Calendar of Events

Faculty and guest artist recital; with David Yeh-viola, Miroslav Hristov-violin, Nathan Jasinski-cello, Chih-Long Hu-piano, performing Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, "Archduke" and Schumann's Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 47

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

The McClung Museum’s 8th annual Civil War Lecture series, given by Civil War Curator Joan Markel, will be held at 2 p.m. one Sunday each month, January–April 2018 in the McClung Museum Auditorium. The lectures are free and open to the public.

This month’s lecture is “November 1863 and the Battle of Fort Sanders, Back to Basics,” and will re-examine the primary sources safe-keeping our knowledge of that fateful time when the eyes of the nation were focused on the Civil War as it unfolded in East Tennessee. Markel and Steve Dean, board member of the Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, will review the rich cartographic, photographic, and documentary evidence.

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

The Tennessee Stage Company presents Shakespeare Out Loud featuring Cymbeline
at the Lawson McGhee Library, Sunday, January 28, 2018, at 2:00 pm.

The Tennessee Stage Company and Shakespeare On The Square invite you to read Shakespeare’s plays with us – out loud! Our next reading date is Sunday, January 28, when we will gather at the Lawson McGhee Library to read one of the four plays known as “Romances” - Cymbeline, which will also be performed on Market Square in July, 2018. Get a sneak preview of this rarely performed gem in advance of our production this summer.

Readings are free and open to the public. Hearing these plays read aloud offers much more insight into the depths of Shakespeare’s work.

We will meet at 2:00 pm. There will be chairs set up and whoever wants to read out loud can choose one. There will be additional seating for anyone who wants to read along silently. Copies of the play will be available but please bring your own if possible.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME
We welcome all voices, all dialects. We read the plays for the joy of reading them and to hear and discover more about the plays, especially plays that have not yet been performed by Shakespeare On The Square. Maybe one of these is the one we should perform next!

Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

The Sundress Reading Series is excited to welcome Ellen Goldstein, Samantha Edmonds, and Michael Gerhard Martin to the January installment of our reading series! The event will take place at Hexagon Brewing Co., located at 1002 Dutch Valley Dr. STE 101, Knoxville, TN 37918. The Sundress Reading Series is free and open to the public.

Ellen Goldstein was born and raised in Charlottesville, Va. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in various journals such as, The Common, Tahoma Literary Review, Post Road, and Gulf Coast, as well as in the anthologies, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry, Letters to the World, Not Quite What I Was Planning, and Queer South, which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. Her book, Stuff Every Beer Snob Should Know is forthcoming from Quirk Books in February. She lives in Southern Vermont.

Samantha Edmonds’ fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Black Warrior Review, Day One, Indiana Review, Pleiades, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of Cincinnati and currently lives in Knoxville, where she is an MFA candidate at the University of Tennessee.

Michael Gerhard Martin grew up in the creeks and cornfields of central Pennsylvania and earned his MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. He lives in southern Vermont, and teaches writing at Babson College and for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Summer Programs. His book, Easiest If I Had A Gun, was a finalist for the Iowa and John Simmons Fiction awards, and his story “Shit Weasel Is Late For Class” won the James Knudsen prize for fiction from the University of New Orleans. His work has appeared in Big Muddy, Bayou Magazine, and The Ocean State Review, and online at salon.com and The Museum of Americana Lit Review. Reading Out Loud produced an audio version of his story “Even The Dust,” which is available for free on their website or through iTunes. Easiest If I Had Gun is published by Braddock Avenue Books.

Sundress Academy for the Arts: 865-560-6106, www.sundresspublications.com/safta

East Tennessee PBS and Independent Lens, in partnership with Scruffy City Hall, invite you to a free advanced screening of "Tell Them We Are Rising"

Tell Them We Are Rising explores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in American history, culture, and identity. Stanley Nelson's film reveals the rich history of HBCUs and the power of higher education to transform lives and advance civil rights and equality in the face of injustice.

Indie Lens Pop-Up is a neighborhood series that brings people together for film screenings and community-driven conversations. Featuring documentaries seen on the PBS series Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up draws local residents, leaders, and organizations to discuss what matters most, from newsworthy topics to family and relationships. Make friends, share stories, and join the conversation.

