Calendar of Events

Fridays at 7 PM

May 11 - Early Bird Special
May 25 - Jodi & Tim Harbin - Simple, pure, honest Appalachian mountain music

As we continue to offer our Sunset Concert Series to you, please keep the following in mind when making your plans to attend:
All concerts begin at 7 pm – Rain or shine in the covered amphitheater.
Bring your own folding lawn chairs.
Coolers and alcohol of any kind are prohibited
Pets are not allowed (Except Service Animals w/ Proper Identification)
Smokin' Joe's BBQ available at the Concessions Stand until Intermission!

$10 per person, GSMHC Members and Children 5 and Under are FREE

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: M-Sa 10-5. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

This group painting show, titled By Candle Or By Bulb, features a trio of Knoxville-based painters including Eleanor Aldrich, Heather Hartman, and David Wolff. The show continues through May 25.

Fluorescent Gallery, 627 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: https://www.facebook.com/fluorescentknoxville/

By William Shakespeare

Join Seventy Thirty Creatives on their second annual summer Shakespeare exploration in As You Like It, Shakespeare's iconic comedy about love, poetry, and fools.

May 11, 18 on Market Square
May 12 at Krutch Park
May 13 (Mothers' Day Matinee), 19 at Ijams Nature Centre

Suggested donation for Market Square and Krutch Park shows are $12 bring a chair or blanket and enjoy! Pre-book tickets for Ijams performances ($12 single, $20 for two).

May 13 Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/special-event-seventy-thirty-creatives-present-as-you-like-it-tickets-45444775547
May 19 Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/special-event-seventy-thirty-creatives-present-as-you-like-it-tickets-45444808646

Email seventythirtycreatives@gmail.com for all other reservations. https://www.facebook.com/seventythirtycreatives/

Treat yourself or someone you love. All women's shoes and dresses are 25% off during Mother's Day weekend!

Goodwill Industries-Knoxville: 865-588-8567, www.gwiktn.org

May 11. 12 and 13, 232 S. Calderwood St., Alcoa, TN. Quality arts 7 crafts, kid-friendly activities, great food and more. Fun for the whole family. Free admission and parking.

Fantastic food trucks and vendors. Medic Regional Blood Center Blood Drive, Friday, 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am-4pm. Alcoa Police, Rural Metro and Alcoa Fire Department will be on site at various times.

Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday and Sunday, 9-4pm. New Midland Plaza, 232 S. Calderwood St., Alcoa. events@newmidland plaza.com.

The Embroiderers’ Guild Knoxville Chapter will feature an exhibition of needlework from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday, May 11, and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday, May 12, at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Dr, Farragut, TN 37934.

Featured needlework techniques include canvas work, beading, counted thread, pulled thread, crewel embroidery, stumpwork and silk and metal. Several colorful counted cross stitch designs from the chapter’s needlework series, “Landmarks of Knoxville,” will be on display, including Historic Westwood, Crescent Bend, The Westmoreland Waterwheel, Tennessee in Bloom and the Swan Pond Sampler from historic Ramsey House.

For more information on this exhibition, contact Joan Easterly at easterlyjet@gmail.com or 584-9555.

Dance to the music of party band Atlanta Showstoppers
Cocktail Buffet
$125 per person
https://knoxart.ejoinme.org/MyPages/KickofftoSummer2018

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

Muse Membership required for Admission. As part of member appreciation month, we're kicking off our Members-Only Fun Nights! We'll stay open late on the second Friday of every month so our members can have some extra Muse fun! There's never been a better time to become a Muse Member! https://www.facebook.com/events/175657233261664/

http://themuseknoxville.org/membership

The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman Street, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-594-1494, www.themuseknoxville.org

Inner Voices, Knoxville's hottest string quartet, will play old and new music in yet another unique setting on Friday, May 11.

The string quartet that insideofknoxville.com calls "about ninety minutes of wonderful" is at it again in a characteristic non-traditional setting, offering chamber music designed to inspire. As they explore new venues and provide unique listening experiences, Inner Voices String Quartet is back. After debuting in a former gas station in 2016, and later reappearing in an avant-garde hair salon, audiences wondered what their next space would be. Now it can be revealed: The flexible, mixed-use venue, Modern Studio, in the Happy Holler--Knoxville's "it" neighborhood and burgeoning cultural epicenter--just north of downtown.

