Calendar of Events

July 1, 2021 – August 29, 2021
Paintings by Jonathan Howe

Westminster Presbyterian Church’s Schilling Gallery
6500 Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN
865-584-3957
Hours: Monday thru Friday, 9 AM to 4PM
Please call to confirm availability of access to display

Zoo Knoxville’s all-new After Hours are a special way to experience the Zoo on Thursday evenings. These evenings are free for annual pass members or with a general admission ticket.

Featuring special menu items created by the Zoo’s executive chef, a new food truck each week, and of course craft beer, wines and specialty cocktails, it’s a perfect way to wind down each week with friends and family.

Always kid-friendly and always wildly fun! The Splash Pad is open all day and evening!

July Menu:
• Steak Fried Rice
• Chicken Tinga Tacos
• Tajin Ranch Corn Dogs
• Popcorn & Pork Rinds

July Draft:
• Printshop Neon Renaissance Pink Guava

A refreshing sour beer that balances a light sour profile with brininess from the sea salt addition and aromas of coriander. Fermented on over 1 pound per gallon of pink guava to provide a burst of citrus that complements (rather than overwhelms) the gose profile.

Drinks:
• Tequila Frozen Margarita
• Frosé
• Schulz Brau, Blackhorse, Yazoo, Black Abbey, and Yee-Haw Canned Beer
• High Noon

Food Trucks:
July 1: Capt. Muchachos
July 8: Orale Mexican Food
July 15: EnjoyLatin
July 22: Crazy Cubans
July 29: Just Say Queso

After-Hours is open to all ages. You can re-enter the zoo with your same day general admission ticket. After-Hours is open rain or shine.

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
https://www.zooknoxville.org/event/zoo-after-hours/

Thursday, July 1 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom
Cormac McCarthy's 1979 novel about his hometown as it was, like it or not, around 1951, may be the most vividly Knoxvillian book ever printed. Recently it's honored in the name of a park and a popular downtown saloon, but on July 8, it will be celebrated with an outdoor festival at Lakeshore Park. Find out what it's all about, with a presentation that may be considered a virtual (and much shorter) version of the marathon pub crawl known as the Suttree Stagger.

Register for these programs at: https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/events/

Pull out your gunpowder musings. Take those exploding words, smooth over the rough edges and get them down to three fiery minutes. Then send them skyward at the Fireworks Open Mic. Read anything your cherry bomb muse demands, even if it’s not written by you. You are welcome to share a hot toddy beverage virtually and help us all get into the spirit. There are a few rules:

• Must be a member of the Knoxville Writers’ Guild (If not, join!)
• Send an email to Bob and he will place you in an exciting order of presentation. Please include whether your reading is fiction (poetry or prose) or non-fiction so he can mix up the order of readings.
• Did we mention, three minutes?
• All are welcome to attend and listen. REGISTER by midnight Wed., June 30.

It’ll be a hot time in the old town on July 1!
As always, programs are free, but you must register by midnight on Wednesday, June 30.
You will receive an email with the Zoom link the morning after registration closes. (Please check your junk or spam folder early if the email isn't received and notify us before the event starts.)

Thursday, July 1, 7-8 pm
Sign up today
https://knoxvillewritersguild.org/events/july2021program/

First Thursday Nature Supper Club on Thursday, July 1

Join us as we learn about monarch metamorphosis. People provide their own stay-at-home supper, and we provide the nature as local naturalist Stephen Lyn Bales will entertain and teach us via Zoom. According to “Scientific American,” over 80 percent of all life on Earth are insects with over 50 percent of those going through complete metamorphosis. It happens all around our homes all throughout the year, but few of us ever witness it. Bales will show us monarch butterfly metamorphosis and migration and follow one monarch he documented with his camera from egg to first flight.

https://utarboretumsociety.org/rsvpmaker/the-mystery-of-monarch-metamorphosis-with-stephen-lyn-bales/

Wouldn’t it be refreshing to meet each task, opportunity, and experience we have with focus, rhythm, intention, and presence? Well, we’ve got the solution for you!...
RSVP
https://www.rigazzimobilewellness.com/event-details/may-you-be-at-ease-course-2

Introducing our first Rigazzi course “May You Be at Ease!" This self-guided virtual series is inspired by Chinese philosophers and their views of how to harness flow and ease throughout life. Embark on a journey of self exploration that includes a drawing flow, guided mindfulness meditations, and a yin yoga sequence to practice cultivating a rhythm (flow) and presence (ease) that can be applied to everyday life.

