Calendar of Events

Sunday, March 16, Lawson McGhee Library meeting room, 2:00 - 4:30 PM.

Daytime Docs is a monthly film series featuring documentaries that bring awareness to diverse perspectives and life experiences through the power of visual storytelling.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ll be showing the exhilarating 2018 film Maiden. This film follows the story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

Viewers are encouraged to stay after the screening to discuss the film. Then browse our Sights & Sounds collection to take home a few documentaries and films until our next screening!

Lawson McGhee Library
500 W. Church Ave
Knoxville, TN 37902

Knox County Public Library: 500 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-215-8750, www.knoxcountylibrary.org/

7:00 PM at First Presbyterian Church, 600 W Main St., Morristown, TN

Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and giving back! UTK alumni Marki Lucky is returning to the Knoxville area to perform a special concert in support of koloHUB, which is dedicated to providing much-needed medical and humanitarian aid to those affected by the unprovoked and unjust war in Ukraine.
Marki’s talent will fill the room with beautiful melodies, and your presence will help make a meaningful difference. All proceeds from this concert will go directly to koloHUB’s ongoing efforts to provide medical and humanitarian support where it’s needed most. Let’s come together to enjoy incredible music while supporting a great cause!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1180007596969359/

35 North’s Annual Farragut Spring Festival
March 15-16, 2025 - 11321 Kingston Pike - Admission: FREE!

Celebrate the arrival of spring at 35 North’s Annual Farragut Spring Festival, a two-day event filled with live music, delicious food, and family-friendly fun!

Festival Highlights: Live Music – Enjoy incredible bands across multiple stages, featuring rock, country, indie, blues, and more. Food & Drinks – Savor tasty bites from local vendors. Arts & Crafts Market – Shop unique, handmade goods. Kids’ Zone – Games, face painting, and fun activities. Lawn Games & Outdoor Activities – Perfect for all ages. Beer Garden – Relax with a cold brew in a lively atmosphere.

Whether you’re a music lover, foodie, or just looking for a great weekend with friends and family, this festival has something for everyone!

Mark your calendars and join us for an unforgettable weekend of music, fun, and community!

https://visitfarragut.org/event/farragut-spring-festival/

March 15-16 from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM at Whimsy Emporium Art & Vintage, 2608 Sutherland Ave
Free Admission! Enter a magical secret garden where fairies are real, Spring is in full bloom, and whimsy awaits! This enchanting pop-up market brings together talented Appalachian makers celebrating cottagecore and fairycore fantasy with:
• Whimsical pottery & handmade treasures
• Fairy-inspired fashion, tea, bath & body essentials
• Fresh-baked bread, unique books, & rare plants
• And so much more!
Featured Vendors:
• Delicious fresh-baked bread
• Good Girl Books
• The Plant Trolley …and more surprises!
Come dressed in your best cosplay or fairy-inspired attire and immerse yourself in a world of fantasy, creativity, and small-business magic. Whether you're hunting for unique gifts or indulging in a day of enchantment, this is a Spring celebration you won’t want to miss!
Join us & shop small! https://www.facebook.com/events/614639318091362

You can find our full listing of events by visiting our Events Calendar: https://music.utk.edu/events/
Can't attend in-person? Check out our Livestream. https://music.utk.edu/livestream/

Wind Ensemble Concert
Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium

Chamber Singers & Concert Choir Spring Concert
Tuesday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium

Musicology Distinguished Lecture Series: Professor Timothy D. Taylor
Monday, March 31 at 4:30 p.m.
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Powell Recital Hall

Men's & Women's Chorales Spring Concert
Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium

On view through March 28
In the Blackberry Farm & William "Ed" Harmon Galleries

Featuring works by Knoxville artist Jon Pemberton, this exhibit showcases a collection that interprets anonymous secrets and transforms them into art. A reception will be held in the gallery on Saturday, March 22 from 6-8 p.m.

Visit Monday-Friday 10am–5pm to see these works in person.

Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

On view through March 27
At DENSO & La Dolce Vita Galleries

This art exhibition showcases K-12 art students alongside their teachers and current art interns/student-teachers from East Tennessee. A Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, March 27 from 5:30-7:30PM.
www.dogwoodarts.com

Visit Monday-Friday 10am–5pm (or before/during CCA performances) to see the results of the artistic student-teacher synergy that happens in our schools!

Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

The Museum of Infinite Outcomes presents Symbiogenesis: A New Nature in the Anthropocene at Ijams in March!

Sponsored by Arrowmont and part of the AVIFAUNA 2025, this exhibition features the indoor and outdoor works of regional artists that engage the living landscape. A reception is March 9 from 2-5 pm.
https://museumofinfiniteoutcomes.com/avifauna

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Visitor Center open daily 10-6. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

First Friday, 5-8 PM on March 7
Seven Decades in Bloom reflects on the 70-year journey of Dogwood Arts, with an immersive retrospective honoring our rich history, evolution, and impact on the region.