Tell Them We Are Rising: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/tell-them-we-are-rising/
Scruffy City Hall: https://www.facebook.com/ScruffyCityHall/
Indie Lens Pop-Up: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens
East Tennessee PBS: http://www.easttennesseepbs.org/home/

At 32 Market Sq, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902

Showtimes
Sat Jan 27, 2018 | 1:00PM
Sat Jan 27, 2018 | 4:00PM
Sun Jan 28, 2018 | 2:00PM

After a father falsely boasts about his daughter’s ability to spin straw into gold, a greedy king orders the girl to either perform the feat for him or lose her head. Luckily, an odd little old man with magical powers appears and promises to spin the gold on her behalf. In exchange, however, he demands a steep price: her first born child. Fearful of being exposed, she accepts the odd man’s offer and is saved from death. But when the time comes to pay her debt, she regrets her decision and begs to keep her baby. The old man agrees, but with one condition — in order to keep her child, she must, in just three days time, guess the mysterious man’s even more mysterious name!

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

January 27 and 28, rediscover the magic of Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. CineConcerts brings the beloved film to life with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra performing John Williams' iconic score. Immerse yourself in the magic as you watch a house elf make trouble, a car fly, a giant talking spider, a mysterious diary and much more set to the music you know and love. Don't miss this once in a life time event, flying to the Knoxville Civic Auditorium.
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - In Concert, January 27 at 7:30PM and January 28th, 1:30PM at Knoxville Civic Auditorium.

Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37915. Information: www.knoxvillecoliseum.com Tickets available through ticketmaster.

A new special exhibit - "The Battle of Campbell Station" - will open January 22 at the Farragut Museum and remain through Friday, June 15.

The exhibit features items from the personal collection of local community member Gerald Augustus, including artifacts from the battle, fought Nov. 16, 1863, on the land surrounding the Farragut Town Hall.

A special "Friends Only" exhibit preview will precede a lecture by Augustus on Sunday, January 21. Friends are invited at 1:30 p.m. for refreshments. General admission begins at 2:30 p.m. If you are not a Friend and wish to join, you are welcome to register during the preview. The lecture on the battle begins at 3 p.m.

The Farragut Museum is committed to preserving the heritage of its East Tennessee community and features a remarkable collection of artifacts from the area, including an extensive collection of the personal belongings of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, first Admiral of the U.S Navy and hero of the Civil War. Housed in Farragut Town Hall located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive, the museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and offers free admission.

Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934. Hours: M-F 10-4:30. Information: 865-966-7057, www.townoffarragut.org/museum

The 2018 Farragut Primary Schools Art Show, sponsored by the Town of Farragut, opens Monday, Jan. 22, and will be on display through Thursday, Feb. 1 in the Farragut Town Hall..

Don't miss the opportunity to view the work of some of the community's most talented young artists from Concord Christian School, Farragut Primary School, Knoxville Christian School, and St. John Neumann Catholic School.

There will be a reception to honor participating private school artists from 5-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, and a reception to honor participating public school artists from 5-6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25.

Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934. Hours: M-F 10-4:30. Information: 865-966-7057, www.townoffarragut.org/museum

Opening Reception: Saturday, January 20, 8:30pm - til*

C For Courtside is pleased to present its inaugural exhibition, "A Half Note Familiar." The show will include the works of its founding members Lynne Ghenov, Joshua Bienko, John Powers and Rubens Ghenov along with four artists specifically selected by each C for Courtside Directors. Mirroring the intentions of the space itself, "A Half Note Familiar” seeks to consider work from inside and outside the region in a way that contributes to and influences broader contemporary dialogues.

* In solidarity with justice seeking peace minded artists and creative individuals across the world, we are participating in an International Day of Art Action on the one-year anniversary of the United States Presidential UNauguration. We join Laurie Anderson (the brainchild of The Day of Art Action) in our intentions, seeking to unite, connect and celebrate a spirit of love, peace and understanding based in the simple hope that artistic production symbolizes.

Lynne Ghenov has selected Melissa McGrath's work due to the approximation of their praxes and content. Melissa’s work is a response and reflection of a consistent trauma and disaster that has occurred in the landscape where she was raised inscribed on paper through fire. Lynne uses ledger gridded paper salvaged from her parents’ home office acquired after her mother’s death, wherein memory organically and symbolically investigates itself in form within the confines of the stoic gridded structure.

