Calendar of Events

Mark your calendar for our January Jumpstart XXIII on January 14 – 15, 2023, in person at the Comfort Inn in Oak Ridge, TN. We will have tracks in both Poetry and Fiction.

Jane Hicks Poetry Leader : Jeff Hardin is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently Watermark, A Clearing Space in the Middle of Being, and No Other Kind of World. His work has been honored with the Nicholas Roerich Prize, the Donald Justice Prize, and the X. J. Kennedy Prize from Texas Review Press. Almost a thousand of his poems have appeared in such journals as The Southern Review, Hudson Review, The Laurel Review, North American Review, Zone 3, Poetry Northwest, Grist, Southern Poetry Review, and many others. He is professor of English at Columbia State Community College.

Darnell Arnoult Fiction Workshop Leader : Susan Gregg Gilmore started her career as a reported for the University of Virginia’s award-winning newspaper, The Cavalier Daily. She continued her education at the University of Texas at Austin where she received her Master of Arts in American Studies. Later Susan wrote for newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Chattanooga News-Free Press. Susan has written four novels, including Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen, The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, and The Funeral Dress. This most recent work was selected for TARGET’s Emerging Author Program as well as named a TARGET Recommended Read.

Registration fee: $150 (Includes coffee and tea before the morning sessions, and lunch Saturday)
Registration Deadline: December 30, 2022
Hotel Rate: $82 + tax
https://tmwi.org/january-jumpstart-xxiii/

Thermal Label Warehouse/Shaw Family Pops Series
Jurassic Park

Saturday, January 14, 2023, at 8 p.m.
Knoxville Civic Auditorium

The action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making. Now audiences can experience Jurassic Park as never before: projected in HD with a full symphony orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture. Welcome… to Jurassic Park!

Jurassic Park is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Jurassic Park – Film with Orchestra produced by Film Concerts Live!, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc.

Aram Demirjian, conductor
865-291-3310 or https://knoxvillesymphony.com/

Sat Jan 14, 7:30 PM with pre-concert talk at 7 PM
First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge

In partnership with First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge, ORCMA presents the Atlanta-based Summit Piano Trio (SPT). Youth and adult attendees are offered the opportunity to ask questions of the ensemble and interact in an informal setting during the 7:00 PM pre-concert talk, free with ticket. Offering an eclectic repertoire ranging from the beloved classics to the latest of the avant-garde, SPT is regularly heard on WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station, and throughout the country.

Adult $25; Young Adult (ages 19-29) $10. Chaperones receive free admission with 5 attending youths 18 or younger.

Youth and Adult tickets are available at the door, online, or by phone.

Open to students outside of Knox County: YES
Advanced reservations required: NO
For more information, please contact: Lisa Muci Eckhoff, 865-483-5569 or lisa@orcma.org
https://orcma.org

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 6:00 PM
Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914

$150 per person
pop-up arias, hors d'oeuvres, wine, beer, dessert, live & silent auctions, cocktail attire
https://www.marblecityopera.com/events/10th-season-benefit

Shop Farragut in partnership with the Town of Farragut will host the third FARRAGUT HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO presented by ​Turkey Creek Medical Center/Tennova. Featuring over 2 dozen local businesses who specialize in the care of the human body, mind and spirit! They provide products and services for your comfort and well-being in support of a healthy lifestyle.

The Expo will take place on Saturday January 14, between 10 am and 3 pm in the Farragut Community Center located at 239 Jamestowne Blvd. just north of Village Green Shopping Center and Planet Fitness on Campbell Station Road.

Patrons can visit booths from a wide variety of services and retail. For example, Beltone will conduct hearing tests. American Home Pro will show new safe-aging items and technologies for your home. Other committed vendors include the MediSpa at Choto, plus Clean Eatz, Garde Bien Spa and Salon, First Watch Café, Hutchison Rehabilitation, Inc., Real Hot Yoga Farragut, Healing Hands Spa, Campbell Station Jazzercise, JH HEALTH SOLUTIONS/TOWN CRAFT, Work In Progress Health Coaching, Dementia Care Solutions of East TN and Cory Gerlach with Edward Jones Financials will even discuss your financial well-being.

