Calendar of Events

By Adarian Johnson

Hours: Friday 5-7 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM

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

Foothills Craft Guild Spring Artisan Market Friday, March 24: Noon - 6pm and
Saturday, March 25: 10am - 6pm.

A boutique show featuring artists in clay, metal, fiber, jewelry, wood, glass, mixed media, photography, and more!

The Venue at Lenoir City, 7690 Creekwood Park Blvd, Lenoir City, TN 37772
$5 advance tickets available on-line at the Foothills Spring show event page. $6 at the door.

Free parking, handicap accessible
Foothills Craft Guild: info@foothillscraftguild.org - www.foothillscraftguild.org

Grab your masks and capes! Pellissippi State Community College’s celebration of comic books, cosplay and pop culture returns March 24-25 with more vendors, more events and more fun for the whole family.

The Mag Comic Expo will be held 2-7 p.m. Friday, March 24, and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, March 25, on the college’s Magnolia Avenue Campus, 1610 E. Magnolia Ave. The event is free for both community members and vendors.

Back this year are art workshops, costume contests and panel discussions, but the event has grown, with a Kids’ Corner run by Fulton High School’s Comic and Manga Club, live music, a Mad Lab full of strange animals and fungi, two video game rooms and even “an old-school wrasslin’ match, a throwback to the WWF”.

Food trucks will be on site as well as vendors selling their wares and special guests such as horror writer Blake Best, who will bring Freddy’s glove from one of the “Nightmare on Elm Street” films for a super scary photo op!

Pellissippi State staff will be on hand as well with information about the college’s academic programs and career opportunities, including those in the arts and pop culture.

Community members do not need to register for the Mag Comic Expo, as the cosplay contest registration will be on site during the event. For more information about the Mag Comic Expo, check out the event’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/MagComicExpo or email Mincy at gamincy@pstcc.edu.

Pellissippi State | 865.694.6638 | marketing@pstcc.edu | www.pstcc.edu

On Friday, March 24, the Third Annual Knoxville Cheese Festival opens with a gourmet cider and cheese pairing dinner. The dinner is hosted by Gypsy Circus co-owner and resident foodie, Stephanie Carson, and starring a panel of cheese experts to guide you through each pairing. Cheese lovers and cider lovers alike will enjoy the experience of learning more about their favorite snacks! March 25, the doors open to the Cheese Sampling Hall, where attendees will try different cheeses from a variety of popular cheese brands. Each cheese will have a suggested cider to pair it with, and attendees can use drink tickets to try it out.

Tickets and more can be found at https://barrelhouse.simpletix.com/

Check out the Facebook event for updates and reminders!
https://www.facebook.com/events/598866008658930

19th Annual Symposium

This year’s Marco Symposium explores 400 years of Shakespeare since the publication of the First Folio. The Symposium will take place in the West Wing (Third Floor), Haslam Business Building, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The symposium is free and open to the public.

The Symposium brings leading experts in their field to the University of Tennessee for two days of talks on that year’s theme. A round-table discussion by all the participants concludes the weekend. The Symposium is Marco’s signature event of the year, and typically attracts members of the larger Knoxville community in addition to students and faculty at UT and scholars from across the region. The theme of the Symposium changes each year. Faculty who are interested in submitting a proposal should contact marco@utk.edu

https://marco.utk.edu/symposium/

Shows at The Square Room will be one weekend a month, March through August with 4 shows each weekend: two on Friday nights and two on Saturday nights, 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm. The 7 pm shows will be rated PG-13, and the 9:30 shows will be rated PG-13 to R.

Here’s the lineup for 2023:

PAUL OGATA (Comedy Central, The Late Late Show, Showtime, Amazon, and Celebrity Family Feud) March 24, 25

Tickets at the door are $40; Preshow online tickets are $30; Group discount – $100 (4 persons); UT Knoxville, ETSU, Pellissippi Student, Military discounts (with valid student and military ids) – $20
https://hiptobesquarecomedy.com/comedians/paul-ogata/index.html#tickets

https://hiptobesquarecomedy.com/ or 865-333-4577 or hiptobesquarecomedy@gmail.com
4 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

DREW & ELLIE HOLCOMB
THE RESIDENCY TOUR

MARCH 23-25 | 8PM

mBijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, https://knoxbijou.org/

Mark your calendar for our Spring Used Book Sale, March 23-25 at Central United Methodist Church, 201 Third Avenue in the Fourth and Gill neighborhood. Members of Friends can shop during Members Preview Day on the 23rd from 3-7 pm. The sale will open to the public on March 24, with March 25 designated as half-price day. Sale hours on the 24th and 25th will be from 10 am-5 pm.

