Calendar of Events

With Cotton + Moss
July 18th, 11-12:30pm

Perfect for those who love succulents and have the desire to craft a meditative garden space. Zen gardens, also known as Japanese rock gardens or a dry landscape garden, use a combination of soil, sand, rocks, and succulents or bushes.

In this workshop, we'll be crafting a miniature zen garden that will be great to place in any area of your home. We'll be focusing on succulents that have lower light requirements and be utilizing sand to evoke waves and calm. In a spin on the classic rock garden, we'll be providing a variety of crystals like amethyst, kyanite, and others that symbolize purity and meditation to make your garden really speak to your needs. Come ready to design your peaceful landscape!

Find out more and register here: http://knoxgarden.org/calendar/zen-garden-workshop/

Saturday, July 18, 2020 at 9 PM – 11 PM
At Ijams, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920

Be sure to like our race page (www.facebook.com/moonlightbootlegger) to ask questions and receive future updates!

Some call it white lightning, mountain dew, or hooch. Whatever you call it, moonshine is part of Tennessee heritage. So what better place to hold our annual Moonlight Bootlegger 5k? Make it through the moonlit woods to get to the stompin’ grounds, where you can enjoy moonshine cocktails and flatfoot it to live music.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1081232008889553/

In these uncertain times, it is more important than ever to learn from our ancestors. Join us at Marble Springs on Saturday, July 18 from 10 AM to 4 PM and learn how they preserved their food with Board Member Jim Buckenmyer. This workshop will cover life before even canning was a possibility. We will cover smoking, salting, pickling, drying, and many other preservation techniques that you can use to create your own food stores at home.

Like all of Jim's workshops, this will be a hands-on experience so you can learn by doing. Bring your favorite dish to share with everyone for our community lunch.

Admission: $25 for Members, $30 non-members

Seating may be limited, so make your reservations today. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-food-preservation-for-modern-times-tickets-109163224142

Marble Springs: 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-573-5508, www.marblesprings.net

Join us on the third Saturday of each month for a Saturday Spruce Up. Each month's location and activity will change. Volunteer activities include litter pickups, graffiti removal, plantings, and collection events.

This month we will be cleaning up Third Creek. Help us prevent litter from entering the Tennessee River by hitting it before it enters the creek. We will meet at Tyson Park then split-up toward Sutherland and toward campus along the greenway. All supplies will be provided. Please wear closed-toed shoes and bring water.

COVID policies: please wear a mask during supplies distribution and safety instruction. Pre-registration is required. Meeting location: Large Picnic Pavilion near the playground

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrkosoM53F3vhcRQdfLsyjKgZr_O39Y87i0wkmcKQGJAM_tw/viewform and http://www.keepknoxvillebeautiful.org/

The Guild will be exhibiting their locally created art and gifts at the Townsend Visitor Center, 7906 East Lamar Alexander Parkway in Townsend.

All juried artists are invited to display their work - and the public is invited to come see the work and talk with the artists. The exhibit will be open 9am to 4:45pm each day.

http://townsendartisanguild.com

Welcome to this year's MDL Auditions! The link to the YouTube video with choreographic instructions is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbqxZO4d0Fc

We are looking for dancers age 18+ in Knoxville and the surrounding areas to join our repertoire company.

Momentum Dance Lab is a collaborative of dancers who teach, train, and perform in the East Tennessee community. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is passionate about continuing professional quality dance training and providing performance outlets for adults. MDL is run by a Board of Directors and by a democratic ensemble of Core Company Members. Company Members teach classes, create choreography, direct, and produce shows. The Board of Directors and the Company Members together do the work of administration, business development, and planning.

Check out our website for more information about our company: https://www.momentumdancelab.org

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Read through the instructions on YouTube, learn the movement posted, and record your audition video. Fill out the audition form, and submit your video (uploaded through the form), which can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwDlVzpyBvuCkSgIt1AEuHN2Shbc6jvzI7LeFn4B6L0APxTQ/viewform

Once your submission is sent, you should receive an email response from us. If you do not receive a confirmation email within a few days, please reach out to us again at momentumdancelab@gmail.com.

The last day to send in submissions is Friday, July 24th. We will respond with our decision by Tuesday, July 30th via email.

Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1560379987454563/

If you’re looking for a wonderful place for your preschooler to spend at least half of their day outdoors, make plans to attend an Open House for the Nature Preschool at Ijams Nature Center Sunday, July 12, or Saturday, July 18, from noon-4 p.m. Knoxville’s only full-time nature preschool focuses on social, emotional and academic kindergarten preparedness while children explore, learn and play in nature. The new full-time program, which opens Aug. 10, is from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Nature Preschool has added the option of aftercare from 3:30-5:30 p.m. for families who need extended hours. McGuigan said the Nature Preschool at Ijams Nature Center has created a full safety plan to care for families during COVID. No registration is required to attend an open house. Administrator and Lead Teacher Leslee Moore will be on the porch to answer questions from a safe distance and families will enter the preschool for individual tours while masked. Those unable to attend an open house may schedule an in-person or virtual tour by contacting Nature Preschool Administrator Leslee Moore at 865-679-5491 or preschool@ijams.org.

Join the fun while experiencing America’s game as it was played in 1864. This free public event is enjoying its 7th season and Historic Ramsey House is proud to be a part of this historic reenactment. The players play by 1864 rules, wear period uniforms and our local Knoxville teams bear the names of actual teams that existed in Knoxville during that time. The Knoxville Holstons and Emmett’s Machinists play other vintage league teams from around the state. The league has been in existence for 7 years and has grown from two teams to somewhere close to 15!

Saturday, July 11th Virtual!
6:00 pm: Knoxville Holstons vs Emmett Machinists

Sunday, July 26th
12:00: Farriers vs Knoxville Holstons
2:00: Farriers vs Emmett Machinists

Sunday, August 9th
11:00: Maroons vs Knoxville Holstons
1:00: Distillers vs. Knoxville Holstons
3:00: Distillers vs. Emmett Machinists

A local food truck will be on site to provide you with delicious eats! The 15% of the proceeds from the food truck sales help us to continue to bring this great educational event to our community. We encourage you to support these local food vendors throughout the season. Please bring a lawn chair an umbrella for shade and leave the coolers at home. Thank you!

Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-546-0745, www.ramseyhouse.org

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Join author and teacher Elizabeth Genovise for a special four-part workshop. These sessions will follow the traditional method for a fine arts/fiction workshop, providing budding writers with an opportunity for in-depth feedback. Two writers each will submit a work of fiction (maximum of 15-17 pages, double-spaced Word document) a week before each session. The other attendees will read the two submissions and complete reviews, which they will bring to the workshop along with a printed copy of each piece the following week. Instructions will be provided for how to structure the reviews so that we might have a measured and organized conversation when we convene. Each workshop will last approximately one hour (two workshops per Saturday session). Genovise will lead the workshop, directing conversation, but all attendees will be expected to participate in the discussion, and to turn in their written critiques to each “writer of the week” when the workshop has ended.

Structured round-table discussion, written critiques, and personal feedback will provide each writer with a template for revision and a sense of his or her strengths and weaknesses. We will explore problems of point-of-view, scene, dialogue, setting, pacing, and character development as we consider each submission. We will look for each story’s heart, and if we can’t find it, we’ll discuss why this might be the case. The goal is not to tell a writer what to do or how to fix something; rather, the point is to highlight trouble areas and question why those issues have arisen. Ideally, we assist the writer in elevating the work so that it conveys what he or she most wants it to convey. The process of critiquing others’ work is also enormously helpful when honing one’s own work, so each workshop session will be informative and enriching for all attendees.

Elizabeth Genovise, O. Henry Prize winner, is a graduate of the MFA in fiction program at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She is a member of the East Tennessee Literary Hall of Fame and the author of three short story collections. Her latest book, Posing Nude for the Saints, was published by Texas Review Press in 2019. She teaches creative writing, literature, and composition, and lives in Oak Ridge, TN.

Special pricing for this four-session workshop: $125 by June 29, $150 by July 9. Class limit of 8. Each class participant receives critique and discussion of work both from Genovise, one of our most popular workshop leaders, and from the group. Similar workshops from other authors go for $400 and up.

July 11, 18, 25, and August 1, 10 AM - 12 PM
https://knoxvillewritersguild.org/events/genoviseworkshops/

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present a live production of “Shrek The Musical, Jr.” based on the Dreamworks animation motion picture and the book by William Steig. The production was originally produced on Broadway with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesoro.

