Calendar of Events

The Smoky Mountain Blues Society will once again present live music with its first River Cruise of 2023. The inaugural performance will feature the Biscuit Miller Band on the Tennessee Riverboat on Sunday, April 2nd at a special time: loading at 1 pm and cruising from 2 pm - 5 pm.

Tickets are available through the Tennessee Riverboat Company's website, (tnriverboat.com) and by calling (865) 525-7827. Tickets are just $20 for members in advance and $25 for non-members. SMBS Members should call to claim their discount (865) 525-7827. Members will be receiving discount code by email.

Each voyage will also have full bar and limited food menu.
https://smokymountainblues.org/

FREE Coffee Concert!

Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3:00 PM
First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge
1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike

Organist Josh Sumter always wows! Hear him perform on the 1984 M.P. Möller Pipe Organ (console renovations 2007 by Milnar) at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge.

Oak Ridge Civic Music Association: https://orcma.org
118 E Division Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 483-5569

This Jazz Big Band concert will feature UT Jazz students playing classic big band music!

April 2 at 7:30 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. Venues: Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Boulevard; James R. Cox Auditorium and Performance Hall 32, Alumni Memorial Building, 1408 Middle Drive. Information: 865-974-8935, https://music.utk.edu/events/

The next Sunday Social is coming up during Big Ears Festival! Visit + shop local vendors from the Knoxville area from 11-4 on the Kaizen patio, next to Honeymouth.

https://www.instagram.com/honeymouthsocialclub/

www.artisticEscape.studio

This show will be framed and gallery wrapped canvases in water based oils. Featured will be a collection of local Tennessee wildlife. Leesa has lived in East Tennessee for three years, a retiree from the Western states. She lives North of Knoxville with husband and two rescue dogs.

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

A full-length magical tale for all ages!

The Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville, TN
Saturday April 1, 7:00 PM
Sunday April 2, 2:00 PM

Peter Pan, a ballet full of adventures, will be presented by The Appalachian Ballet Company in early April. Lavish sets, scenery, costumes and Peter Pan flying will fill the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre on April 1 and 2. Kylie Morton Berry will once again dance the role of Peter Pan with guest artists James La Russa as her Captain Hook and Laura Morton La Russa as Tinkerbell. Pirates, Indians, Lost Boys and a drum circle will entertain you and your family. This adventurous production featuring a Peter Pan that flies will send you to Neverland with the Darling children.

Tickets: 865-981-8590 or https://appalachianballet.org/tickets.html

Featuring scenes from The Little Mermaid, Snow White, The Frog Prince, and Beauty & The Beast

At Oak Ridge HS Performing Arts Center, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Saturday, April 1st @ 7:00 pm
Sunday, April 2nd @2:00 pm
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Ticket prices: Adult (Ages 18+): $20
​Youth (Ages 3 - 17) $10

Tickets available through Eventbrite at the link below, and will also be available at the door.
http://www.orcba.org/fairy-tale-to-fairy-tale-tickets.html

By Matt Cox
Director: Courtney Woolard

AUDITION TIMES
• Saturday, April 1st at Theatre Knoxville Downtown, Time 7pm
• Sunday, April 2nd at Theatre Knoxville Downtown, Time 7pm
REHEARSAL START DATE: TBA

Performance dates are June 3-June 18th, 2023

SUMMARY
For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs… who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.

Sides for Auditions can be found at https://www.theatreknoxville.com/auditions/

No monologue is necessary. The audition will consist of cold readings from the script. A headshot and resume are recommended but not required.

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 800 S. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com

Sat Apr 1, 2-4 PM: BIG EARS FEATURING SHERRY GUITARS
Paul Sherry of Sherry Guitars has been making guitars for almost 20 years. He went to Baylor University for music theory degree but began making guitars and never stopped. Paul is a staggering guitar player himself and so tests out every guitar he makes to be sure it carries the right balance and tone he’s looking for. Come by Able Trade to hear him present on his creative process in building each guitar, ask him questions, hear him play, and check out the guitars he has available for sale!