Once you sign up you will receive a welcome email with the password to access the videos and coursework. These resources will be yours until the end of the year.

This course is designed to be done at your own pace over the next weeks or months refining and revisiting the 3 modules until it feels natural and accessible or as a way to reset when life becomes imbalanced.

Enjoy the content for yourself or purchase it as a gift for someone else.

Sign up now for the beginning of a lifetime of ease. Your mental health will thank you! $50

June 28th - 30th and July 1st 2021
Do you LOVE photography and want to learn how to take your skills to the next level? Join us for this immersive and fun photography experience, where you will sharpen your photography skills while capturing gallery worthy images at the most beautiful locations in Knoxville! Our Teen Photography Lab is a three or four day program taught by Abigail Malone in partnership with the University of Tennessee.

Visit the website for more details: www.abigailmalone.com/teen-photo-lab

The WDVX Blue Plate Special® is a live performance radio show held at noon, with your host Red Hickey, Monday through Thursday at the Knoxville Visitor Center. On Fridays WDVX takes the Blue Plate Special to Barley’s Taproom & Pizzeria for “The Big Plate”, then back to the Visitor Center on Saturday with your host Evie Andrus.

It’s always free to join in, so please don’t be shy. Make yourself at home as part of the WDVX family. From blues to bluegrass, country to Celtic, folk to funk, rockabilly to hillbilly, local to international, it all part of the live music experience on the WDVX Blue Plate Special. You’re welcome to bring your lunch.

Just like at your favorite meat n’ three, the WDVX Blue Plate Special® is served up piping hot. This fresh and free daily helping of live music during the lunchtime hour that features performers from all over the world and right here in Knoxville has put WDVX on the map as East Tennessee’s Own community supported radio.

Previous performing artists include Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, The Avett Brothers, Old Crowe Medicine Show, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Jim Lauderdale, Marty Stuart, Nickel Creek, Red Stick Ramblers, Rodney Crowell, String Cheese Incident, The Del McCoury Band, Tim O’Brien, Yonder Mountain String Band, David Grisman, Claire Lynch Band, Brett Dennen, Tommy Emmanuel, Uncle Earl, The Infamous Stringdusters, the Jerry Douglas Band, Joan Osborne, John Oats, Mary Gauthier, Darrell Scott, and many many more! There’s plenty of great music to go around! http://wdvx.com/program/blue-plate-special/

Free 2-hour visitor parking located next door to the Knoxville Visitor Center. One Vision Plaza, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Info: 865-544-1029, http://www.wdvx.com

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.

Week 1: Monday, June 14 – Friday, June 18
Week 2: Monday, June 21 – Friday, June 25
Week 3: Monday, June 28 – Friday, July 2
NO CLASSES July 4 – July 11
Week 4: Monday, July 12 – Friday, July 16
Week 5: Monday, July 19 – Friday, July 23
Week 6: Monday, July 26 – Friday, July 30

Monday-Friday 9am-4pm
Cost:$225 per week or $50 per day.

Dancers Studio is offering a day camp experience that is full of fun with dance, games, arts and crafts, snack time and much more! Give the kids something fun and constructive to do with their time off! Athletic attire recommended!

1. WEAR A MASK – Enter through the back door. During this time we will have no visitors.
2. BRING YOUR LUNCH – 2 snacks will be provided daily. No backpacks or luggage.
3. WASH YOUR HANDS – We will work throughout the day to disinfect different areas of the studio.

Call 865.584.9636 to reserve your spot!
https://www.dancersstudioknox.com/

June 11 - July 21, 2021

• Participants must have taken a class within the past year.
• A virtual tour of the show will be made available on June 11.
• Enjoy pieces from the instructors, too!

Awards:
• People’s Choice Awards will be voted on through the month of June and will be announced the beginning of July
• Vote for your three favorite pieces

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tu-Th 9-5, or by appointment. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityartcenter.com

"Art Thru The Window #4" at Broadway Studios and Gallery.

Featuring our resident artists. Art Show through the glass.

1127 N. Broadway, Knoxville TN 37917. Open hours vary, call for appointment, inquiries and purchases: 865-556-8676