Calendar of Events

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Esprit de Corps Dinner with Matt Gallaher

  • May 11, 2019

Category: Culinary arts, food and Fundraisers

May 11 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm $95

Join Knox Mason and Emilia chef Matt Gallaher for a special pop-up dinner at Wild Love Bakehouse. This 5-course dinner will feature local ingredients for a French-inspired Southern American menu.

Wine included. 21+ up. Vegetarian option available by request. $95 per person.

https://www.nourishknoxville.org/event/esprit-de-corps/

Knoxville Writers' Guild: Nina Martyris: The Perfect Pitch

Category: Classes, workshops and Literature, spoken word, writing

Workshop, Saturday, May 11, 10 AM – 12 PM, Central United Methodist Church

Nina Martyris is a freelance journalist who writes on literature, food, history and tea for various international publications from the New Yorker.com to The Guardian to The Times of India. She believes that freelancers live and die by their pitches.

How you do get busy and budget-crunched editors, whose inboxes are cluttered with pitches, to zoom in on your pitch and pick it out? What makes for a sharp, arresting, irresistible pitch?

Knoxville Writers’ Guild: www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org

WDVX: Sean McCollough CD Release Show on Kidstuff Live

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Category: Free event, Kids, family and Music

The best way to give somebody a love and appreciation of their culture is to start ‘em out when they’re young. Hosted by Sean McCollough, Kidstuff on WDVX is a show full of great music that kids and kids at heart will love.

After eight years, Sean McCollough is ready to release another album for kids and their adults.
http://seanmccollough.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Sean-McCollough-Family-Music-514001772463479/?modal=admin_todo_tour

Watch for the premier of the release of the single "Earworm" on Americana Highways on April 29!

Cruze Dairy will be on hand with chocolate milk, coffee and coupons. We'll have free give aways and more.
Tune in or join us. 89.9 | 102.9 | 93.9 | wdvx.com

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center: Cades Cove Tours with Bill Landry

Category: History, heritage and Science, nature

Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry - A memory for a lifetime. The best way to experience Cades Cove is with the storyteller himself. Limited opportunities to join Bill Landry of "The Heartland Series" fame for a wonderful personal guided trip around Cades Cove. Bill will share stories, tales and adventures while touring Cades Cove.

Advance reservations required. Limit of 17 guests per tour. Departs at 9:30 am from the GSM Heritage Center, tour is approximately 4 - 5 hours. Tour will be conducted rain or shine.

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Cades Cove Heritage Tours, PO Box 268, 123 Cromwell Drive, Townsend, TN 37882. Call 865-448-8838 for registration.

Civil Strife Presents: Knoxville Arts Show

  • May 11, 2019

Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Literature, spoken word, writing and Music

Saturday at 6 PM – 11:45 PM

Civil Strife presents a Knoxville Arts Show at Birdhouse Knoxville in the heart of Fourth and Gill!
Birdhouse Knoxville, 800 N 4th Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Come see the artwork of Chris Jones (Pokey Bones Productions)! The doors open at 6 p.m. and all ages are welcome. Guests 21 and older can bring their own alcohol (please bring an I.D. ... there is not a bar or alcohol for sale in the venue). It will be $5 to enter and cash only at the door.

We will also have live entertainment as well as an open mic! The open mic sign-ups start when the door opens and the first participant will go on at 7 p.m. Participation will last until 8:45 p.m. If you would like to sign-up before the show you can email booking@civilstrifeknox.com. Timmy and the Draft Dodgers will go on at 9 p.m. & The Cayce Stoops Band will be making their debut performance at 10:00 p.m.

Don't miss this amazing event! Tell your friends and come out to support the local art community in Knoxville! https://www.facebook.com/events/2359737127593437/

Studio Arts for Dancers: Spring Concert

  • May 11, 2019

Category: Dance, movement and Kids, family

Studio Arts for Dancers will present their annual spring concert at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM at the Historic Tennessee Theatre. Tickets on sale at Studio Arts office 865-539-2475. All seats reserved, no refunds or exchanges. Tickets bought in advance are $20 for adults and $15 for students 12 and under. Tickets purchased at the door will be $22 for adults and $17 for students 12 and under.

