Calendar of Events

Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, 500 Howard Baker Jr Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37915. Information: www.knoxvillecoliseum.com

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'NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE' LIVE
CELEBRATING 30 MISERABLE YEARS
SUNDAY, MARCH 6 • 8PM

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Sun Mar 6, 2-5 PM

$35. Ajeet Khalsa is lifelong yoga practitioner, dancer and vocal musician, healing artist, and spiritual health counselor who helps individuals physically, emotionally, and spiritually navigate personal issues, past trauma, and family/relationships and loss. She is a registered Yoga Alliance Teacher-Trainer in Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, and Svaroopa© yoga, certified in the Acceptance & Integration (AAIT) method. A lifelong learner in the Wise Woman tradition, Ajeet has spent more than 40 years studying therapeutic processes focused on holistic healing, including therapy-guided Shiatsu, the Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Compassionate Listening, Modern Dance, Acceptance & Integration, Kundalini Yoga & Meditation, Kirtan, Sacred Music, Herbal medicine, Natural Building, Svaroopa© yoga, and most recently, Open Mindfulness and Tibetan Buddhism. In her restorative practices, artistry marries practical healing techniques. Using skills gathered from across her diverse experience, Ajeet creatively guides you to navigate seemingly insurmountable issues with loving grace and simple themes that are easy to grasp and implement in your daily life when you return home. Her private healing sessions are extremely personalized to your needs. When working with Ajeet, you are empowered to take sacred time away to truly see, accept, and gently integrate the gnarly, polarizing bits of the self that get in the way of true spiritual mastery and growth—achieving true, lasting deep healing. In her own life, Ajeet also loves practicing simple plant herbalism, studying the natural world of medicinal plants, and mud-building to create a symbiotic relationship with the earth. At Renegade Yoga Center, 516 Renford Road, Knoxville, TN 37919.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/galactic-heart-kirtan-workshop-tickets-264223127487

What's The Big Idea? Pitch Competition Finale
by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Join us at Scruffy City Hall on Sunday, March 6th to watch the 5 finalists compete for the $10,000 prize!

If you haven't already participated in the Public Voting portion of this competition, we encourage you to do so by visiting www.bigideaknox.com. Public Voting will be open from February 15th - 21st. Finalists will be announced on February 23rd.

Sun, March 6, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-the-big-idea-pitch-competition-finale-tickets-271001963167

Join us once again for a UT Symphony Orchestra concert, this one featuring the winners of the annual School of Music Concerto Competition.

March 6 at 4:00 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. In-person events that take place in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, or the James R. Cox Auditorium, also have livestream options. So if you're not able to be with us in-person for those events, you can still join: https://music.utk.edu/events/live.php

*For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

A special performance from UT Professor of Cello Wesley Baldwin.

March 6 at 6:00 p.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. In-person events that take place in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, or the James R. Cox Auditorium, also have livestream options. So if you're not able to be with us in-person for those events, you can still join: https://music.utk.edu/events/live.php

*For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Bennett is proud to present our March Ceramics and Sculpture Show, featuring the work of Josh Copus, Sally Brogden, Marga Hayes McBride, Johan Hagaman, and Kat West. The Ceramics and Sculpture exhibition focuses on 3-D work by new and existing sculptors and ceramicists in Bennett’s catalogue.

Josh Copus is a Floyd, Virginia native working out of Asheville, North Carolina. Josh’s vessels show a high knowledge of ceramics, as he experiments with firing times, vessel size, and glaze reactions. Josh’s work references historical forms and processes while remaining relevant to the contemporary art world of our age.

Sally Brogden is currently a professor of art at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Sally was an invited Speaker at the 7th Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, S. Korea; an invited Presenter at the Shui-Li International Ceramic Symposium, Shui-Li, Taiwan. Sally had been included in many exclusive exhibitions across the world. Sally is an active member of the National Council for Education in The Ceramic Arts (NCECA) for which she founded the long running Graduate Student Image Forum. This is her first show with Bennett.

Johan Hagaman is a Nashville-based sculptor who focuses on themes of nature and femininity. She is inspired by patterns in nature, poetic words, and current events. She uses birds, vines and clover as metaphors for paying attention– how what we are paying attention to determines how we shape ourselves and our world, how we are shaped by it, and what seeks to emerge. Johan has exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and has work in public and private collections–including the Tennessee State Museum and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences. She has lived and worked in Nashville since 1977.

Marga Hayes McBride is a Knoxville-based artist who has exhibited with Bennett many times before. Her mediums include painting, drawing, ceramic sculpture, and bronze sculpture. Marga studied painting, printmaking and graphic design at the University of Tennessee and drawing and painting at the Mesa Community College in Arizona. She was taught how to work with clay through a friend and colleague and combined the two mediums to create her work. Marga’s work is “a reflection of both my art background and my spiritual studies”.

Kat West is a ceramicist based in Newport Beach, California. The themes present in her work reflect her Philippine heritage and her role as an immigrant in the United States. Kat was based in Brooklyn, New York for several years before moving to Newport Beach and beginning ceramics classes as a new creative outlet. Kat’s ceramic pieces are both sculptural and functional with each piece displaying its own unique presence. Her inspiration comes from the connection to humanity Kat feels, along with her personal experiences as an immigrant, a mother, and a creator. Themes of tradition and heritage drive Kat’s vision for her pieces, as well as finding ways to reduce the environmental impact of creating art. This is Kat’s first show with Bennett.

