Calendar of Events

(DOORS OPEN AT 11:30 AM)
This is a free event.

The Tennessee Theatre will host the Scruffy City Orchestra Brass ensemble.
Program: Danny Boy, Freddie Brabson on the Mighty Wurlizter Organ
The Gate of Kiev, SCO Brass Ensemble

Brown bag lunches consisting of a sandwich, chips, and a dessert may be purchased in the lobby for $5.00 while supplies last. Soft drinks, bottled water, popcorn, and candy will also be available for purchase. Mighty Musical Monday is presented by LHP Capital, LLC.

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

Jane Wong's poems can be found in places such as Best American Poetry 2015, American Poetry Review, POETRY, AGNI, Third Coast, New England Review, and others. Her essays have appeared in McSweeney's, Black Warrior Review, Ecotone, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, and This is the Place: Women Writing About Home.A Kundiman fellow, she is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships and residencies from the U.S. Fulbright Program, Artist Trust, 4Culture, the Fine Arts Work Center and Bread Loaf. She is the author of Overpour from Action Books, and How to Not Be Afraid of Everything, which is forthcoming from Alice James Books. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Western Washington University.

JANUARY 13 REBECCA GAYLE HOWELL
FEBRUARY 10 CHET’LA SEBREE
FEBRUARY 24 JOY WILLIAMS
April 20 GRETCHEN PRIMACK

All events take place Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library. Writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction from around the country and around the world. Free and open to the public. https://english.utk.edu/
Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program in the Department of English

Faculty recital Performers reserve the right to change their program without notice.

Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
6pm

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd 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

Orchestra at Maryville College Fall Concert, November 4, 2019 at 7:00 PM in
The Clayton Center for the Arts – Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre.

Tickets are $5 for adults, seniors, and area students.
Tickets at https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7917099/orchestra-at-maryville-college-fall-concert-maryville-the-clayton-center-for-the-arts-ronald-and-lynda-nutt-theatre

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

Speaker: John Halliwell, Electric Transportation Group of EPRI
"Where Are We On The Road To An Electric Transportation Future”

11:30am-1:00pm

John Halliwell is team member in the Electric Transportation Group of EPRI where his focus is smart charging and infrastructure development for plug-in electric vehicles. He joined EPRI in 2007 and has been active in the electric transportation space since 2008. John is the current chair of the SAE J1772 Electric Vehicle Conductive Charge Coupler Task Force and the SAE AE-7D Aircraft Energy Storage and Charging Committee. He has broad experience in design and application of electronic circuits and electronic systems. Mr. Halliwell received Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Technical Society of Knoxville meetings are held at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 401 W Summit Hill Drive and open to the public. Anyone interested in the meeting topic is welcome. Members and guests begin arriving around 11:30 AM and go through the buffet line. Cost is $13 per person payable in cash or by check in the meeting room to the designated collector. Cost without lunch is $7. A token for free parking in the hotel garage is included. Meetings are called to order at 11:55 and adjourned at 1:00 PM.

Visitors are welcome. For more information go to www.Technicalsociety.net2

We are so pleased to announce our first open call small works show! The Big Tiny Show is a national juried exhibition of over 100 small works by a diverse group of local and regional artists. $1500 in cash awards will be juried by longtime Knoxville artist Joe Parrott. Please join us this First Friday, November 1 from 5-8 p.m. to meet local artists, get a sneak peek at our holiday collection, and enjoy this big show of delightfully tiny art!

Show extended until end of December!

The District Gallery & Framery, 5113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
(865) 200-4452 or www.TheDistrictGallery.com
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10-5:30, Saturday 10-4

By VINEGAR (Ann Trondson and Melissa Yes)
In collaboration with Fenella Kennedy and students from the University of Alabama Department of Theatre and Dance

Opening Reception: Friday November 1, 2019, 7-10pm

https://vinegarprojects.org
Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @vinegarprojects
hello@vinegarprojects.org

The pulsing repetitive beat, sweat soaking your carefully selected outfit, the hours that pass without much thought while you repeat the same movements over and over, the exhaustion disappearing when you hear that song that makes you get on the dance floor and keep going because it is just too good to miss. Vinegar wants to go to a place where the ego falls away, where the body reconnects with the mind and the boundaries between us dissolve. Taking inspiration from 1990s midwest rave culture, Vinegar invites you to melt into your surroundings. Let’s dance.

VINEGAR champions artists. VINEGAR is a non-profit organization run for artists by artists in Birmingham, Alabama. Upcoming projects include the launch of Airbnb X Vinegar, an experimental exhibition venue (opening November 7, 2019) and VINEGAR’s first official headquarters, a permanent exhibition space opening winter 2019-2020.

ANN TRONDSON’s artistic practice is based in live performance, video, sound, and drawing. Recent exhibitions of her work have been held at Louis B. James Gallery, New York City (2014); College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI (2013), and MAK Center of Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (2012). Her films have been screened at Salon 94 Gallery, New York (2014) and the Palm Springs Art Museum (2010). In 2014, she participated in the Terra Summer Residency in Giverny, France. Previous residences include The Guesthaus Residency, Los Angeles (2012), The Vermont Studio Center (2009), and The Banff Centre (2009). She received her MFA from the University of Southern California in 2008 and now lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama.

MELISSA YES makes objects, installations, video art, and performances. She uses low-brow materials and DIY digital techniques to create moments of physical, cultural, and existential tension. Using destruction as a creative process and vice-versa, Yes tinkers with the production and consumption of American bodies, landscapes, and cultural narratives.