The live musical will be performed at the Knoxville Convention Center in the Lecture Hall from July 10 through July 26, Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM and 7 PM. This production has been moved from KCT’s auditorium to the Knoxville Convention Center to allow for social distancing. Tickets will be limited and masks will be required for entry. Groups and families will be seated distanced from each other.

In a faraway kingdom, the green ogre Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits, runaways who’ve been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions. When Shrek sets off with a wise-cracking donkey to confront Lord Farquaad, he’s handed a task – if he rescues feisty Princess Fiona from the Dragon-guarded tower, his swamp will be returned to him. But a fairy tale wouldn’t be complete without unexpected twists and turns along the way. Shrek is a heartwarming, uplifting story to be enjoyed by all ages. We promise you will leave the theatre with a smile on your face.
The play is performed by 26 talented young actors, from ages 8 to 17. Keegan Spurr plays the title role of Shrek and Natalie Duncan plays Princess Fiona. Lord Farquaad is played by Quintin Rhodes, and Donkey is portrayed by Dale Gross. Alyssa Vogt will portray the Dragon, and Conard Belitz will play Pinocchio. Leeland Robbins and Braelyn Read will portray the younger Princess Fionas and Avert Waller will play Gingy.

The rest of the cast features veterans Sydney Allen, Lydia Baxter, Davis Bowlin, Charlotte Chrimes, Danny Davis, Isabella Francisco, Skylar Justice, Sydney Parman, Celeste Paultre, Pressley Rule, Mary Helen Schow, Graham Sexton, and Eleanor Wood. Ansley Ball, Benny Ramirez, Andrew Sarphie, and Riley Watkins will make their KCT debut with this production.
The show is directed by student intern Jacob Sousley with musical direction by Paul Jones and Deena Seals and choreography by Donya Walker. Elijah Payne is the assistant director and Samantha Owens provides the scenic design with Tanner White as scenic assistant. Alex Montgomery provides the lighting design with Ally Summie and August King as his assistants. KCT veteran Charlotte Stark will design and build the costumes with assistance from Olivia Rhea and Lauren Norton. The properties master for the production is Nico Ellerbusch with assistance by Cooper Delamain. The play’s stage manager is Campbell Ella.

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com

On exhibition Downtown from July 6-August 2 and at the West location from August 4-September 7

Tomato Head, 12 Market Square (865-637-4067) and 7240 Kingston Pike, Suite 172 (865-584-1075), in Knoxville. http://thetomatohead.com

Sat Jul 4, 10-12: Flag Dedication
Tue Jul 7, 10-12: Smorgasbord of Art: Mixed Media with Susan Smathers, $20
Tue, Thu, Fri Jul 7, 9 & 10, 1-4: Beginning Drawing with John Anderson, $105
Thu Jul 9, 16, & 23, 9-12: Christmas in July Tole Painting with Cindy Howson, $105
Fri Jul 10, 10-12: Basic ARTiE Training (short for ART in Electronics), free
Tue Jul 14, 10-12: Paint Along with Sam Hill (watercolor demo class), $25
Wed Jul 15, 12-2: Project Discussion, a bi-monthly artwork review session, free
Thu Jul 16, 1-4: Fundamentals of Making Chain Mail Jewelry, with George Gallant, $75
Fri Jul 17, 1-4: Watercolor for Beginners with Vera Bogle, $35
Tue Jul 21, 9-12: Acrylic Bloom Pour, with Cindy Howson, $35
Wed Jul 22, 12-2: Life Drawing is Back! with Dena Whitener, $5
Thu Jul 23, 1-4: Let’s Get Started with Alcohol Inks, with Pam Woodhouse, $35
Fri Jul 24, 1-4: Florals in Acrylics with Jo Anne Hickey, $35
Tue Jul 28, 1-3: Creating a Handmade Journal with Barb Pelak, $25
Fri Jul 31, 5-7: Paint and Wine with Barb Pelak, $25

Art Guild at Fairfield Glade at the Plateau Creative Arts Center, 451 Lakeview Drive, Fairfield Glade, TN 38558. Information: 931-707-7249, www.artguildfairfieldglade.net