Our water-logged February continues.
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The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra wants to get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day with Jazz is for Lovers with Brianna Thomas
The New York Times declared that “Ms. Thomas has a strong voice and a big range, descended from Sarah Vaughan and Betty Carter and routed through Dianne Reeves, with clarity and confidence and a little dirt.”
Thursday evening, February 13, 8:00 PM
Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Downtown
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The infamous star-crossed lovers of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are the subject of Charles Gounod’s majestically beautiful opera of the same name—and this week’s production by Knoxville Opera.
In the roles of the young lovers are soprano Yulan Piao and tenor Mackenzie Whitney. Read the Arts Knoxville preview here.
Friday evening, February 14, at 7:30 PM
Sunday afternoon, February 16, at 2:30 PM
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
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Two former area choral ensembles are combining personnel to form Renovam, a word which is Portuguese for “renew.”
The Tennessee Chamber Chorus was based in Cleveland, TN, but frequently performed in Knoxville, including on the 2017 Church Street United Methodist Master Arts Concert Series. Symphony of Voices was based in Knoxville and gained a significant following from 2017-2018.
Their first concert offering —“Renewed in Love”—is this weekend in two locations: Saturday, Feb. 15, 7:30 pm at St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N Broadway, Knoxville, and on Sunday, Feb. 16, 3:00 pm at First United Methodist Oak Ridge, 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.
Renovam will perform without a conductor, and their artistic direction is shared among the membership. This inaugural concert will feature a wide variety of choral repertoire about love. It includes selections by Brahms, Arcadelt, Whitacre, as well as many contemporary composers.
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $10 per adult. Check out their Facebook page at facebook.com/renovamchoir
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Continuing at Clarence Brown Theatre is Noel Coward’s sparkling and witty Blithe Spirit.
Read the Arts Knoxville review here.
Runs Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 2:00 PM; through February 23.
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This is the last week for Flying Anvil Theatre’s BOEING BOEING, a comic farce by Marc Camelloti.
Read the Arts Knoxville review here.
Runs Thursdays – Sundays through February 16.
Tickets and Information Or call 865-357-1309.
Flying Anvil Theatre, 1300 Rocky Hill Rd, behind the Rocky Hill Shopping Center
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Now up and running at the Knoxville Museum of Art is the anxiously awaited Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door.
The exhibition totals over 50 paintings, works on paper, and unpublished archival material that explores the 38-year relationship between painter Beauford Delaney and writer James Baldwin. The exhibition makes use of the KMA’s growing Delaney holdings, as well as works from public and private collections around the country. The KMA’s Stephen Wicks is the curator of the exhibition, which is accompanied by a color-illustrated catalogue published by the University of Tennessee Press. The exhibition runs through May 10.
Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive
Tuesday – Saturday: 10 AM – 5 PM; Sunday: 1 PM – 5 PM
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February shows at the Emporium Center
Continue through February 28
Regular Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• National Juried Exhibition of 2020
• Yumee Eun: From Within
• Josh Collins: Story of a City: East Knoxville
• Ellen Alvarez: Driftwood Creations
The Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville
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