the home and distinctive gifts for the season will be featured including functional, sculptural, traditional, contemporary and whimsical works of clay art. The Madres whose work will be included in the 2017 Holiday Sale are: Elaine Barnes, Judy Brater, Karen Briggs, Jane Cartwright, Pat Clapsaddle, Carolyn Cooper, Tina Curry, Susan Cwiek, Valerie Eiler, LeJean Hardin, Pat Herzog, Liz Howell, Ellie Kotsianas, Hiromi Kuniyasu, Karyn Kyte, LeAnn Lewis, Jane Longendorfer, Wendie Love, Sandra McEntire, Jackie Mirzadeh, Kristi O’Connell, Marion Schlauch, Jessica Stewart, Linda Sullivan, Rikki Taylor and Debbie Whelan.

Terra Madre is a juried group of women clay artists that was founded in the year 2000 by female ceramic artists from East Tennessee. Their mission is to support each other in their clay work, to advance the appreciation of ceramics in East Tn. and to encourage each other in the pursuit of their dreams as artists and as women. Terra Madre members are affiliated with many juried and professional arts organizations. Collectively, the group exhibits in 2-3 shows annually and individually their work has been exhibited all over the country and can be found in galleries, shops, juried fine craft shows and fairs, as well as in many private art collections. For more information about Terra Madre shows see the group on Facebook @ Terra Madre: Women in Clay. https://www.facebook.com/TerraMadreKnoxvilleTN/

November 10-11 (Fri 5-8, Sat 10-4) at Bridgewater Place, 205 Bridgewater Rd, Knoxville, TN 37923. https://www.facebook.com/TerraMadreKnoxvilleTN/

Celebrating Ten Years of Performance
Nov 10 & 11 at 7 PM at The Square Room, 4 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Featuring special guest performances by Ballet Gloria, Circle Modern Dance Company, and Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Silent auction before and after the performances. Directed by Ashley Corey and Brynn Yeager. General admission $15, students & seniors $12. Save $2 by buying tickets in advance at http://www.momentumdancelab.com/.

At the Tennessee Theatre: Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live,
Friday, November 10 at 6:00PM

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

"Wild Women Don't Have the Blues"

Alive After Five is a unique live music series that takes place in the smoke-free, casually elegant setting of the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall in the Knoxville Museum of Art. There is a live band on stage, seating at tables, two cash bars, food from area restaurants, free freshly popped popcorn, and free parking. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries. Admission is $15 for general and $10 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

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

GO! Contemporary Dance Works will be hosting a very curious event in support of GO!’s upcoming performance of Alice in February at the Bijou. Our Mad as a Hatter Party will be Friday, November 10th at the Standard from 7 to 10PM. Appropriate for all ages. The evening will include a silent auction, live entertainment including an aerial performance, a selection of pieces from the Knoxville Opera’s upcoming performances and excerpts from the Broadway production of Wonderland. There will be a DJ for after dinner dancing.

Visit www.gocontemporarydance.com or call 865-539-2475 for reservations and information.

At the Crowne Plaza, Knoxville. Purchase Tickets: http://goodtimes.simpletix.com/SimpleTixExpress/Events/EventSectionDetail.aspx?ShowId=31882&EventTimeId=70906

Proceeds benefit the Legacy Housing Foundation. The mission of the Legacy Housing Foundation is to provide innovative programs, life-enhancing services and strong affordable housing communities for everyone in need.

1st Wednesday of each month - $15 admission includes lunch buffet. At 4 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902. Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

Knoxville celebrates the service of its U.S. military veterans with the city’s annual Veterans Day Parade on November 10th, 2017. The parade will start at 11 a.m. at the Knoxville Coliseum, head up Howard H. Baker Jr. Avenue to Church Street, then turn right and follow Gay Street to Depot Avenue.

At 11 a.m., all parade participants will halt and face west while honors are carried out in front of the viewing stand for veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces in all our nation's wars.

The parade is sponsored by the City of Knoxville and American Legion Post 2.

Please visit the website to learn more information about this event.
http://www.knoxvilletn.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=109562&pageId=109578&contextId.11269=123283&parentId.11269=123284&returnTo=123284&objectId.11269=6797623&currentDate=2017-11-01&view=monthly

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