604 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
https://www.tennesseetheatre.com/event/707565/studio-arts-for-dancers-spring-concert/

Candoro Arts & Heritage Center: 19th Annual Vestival Festival

  • May 11, 2019
  • 10:00AM-4:00PM

Category: Festivals, special events, History, heritage, Kids, family and Music

Candoro Arts & Heritage Center will hold their 19th annual Vestival Festival on the grounds of the historic Candoro Marble Building on May 11th, 2019 from 10-4.

Vestival is annual arts and music celebration to benefit Candoro Arts & Heritage Center, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving the history of Tennessee pink marble and honoring the legacy of the Vestal neighborhood.

Vestival features local artists and artisans, an educational section for children, and all-day performances by local musicians such as the Knox County Jug Stompers, the Lonetones, and the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association. Knoxville staple Mic Harrison and the High Score will headline.

The Candoro Marble Building is currently closed for an extensive restoration, thanks to the Aslan Foundation, but the grounds will be open on May 11th for Vestival. The Candoro Arts & Heritage Center is delighted to be able to continue to highlight this beautiful and historic building as we celebrate the Vestal community.

Candoro Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-0078, www.candoromarble.org

Knoxville Museum of Art: Design by Time

Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents this groundbreaking design exhibition which brings together works from the U.S. and abroad that express the notion of the dynamic passage of time in textiles, carpets, ceramics, lighting fixtures, vessels, clocks, and furniture.

The twenty-two studios and designers represented in the exhibition all incorporate markers of time’s passage: seasons and growth cycles, the orbiting sun, chemistry, and physical forces (magnetism, crystallization, and tides). Where the shape and form of most designed objects is intended to communicate their physical presence, the creation of objects that express the dynamic passage of time offers a counterpoint, a visual expression of life itself.

Design by Time is organized by the Department of Exhibitions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, and is curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2 curatorsquared.

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

Oak Ridge Playhouse: Steel Magnolias

Category: Theatre

Showtimes
Fri May 10, 2019 | 8:00PM
Sat May 11, 2019 | 8:00PM
Sun May 12, 2019 | 2:00PM
Thu May 16, 2019 | 8:00PM
Fri May 17, 2019 | 8:00PM
Sat May 18, 2019 | 8:00PM
Sun May 19, 2019 | 2:00PM

There’s always a good time down at Truvy’s beauty shop, where six Southern ladies, each as gentle as a magnolia yet tough as steel, share in the laughter, tragedy, and celebrations of life in their small Louisiana town. Though they may be boldly independent and not always see eye to eye, they still lean on each other through thick and thin. Make an appointment to join these three generations of women as they solidify an enduring bond of friendship and sisterhood.

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

Mabry-Hazen House & Seventy Thirty Creatives: Shakespeare on the Hill

Category: Festivals, special events and Theatre

Seventy Thirty Creatives and Mabry-Hazen House are excited to present one of Shakespeare’s most beloved tragedies, Romeo and Juliet. With the historic front porch of Mabry-Hazen House as the stage, Shakespeare on the Hill will recount the tale of two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. For centuries, Romeo and Juliet has been the love story by which all other are measured and the first Shakespeare on the Hill puts a historic spin on this classic tragedy.

Set against the backdrop of Mabry-Hazen House, the well-known tragedy of Romeo & Juliet plays out in a new setting. Built in 1858 and seated atop Mabry's hill, the historic house will act as a unique backdrop to this antebellum-era production. While the Bard’s tragic tale remains unaltered, the players will wear historic garments from the mid-nineteenth century.

Three shows will occur:
Friday, May 10th, 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 11th, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 12th, 2:30 PM

Doors open thirty minutes before curtain. Tickets are $15 and proceeds benefit Mabry-Hazen House. Light concessions will be available for purchase. For tickets and more information visit www.mabryhazen.com/shakespeare.

