Calendar of Events

At Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Avenue

The Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association is comprised of folks who love telling, listening to, and rejoicing in our rich heritage of stories. You’ll find a multitude of telling styles and genres among our members: whether it’s traditional Appalachian tales, classical stories from foreign lands, contemporary fiction, or personal narratives, you’re never quite sure what you may find as the next story unfolds. True to that form, on Wednesday, August 21 we offer a "Summer Smorgasbord", where tellers share some of their personal favorite stories, old and new!

Featured storytellers for the evening include: Sheri Liles, Roland Mote and Brenda J Southerland.

Doors open at 6 pm, stories begin at 7. Tickets for this event are $12 for adults, $6 for kids (ages 5-12).
The Ijams Beer Garden and concession area will be open all evening. This event will be held on the back patio at the Visitor Center with seating provided. No outside alcohol allowed. In case of inclement weather, this event will move inside to the large room in the Visitor Center.

The Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association comprises folks who love telling, listening to, and rejoicing in our rich heritage of stories. For more information, find them on Facebook or check out www.smokymountaintellers.org.

https://www.visitknoxville.com/event/a-summer-smorgasbord-of-stories/27897

Come celebrate Two Bikes with the Knoxville cycling community August 21st from 6-9pm at The Mill & Mine. We’re partnering with some of our friends around the neighborhood to bring you an evening of fun for a good cause. We’ll offer refreshing cocktails paired with heavy h’ors d’oeuvres and the greatest party games of any fundraiser around. Margarita blender bike? It’ll be there. Funny bike obstacle course? Yes! Plus, the silent auction is filled with bicycle products and experiences from all around town.

Presented by Old City Athletic Club
https://www.twobikes.org/scs-2024

Calling all Knoxville creative professionals: Join The Creative Kind on August 21st at Meads Quarry from 5:30-7:30 pm for Swimming Through Social Media. This quintessentially Knoxville event combines time in nature with a geeky tutorial.

For the first hour, we'll be swimming, paddling, kayaking, or hiking at the quarry and taking photos. SUP and kayak rentals are available onsite from River Sports Outfitters.

During the second hour, social media expert Holly Rainey from Knoxville Entrepreneur Center will guide us through creating content for social media using the photos and videos that we just shot.

We’ll have pizza on hand and the concession stand at Meads Quarry will open for snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, and beer.

Where: Meads Quarry at Ijams. Parking is available at the quarry.
When: Wednesday August 21st, 5:30-7:30pm
Cost: $5 to park, food and vessel rental is FREE, thanks to our awesome sponsor, TEK Systems.

RSVP TO SAVE YOUR SPOT at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ8qM2YwKap1VDrpXWR4wk8bZ7rf6Ulz4AK1yVDTq1j-EOyA/viewform

ABOUT THE CREATIVE KIND: We’re professional creatives connecting the Knoxville creative community. We spend our days doing websites/graphic design/videos/social media/journalism/teaching/advertising/public relations/ photography/events/art/music/UX and many other disciplines.

Admission is free, but space is limited. RSVP by August 16. https://www.knoxheritage.org/events/ancientknoxville/

Wednesday, August 21 at 5:30PM
Historic Westwood

Join us as the Knoxville History Project's Jack Neely takes us through the seven wonders of ancient Knoxville. Jack will use photographs and other images to show the most impressive buildings that have since vanished from our local landscape - what we know about them and what happened to them.

Knox Heritage at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

After Hours Event
Wednesday, August 21, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Night at the Museum returns! Visit the museum after hours on a weekday and drink up a little history.
The historic home will be open for self-guided tours and staff will be available for questions. We'll share famous moments of the house's history and there will be a behind-the-scenes look at the bottom floor at 7:30 pm.

Presale tickets are $10 per adult before fees, and include one beverage ticket for one (1) soda or beer, with additional drink tickets at $5.

In the event of rain, Night at the Museum will be delayed one week to Wednesday, August 28.
https://www.simpletix.com/e/night-at-the-museum-iii-tickets-167863

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger · 1945 · 91 minutes
August 21 · Regal Riviera · 7:00 p.m.

