Calendar of Events

A sweet and very funny play about three Jewish widows who regularly visit their husbands' graves as a way of keeping them alive in their hearts. However, the ritual is getting old for two of the women who think it might be time to move on in life and start dating again. The Cemetery Club was a big hit on Broadway and was made into a major motion picture in the 1990s. However, the play endures as a theatre favorite for community and professional groups alike. "If you liked Steel Magnolias, you'll LOVE this play!!"

The play is suitable for all ages and is being produced by Free Spirit Theatre Company.

Thursday -Saturday, July 22nd -24th at 8PM at the Jubilee Event Center located at 6700 Jubilee Center Way, Knoxville, TN 37912. Tickets are available at http://www.freespirittheatre.org/tickets.html. For more information contact freespirittheatre@mail.com.

Ijams and CAC Beardsley Community Farm invite you to a Take Action! Summer Gardening series! The first workshop, Sustainable Summer Gardening, is next Thursday, May 27, from 6-7 p.m. You’ll learn the basics of growing eco-friendly summer crops, maintenance tips and tricks, and sustainable practices for a healthy landscape and produce. All four classes are FREE and take place at the Farm!

July 22: Preserving the Harvest: Fruit Jams & Sauces
Aug. 26: Using the Harvest: Homemade Pasta w/Zucchini & Herbs

https://www.ijams.org/event-details/take-action-sustainable-summer-gardening-with-beardsley-farm

6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
1741 Reynolds St, Knoxville, TN 37921

Thursday July 22, 6-8:30pm
Join us for this collaboration with The Pigeon Parade Quarterly, complete with a poetry reading and community art exhibition.

The Central Collective, 923 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-236-1590, info@thecentralcollective.com, www.thecentralcollective.com

ACTING WORKSHOPS

July 20-22, 1-4 PM for AGES 10-14

Students will explore and develop skills involved in acting. Methods used: games, exercises and improvisation.

FEE: $95
CLASS SIZE: 8-12 students

LOCATION:
Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Rd., 37919

TEACHERS: Jeni Lamm, Terry Weber
GUEST: John Cherry, Primary Players
If interested, please email wordplayers@comcast.net or call 865-539-2490.
www.wordplayers.org
Facebook: The WordPlayers
Twitter: @wordplayers
Instagram: wordplayers

Start date: July 19, 2021
End date: July 23, 2021

Free registration starts May 30. Tuition is $125/student for the week.
Camp is daily, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM (pick up until 1 PM)

Professional artist instruction – limited space available for ages 6-14. 18 students total with six students per class. Clay sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, environmental art, music, Chinese brush painting, and more!

At Overcoming Believers Church, 211 Harriet Tubman Street. Info: 240-455-8230, www.genevagalleries.com

July 17 & 24, 2-5 PM

Darkhorse Entertainment, LLC, invites you to participate in the 6th Tennessee Medieval Faire in Harriman. The festival is seeking professional performers, costumed street characters, and period-related vendors to recreate the High Middle Ages (circa 1000-1300) in a theatrical way. The theme is “Live the Age of Chivalry,” performed by interactive characters from the legend of Robin Hood.

For those interested in participating as street characters, open auditions will be held on Saturdays July 17 and 24, from 2-5pm, at 150 Culton Lane, Kingston, TN. New auditioners are asked to bring a recent printed selfie. All should come prepared to demonstrate their outdoor performance talents, including singing, speaking loudly with a European accent, and participating in theatre games as directed. Agile adults are preferred, but mature and talented minors will also be considered. Having theatrical experience and an outgoing and friendly disposition are helpful. More information can be found at www.tmfaire.com/theroyalplayers.

Professional comedy, dance, and acoustic musical stage acts are encouraged to audition as soon as possible by emailing performance details and video link(s) to DarkhorseLLC@comcast.net.

TN Medieval Faire: Oct 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 2021. 10-6:30p ET at 550 Fiske Rd, Harriman, TN
https://www.tmfaire.com/

Tri-Star Arts announces the next exhibition at their gallery in the historic Candoro Marble Building. A solo show, Mondegreen, features new work by artist Pete Hoffecker Mejía (Salem, Oregon).

Public receptions will be held on Friday, July 16 from 5:00- 8:00 pm (artist in attendance) and Friday, September 3 from 5:00- 8:00 pm. An in-person artist talk will be held on Friday, July 16 at 3:30 pm.

Pete Hoffecker Mejía states: “This work is engaged with the negotiation of multiform cultural identities. I am expressly concerned with exploring the intersection of contrasting cultural information, hierarchies of representation, and conflation in the expression of otherness.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, of indigenous ancestry, adopted by a multiracial family, and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, I have created a studio practice that serves as a space for mediation of the resulting geographic and cultural estrangement. Cut and reassembled serape blankets, mochila pattern, molas, and other fragments of a whole speak to cultural and geographic discontinuity. Interrogating the themes of European geometric abstraction and Indigenous art forms allows me to create a sculptural narrative of contemporary Latin-American and Indigenous cultural hybridity, with acknowledgment of the postcolonial landscape.

