Calendar of Events

River & Rail Theatre Co is so excited to be teaming up with Old City craft distillery Postmodern Spirits to create a fun and easy way to celebrate Galentine's on Friday, February 18th! Postmodern has crafted three new cocktails in honor of River & Rail's production of In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. Grab a "Paroxysm", or a "Granville's Hammer", or even a sip of "Hysteria" with your gals on Friday, February 18th, and then walk on over to the Old City Performing Arts Center to catch The Vibrator Play, a 19th century romcom about the invention of the vibrator and its healing powers.

So, first, buy your tickets to The Vibrator Play (before the 18th sells out!). Then, text your pals and tell them you'll meet them at Postmodern Spirits before the show!
https://www.simpletix.com/e/in-the-next-room-or-the-vibrator-play-by-s-tickets-97677

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Jason R. Jarnagin, supervisory special agent with the FBI Cyber Task Force, Knoxville field office, will present “Research and Student Data Vulnerability in the Ransomware Era,” Friday, Feb. 18 at 12 p.m. via Zoom.

https://calendar.utk.edu/event/research_and_student_data_vulnerability_in_the_ransomware_era

The City of Knoxville Community Empowerment Department will present a free, drive-in screening of Marvel’s “Black Panther” on Friday, Feb. 18, at the Midway at Chilhowee Park (located 3301 E. Magnolia Avenue, entrance on N. Beaman Street).

“Our aim is to host a fun, family-friendly activity as a part of our community-wide celebration of Black History Month,” says Community Empowerment Director Charles F. Lomax, Jr.

Gates open at 5:45 p.m. Food vendors will be on site.

Drums Up Guns Down, an organization that teaches drumming as an alternative to gang activity and violence, will perform at 6:30 p.m. prior to the movie starting at 7 p.m.

The 2018 film directed by Ryan Coogler stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o and Forrest Whitaker. The film is rated PG-13 with a running time of 2 hours and 14 minutes.
For more information, visit https://KnoxvilleTN.gov/EmpowerKnox.

Muse Knoxville is kicking off a new event this February 18th from 5-8pm called "Once Upon a Muse: A Storytelling Series". This month will be a special celebration of Black History Month with our friends at Love is the Answer. All stories will be kid friendly and the museum floor will be open for play throughout the event. Regular admission will be charged for the general public, but Muse members can join for free.

https://themuseknoxville.org/storytelling
https://fb.me/e/1XIPoutm9

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

February 17th Class (Learning Series - The Camera) 6PM-8PM - The Camera will teach you all about analog shooting. Topics covered will be: selecting a camera, camera functions, operating in that mysterious "Manual" mode, metering your subject, lens selection, and more.

February 21st Class (Learning Series - The Negative) 6PM-8PM - The Negative will take you inside The Darkroom where you will learn to load and process your film.

February 25th Class (Learning Series - The Print) 6PM-8PM - The Print will take you inside The Darkroom where you will learn the basics of enlarger use, burning and dodging and developing finished prints. For this class, you must bring your developed film and B&W photo paper. We suggest buying film and paper locally from F32 near West Town Mall.

Pricing for individual class is $60 and is limited to 3 participants. https://www.theknoxvillecommunitydarkroom.org/workshops

The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 126 Jennings Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. www.theknoxvillecommunitydarkroom.org

The Phoenix is thrilled to present Issue 64, an art exhibition featuring the work of UTK students and alumni. The opening reception will be held Thursday, Feb. 17 from 5-7PM and the show will continue Saturday, Feb. 19 from 10AM-1PM.

Participating Artists:
Griffin Allman @griffwallman
Faith Belt @faithobelt.art
Diana Dalton @dianathehumanoid
Lauren Farkas @lauren_farkas_makings
Susan Feinberg @drsusf
Jana Ghezawi @ghezawi_art
Jackson Jalomo @_.j.art18
Adarian Johnson @adarian_johnson
Taylor Kolnick
Natalia Mahan @h2ogirl446
Katie Seal @katieseall
Rae Taylor @tayo.paint
Megan Wolfkill @_megwolf_dancer_

Curated by Rose Hamm @rose_hamm_studio

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZpREBbuco2/

Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 114, Knoxville, TN 37902. Additional hours by appointment. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/

Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series

Thursday, February 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee Theatre

“Does it not seem as if Mozart’s works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?” --Robert Schumann

Sameer Patel, conductor
Weiyin Chen, piano

The KSO Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series features the KSO on the stage of the beautiful Tennessee Theatre.

WORKS INCLUDE:
JENNIFER HIGDON blue cathedral
W.A. MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25
JEAN SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in e minor, Op. 39

865-291-3310 or https://knoxvillesymphony.com/

Justin Chance, Cameron Cameron, Tristan Higganbotham
Serendipity Trail
opens February 12, up through March 27

BAD WATER, 320 E. Churchwell Ave, Knoxville, TN. Open during receptions & by appointment. Info: writetobadwater@gmail.com, https://instagram.com/bad__water, or https://badwater.gallery/

Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity, scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating "hysteria" in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor's laboratory, his young and energetic wife Catherine wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new "hysterical" patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor's home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage, and what it truly means to love someone.

We love this play for its humor, honesty, and magical healing.