“I reached the point of thinking there were no more masterpieces to discover, until I saw I Know Where I’m Going!” — Martin Scorsese

“The love story develops, deftly and gently, not between the customary movie paper dolls, but between two sympathetic, strongly individualized human beings, beautifully embodied by Miss Hiller and Mr. Livesey…. The film is an achievement in civilized comedy; even in its grave and noble moments it preserves a graceful, tender gaiety.” — James Agee

In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely place—the bleak and moody Scottish Hebrides. Wendy Hiller stars as a headstrong young woman who travels to these remote isles to marry a rich lord. Stranded by stormy weather, she meets a handsome naval officer (Roger Livesey) who threatens to thwart her carefully laid-out life plans.

https://www.filmfestknox.com/i-know-where-im-going/

Saturday, August 17, 2024 10am to 3pm
Monday, August 19, 2024 11am to 6pm
Thursday, August 22, 2024 11am to 6pm
Friday, August 23, 2024 11am to 6pm
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10am to 3pm

Join us in welcoming a new cohort to the UT School of Art!
At UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay Street, Knoxville TN 37902
http://downtown.utk.edu
Free! Contact Phone: 865-673-0802
https://calendar.utk.edu/event/first-year-mfa-exhibition

8/17 • 2024 Ijams Hummingbird Festival: Celebration of Wings
8/18 • Self-Care Sunday Yoga
8/18 • Full Moon Paddle
8/21 • A Summer Smorgasbord of Stories with the Smoky Mountain
Storytellers Association

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

Art Exhibit at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Free and open to the public
Reception Friday, August 9, 2024, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Artist talks at 6:30 p.m.
Gallery hours: 9:30 - 4:30 Monday through Thursday, 9:00 – 1:00 Sunday
At Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church Gallery, 2931 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37918

Mary Bow
Images of many different animals, both domesticated and wild, are rendered in thickly applied acrylic paint on textured canvases using a dry brush technique that allows successive layers of color to show through. Bow hopes to provoke empathy for non-human animals as they live, raise their young and experience joy, sorrow and pain. Mary Bow has degrees in Anthropology, Psychology, and Visual Art, as well as higher degrees in Education. She feels that she has a unique perspective on how human relationships with others in the animal kingdom have changed over time. www.marypbow.com

Curt Imerman’s finely detailed drawings of barns are created by using fine-tipped pens as a brush rather than an instrument to draw lines. As the tip of the pen wears away from use, it produces lighter and finer lines, allowing different effects. Imerman says, “Barns are disappearing from our country’s landscape at an ever-increasing rate. Barns are a part of our Americana. This is my way of memorializing and sharing my fascination with old, weathered barns.” Imerman’s attention to detail comes from his career as a mechanical designer for a major U.S. crane manufacturer. While designing cranes, Curt’s drawing talent was called upon to prepare conceptual drawings of various lift crane designs. He is a member of the Art Market Gallery in Knoxville and serves on their Board of Directors.

https://tvuuc.org/

First Friday Reception: August 2nd, 5:30 - 9 pm

A native of Virginia, Kathy Holland attended the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUarts) in Richmond, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking in 1978. The following summer she studied with master wood-engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton at the Central School of Art and Design in London, England. Ever since graduation from VCUarts, Kathy has worked continually as an artist, exhibiting drawings, etchings, relief prints, and paintings in juried national and international exhibitions and solo shows. In addition to her studio practice, she has worked over the years as a freelance graphic artist, medical illustrator, mura lpainter, portrait artist, art show juror, and drawing instructor. In 1986 she emigrated to Canada, lived in the small rural town of Deep River, Ontario for over11 years, and exhibited her work extensively in solo exhibitions at public galleries throughout Ontario and in juried shows across the US.

Debbie Corley of DC Pottery creates pieces that are mostly wheel thrown, but she constructs some hand-built pieces as well, focusing on functional ware that is intended to be used and enjoyed in daily life. Inspired by the dynamics of the outside world, the changing seasons, and the organic patterns and textures found in nature, her work includes surface designs are created by employing carving techniques to expose the clay material underneath underglazes, hand painting to emphasize and highlight to create contrast and interest, and layering of patterned transfers, textures, and decals.

Art Market Gallery, 422 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: Tu-Sa 11-6, Su 1-6. Information: 865-525-5265, www.artmarketgallery.net, www.Facebook.com/ArtMarketGallery

This upcoming First Friday we will be showcasing “Sueños,” an exhibition that celebrates the artistry of Honduran artists Sergio Martínez, Valeria Martínez, and Estefano Martínez.

https://holahoralatina.org/current-exhibit/
865.335.3358

Emporium Center + Dogwood Gallery
Reception: August 2nd / 5-8PM
Details TBA

Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com