Joshua Bienko’s selection of Eleanor Ray sits in the attraction to slippages that can occur between works. What at once might appear quiet and tragic, holds the potential to become loud and humorous, and vice-versa. Though a dissimilarity may seem obvious at first, they also, perhaps surreptitiously and subtly begin to harmonize more than contrast, operating in cahoots as it were, in a psychological and physical interior space.

John Powers and Kim Faler are engaged in parallel explorations of systems, pattern, sub-pattern, language and personal narrative. Their shared interest in small, potentially mundane moments, rubs against evocations of the unseen forces and glacial timelines that frame our world. Their included works here variously address the passage of time, energy exchange, collapsed narratives and the veil separating the familiar from the anonymous.

Lastly, Rubens Ghenov here compeers his work to that of Claudia Peña Salinas’. Both of Latin American descent (Brazilian and Mexican respectively), their work strangely resides akin to the geometric abstraction of Central and South American artists, though the impetus here may emanate elsewhere. A specific coloration and insertion of memorabilia and objects are inherently present in both, forging an architectonic of the personal mired in the historical and the fictive.

C for Courtside is an artist-run curatorial project space located just north of downtown Knoxville. Founded in the fall of 2017 with the intentions of facilitating multiple creative activities, the Directors (John Powers, Joshua Bienko, Lynne Ghenov and Rubens Ghenov) will work to add to the exciting artistic development and momentum already at foot in the Southeast. In addition to exhibitions, C for Courtside will host artist lectures and guest speakers, live performances, pop-up shows, experimental theatre, justice seeking organizations in need of a place to meet, and other situationist aligned activities. Each endeavor will aim to extend the space of the gallery beyond its physical limitations, while fostering a community based in and on the exigencies of art-making. The launch of the space has been made possible in part by the support of Ann and Steve Bailey Opportunity Grant.

C for Courtside Gallery, 513 Cooper Street, Knoxville, TN 37917
Info: cforcourtside@gmail.com

Between 2006 and 2009, an international team of historians, archaeologists, and geographers traveled to France to rediscover and document where Fentress County-native Sergeant Alvin C. York made his heroic stand. In the Footsteps of Sergeant York, a traveling exhibition from the Museum of the American Military Experience, showcases this groundbreaking research and allows visitors to retrace the steps of one of America's best-known military heroes.

Through the new interactive exhibit, the East Tennessee Historical Society invites you to step back into the the trenches of WWI, to hear the sounds of war, view clips of the film on York's life, see items from the York home along with other interesting artifacts, and experience the front line that made the man from Pall Mall, Tennessee an international superstar.

In the Footsteps of Sergeant York will be on display in the Rogers-Claussen Feature Gallery at the East Tennessee History Center. The exhibit and corresponding programming is presented in partnership with the Museum of the American Military Experience, Tennessee State Parks, The Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation, the University of Tennessee's Center for the Study of War and Society, and the Knox County Public Library.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: M-F 9-4, Sa 10-4, Su 1-5. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

Flying Anvil Theatre kicks off 2018 season with Mary’s Wedding, an epic love story set during the first world war. Love, hope and survival are the themes in Stephen Massicotte’s play, Mary’s Wedding, the first offering of an eight-show season by Flying Anvil Theatre.

The award-winning play follows Mary and Charlie from their awkward meeting in a barn during a thunderstorm across the prairies of Canada and the horrific battlefields of the first world war. Up and coming playwright Stephen Massicotte spins a breathtaking saga about young lovers who must surrender their fate to the uncertainties of their tumultuous times – a testament to the power of memory and hope that lingers like a remembered dream.

“It’s a simply gorgeous play,” director Jayne Morgan says. “Beautiful, heartbreaking and hopeful, all at the same time. “

The show stars UT students Emily Helton and Parker Jenkins. Lighting design is by Jon Chemay, with soundscapes by Mike Ponder. Steve Krempasky designed the set, which includes a logging sawbuck that doubles as horse. “The actors use this massive piece of logging equipment to simulate riding,” Morgan explains. “There’s something thrilling about it – they really manage to make you believe they are mounted on a draft horse or charging into a battle, saber drawn. It’s wonderful theatrical magic.” Critics have raved about the play, saying it “recalls the grand passion of Catherine and Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.”

Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com