Sun Apr 2, 2-4 PM: Big Ears featuring LOCI, Prototyp3 and Artifact Custom!
Come by Able Trade to see the ultimate collaboration! Three of our members joined together to create a 3D printed drum set. LOCI Robotics built an incredible 3D printing robot for Prototyp3 and then used that robot to print a custom drum set with Tony of Artifact Custom. Come by Able Trade to watch the robot print, see the finished drum set, and hear Tony play it!

Able Trade, 203 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: https://weareabletrade.com/ or www.instagram.com/abletradeknox/

At the Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Rd, Knoxville
Gallery hours: Tue-Thu 10-4.

Reception on Sun Apr 2, 2-4 PM

In 1963 a group of Knoxville artists was invited by the late Kermit (Buck) Ewing, Head of the University of TN Art Department, to participate in an exhibition of watercolor paintings at the University’s McClung Museum. During the opening reception Mr. Ewing noted the Knoxville area did not have an organization for artists to share the common interest of painting in aqueous media. He suggested that those artists exhibiting in the McClung show could be the nucleus for such an association. Thus, was the formation of the Knoxville Watercolor Society with Laura Bagwell serving as the first President.

The purpose of this organization is to educate the members as well as the community to the understanding of watercolor as a significant art form. Active membership is juried by the members and consists of Knoxville area artists who are currently active in the serious pursuit of aqueous painting. Annually, the organization provides a scholarship for the University of Tennessee student who is majoring in watercolor painting, donates to the University Ewing Gallery and maintains a membership in the Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville. Additionally, grants have been made to the Arts Council of Greater Knoxville, the Knoxville Museum of Art, The Tennessee Resource Center, The Tennessee Art Association High School Scholarship Program.

http://www.knxvillewatercolorsociety.com/

Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in partnership with the Clayton Foundation will present a live production of "The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs.” This comedy features three classic fairy tales; The Three Little Pigs, The three Billy Goats Gruff, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

The play will be performed Fridays at 7 PM, Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM, and Sundays at 3 PM.

These three classic fairy tales begin in their usual “once upon a time” fashion; however, this time things change on the way to “happily ever after” as the pigs wonder what life would be like if the wolf were not always at their door, the billy goats gruff decide they can’t face another trip-trap over the troll’s bridge, and Papa Bear has had enough of the meddlesome little Goldilocks! Assisted by The Voice (struggling to narrate the changing stories) and three Stagehands (desperately trying to juggle sets to keep the stories straight), the three trios join forces to rewrite their stories, ridding themselves of their respective villains by exchanging them. A great comedy for families and children of all ages.

The play is performed by 17 talented young actors and 15 talented young designers and crew from ages 9 to 18. The show is directed by student intern director Alex Montgomery who is making his directorial debut with this production.

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com

Opening Reception: Monday, April 3, 5:00-7:30pm
Free and open to the public

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.

Delany Bal
Nocturne is an amalgamation of memory and image; an internal landscape negotiated into physical form. It is painted in wood, metal, light and shadow, and adorned with metaphors of reality.

Danqi Cai
heavens have one sun; mortals have one way 天无二日，人无二理is a multimedia installation that reminds the viewer we all see from a perspective where some things are visible while others are invisible. It employs handmade papers and animations to remix ancient Chinese characters, appropriated instructional materials, and diagrammatic family portraits. Through this work, I re-enroll myself in my past education to re-consider and re-create what I learned as a child.

Hanna Seggerman
Attention and Being seeks to visually record the phenomena of human experience and prompts the following actions: to think, to care, to consider, to exist, and to be. The steel sculpture, free-motion quilted textiles and their corresponding prints are derived from the careful extraction and abstraction of information found within the many contours that both separate and connect the earth, the sky and the recognizable, tangible objects and figures that all exist within the four corners of a single photograph.
Instagram handle: @hannaseggermanart
Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/hannaseggermanart/
Website: https://www.hannaseggerman.com

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Wed and Fri 10am-5pm
Thursday 10am-7:30pm
Sunday 1pm-4pm*
Closed Friday April 7 and Sunday April 9 for Spring Recess

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