Calendar of Events
Friday, March 10, 2023
Piecing Together History: A look at the Ramsey House Quilt Collection
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts and History, heritage
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join the Historic Ramsey House during March for a special look at our quilt collection! "Piecing Together History: A look at the Ramsey House Quilt Collection" will highlight some of our rarely displayed collection pieces that showcase a rich and vibrant textile history! Throughout the month, we will have several different workshops and lectures happening, so be sure to mark your calendars!
The Historic Ramsey House’s permanent collection is home to more than 50 historic quilts and other textiles dating from the early 1800's to the mid 1900's. From the Pickle Dish to the Rose and Bud, these beautiful works of art, help to tell the story of East Tennessee families, from all walks of life, one stitch at a time. Our ongoing effort to protect and store the collection is integral to ensuring its survival for future generations.
https://www.ramseyhouse.org/system/events/view/38/piecing-together-history-temporary-exhibit
Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-546-0745, www.ramseyhouse.org
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Things My Mother Taught Me
Category: Theatre
By Katherine DiSavino
Director: Windie Wilson
Thu-Sat at 7:30 PM, Sun at 3 PM
Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They’ve just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country to start a new life together in Chicago. Their moving day doesn’t go exactly as planned, though, and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help! Can a two-bedroom apartment contain all of the love, laughs, worry, and wisdom that’s about to happen?
This project is being supported in whole or in part, by federal award number 21.027 awarded to the City of Knoxville by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Arts & Culture Alliance
Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 800 S. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com
Oak Ridge Playhouse: God of Carnage
by Yasmina Reza
The TONY® Award-winning comedy of manners that lacks manners. After a playground scuffle between eleven-year-old boys leaves one with missing teeth, two sets of Brooklyn parents meet to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses (and the rum flows) tensions emerge. The couples' gloves come off, and the evening degenerates into childish chaos.
PG-13 AUDIENCES
Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, https://www.orplayhouse.com/
Gallery 1010: Gator: Drawings and Digital Cannibalism by Landin Eldridge
Category: Exhibitions, visual art and Free event
Gator is a multi-media installation exploring concepts of home, rural southern living, family, overwhelm/over-explanation, and self-portraiture through the repeated image of the Gator Utility Vehicle.
Hours: Friday 5-7 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM
Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 114, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/
Friday Night at The Concourse
Category: Music
6:00-8:30PM (Doors open at 5:00)
Food will be available!
The Concourse, 4328 N. Broadway Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917
(865) 851-7818 or www.concourseknox.com
Mill & Mine: Larry Fleet Live with Ben Burgess
Category: Music
LARRY FLEET LIVE WITH BEN BURGESS, Friday, March 10 at the Mill & Mine.
Tennessee native Larry Fleet is headed to Knoxville this February! With two successful albums under his belt and over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, it's safe to say Larry Fleet will bring the heat. Don't miss out on the opportunity to catch this rising star live!
The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Tickets/information: 865-343-6000 or https://themillandmine.com
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation: GALA Fundraising Event
Category: Fundraisers
The Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Foundation will host our annual GALA fundraising event on March 10, 2023 here in beautiful Morristown, Tennessee.
The GALA is one of the area's premier fundraising events, offering an outstanding occasion to mingle, enjoy a plated/served dinner, enjoy featured entertainment, and bid on some fabulous auction items - all for a great cause! Event proceeds support the patients and families served by Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System.
For more information contact Kelli Rosenbalm at (423) 492-5602 or email krosenb1@covhlth.com. Morristown Hamblen Hospital Foundation 1621 West Morris Blvd. Morristown TN 37813
UT School of Music: Knoxville International Piano Festival: Opening Concert
Category: Free event and Music
This inaugural edition of the Knoxville International Piano Festival and Competition will celebrate famed composer, pianist, and conductor Sergei Rachmaninoff! This concert is part of the Knoxville International Piano Festival, but is free and open to the public.