True to form, Inner Voices String Quartet has eschewed a predictable concert theme, simply offering music that "needs to be heard" in the words of Jeanine Wilkinson, the ensemble's cellist. The concert, performed by the all-female quartet, includes works by two women composers, Is Now Not Enough? by Knoxvillian Dosia McKay and Strum by New York-based composer, Jessie Montgomery. Those pieces book-end Brahms' op. 88 Quintet No. 1 featuring guest violinist, Robyn Quinnett.

As is their habit, Inner Voices String Quartet catalyzes the musical experience by offering guests a signature drink and an invitation to gather afterward. Central Filling Station is the site where the experience continues post-concert.

Inner Voices String Quartet is comprised of four classically-trained musicians whose careers blissfully collided in Knoxville. Inspired by one another, and seizing upon their happy path-crossing, they formed an ensemble that has taken the region's hip-classical audience by storm.

Inner Voices String Quartet, presents "III" (that's "Three") at the Modern Studio, 109 W. Anderson Ave, Knoxville, 37917 in Happy Holler on Friday, May 11 at 7:30pm. Admission is $10 cash/credit, payable at the door, and includes a signature drink.

Join the musicians afterward at Central Filling Station, 900 N Central St. Ask questions. Give your impressions. Discuss the music, the signature drink, the venue, whatever you like!

Hazel the sloth is coming to The Central Collective to raise money for the fantastic Wildlife Discovery Center in Lake Forest, Illinois. Read more about Hazel, her family and the WDC below, and then book your spot to have your picture taken with Hazel.*

IMPORTANT: You MUST reserve a slot to meet Hazel. Each slot is $50 and includes photos with one person. Up to three additional people can be added (for a total of 4 people per slot) for $25 each. All proceeds go to the Wildlife Discovery Center. Age limit is 15 and older. We recommend that you arrive at least 15-20 minutes early to make sure you don't miss your time slot.

*Hazel's comfort is our biggest concern. While we will make every effort to get a picture of you holding Hazel, we won't make her do anything she doesn't want to. If for some reason Hazel isn't feeling up for getting her picture taken with you, you will receive a full refund.

Hazel will be joined by Rob Carmichael. Rob is the founder/curator of the Gold Medal Award Winning Wildlife Discovery Center. In addition to his curatorial duties, he also works with National Geographic and Smithsonian Channel in a number of wildlife documentaries. He has teamed up with 7-time Emmy Award winning cinematographer Neil Rettig. Rob also speaks at a number of international symposia including the International Union of Conservation of Nature's Crocodile Specialist Group. Rob teaches Environmental Biology and Herpetology at several nearby colleges. He is married to a school teacher/coach who is earning her doctorate in education, and, two very talented daughters who are professional athletes and work for Naked Foods!

The WDC is an award winning, accredited, free admission zoo/nature center with a mission to motivate all generations to come to know, respect and protect our challenged and often endangered ecosystems with a focus on their wildlife. This nature center features over 200 species of animals including reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds and mammals and focuses on wildlife and ecological conservation.

The Central Collective, 923 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-236-1590, info@thecentralcollective.com, www.thecentralcollective.com

At East Tennessee PBS, 1611 E Magnolia Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

East Tennessee PBS and Independent Lens | PBS, in partnership with the University of Tennessee Lady Vets present a free advanced screening of "Served Like A Girl".

Served Like a Girl provides a candid look at a shared sisterhood to help the rising number of homeless women veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and suffer from PTSD, sexual abuse, and other traumas. By entering into the “Ms. Veteran America” competition, these amazing ladies unexpectedly come full circle in a quest for healing and hope. Screening is free and open to the public but we ask that you reserve your tickets through EventBrite. https://www.facebook.com/events/2028887244032020/

Served Like a Girl Trailer: https://youtu.be/rTMibYCQMyk
East Tennessee PBS: http://www.easttennesseepbs.org

At Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center
706 N Broadway St, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

It's time for another Friday Evening dance wave.
7pm warm up
7:30pm dance

Ecstatic Dance is free-form, unstructured dance/flow that allows for freedom to express our unique self through movement/dance within a supportive and respectful community. The dances are drug-free, alcohol-free, smoke-free, and conversation-free. The music follows a journey with a calm/flow beginning, into a more vigorous and intense middle, entering into a more still and silent end. You can express playfulness, craziness, passion, sadness, laughter or whatever needs to be expressed in the dance… or just come out to get your deep groove on! https://www.facebook.com/events/376405792826416/