*Production contains sexual content and partial nudity.

Preview: Feb. 9
Performances: Feb. 10-13, Feb. 18-20, 24-27

River & Rail Theatre, 111 State Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-407-0727, www.riverandrailtheatre.com

Beginning Monday, Feb. 7, The Arts at Pellissippi State presents Muriel Condon: Fabric Print and Quilt in the Bagwell Center for Media Art Gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.

Condon, a printmaker who is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee, curated a fabric quilt print exchange with fellow printmakers from across the United States in 2021. Each printmaker, including Knoxville’s own Jake Ingram, contributed works on 12-inch by 12-inch fabric quilt squares, which Condon then pieced together.

“The overall installation touches on the tension between collaborative and individual art, two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional art, fine art vs. craft and objects that we use,” said Pellissippi State Professor Herb Rieth.

Condon received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Montana State University in Printmaking and Painting in 2016 and has studied and served at Frogman’s Print Workshops in Omaha, Nebraska; the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia; and Whiteaker Printmakers in Eugene, Oregon. Before moving to Knoxville, she also participated in the Print Arts Northwest’s Emerging Printmaker residency and was an instructional assistant for screen printing at Linn-Benton Community College in Oregon.

Muriel Condon: Fabric Print and Quilt will be on display until Friday, March 4. The Bagwell Gallery is on Pellissippi State’s Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville.

Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

Reception Friday, February 11, 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Artists’ talks at 6:30 pm.

What: REFLECTED NARRATIVES
Works by graduate students, faculty and staff from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Printmaking Program. Free and open to the public!

This exhibition presents prints and related works by graduate students, staff and faculty from the University of Tennessee Printmaking Program. The Printmaking Program in the UT School of Art has been ranked among the top graduate programs by US News and World Report for more than 20 years. Courses included intaglio, lithography, relief, monotype, book arts, and screen print. The program encourages students to work with the entire printmaking toolbox, from traditional to digital processes. Emphasize is placed on the importance of making work with processes and materials that inform and develop conceptual ideas.

Our program is enriched by the diversity of backgrounds and educational experiences as reflected in the listing below:
Zoe Brester-Pennings, 2nd Year Graduate Student (BFA, Sonoma State University)
Danqi Cai, 2nd Year Graduate Student, (BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art)
Gino Castellanos, 1st Year Graduate Student (BFA, Florida Atlantic University)
Muriel Condon, 3rd Year Graduate Student (BFA, Montana State University)
Anthony Huang, 1st Year Graduate Student (MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design)
Noah Lagle, 2nd Year Graduate Student (BFA, University of Vermont)
Beauvais Lyons, Professor of Art (MFA, Arizona State University)
Elysia Mann, Printshop Technician (MFA, University of Tennessee)
Althea Murphy-Price, Professor of Art (MFA, Temple University)
Haley Takahashi, 2nd Year Graduate Student (BFA, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Chloe Wack, 1st Year Graduate Student, (BFA, Towson University)
Koichi Yamamoto, Professor of Art (MFA, University of Alberta)

More information about the artists in this exhibition may be found on the UT School of Art website (https://art.utk.edu).

Gallery hours: 10-4 Monday, 10-3 Tuesday and Wednesday. Ring doorbell to enter. Masks required.
Where: Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery
2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919

The WordPlayers of Knoxville will tour an original production, The Ends We Seek, to schools, community colleges, and churches during February. This one-act play with music by Ethan Norman, is a work of historical fiction, which moves between actual events in the 19th and 20th centuries. The play vividly and powerfully illustrates how major historical events -- Lincoln's election and Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the movement for civil rights inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- impacted the lives of ordinary individuals and families. With sharp dialogue, inspired by true stories, and with captivating musical interludes, The Ends We Seek personalizes and humanizes the experience of ordinary people swept up in the events of history.

Supported by an Arts Builds Communities Grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission through the Arts and Culture Alliance, The WordPlayers' 15th Annual Black History Show Tour will have 14 performances in 12 different venues across 8 TN counties.

Schedule of Free, Public Performances:

Feb. 6, One Life Church, 2900 Knoxville Center Dr., Knoxville, 4:00 PM
Feb. 8, Roane State – Harriman, O’Brien Theatre, 276 Patton Ln., Harriman, TN, 11:00 AM
Feb. 9, Central Baptist Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Dr., Knoxville, 6:00 PM
Feb. 16, Walters State – Claiborne County, Auditorium, 1325 Claiborne St., Tazewell, TN, 2:00 PM
Feb. 17, Walters State – Morristown, Lyceum, 500 S. Davy Crockett Pkwy., Morristown, TN, 6:10 PM
Feb. 19, Oak Valley Baptist, 194 Hampton Rd., Oak Ridge, 4:00 PM
Feb. 20, Fifth Avenue Baptist, 2500 E. 5th Avenue, Knoxville, 4:00 PM
Feb. 21, Walters State – Greeneville, Lyceum, 221 N. College St., Greeneville, TN, 6:10 PM
Feb. 22, Walters State – Sevier County, CAPE 104, 1720 Old Newport Hwy., Sevierville, TN, 4:00 PM

Info: www.wordplayers.org, call 865-539-2490 or email wordplayers@comcast.net.