Bennett, 5308 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-Sa 10-5:30. Information: 865-584-6791, https://bennetthome.com/

Learn the basics!
$200
4-Week Class
Saturday, March 5-26
2:00pm- 6:00pm
Instructor: Madilynn Eldridge
Registration Deadline: February 26th

In this comprehensive 4-week class, Madi will start and the beginning and discuss the history of woodburning, the styles of woodburning and all of the basics. Students will learn the elements of Art and joined together with their wood burning skills, create and execute a project from start to finish. Beginners welcome. A materials list will be provided.

https://registration.knoxvilletn.gov/ViewCourseActivityDetails.aspx?id=C13274

The Tennessee Stage Company holds auditions for the 2022 Shakespeare Season on Saturday, March 5, Sunday, March 6, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 620 State Street.

Auditionees are requested to prepare two contrasting monologues, at least one classical, of no more than one minute each. Please bring two copies of a resume and a standard theatrical headshot. All auditions are by appointment only. For appointments please contact the Tennessee Stage Company by calling (865) 546-4280 or by e-mail at
TennesseeStage@comcast.net.

The two shows to be performed this summer are As You Like It and Measure For Measure. Our season opens of July 21, and rehearsals will begin in mid June. For more information contact Tennessee Stage Company or visit www.TennesseeStage.com.

Immaculate Conception Catholic Church will once again be celebrating their annual “Haiti Fest” on March 5-6 with a drive-through fundraiser 5-7 pm Saturday, March 5 and 1-2 pm March 6. The event is to support St. Francis Xavier School in Fond des Blancs, Haiti and features delicious homemade Caribbean cuisine - ribs, beans, potatoes, tomatoes, kreyol chicken, cakes, and more! Food will be available from the safety and convenience of your car at 414 W. Vine Ave, Downtown Knoxville.

More info and ordering at https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/30503/bulletins/20220213.pdf

Cost: $15 per person or $50 for family of 4 or more

Menu Options: (All come with cake)
- Ribs, Haitian red beans & rice, veggie medley
- Chicken Creole, Haitian red beans & rice, veggie medley
- Gumbo with white rice, veggie medley
- Vegan Gumbo with white rice, veggie medley

Ways to order:
E-mail Carol & Gerry O’Farrell: carolgerry@bellsouth.net
Reserve & pay in advance online at:
https://icknoxville.weshareonline.org/HaitiFestFundraiser-Saturday
https://icknoxville.weshareonline.org/HaitiFestFundraiser-Sunday

Check out www.facebook.com/KnoxvilleHaitifest

RED Gallery is proud to announce the opening of UnNatural History, a photography exhibition by Diane Fox. The show will open on March 4 (First Friday) and run through April 23. It will feature two bodies of work within the larger collection: portraits of taxidermied animals, and photographs of dioramas featuring taxidermied animals in natural history museums.

Diane Fox is an artist whose work speaks to the perpetually dissolving connection of humanity to the natural world. Solo exhibitions of her photographic body of work, UnNatural History, have been shown nationally and internationally including at the Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Dom Muz Gallery, Torun, Poland; Santa Reparata Gallery, Florence, Italy, and more. In 2017, her work was shown internationally at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France and the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfort, Germany as part of their exhibition “Dioramas.” Fox is a Distinguished Lecturer Emerita in the College of Architecture and Design at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she taught photography and graphic design. Fox has a MFA from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a BFA from Middle Tennessee State University.

Fox was inspired to make what she describes as confrontational animal portraits while in the Uffici looking at historical paintings of people long dead. “I felt that animals should also be honored in their death,” says Fox. What makes them confrontational in nature is their large scale, and the fact that the animals are gazing directly at the viewer. Fox explains, “When something is looking directly at you, you have to engage with it.” While individual portraits in the collection are striking, viewing them all together brings another experience. Fox says that many of the animals look alive, but when viewers see a portrait of an aged taxidermied monkey, they notice cracks in his face. These cracks, or the portrait of a jackalope (a mythological creature) “give it away” that these are all taxidermied animals.

For images of dioramas, Fox was interested in working with layers to confuse the space. None of the photographs are manipulated, or even cropped, and none of them encompass the entire diorama. “I include reflections from other cases, as well as elements meant to remain unseen to confuse the space,” says Fox.

“I want you to approach each piece thinking, ‘That’s beautiful.’ Then, ‘What’s going on?’ Then, ‘Wait, this isn’t right!’” The reflections pull other dioramas into the case, creating layers of imagery and layers of reactions within the viewers. Fox emphasizes that after studying the history of the natural habitat diorama, she has deep respect for people who made these dioramas; she says the art that goes into creating the taxidermy and the painted background is incredible. Ultimately, Fox hopes visitors will walk away from UnNatural History with deeper empathy and consciousness about animals’ lives. www.dianefoxphotography.com

Hours: Fridays 5-9pm, Saturdays 1-5pm and Sundays 1-5pm, and by appointment through the week (until April 23).
RED Gallery, 130 E Jackson Ave, Knoxville. 865-524-0146 or robin@robineaster.com

“Transferring Knowledge: Ceramics from a Collaborative Community Workshop” showcases the work created by members of The Bottom and Mighty Mud during a month-long workshop taught by Maggie Connolly and Jake Ingram. The exhibition will be on view at The Bottom, March 4th - 31st, with an opening exhibition on Friday, March 4th, 5-9 PM.

The goal of this workshop was to foster sustainable and meaningful connections between communities with the purpose of growing the arts culture and knowledge in the greater Knoxville area, by providing instruction on lithographic ceramic decals. Students from this workshop learned a deeper understanding of both ceramic and lithographic techniques and processes and created their own work. A collective project was made by all the participants and will be installed at the Bottom's new building. Funding for the workshop was made possible through Tri-Star Arts and the Current Art Fund.

Featuring work by:
Brandy Allen
Jordan Butzine
George Habeib
Vanessa Hartman
Ty Murray
Jeremy Myles
Natalie Ward

The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: thebottomknox@gmail.com, 865-444-5915 or https://www.thebottomknox.com/