Calendar of Events

1024 Sevier Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920

Join us each month for the Sunday in Old Sevier - Outdoor Market! We will be set up on the pavement next to South Landing Fitness and across from South Coast Pizza.

12-4 PM

Some Vendors include:
- SoKno Woodworking
- Girls Gotta Eat Good
- Beef and Blossoms
- JKwoodworkingNDesign
- SoKno Sourdough
- TuttleBear Custom Designs
- Lick Skillet Farm
- Frog Juice Kombucha
- Knox Girl Soap
- Inquisit Designs
- Front Door & Home Decor by Beth
- Foraged Farms
- scruffybakes
- Old House Pottery
- RaBo Design
- Eat My Granola
- Big Bright Circle Botanicals
- Faces In Bloom
- Ancient Goat Soap
- Adventure Rosie Art

This market will be geared towards supporting our local vendors with a focus on safety. Vendors are required to wear a mask while people are at their table, and shoppers are encouraged to wear their masks while approaching each vendor. Thank you for supporting our Knoxville community's makers #shoplocal #knoxmakers #makercity

https://www.facebook.com/events/2100663960064640

A new food festival showcasing our region's healthy food options is coming this summer! The Healthy Taste of Knoxville will be held at the Knoxville Expo Center on June 27 and will focus on plant-based nutrition here in East Tennessee and surrounding areas.

The festival will feature restaurants, wellness centers, plant based education, with whole food and vegan food samples, as well as cooking demonstrations and access to healthcare professionals who are experts in plant-based nutrition.

https://www.healthytasteofknoxville.com/

Sun Jun 27, 11 AM - 5 PM at Lakeshore Park, Marble Pavilion
5930 Lyons View Pike, Knoxville

https://www.facebook.com/TerraMadreKnoxvilleTN/
http://www.terramadrewomeninclay.com

June 27, 1 PM

Please join Historic Ramsey House in celebrating its Members! Through the support of members, Ramsey House’s mission of preservation, conservation, and education continues. This year, we would also like to encourage nonmembers to attend this event and become a friend of Ramsey House! We urge current members to invite their friends and family to become a friend of Ramsey House as well! Members can enjoy benefits like free admission and tickets to special events. Become a Friend of Ramsey House here: http://www.ramseyhouse.org/support/

The 2021 Annual Membership Meeting will be held at the Lebanon in the Forks Church Cemetery. Bagpipes will be played by Kelly Shipe, a locally renowned musician and community member. A short presentation about the local area history will follow, along with a speech by the Veterans Heritage Site Foundation. Guided tours of the Cemetery will be available. This event is free, but we encourage you to RSVP. A box lunch from Jimmy John’s can be purchased for $10. Guests are welcome to attend this event without purchasing a box lunch, but additional food will not be provided. Please RSVP and purchase lunch here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-membership-meeting-tickets-158632789945

We look forward to recognizing our members, and we hope to welcome new Friends of Ramsey House this year!

We are delighted to host a free concert by the Knoxville Opera as part of its season-long "Knox Opera For All" community programming.

Maestro Brian Salesky, Knoxville Opera’s Artistic Director, will accompany and host the program. Soprano Jacqueline Brecheen will delight the audience with popular selections from The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, West Side Story, My Fair Lady, The Music Man, The Wizard of Oz, The Little Mermaid, Gianni Schicchi, La Bohème and more!

Please bring your own lawn chair or blanket, and be respectful of others by wearing a mask if you have not been vaccinated.

This free event will be held on Sunday, June 27, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. on the Dogwood Center patio.
Visit the Knoxville Opera’s website for more information on this event.
https://www.knoxvilleopera.com/event/knoxville-botanical-garden-and-arboretum-outdoor-concert/

Sunday, June 27, 6-8pm
Maple Grove Estate
a fundraiser for the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

Join us for an evening of great jazz with the Don Hough Octet at the beautifully restored Maple Grove Estates. Appetizers, wine and desserts will be provided at this one-of-a-kind fundraiser for the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra.

The Don Hough Octet is a dynamic ensemble comprised of some of the region’s most accomplished performers. The group performs music by the legendary Dave Pell Octet, a cool jazz group from the 1950’s based in Los Angeles. The Pell Group counted Pepper Adams, Marty Paich, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Art Pepper, Red Mitchell, and a young John Williams (of Star Wars fame) among it’s membership.

The Don Hough Octet includes Stewart Cox, trumpet; Will Boyd and Tom Johnson, saxophones; Ben Dockery, piano; Larry Vincent, guitar; Dave Slack, bass; Keith Brown, drums; Kelle Jolly, vocals and Don Hough, trombone.

The Maple Grove Estate is located at 8800 Westland Drive, 37923. Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. Admission is $100 per person and includes the concert plus complementary appetizers, wine and dessert. To make a reservation, contact Jan Bechtel at 865-675-0025 or jangbechtel@gmail.com

http://www.knoxjazz.org/calendar/2021/6/27/jazz-and-cocktails

Join us for our 115th Poets in Pajamas reading featuring Akua Lezli Hope. Sundress Publications is pleased to present Poets in Pajamas (PiP), a free, bi-monthly reading series run through Facebook Live that encourages worldwide literary connection by attending a virtual reading from the comfort of your pajamas. Poets read from their work for around fifteen minutes and welcome questions from the audience after the reading. Join us, Sunday 27th June at 7pm ET.