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

Art Guild of Tellico Village: Spring Art Show

Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts and Free event

Members of the Art Guild of Tellico Village (AGTV) will exhibit a new art collection at the Christian Life Center at the Tellico Village Community Church, located at 130 Chota Center in Loudon, TN.

All artists, aspiring artists and art enthusiasts are invited to attend. Both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork will be on display—from painting, drawing and photography to sculpture, jewelry, pottery and fabric art. The Art Guild is excited to welcome Knoxville artist Mike Berry as their juror this year.

The public is invited to the opening reception on Friday, May 10, 5-8 p.m. The exhibit continues on Saturday, May 11, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday, May 12, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. There is no charge to attend. www.tellicoartguild.org

Knoxville Walking Tours

Category: History, heritage

KNOXVILLE WALKING TOURS – THE CIVIL WAR IN KNOXVILLE
MAY 10, 2019 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
A City Divided - It’s been over 150 years since the battle of Knoxville, one of the most sharply divided cities during the civil war. Occupied by both sides with recruiting offices set up on Gay Street on the same day, Knoxville was home to spies, street fights, and family feuds that outlasted the war. Visit the downtown sites and then get an overview of the battles and fortifications from the observation deck of the Sunsphere. Details: Meet on the porch of the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street. Tours last approximately 90 minutes. Adults: $25. Children 6-12: $17 (Group rate available). For more information or to book your tour, please visit the Knoxville Walking Tours Website
*Proceeds from this tour help to support the Knoxville History Project

KNOXVILLE WALKING TOURS – SHADOW SIDE
MAY 10, 2019 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Knoxville Ghosts - Hanged killers, tragic fires, reanimated corpses, cold-blooded murder, and sweet revenge. It all happened in Knoxville and restless spirits still haunt the city streets. If you enjoy a chill in the evening, walk with us to Knoxville’s shadow side. The city’s history echoes with the sound of gunfire and restless spirits are rumored to walk the streets. Visit their haunts and shiver as you listen to local legends of scary spooks and supernatural phenomena. Details: Meet in front of The Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain, 418 S. Gay St. Tours last approximately 90 minutes. Adults: $20. Children 6-12: $14 (Group rate available). For more information or to book your tour, please visit the Knoxville Walking Tours Website
*Proceeds from this tour help to support the Knoxville History Project

KNOXVILLE WALKING TOURS – THE EARLY YEARS
MAY 11, 2019 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Early Years - Step back over two centuries and visit Knoxville’s founders as you listen to the stories of the settlement of White’s Fort and establishment of the capital of the Southwest Territory at the headwaters of the Tennessee. Details: Meet on the porch of the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street. Tours last approximately 90 minutes. Adults: $20. Children 6-12: $14 (Group rate available). For more information or to book your tour, please visit the Knoxville Walking Tours Website
*Proceeds from this tour help to support the Knoxville History Project

KNOXVILLE WALKING TOURS – LITERARY HERITAGE
MAY 11, 2019 4:00 PM – 5:30
Great Writers and Great Books - Home of Cormac McCarthy, Nikki Giovanni, James Agee, and more. You’ll visit the scenes that inspired them and walk in the footsteps of their characters. There’s so much to tell that it’s hard to squeeze it into 90 minutes. We’ll give you an overview or tell us what you like and we’ll concentrate on what you’re most interested in. From George Washington Harris and Frances Hodgson Burnett to Cormac McCarthy and Nikki Giovanni, poetry, mysteries, bestsellers, and great movies. There’s plenty to choose from. Want to see all the real locations in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree? Well, that would take all day, but we can give you some highlights. Just let us know. Details: Meet on the porch of the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street. Tours last approximately 90 minutes. Adults: $20. Children 6-12: $14 (Group rate available). For more information or to book your tour, please visit the Knoxville Walking Tours Website
*Proceeds from this tour help to support the Knoxville History Project

http://knoxvillewalkingtours.com/

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