Melissa Yes earned an MFA with an emphasis in sculpture (2017) at the Ohio State University, as well as a BS in biology (2006) and a BFA in fine art (2012) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Yes worked as a studio assistant for artist Ann Hamilton from 2015-17. Yes’s twelve-year career in art, education, and the nonprofit sector has led her back to Birmingham, Alabama, where she is working as an artist, designer, educator, and co-director of VINEGAR.

FENELLA KENNEDY is an Assistant Professor of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Alabama University. Their work deals with the intersection of language, performance, and identity, using large-scale immersive environments to explore topics of gender, social media, and the strange and reptile pre(sent)-history of birds and ballerinas. Kennedy earned their PhD in Dance Studies from the Ohio State University, and maintains the public research blog Headtail Connection. In their fleeting spare time Kennedy teaches and organizes social partner dance events across the United States. Fenella Kennedy is joined for this project by dancers from the University of Alabama: Marcus Bivins, Alexis Odom, Danielle Pope, Abi Shepherd and Jamie Stannard.

C for Courtside, 513 Cooper Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: cforcourtside@gmail.com, www.cforcourtside.com
Follow the gallery on Instagram: @cforcourtside

Awaken Coffee will host artist Sarah Dempsey Friday, November 1 from 6-9 pm

"It’s not a thought process that leads to my art. I think too much and painting is my escape from that. My art seems to be a reflection from what I am feeling, of how I react to all of God’s creation.” - Sarah Dempsey

Join us for inspiring art, refreshments and of course great coffee!

Awaken Coffee is a live music venue, espresso bar, craft beer & wine bar and organic restaurant in the heart of downtown. Awaken Coffee, 125 W Jackson Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902

Hours: Mon-Thu 7 AM - 9 PM, Fri 7 AM - 10 PM, Sat 8 AM - 10 PM, Sun 2-8 PM
(865) 951-0427 or https://www.facebook.com/awakencoffeeoldcity/

November 1st 6-9PM

We are excited to announce Brian Pittman as our featured artist for the month of November! This year, Brian is mixing things up and selling original drawings in sealed envelopes. Each drawing is a surprise until after you purchase. Come join us for the show opening and to meet one of Knoxville's finest artists!

https://www.facebook.com/events/916326785416009/

Rala, 112 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902
HOURS: Mon - Thurs: 10:00am to 8:00pm, Fri - Sat: 10:00am to 9:00pm, Sun: 11:00am to 5:00pm
PH: (865) 525-7888, Instagram: @ShopRala
https://shoprala.com

Striped Light / 107 Bearden Pl.

Reception: November 1 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Eleanor Aldrich, April Bachtel, Eric Cagley, Natalie Petrosky, Jonathan Purtill, Sarah Shebaro, Nathan Sulfaro

Welcome to Hell is a semiannual exhibition and collaborative book project curated by Jonathan Purtill.

Regionality is important. Not in the sense of 'local color' or 'terroir' or whatever, but as an interconnected set of habits and subcultures that require tending and attention (or he way that touring bands open for hometown heroes in another city).
https://locatearts.org/exhibitions/knoxville/welcome-to-hell-vol-2

Fluorescent Gallery / 627 N Central St
Reception: November 1 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Liz Wierzbicki, Aaron Cowan, Rylan Thompson, joy tirade, Marlos E'van, Matthew Dutton, McLean Fahnestock, Diana Palermo, Kevin Brophy, Megumi Naganoma

Mineral House Media is thrilled to announce our second annual residency exhibition, featuring artwork from all participants in our 2019 digital residency program. Multimedia works span a breadth of topics: place, nature, identity, community, intimacy, trauma, technology, duality, dreams, and more. Each resident's written interview will be available at the show, so that visitors can dig deeper into the work and practices of the artists.

Mineral House Media’s digital residency program is a series of online artist residencies. Each artist in this exhibition was selected for our 2019 program. During the digital residency, artists are given full control of the Mineral House Media Instagram feed for three weeks, and are encouraged to curate a selection of works that exemplify the trajectory of their practice. They were each highlighted in a month-long webpage feature, and completed a detailed written interview at the end of their residency.

Mineral House Media was founded in 2017 as an online curatorial collective, focused on the enrichment of personal practice through critical analysis and the elevation of working contemporary artists. We strive to connect artists across the Southeast and beyond through a series of online residencies, interviews, podcasts, and documentaries. As a publication platform, Mineral House Media invites all writers and media creators to invest in the art world through reviews and analytical media projects.

https://locatearts.org/exhibitions/knoxville/mineral-house-media-2019-group-residency-exhibtion

A reception will take place on Friday, November 1, from 4:00-9:00 PM as part of First Friday activities downtown to which the public is invited to meet the artists and view the artwork. Most of the works are for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition.

Exhibition includes special weekend hours: Saturday, November 2, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; and Sunday, November 3, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center (AACC) Member Exhibition was developed to showcase local arts and crafts from members of the AACC crafting in the East Tennessee region. Traditional Appalachia arts and crafts will be featured in the member exhibition, including: basket making, woodwork, quilting, weaving, pottery, mixed media and more! The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is one of the oldest craft centers in Tennessee with more than 70 local juried artists. Their mission is to support arts and crafts in Appalachia through education, sales, and community involvement. They are a nonprofit arts center featuring a public gallery selling handcrafted pieces by our local juried artists. Throughout the year, the center offers classes for adults and children. For more information, please visit www.appalachianarts.net or www.facebook.com/appalachiancraftcenter.

On display at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, in downtown Knoxville. Exhibition hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Please note, the Emporium will be closed Wednesday-Friday, November 27-29, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Information: (865) 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.