RSVP to the event here!
https://www.facebook.com/events/430727164709892

Akua Lezli Hope is a creator and wisdom seeker who uses sound, words, fiber, glass, metal, and wire to create poems, patterns, stories, music, sculpture, adornments, and peace. She wrote her first speculative poems in the sixth grade and has been in print every year, except one, since 1974. She is published in numerous literary magazines and national anthologies. A third generation New Yorker, her honors include the NEA, two NYFAs, an SFPA award, Rhysling and Pushcart Prize nominations, among others. She twice won Rattle’s Poets Respond. Her first collection, EMBOUCHURE, Poems on Jazz and Other Musics, won the Writer’s Digest book award. A Cave Canem fellow, her collection, THEM GONE, was published 2018. She launched Speculative Sundays, an online poetry reading series, in 2020

Sundress Academy for the Arts: www.sundressacademyforthearts.com, Facebook: SundressAcademyfortheArts, safta@sundresspublications.com, Twitter: @SundressPub

Saturday & Sunday, 12 noon - 6 pm

George Denninger, Artist

Come talk to the artist and explore examples of his fine art, sculpture, and furniture throughout the gallery home. Mr. Denninger is an internationally known artist, designer and author. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Event is free and social distancing will be honored.

2109 Manor Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920 (10 minutes south of downtown Knoxville off Alcoa Hwy.) Information: (636) 256-6555, http://georgedenninger.com

The Town of Farragut’s inaugural two-dimensional art show will be held Saturday, June 26, from 1-4 p.m. and Sunday, June 27, from 1-3 p.m. in the Farragut Community Center (239 Jamestowne Blvd.).

The categories for submission are Printing, Painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor), Drawing (pencil, ink, charcoal, pastel, chalk, etc.), Mixed Media, and Junior (17 and under).

Prizes: Best in Show: $250. First in each category: $200. Second in each category: $125. Third in each category: $75. People’s Choice: $100. Public admission to the show is free.

865.966.7057
www.townoffarragut.org

Summer Movie Magic presented by Denark Construction is a long-standing tradition celebrating our legacy as a movie palace. Moviegoers will travel back in time and see these classics, as they should be: in a historic theater originally built as a movie palace surrounded by other movie-lovers, enjoying some popcorn and a cold drink. This year, we are pulling out all the stops with a lineup of blockbuster hits! And true to tradition, hear the Mighty Wurlitzer organ fill the auditorium with magnificent music prior to the movie. Experience some of your favorite classics on the big screen!

June 25, 8 PM and June 27, 3 PM: Casablanca
Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), who owns a nightclub in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid). Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out of the country. (Rotten Tomatoes) This film is 1 hr 42 mins and is rated PG.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, https://www.tennesseetheatre.com/tickets/movies-at-the-tennessee/

We hope you’re as excited as we are to dress up, enjoy a cocktail, and see our first *in-person* show for 2021 at Flying Anvil Theatre! On June 23-27, join us for Love, Loss, and What I Wore, a performance featuring Carol Mayo Jenkins, Laura Beth Wells, Nancy Duckles, Eileen Conway and our very own Jayne Morgan! This show is a fundraiser, and will help us recover some of the loss we experienced due to the Covid-19* pandemic.

We are also excited to announce that Flying Anvil has partnered with Positively Living & Choice Health Network, East Tennessee’s premier public health nonprofit headquartered right here in Knoxville, to be joint beneficiaries of the proceeds from this show.

Love, Loss, and What I Wore is written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the book by Ilene Beckerman. It is organized as a series of monologues about women's relationships and wardrobes, and the intersection of the two. Tickets for this special benefit are available NOW at www.flyinganviltheatre.com/tickets. Don't miss your chance to see these local stars live on stage, and show your support for two worthy and like minded organizations!

Tickets for this special joint fundraising event start at $50.

For more information about Positively Living & Choice Health Network, email Jess Langer at Jess@ChoiceHealthNetwork.org.

* For this show, Flying Anvil Theatre will be selling a reduced number of tickets to space out seating, utilizing enhanced cleaning procedures, and following CDC recommendations. Masks are required when not eating or drinking.

June 23-26 @ 7:30pm
June 27 @ 2:00pm
Seating has been reduced for this production. Don't wait or it may be too late!

Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram, @flyinganviltheatre

https://www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com/

Summer Term at KCT’s Creative Dramatics Academy consists of 5 days of intensive sessions. Most classes will culminate in a showcase presentation for family and friends at the end of the term. The cost for the week varies by class. To reserve a spot in any class, or for more information use the online submission form at knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com. You will receive registration information, via e-mail, upon inquiry. 50% of the class fee must be received upon enrollment to guarantee admission.

AGES 4 – 5
Tiny Thespians: Presents the Crayon Book of Numbers

Ages 6 – 7
Page to Stage: Under the Sea
Page to Stage: How to Catch a Dinosaur
Page to Stage: Monster Academy

Ages 8 – 10
Introduction to Acting, Ages 8 & 9
Introduction to Acting: Life in Narnia Ages 8 to 10
Introduction to Acting, Wonderful World of Dahl Ages 8 to 10

Ages 10 & 11
Intro to Acting, Ages 10 & 11
Intro to Improv, Ages 10 & 11
Introduction to Acting, Into the Wardrobe, Ages 10 & 11

Ages 12 & up
Intro to Acting, Ages 12 & Up
Intro to Acting, Ages 12 & Up, Into the Wardrobe
Intro to Improv, Ages 12 & Up 6
Musical Theatre: Move, Sing, Act! 12 & Up

Technical Classes
Costume Design for Animal Characters
Advanced Audition – Self Taping and Online Auditions
Lighting for the Stage
Beyond Tie-Dye

For many of our classes, we require no experience for enrollment. Acting classes are kept small so the instructor is able to meet the student where they are and help guide them individually through personalized feedback. We try to clearly identify classes that require experience, such as some workshops and for our advanced classes.