High art and low, the historical and the ahistorical, the found and the fabricated, caricature and the sincere, all collide and collude. In this way, I explore the blurred points of contact resulting from estrangement, while touching on the obstacles in mediating self through distorted representations of the other in mass culture.”

This exhibition will be open to the public, alongside iconic spaces within the Candoro Marble Building, regularly from Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 am until 5:00 pm. Social distancing is encouraged.

Tri-Star Arts at Candoro Marble Building, 4450 Candora Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Tue-Sat 11 AM - 5 PM. Information: https://tristararts.org/

Wed-Sat @ 7:30, Sun @ 2:00

Venus in Fur opens with a cynical playwright lamenting the lack of talent in the actresses he has auditioned for his new play based on a 19th century erotic novel. When ditzy actress Vanda arrives two hours late, sparks and punch lines fly. But underneath the humor, something wicked and dangerous bubbles to surface, building to a punch-in-the-gut ending you'll never see coming.

“Venus in Fur is a play about the battle of the sexes, with nuclear weapons. .” says director Jayne Morgan. “The action is physical, raw and intense – is is funny and sexy, and audiences love the twists and turns the story takes! This play is also such an incredible showcase for the actors” Local actors Carolyn Corley and Michael Marks are cast as Vanda and playwright Thomas. Randy Thompson is stage managing.

Flying Anvil Theatre, locally known for producing newer, provocative productions, is currently selling season passes and single tickets for their upcoming season which features five mainstage shows and a special performance by comedian/singer Minton Sparks.

Venus will open with a 'pay-what-you-want' preview on July 15. The show runs Thursday-Sunday, July 15-August 1. Evening shows are at 7:30 pm, Sunday matinee at 2:00 pm, $25 for adults and $13 for students. For mature audiences. Tickets are also available at the door.

Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Road, Knoxville. Information: 865-357-1309, www.flyinganviltheatre.com. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram, @flyinganviltheatre

Our ONLINE camp will offer a glimpse into the world of design, covering topics from graphic, industrial and interior design to architecture and the city. Our 2021 Summer Design Camp will be virtual and offered to students from all over the region and nation!

Mon-Fri of online design learning. What you will experience:

Learn how to communicate information and ideas using foundational design principles including color, pattern, space, form and composition
2D and 3D analog and digital representation techniques.
Design topics including theory, history, technology and professional practice.
A glimpse into design education at the University of Tennessee!
In this new format, campers will meet remotely with award-winning faculty and upperclassmen students who will help guide them through design exercises and projects. And just because we’re online, doesn’t mean we won’t get our hands dirty and make a mess! A kit of supplies will be shipped to each camper prior to the start. This kit will include materials and tools to make and create.

Cost: $475. Check out the online brochure for more information on content, schedule and tuition. Curiosity is the sole prerequisite. https://archdesign.utk.edu/study/summer-design-camp

They say, "into every life, rain must fall," and while that is true, some individuals defy that logic and always deal with a light hand and a joy that defies the trials and tribulations of life. Hugh Bailey was one of those rare individuals. He experienced the sorrows of life as we all do, but chose a brighter side. Hugh saw, painted, sculpted, printed, and related stories of joy. He created objects that were "joy filled" and shared them with those lucky enough to cross his path. This show will be an echo of that joy and his legacy to all who knew him.

Hugh was an ambassador for the clay arts especially. A founding member of Foothills Craft Guild and an active member of Southern Highlands Craft Guild, an instructor in our program and others for many years, and an active demonstrator of clay arts throughout the region, Hugh was gracious with his time and talents sharing both with curious individuals of all ages. All of his work was imbued with his quick wit, amazing sense of humor and delightful sense of whimsy. In fact, Hugh was an advocate of playful experimentation in all media. These aspects to his work are readily apparent and will bring many memories to those who knew him and inspire those who did not have that privilege. The objects displayed in this exhibition will be shared with the Art Center from his many collectors in homage.

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

Pellissippi State Community College is ushering back art exhibits with the work of students who took Painting: Methods and Materials in June.

The show is on display until Aug. 6 in the Bagwell Center for Media and Art Gallery on the college’s Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Everyone is invited to view the exhibit for free 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Painting: Methods and Materials focuses on oil and acrylic painting on canvas with an emphasis on personal content through expanded methods and mediums.

“This is a very creative and eclectic group, ranging from realist still-life to broken glass and gold leaf abstractions to strange and wonderful painting/sculptural explorations," said Associate Professor Herb Rieth, who taught the class.

For more information about Pellissippi State, visit www.pstcc.edu or call 865-694-6400.

Summer Sale! 50–75% Off Select Furniture, Accessories & Gifts
Starts July 9 and runs through the end of the month

Special Sale on Saturday, July 10in with parking lot vendors

Bennett Galleries & Company: 5308 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: M-Th 10-6, F-Sa 10-5:30. Information: 865-584-6791, www.bennettgalleries.com