This special event is free to the public. Parking is available at the Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd. and close by at Village Green Shopping Center. https://www.farragutbusiness.com/healthwellness.html

January 14, 2023 from 10 am - 12 pm
William Carl will be at UAB signing copies of his book and chatting with folks from 10 am to 12 pm on January 14! Come by to grab your copy and browse. https://www.unionavebooks.com/event/0114-meet-greet-william-carl

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com

Monroe Area Council for the Arts will be hosting a FREE art workshop for seniors on Saturday, January 14, 2023. This workshop will be led by CATII artists Mia Sage Lowry Beason & Jan Lowry.

Seniors Art Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Madisonville
(10 am - NOON) Acrylic Painting

The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Call 423.442.3210 to reserve your spot.
This project is supported in part by the Arts & Culture Alliance and the National Endowment for the Arts.

http://monroearts.com/

The New Year is going to be full of new opportunities for poetry. The very first opportunity you have to be involved in something great is to get tickets to the Southern Fried Mid-Season Slam. We are inviting poets and slammasters from across the country to Knoxville for one day to preview the city and experience the greatness that is Knoxville.

Come share as Knoxville previews the 31st Annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam. Poets from all over will come to experience a short weekend in Knoxville. So come out and enjoy the poetry!

Get tickets early because we only have so many seats and if you wait they may not be any at the door. If want to be a poet that is slamming, please register through the ticket link!
At the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street
https://www.eventbee.com/v/southernfriedknoxville#/tickets

Our dance party this month will be Saturday, January 14th at Broadway Academy of Performing Arts. The cost will be $10 per person. Water and light snacks are provided. A group class is included in admission, and will begin at 6pm. The dance party will start at 7pm and end at 9pm. Make sure to RSVP and share the Facebook event. You do not have to RSVP to attend our parties, and you do not need a partner.

https://www.facebook.com/events/864271208359312

January 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Kidstuff Live is a monthly event the second Saturday of each month. This month featuring Hominy Mamas!

Grab your adult & join us for The Hominy Mamas. The Hominy Mamas are an energetic duo who specialize in music for the young at heart. Using the banjo, fiddle, guitar, rattletrap and their voices, the two often weave a story into their performance. Kathleen McGregor Williams and Ruth Simmons, both from the Norris/Clinton area, have performed together throughout the region for 15 years in a variety of venues. They can be found regularly performing at the Museum of Appalachia for busloads of school children. They also participate in the summer library reading program in the counties of Eastern Tennessee. There have also been Hominy sightings at schools, churches, nursing homes and festivals.

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

(Ages 6+) Come out this Saturday from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and meet some of Ijam's animal ambassadors. Then then hit the trails to learn how they get ready for the cold winter months. Register ahead of time!

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

The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture is proud to announce the special exhibition, The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments and Stonework, in partnership with Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. The exhibition is sponsored by the University of Tennessee Division of Diversity and Engagement and will run from January 13 to May 14, 2023.

The exhibition reexamines and recontextualizes the life and work of African American artist William Edmondson (1874–1951). Edmondson is the most significant sculptor to emerge from Tennessee during the 1930s and 40s and remains one of the leading American artists of the twentieth century.

This is the first large-scale museum exhibition of the artist’s career in over twenty years. During Edmondson’s life, he was well known for his yard art, including whimsical birdbaths, fanciful "critters," sculptures of everyday people, and grave markers he carved for African American families.
https://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/2022/12/13/mcclung-museum-to-feature-one-of-the-most-significant-collections-of-tennessee-artist-william-edmondson-in-new-exhibition/

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Information: 865-974-2144. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday 12–4 p.m.