Calendar of Events

Our ode to creativity, this exhibition reprises a challenge from a few years ago and asks artists to take items of
our choosing (we will provide the objects) and make an original composition including them!

At Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tu-F 9-5, Sa-M 1-4. Information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org

Thermal Label Warehouse/Shaw Family Pops Series
Saturday, May 13, 2023, at 8 p.m.
Knoxville Civic Auditorium

The Doo Wop Project begins at the beginning, tracing the evolution of Doo Wop from the classic sound of five guys singing tight harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today. In their epic shows, DWP takes audiences on a journey from foundational tunes of groups like the Crests, Belmonts and Flamingos through their influences on the sounds of Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, and The Four Seasons all the way to DooWopified versions of modern musicians like Michael Jackson, Jason Mraz and Maroon 5. Featuring stars of Broadway’s smash hits Jersey Boys and Motown: The Musical, the Doo Wop Project brings unparalleled authenticity of sound and vocal excellence to recreate—and in some cases entirely reimagine—some of the greatest music in American pop and rock history!

Featuring Doo Wop Project
865-291-3310 or https://knoxvillesymphony.com/

6-9PM at the Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street

Asian Pacific islander's Heritage Month is May. You can enjoy a national dish of the Philippines, Roasted Whole pig, Indian foods, Thai foods, Indonesian foods and Marysia Foods. Very authentic foods tasting experience. You also will enjoy Bali dance, Thailand dance, Japanese Banjo and lion dance performance.

Proceeds going towards organizing Knox Asian Festival to create welcoming community & creating the stronger outreach program. Tickets: https://www.betterunite.com/acct-knoxvilletasteofasia/Donate

www.knoxasianfestival.com

WIMZ PRESENTS ALICE COOPER at the Tennessee Theatre.
SATURDAY, MAY 13, at 8PM.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com

10am - 4pm

Enjoy a unique shopping experience as artists and vintage curators from across East Tennessee gather on the grounds of the Historic Ramsey House! From handcrafted jewelry to woodworking to beautiful seasonal decor items and more, you are certain to find the perfect gift or home décor item. This FREE event is great for the entire family! We will also offer onsite food, entertainment, house tours, and more! https://www.facebook.com/events/936617194442108

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

May 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

On the day 9-year old Lynn Hickernell was selected as captain of a gym class kickball team, she knew just what she would do: the first members chosen for her team would be the classmates who, like her, were usually picked last. As the teams assembled, she ignored the quizzical facial expressions and continued to select smaller, less-coordinated 4th graders, instead of the stronger, faster students who quickly made up the opposing team. She knew that her team might not be obvious victors, but if they worked together, they could show the other team what they could do–which turned out to be lose. Badly. By a score of approximately 25 to 0. And while it wasn’t much fun to lose that spring morning, many years later it made a good story.

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

DUSTY SLAY, COMEDY SPECIAL TAPING at the Bijou Theatre.
SATURDAY, MAY 13 | TWO PERFORMANCES, 7:00PM and 9:30PM.

Dusty Slay has announced two comedy shows at Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee, on May 13, 2023. Slay will be hitting the stage at both 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The sets will be the recording of his first one-hour comedy special taping.

You can take the boy out of the trailer park, but you can’t take the trailer park out of the boy. Stand-up comedian Dusty Slay grew up poor on Lot 8 of a mobile home neighborhood in Opelika, Alabama, with a love for both classic country and rock and a career history peppered with jobs like waiting tables and selling pesticides. The trucker hat, long hair, mustache, flannel shirt and oversized glasses aren’t affectations to cultivate a stage persona as the B-side of a 1970s Bob Seger track, it’s just Dusty.

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

Mother's Day Tea

Saturday, May 13th, with seatings at 12 pm and 2 pm, The Tennessean Hotel welcomes families to bring mom for a luxury tea service featuring signature teas, along with an array of scones, tea sandwiches, petit fours and other tasty treats. Steeped in the timeless tea culture of Great Britain and served with swanky, southern flair, Mother's Day Tea at The Tennessean Hotel features refined servers presenting classic tea service with a twist while a local musician creates a lovely ambiance for mom to relax. Reservations ($95++ per person) can be made by visiting https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothers-day-at-the-tennessean

The Tennessean Hotel, 531 Henley St, Knoxville, TN 37902
(865) 232-1800, https://www.thetennesseanhotel.com/

An evening cocktail party and silent auction

May 13, 2023 | 5:00 pm - 8:00pm

Join us on May 13 for Martinis and Magnolias, an evening of Canapés, Cocktails, and Comradery to benefit Historic Blount Mansion! Hosted by MollyJo Events, come enjoy an evening in the garden socializing with your friends and community whilst moving about Blount Mansion’s beautiful, historic garden, lovingly maintained by the women of the Knoxville Garden Club. Engage with your local history as you peruse the Blount Mansion National Historic Landmark and strike a jive to the magnanimous tunes of the Old City Buskers. Partake in delectable hors d‘oeuvres, desserts, or perhaps even a cigar or two, all while sampling an array of specialty cocktails provided throughout the night. Best of all, you can chance your luck at the numerous silent auction packages ready and waiting for you!

All proceeds from this event will go towards the benefit of the Blount Mansion Association’s horticulture education program.

Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-525-2375, www.blountmansion.org

Leslie Conner will be at Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, signing copies of her mystery novels and chatting with folks from 10 am to 12 pm on May 13! Come by to grab your copy and browse.

Leslie's first two novels, Devil's Charm and The Darkness Within, were published through Wordcrafts Press. Her short fiction has been published in literary journals, including The Bookends Review and The Rhapsodist, and her mystery novel, As Long as They Lived, was a finalist in the 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Mystery.

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

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, is proud to present an author event with Kari Gunter-Seymour & her newest collection, Alone in the House of My Heart. This event will take place on May 13, 2023 at 6 pm.

While this is a free event, we ask that you register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-author-event-featuring-kari-gunter-seymour-tickets for your spot.

Kari Gunter-Seymour is the Poet Laureate of Ohio, an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow and author of Alone in the House of My Heart (Ohio University Swallow Press), A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen (Sheila Na Gig Editions), and Dirt Songs (forthcoming, EastOver Press 2024). She is an artist in residence at the Wexner Center for the Arts, a Pillars of Prosperity Fellow for the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, the founder/executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and editor of its anthology series Women Speak. Her work has been featured in Verse Daily, World Literature Today, The New York Times and Poem-a-Day.
www.karigunterseymourpoet.com

Kari Gunter-Seymour’s second full-length collection resounds with candid, lyrical poems about Appalachia’s social and geographical afflictions and affirmations. History, culture, and community shape the physical and personal landscapes of Gunter-Seymour’s native southeastern Ohio soil, scarred by Big Coal and fracking, while food insecurity and Big Pharma leave their marks on the region’s people. A musicality of language swaddles each poem in hope and a determination to endure. Alone in the House of My Heart offers what only art can: a series of thought-provoking images that evoke such a clear sense of place that it’s familiar to anyone, regardless of where they call home.

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

May 13, 12-6 PM - 10% of sales go to Moms Demand Action

Excited to see this work together! We will have lots of ceramic and wood vases, as well as fresh flowers

Look for the ramp on Jackson Avenue just west of Gay Street on your way to The Standard! Featuring work by Melissa Everett, Brigid Ko, Coral Grace Turner, and Joanna Warren, as well as Carla Basile, Daniel Clay, Maggie Connolly, Shelagh Leutwiler, Tina Rosling and Emily Webb. https://www.instagram.com/square_ramp/