March 10 at 5:30 p.m.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. Venues: Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Boulevard; James R. Cox Auditorium and Performance Hall 32, Alumni Memorial Building, 1408 Middle Drive. Information: 865-974-8935, https://music.utk.edu/events/
Dogwood Arts: Synergy Student & Art Educator Exhibition
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Festivals, special events, Free event and Kids, family
Synergy showcases gifted K-12 art students alongside their teachers and current art interns/student-teachers from East Tennessee. See the results of the artistic student-teacher synergy that happens every day in our schools! Awards and scholarships are presented to encourage further development of these art students’ artistic aptitude.
March 8 - 23, 20223: Exhibition Open (Monday - Friday 9AM-6PM)
A Closing Reception and Awards Ceremony will be held at the Clayton Center for the Arts (502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804) on March 23rd from 5:30-7:30PM. Awards will be presented at 6:30pm. All artists, families, and friends are encouraged to attend this wonderful celebration!
Best In Show Student: $100
Student Awardees (13 total): $50 Cash Each (First place in grade levels K-12)
Best In Show Educator: $500
First Place: $200
Second Place: $100
Best in Show Student’s Educator: $100
Dogwood Arts: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com
Dogwood Arts: Converge: Coming Together, Embracing Balance
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts and Free event
Join us at Dogwood Arts during March First Friday for the opening reception featuring work by 25 local immigrant & refugee artists.
• Opening Reception: Friday, March 3rd from 5-8PM
• Gallery Hours: M-F 9AM-5PM
Converge is a multimedia group exhibition that explores the concept of balance. Seemingly opposing forces are really two sides of the same coin and both must be embraced to live fully. As we reckon with light and dark, loss and joy, loneliness and belonging amidst the organized chaos of life, we find ways to deposit beauty into the world through artistic self-expression. Featuring work by 25 local immigrant and refugee artists, the exhibition aims to reveal the beauty of community when many people and cultures come together. The choice of media in the selected artworks varies as much as the artists’ individual stories, experiences, and cultures. Standing side by side, embracing all that life brings, we are weaving a new tapestry together. The exhibition was curated by Jalynn Baker, the Inclusion & Community Outreach Coordinator for Dogwood Arts. Collaborating with several local organizations to assemble this multinational group of artists, we hope viewers will consider how they can embrace the convergence of different people and ideas in their own lives.
Participating Artists: Eugenia Almeida, Maria Elena Mendez Aquino, Reem Arnouk, Ilina Arsova, Kybreiana Barham, Jose and Pepe Calabres, Manuel Carreon, Enrique Cruz, Luiza Francisco, Maria Pedro Francisco, Marina Gulevich, Nidhi Jani, Estefania Jose, Markiian Lukyniuk, Mene Manresa, Eve Andres Martin, Hei Park, Dolores Francisco Pedro, Arely Recimos, Ramirez, Héctor Saldivar, Antoine Seni, Ruchi Singh, R.E. Toledo, Rocio Valenzuela, and SK Yi.
Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com
HoLa Hora Latina: Astrid Galindo Artistic Scholarship & Competition
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Free event and Kids, family
Participating students ages 15 - 21 will showcase their artwork and the community will vote to determine the winners during March First Friday.
HoLa Hora Latina, 100 S. Gay Street, Suite 112, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-335-3358, www.holahoralatina.org
Art Market Gallery: Lynda Best and Sherrie Wilson
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts and Free event
March Featured Artists
First Friday Reception: March 3rd, 5:30 – 9:00 pm
Lynda Best, Painting
Lynda developed her own style for showing the frozen moment - “That moment when time stops, when we are a witness to nature and it fills us with a sense of wonder and awe.” Our spirit is found and often rediscovered in nature and it is this spiritual connection that nourishes and inspires her art. Lynda captures this “moment” with acrylic paint in a modern impressionistic style using entrancing outlines and colors to “freeze” that continual, ever changing movement of nature.
Sherrie Wilson, Fiber
A 4th generation fiber artist, Sherrie created couture clothing, art quilts, and watercolors before discovering SAORI weaving in 2015. She was immediately enthralled by the philosophy of self- expression without the need to conform. SAORI’s four directives inform her work: “Consider the difference between man and machine; See with eyes that shine; Be bold and fearless; Share freely within the group.”. Sherrie often uses found items, hand spun wool and wool locks in her work as well as traditional weaving yarn.
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