Calendar of Events

In a year like no other, Arrowmont's 2021-2022 Artists-in-Residents lived and worked together in the intimate environment of shared housing and adjoining studios. Their 11-month residency culminates in a group exhibition, now on display in the Sandra J. Blain Galleries at Arrowmont.

Please join Elizabeth Belz, Horacio Casillas, Kyle Cottier, Naomi David Russo, and Lena Schmid at the closing reception for their exhibition, "Party of Five." The reception is free and open to the public. We hope to see you there!
May 13, 2022, 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Sandra J. Blain Galleries
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, https://www.arrowmont.org/visit/galleries/exhibition-schedule/

Flying Anvil Theatre presents the dark comedy Loot, by Joe Orton

This outrageous farce combines a bank heist, a murder, and one very mobile corpse in a show that takes nothing seriously, not even death. The show is sponsored by Bill Cherry and directed by Artistic Director Jayne Morgan.

Joe Orton’s gleefully anarchic satire of British hypocrisy caused a scandal when it premiered in 1965. Loot concerns the events surrounding the death and subsequent burial of the McLeavy family matriarch. A bank robbery has been committed by her son Hal and his friend/sometime boyfriend, Dennis; they need to find somewhere to stash the stolen money and decide her coffin is the best place to put it. This means that they need to find somewhere else to hide the body, and her corpse is dragged around the stage throughout the play. Mrs. McLeavy’s corpse is hidden in a cupboard, her former nurse, Fay proposes marriage to the newly widowed Mr. McLeavy and Inspector Truscott arrives on the hunt for the money while claiming to be from the City Water Board. As the preparations for the funeral proceed, Dennis professes love for Fay. Mr. McLeavy is savaged by a crazed Afghan hound and Truscott discovers he can’t pin a crime on anyone. Bribes are negotiated and everyone agrees that “We must keep up appearances”.

Dennis and Hal are portrayed by Malik Baines and Eric Walker with Kara Van Veghel as the nurse, Fay. Greg Congleton and Jacques Durand are Mr. McLeavy and Truscott. Tim Coleman plays Meadows and Lisa Silverman plays the physically demanding role of the Corpse. (Van Veghel and Durand were last seen in Flying Anvil’s beloved Christmas show, Scrooge in Rouge.)

The show opens with a Pay What You Can preview on Thursday, March 17 and runs through Sunday, April 3. Tickets are $27 and $28, $13 for students. Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram, @flyinganviltheatre

Ijams Nature Center will host in-person and virtual open houses for families interested in fall 2022 enrollment for the full-time Ijams Nature Preschool and part-time Ijams Nature Play Club.

Virtual open houses are March 17, and April 28 from 6-7 p.m. Virtual events will take place via Zoom.

In-person open houses are March 20, and May 1 from 1-3 p.m. at the Ijams Miller Education Building, 2915 Island Home Ave. In-person events will follow COVID-19 safety protocols, including wearing masks inside the building, to ensure everyone stays safe.

More information and registration is available on the Ijams Calendar of Events at www.Ijams.org/calendar-of-events.

Fall classes start Monday, Aug. 8. The Ijams Nature Preschool meets Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and focuses on child-led, age-appropriate, experiential learning. Children ages 3-5 spend more than 50% of their time outdoors.

The Ijams Nature Play Club follows the same model, but is 100% outdoors. There are two, two-day sessions, Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday. Both sessions meet from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The Ijams Nature Preschool and Play Club programs blend traditional education standards with the opportunity to learn about and explore the natural world. Children spend the majority of their time outdoors, where they learn through play, discovery and inquiry. Activities focus on sensory experiences with live animals, natural objects, artifacts and art materials. The programs encourage curiosity, cognitive growth and motor skills through unstructured, child-led outdoor adventures. Children build problem-solving, math and engineering skills through hands-on experiences, and cultivate social skills through group play and opportunities for cooperative learning.

For more information about the Ijams Nature Preschool and Ijams Nature Play Club, visit www.Ijams.org/nature-preschool or www.Ijams.org/nature-play-club. Additional questions may be directed to Abby Branstetter at 865-679-5491, or via email at preschool@ijams.org or playclub@ijams.org.

Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series

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

“This was the first Tchaikovsky piece I ever heard and I thought it the greatest ever, but it rather mystified some of our local scribes, who could not have dreamed how many times they have to hear it in the future.” --American composer George Chadwick, who attended the world premiere of Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano

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

WORKS INCLUDE:
CARLOS SIMON The Block
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

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

FOUR LEAF PEAT'S
ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION
THURSDAY, MARCH 17 • 8PM

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

March 17 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$25

Erin Go Braugh! Join us at the Village for a fun ‘n festive evening celebrating St. Patrick’s Day – games, Guinness, and [everything] green included! Irish dinner included with ticket.