123 W. Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902
Regular Gallery Hours: M-F | 10AM-5PM

KITE SYMPHONY: a multidisciplinary exhibition by Roberto Carlos Lange + Kristi Sword

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BIG EARS FESTIVAL
FIRST FRIDAYS: MARCH 7 + APRIL 4 | 5-9PM

EXTENDED BIG EARS HOURS: MARCH 27, 28, 29 |12-9PM and MARCH 30 |12-6PM

Kite Symphony is a multidisciplinary exhibition by Roberto Carlos Lange and Kristi Sword. The project features a series of drawings called Radio Telescope. Two films, one experimental piece called Star Scores, will be scored live during the Big Ears festival, and a film documenting sculptural interventions during their time in Marfa, Texas. Sound is the throughline between these diverse elements of this long-term project. Lange is a musician (widely known as Helado Negro), Sword is a visual artist, and Kite Symphony is an extension of their collaborative practice where they create work at the intersection of music, performance, and visual art. Parts of the film were originally commissioned by Ballroom Marfa and organized by Sarah Melendez.

“Lange, better known as Helado Negro, teams with the visual artist Kristi Sword for a sprawling and inspired project paying tribute to the Marfa, Texas sky.” – Pitchfork

UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Hours: W-F 11-6, Sa 10-3. Information: 865-673-0802, https://downtown.utk.edu

The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present five new exhibitions at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville opening on Friday, March 7, from 5:00-9:00 PM. A free gathering with the exhibiting artists will also feature live music by Sarrenna, Travis Bigwood and Nicholas Horner.

Kerry Remp is a retired NASA Engineer and professional pianist who enjoys the exploration of various mediums to “build” art. A musician from the age of three, Remp discovered visual art, via paper (modular origami) at age 40. Once he was hooked on creating, other paper art forms such as quilling, sculpture and portraiture began to take shape. At age 60, he began exploring the creation process using thread and eventually yarn. Currently involved in weaving on a rigid heddle loom, the love of creating continues to inspire him. He has been an active participant in Arts & Culture Alliance activities since retiring to Tennessee in 2017. In addition to individual commissions and sales, he has participated in displays/shows at the Emporium, Broadway Gallery and City/County Offices. Since becoming a grandfather to Malakai (a boy born with Downs Syndrome), all proceeds from his artwork are donated to GiGi's Playhouse, a non-profit organization that provides free programming and support to families affected by Downs Syndrome through 60+ locations across the United States.

The exhibitions will be on display March 7-30, 2025 at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902.
Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat 10-1. Additional hours: Tue Mar 11, 6-9 PM (jazz performance); Fri Mar 14, 9 AM – 7 PM (Gallery 1010 opening); BIG EARS WEEKEND: Wed-Thu Mar 26-27, 9 AM – 9 PM; Fri-Sat Mar 28-29, 10 AM – 9 PM; Sun Mar 30, 10 AM – 8 PM. Most of the works on exhibition will be for sale and may be purchased by visiting in person or the online shop at knoxalliance.store. For more information, please see knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.

Pangrok Sulap, a Malaysian community-collective from Borneo will be in Knoxville for two-weeks in March 2025 leading up to the Big Ears Music Festival. Pangrok Sulap includes “artists, musicians and social activists with a mission to empower rural communities and the marginalized through art.” “Pangrok” is the local pronunciation of “punk rock”, and “Sulap” is a hut or a resting place usually used by farmers in Sabah, Borneo. Artists Adi Helmi Bin Jaini and Zayrul Rizo Bin Osman Leong will collaborate with students and faculty from the University of Tennessee in the creation of a large scale, community-printed woodcut. Accompanied by percussion, Pangrok Sulap prints are created through community participation.

As part of the Big Ears Festival the group has plans to conduct printing sessions in the South Garden of the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive on Thursday through Saturday March 27, 28, and 29th from 10:00am – 6:00pm during intermissions for performances in the Ann and Steve Bailey Great Hall.

During the month of March, prints from Pangrok Sulap will also be presented at RED Gallery, 130 West Jackson Ave. with an opening reception on Friday March 7.

Regular Gallery Hours: 1:00 – 5:00pm Fridays and Saturdays
• Friday March 7 (plus public reception from 5-9pm)
• Saturday March 8
• Friday March 14
• Saturday March 15
• Friday March 21
• Saturday March 22

Gallery Hours During the Big Ears Festival, 10am – 6pm
Thursday March 27
Friday March 28
Saturday March 29
Sunday March 30

Website: https://pangroksulap.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pangrok_sulap/?hl=en
Borneo Art Collective Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnrhi_0BYA
Dancing and Printing Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=221525348760725
RED Gallery: https://www.downtownknoxville.org/red-gallery/

This project is sponsored by the UT College of Arts and Sciences, the UT School of Art and the UT Department of English and the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts, in partnership with an AsiaNetworks Asian Embodied Learning Grant, and Scripps College (Los Angeles). For more information, contact Beauvais Lyons (blyons@utk.edu)

RED Gallery, 130 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-524-0146 or https://www.facebook.com/REDgalleryKNOX/