Friends of the Knox County Public Library: 865-215-8775 or www.knoxfriends.org/

ZOE BRESTER-PENNINGS, SARAH BERNSTEIN, HALEY TAKAHASHI
Reception: Friday, March 24, 5-7pm

In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee. Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT School of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space.

Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture: A+A 115
1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996
http://ewing-gallery.utk.edu
865-974-3200

At West Jackson Armature

Sunday, March 19th~2-6pm: Giant Flag Making
Monday, March 20th~4-7pm: Parade Art Workday
Sunday, March 26th~2-6pm: Kids & Family Make n’ Take
Monday, March 27th~4-7pm: Parade Art Workday

We’ll be hosting maker space at the Cattywampus Clubhouse during the days leading up to the Big Ears Festival for community members to help us work on big puppets for the parade, as well as make their own art to carry. We’ll have cardboard, paint, and some additional supplies available for making giant cardboard flats, flags, and noisemakers. Feel free to bring your own projects already in process. All ages are welcome! Masks are encouraged.

https://www.facebook.com/events/167712759391765/167712772725097/

Opening Reception SUNDAY MARCH 19, 2:30 PM – 4 PM

During this reception, Ric Kasini Kadour will present a Curator's Talk. In addition to any artists in attendance, we will be joined by artists in the Folklore & Collage Residency taking place that week at the museum. If you plan to attend the opening event, please RSVP to Christopher Byrne at info@kolajinstitute.org. After the opening, we invite you to join us and the residency artists at Marble City Market for dinner and/or drinks at 6pm.

Kolaj Magazine is a quarterly, printed, art magazine reviewing and surveying contemporary collage with an international perspective. The publication explores collage as a medium, a genre, a community, and a 21st century art movement. Critical reviews and essays are cut and pasted with artist profiles, event highlights, and articles on techniques and materials. Kolaj is published in Montreal, Quebec by Maison Kasini.
http://kolajmagazine.com/content/

ABOUT "MYTHICAL LANDSCAPE: SECRETS OF THE VALE"—
“The peaceful valley,” wrote William Wilson in 1904, “appears to have had a peculiar attraction for beings supernatural; and for generations its bosky glens and leafy braes have been the reputed haunt of ghosts, fairies, witches, and other beings of an uncanny kind. This sweet, pastoral vale in its nine miles course can boast of scenery unequaled in its quiet beauty, possessing in its woods and waters, its hazelly glens and green-clad hills, everything that can contribute to the making of the finest landscape, while to increase the charm it abounds in the most romantic tales of byegone days.” Sanquhar is a village on the River Nith, up from Dumfries, down from Glasgow, a former Royal Burgh, home to the world’s oldest working post office and the oldest curling society. The Crichton Family ruled the land from the time of Robert the Bruce until they threw such a lavish party for James VI and I in 1617 that they went bankrupt. A monument in town is dedicated to Covenanters who fought against government interference in religious affairs. A forge on Crawick Water made shovels and other tools. A carpet factory boasted fifty-four working looms at the height of production. Saint Bride’s Church, the Tolbooth, sheep grazing the fields, the castle ruins, rabbits in Queensberry Square. What stories does this mythical landscape hold? “Mythical Landscape: Secrets of the Vale” is an exhibition by an international group of artists, all of whom traveled to Sanquhar to investigate a sense of place and make artwork that speaks to the rich history and folklore of the region. Artworks reference stories from the past (true or otherwise) and consider the history of the region. Many of the works were shown at MERZ Gallery during Sanquhar’s Festival of Folklore, 22-25 September 2022. The artwork will be the subject of a film by David Rushton and used to illustrate a forthcoming, abridged version of William Wilson’s 1904 book, Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale.

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

In the CBT Lab Theatre

No men. No boats. All adventure! In this true(ish) retelling of the 1869 Grand Canyon expedition, a one-armed captain and a crew of loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River.

Behind the Scenes Sunday will take place following the March 19 following the matinee. A Talk Back will take place Sunday, March 26th following the matinee. The Open Captioned performance is Sunday, April 2nd at 2:00 pm.

Ashlee Latimer (Director) is a writer, producer, and director focused on creating work that supports and celebrates young people of all ages.

Clarence Brown Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information/tickets: 865-974-5161, https://clarencebrowntheatre.com/plays/men-on-boats/