When: 5:30PM – 9:00PM

What:
Fun and games in the Gremlin Gameyard
Bonfire in the Village Gardens

Irish-themed Dinner:
Deviled Eggs with Fresh Dill
Shepherds Pie
Corn Beef + Cabbage
Goat Cheese Mousse Crostinis

Ancient Lore Village, 7107 Sevierville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37920. 865-200-2434, info@ancientlorevillage.com, https://ancientlorevillage.com

Thursday March 17 at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom

Next week, on our Zoom History Happy Hour, in honor of the upcoming 40th-anniversary festivities planned by both UT and Visit Knoxville, Jack Neely will talk about big expositions around the world since 1851, through the lens of our home town. As it happens, world's fairs have connected to Knoxville history in lots of ways. Several well-known Knoxvillians were commissioners and jurors at some of the giant Paris expositions, and American fairs have played a role in making Knoxville "the Marble City"—and in the death toll in East Tennessee's worse transportation disaster—and in the inspiration for several of our familiar city parks. And what connects our minority history to the especially famous Paris World's Fair of 1900? Thanks to the efforts of some local African American leaders, Knoxville was part of a display there seen by thousands of Europeans.

You can register for this Zoom on the KHP Events Page.
Knoxville History Project, 516 West Vine Avenue #8, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-300-4559, www.Knoxvillehistoryproject.org

Join us on March 17th at 11am for our St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Mind Yer Ps and Qs in Farragut.

Look for the big tent in our parking lot!
• Irish food
• Irish whiskey
• Irish beer
• Live music
• No cover charge

St. Patrick’s Day Special Menu:
Corned beef and cabbage
Fish and chips
Bangers and mash
Shepherds and cottage pie

12744 Kingston Pike #104, Knoxville, TN 37934
https://mindyerpsandqs.com/

The annual Old City St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl occurs on Thursday, March 17th, 5 p.m. - 2 a.m. The purchase of a $15 wristband, available at any participating business, gains entry to all participating businesses, and access to St. Patty’s Day specials at individual locations.

2022 PARTICIPATING VENUES
Barley’s
Boyd’s Jig & Reel
Brother Wolf
Central Depot
Fin-Two
Hanna’s
Merchants of Beer
Old City Sports Bar
Pour Taproom
PostModern Spirits
Pretentious Beer
Southbound
Urban Bar
Wagon Wheel

Proceeds benefit the Old City Association
https://oldcityknoxville.org/st-patricks-day-pub-crawl-old-city/

Pellissippi State Community College’s art gallery shifts its focus from fabric to sculpture as the Arts at Pellissippi State presents Hunter Stamps and Jessica Wilson: Ceramics.

The works of these two artists will be on display through April 1 in the Bagwell Center for Media Art Gallery on the college’s Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville. The gallery is free and open to the public 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

Hunter Stamps is an artist and associate professor of Ceramic Sculpture at the University of Kentucky. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University in Bloomington and creates mixed media sculptures incorporating ceramics, fabricated metal, molds, encaustics, rubbers and resins. Stamps’ work has been exhibited in more than 100 juried, invitational and solo exhibitions in galleries across the nation as well as in China, Germany, Austria, Croatia and Spain. His work also has been published in Ceramics Art and Perception, Ceramics Monthly and other scholarly journals.

Jessica Wilson is an assistant professor of Ceramics at Tennessee Tech University. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and has served as a studio technician at The Penland School for Crafts, The Brambleton Center, The Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Main Line Arts Center. Wilson completed residencies at both Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts and St. Petersburg Clay Company and has had her work included in more than 50 exhibits across the nation.

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

Visit the Ijams Hallway Gallery in March to experience the work of Todd Eldridge Photography! According to Todd, “Capturing life in a single frame and reliving that moment forever is magic. Beauty is everywhere and sometimes it just takes freezing it in place to see it. Loved ones, special times, new journeys, favorite places, visions and shapes.” https://toddethridgephotography.com/

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

A detailed look into watercolor!
$75
2-Part Workshop
Thursdays, March 10 and March 17
5:30pm- 8:30pm
Instructor: Hannah Hancock
Registration Deadline: March 7th
This is a comprehensive two-day workshop where we will look at the material of watercolor, how it's made, what all those symbols on the package mean, and the difference between a staining, transparent, and granulating watercolor. Participants will also take a look at the science of watercolor to provide a solid foundation to beginners. We will also take a detailed look at the basic techniques of watercolor as a medium.

Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway Suite B, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-523-1401, www.knoxvilletn.gov/kafcc