Calendar of Events

The public is invited to enjoy the movie classic “Sergeant York” staring Gary Cooper about the WWI Medal of Honor recipient, from Pall Mall, Tennessee, with commentary by Dr. Michael Birdwell, professor of History at Tennessee Tech University. Professor Birdwell has studied the life of World War I hero Sgt. Alvin C. York for more than a quarter of a century and worked directly with York’s descendants for most of that time. Birdwell is the curator of the York Papers in York’s hometown of Pall Mall. He has worked internationally conducting battlefield archaeology near the Sgt. York battle site in Chatel-Chehery, France, where his team discovered more than 10,000 Word War I era artifacts. Birdwell has also conducted extensive research on Warner Bros. Entertainment Film history and media studies, with an emphasis on both Tennessee film and film influenced by World War I and II.

The film is presented in conjunction with the new feature exhibition “In the Footsteps of Sergeant York” on display at the Museum of East Tennessee History through July 8. This is the second in a series of WWI in America programs presented in partnership with the University of Tennessee Center for the Study of War and Society. The program is sponsored by the Library of America’s World War I and American Grant, received by CSWS in conjunction with the State of Tennessee World War I Commission. The program is free and will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville. For more information on the lecture, exhibitions, or museum hours, call 865-215-8824 or visit the website at www.EastTNHistory.org.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: M-F 9-4, Sa 10-4, Su 1-5. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

WITH ROREY CARROLL
"I started making up songs in 1986. I made an album in 1994. i also started a tour in 1994 and that tour is, in a way, still going i never made a record so good that i could just sit home or did a show so bad that i had to.and man, i’ve done some shit shows,shit albums too.some of them are pretty good though,but you know,it’s been a while.i really need to put out a good album soonor i’m finished. sometimes these days i sing with a band.i think we made a good album. david schools of widespread panic is our leader.i make up our lyrics....we’re a jam band.our songs only go on about an hour or so but they’re still pretty long.cool people jam with us all the time and we have like a million shirts and shit. i personally think we’re the seventh best band in the whole jam thing.on this tour i am coming to town with nothing but my guitar and stories like the old days.you know...pick a little talk a little pick a little talk a little cheap cheap chea ptalk a lot pick a little more. and not to brag,but i also wrote a book that everybody loves so i am an author now. plus i play everywhere, pretty much all the time everybody shows up and they pretty much always love it."

http://www.toddsnider.net

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

Join us in our 38th season for a series of three recitals by three internationally acclaimed pianists. Programs will include classic and contemporary offerings for all audiences.

In the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall in the University of Tennessee’s Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville 37996. Tickets/information: 865-408-8083 or www.youngpianistseries.com

Ensemble concert; Viva l’Italia! II. NOTE: This concert will be held at the Tennessee Theatre. This event is free.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. , Knoxville, TN 37902

Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, and the Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Join A1LabArts on this day to become a member of one of Knoxville’s oldest art organizations. A1LabArts is an arts organization for artists run by artists. Artists of all kinds are welcome (visual, performance, musicians, writers, and more) to become a part of A1LabArts.

Doors will open at 11:30am and you are asked to bring a dish to share (homemade or store-bought). You will have a chance to join A1 for the year, meet other members, and hear about our past year and the year ahead. We will get your input & make decisions on the 2 member’s exhibitions for the year. In addition to the business side there will be a bit of fun to be had as well!

Through exhibitions, performances, and educational activities, it is A1LabArts’ intention to develop the creative artists’ and the community’s appreciation for interdisciplinary and new art forms.

Memberships are $25/ student; $50/individual and $75/family. If you are unable to attend on this day you can still join A1LabArts on our website. By becoming a member of A1LabArts you have entry into a minimum of 2 exhibitions a year, access to an amazing gallery space , plus you are supporting local arts!

A1LabArts @ the Center for Creative Minds, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: www.a1labarts.org

2018 East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival at the Alumni Memorial Building on the University of Tennessee Knoxville Campus. This large family-friendly celebration, held yearly in February during the Chinese New Year, brings together all the major Chinese Organizations in Knoxville and surrounding areas for an evening of song, dance, martial arts, and other performances to celebrate Chinese Culture and the coming of Spring!

Our upcoming 2018 Year of the Dog show will be held in the Alumni Memorial Building on the University of Tennessee Campus. Our Special Guests this year will be The FABULOUS CHINESE ACROBATS! This group, who trained with the Shanxi Changzhi Acrobatics Troupe in China, will put on a spectacular show for us. We will also have another Special Guest this year, Ms. Kerry Lee from the Atlanta Chinese Dance Company. She will enthrall us with a Tibetan Drum Dance and a Red Ribbon Dance. Our Festival will also feature dance performers from the East Tennessee Chinese School, hip-hop dancing from Kascade, and much more. We hope you join us as we celebrate the beginning of the Year of the Dog with our exciting variety show!

Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building, 1408 Middle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37916 on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. All seats are reserved. The ticket prices are $5 and $8.50. http://knoxvillechineseculture.org/FESTIVALS/cny.html

Civil War Lecture Series: Civil War Era Historic Structures in Knoxville, a Virtual Tour

The McClung Museum’s 8th annual Civil War Lecture series, given by Civil War Curator Joan Markel, will be held at 2 p.m. one Sunday each month, January–April 2018 in the McClung Museum Auditorium. The lectures are free and open to the public.

This month’s lecture is “Civil War Era Historic Structures in Knoxville, a Virtual Tour.” Our modern landscape is only a click away for the sites and structures of the Civil War era. The latest technology will allow a comfortable armchair tour of diverse locations rich in Civil War history; the route follows the troops from Farragut down Kingston Pike then around the easily identifiable downtown streets.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: M-Sa 9-5, Su 1-5. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

The Knoxville Choral Society is proud to present the Knoxville Chamber Chorale with their ~ “Winter Concert, Gathering” at Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church, 9132 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923.

Autumn and winter are times when thoughts of human mortality and questions of the supernatural become more present. Join the Knoxville Chamber Chorale for a “Gathering” of powerful music that explores our relationship to life and death, light and darkness. The program includes music from the United States, England, Germany, Latvia, and Spain with settings from sacred hymns to modern anthems and African-American spirituals. This concert will make you rethink the power of the human voice.

There is no cost for this concert and no tickets are necessary.

The 2017-2018 concert season is sponsored by Rush’s Music, the Tennessee Arts Commission, the Clayton Family Foundation, the city of Knoxville, WJXB 97.5 FM and WUOT 91.9 FM. For more information, please visit www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

The Sundress Reading Series is excited to welcome Courtney Sinclaire Brown, Tasha Cotter, and Jocelyn Heath to the February installment of our reading series! The event will take place 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18, at Hexagon Brewing Co., located at 1002 Dutch Valley Dr. STE 101, Knoxville, TN 37918. The Sundress Reading Series is free and open to the public.

Born in California, raised (mostly) in Texas, and now living in Tennessee, Courtney Sinclaire Brown is a poet and scholar currently working on her Ph.D. in English at Vanderbilt University. She previously studied literature and poetry at Rice University where she was also the editor-in-chief of R2: The Rice Review. Her poems have appeared in R2: The Rice Review and Poets.org.

Tasha Cotter is the author of the poetry collection Some Churches (Gold Wake Press, 2013) and the chapbooks That Bird Your Heart (Finishing Line Press, 2013) and Girl in the Cave (Tree Light Books, 2016). Winner of the 2015 Delphi Poetry Series, her work has appeared in journals such as Contrary Magazine, NANO fiction, and Thrush. A recipient of grants from The Kentucky Center and the Kentucky Foundation for Women, she makes her home in Lexington, K.Y, where she works in higher education and serves as the president-elect of the Kentucky State Poetry Society.

Jocelyn Heath is an Assistant Professor in English at Norfolk State University, having recently completed her creative PhD at Georgia State University. Her poetry and nonfiction have also appeared or are forthcoming in The Atlantic, Crab Orchard Review, Fourth River, Poet Lore, Sinister Wisdom, Bellingham Review, and other journals. She is an Assistant Editor for Smartish Pace, and has reviewed poetry for Lambda Literary and others.

Sundress Academy for the Arts: 865-560-6106, www.sundresspublications.com/safta

The Best way to read Shakespeare’s plays is out loud – and with friends! The Tennessee Stage Company and Shakespeare On The Square invite you to read Shakespeare’s plays with us – out loud!

Getting back into the swing of it, our next reading date is Sunday, February 18, when we will gather at the Lawson McGhee Library to read one of the history plays - Henry IV, Part One, which will also be performed on Market Square in July, 2018. Get a sneak preview of this rarely performed gem in advance of our production this summer.

IT’S FREE AND FUN! Readings are at the Lawson McGee Library on Sunday afternoons. Readings are free and open to the public. Hearing these plays read aloud offers much more insight into the depths of Shakespeare’s work. We will meet at 2:00 pm. There will be chairs set up and whoever wants to read out loud can choose one. There will be additional seating for anyone who wants to read along silently. Copies of the play will be available but please bring your own if possible.

We welcome all voices, all dialects. We read the plays for the joy of reading them and to hear and discover more about the plays, especially plays that have not yet been performed by Shakespeare On The Square. Maybe one of these is the one we should perform next!

Tennessee Stage Company: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com

Join us for Scotch & Strings - a KSO fundraiser! We'll enjoy delicious scotch tastings provided by Empire Distributors of TN, and delight in heavy hors d'oeuvres provided by Boyd's Jig & Reel. This Sunday evening scotch-filled soiree will include a performance by the KSO principal quartet. Tickets are $40 in advance or $45 at the door. Purchase them online at https://www.knoxvillesymphony.com/event/318/scotch-strings/, or contact Mary Sue Greiner for more information! msgreiner@knoxvillesymphony.com or 521-2304

Please join KBS for our annual Winter Show at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Guest artist Mark Fields of Bonsai By Fields.

Hours: Sat 10-5, Sun 10-3. Free admission! At Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914.

https://knoxvillebonsaisociety.com/