Calendar of Events

Advent is defined as, “the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event.” In this series of short plays, Maryville College students will use this definition and the seasonal celebration associated with it as jumping off points for creative luminosity. Two nights of staged readings, written, directed, and performed by the wildly creative students at Maryville College.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors (ages 60 and older) and students. Admission is free for MC students, faculty, and staff with ID, although a printed ticket is required for admission

https://claytonartscenter.com/performances-events/

Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

6:30pm - 9:30pm

Join Historic Ramsey House for this special holiday tradition! At this annual event, enjoy a tour of Historic Ramsey House, decorated with fresh greenery and candles. Visit with our blacksmith in the Blacksmith Shop while you enjoy holiday treats, hot cider, and a warm bonfire (weather permitting)! Reenactors in period dress will greet tours every 15 minutes. Take a leap back int time at our working blacksmith forge and learn about this time honored tradition!

Tickets are $15 per adult and $13 for children 5-17. Children 5 and under are free. Historic Ramsey House members receive $2 off per ticket!

Reservations are required in advance. Click here to register!
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/ramseyhouse/items/411392/calendar/2022/12/

Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-546-0745, www.ramseyhouse.org

(Ages 6+) Whooo's ready to meet Ijams owl ambassadors before heading out on the trails after dark? You'll learn about owls, then prowl for barred, screech and great horned owls, practice owl calls and more from 5:30-7 p.m. Dec. 2, 3 and 16!

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Visitor Center open daily 10-6; grounds and trails open daily from 8 AM - dusk. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

DECEMBER 2ND AND 3RD | 10AM–5:30PM

Join BENNETT for a festive December open house with an exclusive Gurhan Trunk Show. Gather your elves and head over for this special time!

Bennett, 5308 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-584-6791, https://bennetthome.com/

Jazz and Storytelling
Friday, December 2, 8 p.m.

Originally from South Carolina, Kelle and her saxophonist husband Will Boyd make their home in East Tennessee. Kelle’s music influences include Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan, and her repertoire includes early regional women blues and sacred singers, among them Knoxvillians Leola Manning and Ida Cox. Kelle is host of “Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly” on WUOT. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in storytelling at ETSU.

$12 JCA Members, Students, Seniors • $13 General Advance
$15 General Day of Show

Jubilee Community Arts at the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. Tickets and information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org

The 49th Annual WIVK Christmas Parade is scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2022 in Downtown Knoxville at 7:00pm.

https://www.wivk.com/wivk-christmas-parade/
https://www.knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_departments_offices/special_events/christmas_in_the_city

DEC 2 | 7:30 PM

The legendary Gatlin Brothers will be taking the spotlight just in time for Christmas! Celebrating sixty-seven years of entertaining audiences at some of the world’s biggest venues and most iconic stages, GRAMMY®-winning Larry, Steve and Rudy will be performing some of their biggest hits and holiday favorites. The Gatlin Brothers’ acclaimed Country & Christmas show will be one to remember!

The Gatlin Brothers have dazzled audiences with a lifetime of noteworthy achievements in their storybook career, including a GRAMMY® for Best Country Song (“Broken Lady”), three ACM awards for Single of the Year (“All The Gold In California”), Album of the Year (Straight Ahead) and Male Vocalist of the Year for Larry Gatlin, along with five nominations for CMA Vocal Group of the Year, Single, Album, and Male Vocalist of the Year. The Brothers have accumulated 7 #1 Singles, 32 Top 40 Records, 22 Studio Albums, and 5 BMI “Million-Air” Awards.

Niswonger Performing Arts Center, 212 Tusculum Blvd, Greeneville, TN 37745. Information: 423-638-1679, https://www.npacgreeneville.com

Host Evie Andrus & the Friday friends with guest Mac Comer
Start your First Friday fun with WDVX & Visit Knoxville with a free show at 6pm

301 S. Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37902
Tel: 865-544-1029
www.wdvx.com

Join us on December 2nd for First Friday for a new gallery opening from 6-9PM. We will be hosting the opening reception for Regatta de Manque by interdisciplinary artist Herb Rieth will be on exhibit. We are beyond grateful to welcome artist and Pellissippi professor Rieth to exhibit his mixed media pieces in our gallery.

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

Join us Friday, Dec. 2 at noon for “What the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens Taught Us,” a presentation by Virginia Dale, research professor in the UT Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and the recovery of its ecosystem have been complex. Some plants and animals and their interrelationships have recovered rapidly, but the speed and extent of recovery varies greatly over time and from place to place on the volcano’s slopes. Professor Dale will discuss how human activities greatly influence the patterns and rates of the recovery as well. And why resource managers need to plan for these disturbances.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Register today for the Dec. 2 presentation at noon on Zoom.
Once registered, you will receive a link to join the meeting.
https://tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEldeCgrzMsGNWiVtCPh-xl42KoyZY70b0I

About Virginia Dale
In addition to her work with the university, UT Institute of Agriculture and Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, Dale is a corporate fellow emerita at ORNL. Her research focuses on environmental decision making, succession, ecosystem management in view of disturbances and climate change, sustainability of agricultural landscapes and energy systems, and stakeholder engagement. Her work has resulted in 11 books and more than 285 scientific articles, chapters and reports. Professor Dale contributed to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Scientific Assessment that received the Nobel Peace Prize. She earned a MS in mathematics from the University of Tennessee and a PhD in mathematical ecology at the University of Washington.

New Location for 2022

Join us for your holiday shopping to find quality handcrafted items from local artisans, such as basketry, fiber arts, glasswork, gourd art, jewelry, holiday crafts, ornaments, paintings, soaps, woodworking and more! Free admission and parking.

Dec 1 & 2 10am- 5pm; Dec 3 10am- 3pm

Dotson Memorial Baptist Church
814 Dotson Memorial Rd., Maryville
www.blountartsandcraftsguild.com

DECK THE HALLS... The KMA's Thorne Rooms are all decorated for the holiday season! After Thanksgiving, Knoxville Museum of Art pulls out the tinsel and trimmings to get our collection of Thorne Rooms ready for the most wonderful time of the year! Thank you to East Tennessee miniature artisans and Thorne Room experts Annelle Ferguson and Jolie Gaston for making it all possible. On view through December 30.

The Thorne Rooms were developed in the 1930s and 40s by Narcissa Niblack Thorne, Chicago, IL, who loved dollhouses as a child. After extensive travels in Europe where she collected miniature furniture and accessories, Mrs. Thorne had over two dozen miniature rooms created by cabinetmakers from her own drawings. They were made in a scale of one inch to one foot. She painted and stained woodwork, papered walls, and made textiles for the rooms. Read more: https://knoxart.org/exhibitions/thorne-rooms/

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tu-Sa 10-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org. Admission and parking are free.