This Friday Abode is featuring hand-made picture frames crafted by Julie Sterchi.  When Julie was pregnant with her third child she became tired of framing pictures of her kids in standard store-bought frames.  As a remedy she began painting and distressing frames that fit her style.  It didn't take long before people started recognizing her talent and the orders started coming in.  At first it was family and friends and the frames were given as gifts.  Now news has spread of Julie's frames and she's making them available to the Knoxville public.  Her most popular styles are her shadow-box style striped frames and antique barn wood frames.  Stop by Abode, meet Julie, and check out her art.  As always, the wine is on the house and the home-goods and furniture are on you.

Art Market Gallery
5:30-9p.m.

March 30-May 1, the Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will spotlight the work of two member artists, Janis Proffitt, woodturning and Mary Ellen Bohm, paintings.

The Gallery will host a First Friday Reception for the Featured Artists on Friday, April 2 from 5:30-9 p.m. with light refreshments and live music performed by Scott Head, playing acoustic guitar.

Starting April 20 and running through May 8, the Gallery will hold its Annual Members Auction, a silent auction of over 40 pieces of original art and fine craft.

The Art Market Gallery is located at 422 S. Gay St. in downtown Knoxville.  Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 am-6 pm & Sunday 1-5 pm.  For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net or join us on facebook.

The Balcony
5-9p.m.

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents a Student Art Show featuring approximately 50 works by local art students.
Coordinated by the Dogwood Arts Festival on exhibition April 2-30, 2010.
Opening reception: Friday, April 2, 5-9p.m.
Exhibition hours: Monday-Friday, 9a.m.- 5p.m. with additional hours on Saturday, April 3, 11a.m.-3p.m.
The Balcony at the Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-523-7543, www.knoxalliance.com

Bliss Home
5-9p.m.

"Amsterdam" by Jarrod Justice, exhibiting colorful abstract paintings inspired by the city of Amsterdam.  Full of life and freedom, Jarrod opens an artistic dialogue with the viewer about truth, faith, and reality.  A portion from each painting sold will be donated to the Haiti relief effort.  On display for the month of April at Bliss Home at 29 Market Square with a reception for the artist from 5-9 p.m. on April 2nd, First Friday.
 
For more information, please contact the artist, Jarrod Justice, 865.386.7795 or www.jarrodjustice.com.

Cafe 4
5-9p.m.

Join Café 4 for an artist reception for David Johnson.  Visit the mezzanine for cheese and wine. "The single most powerful element that unites this body of work is the transformative nature of light. Many of these subjects, if observed in broad daylight, would be most mundane,  but if you wait for the light to change, they are transformed into the curious, the mystical, the inexplicable. Clothed in new light, they invite us to re-examine our eye's presumptions, and perhaps see a beauty or mystery we would have otherwise missed." Lensandlight.smugmug.com

Downtown Wine + Spirits


East Tennessee History Center
Dogwood Arts Festival First Friday

A variety of First Friday events will welcome spring and the beginning of the Dogwood Festival at the East Tennessee History Center on April 2, with Knoxville's Club LeConte as the official sponsor of the evening's refreshments.  Heather Whiteside, artist of this year's 50th Anniversary Commemorative Dogwood Print will be available to sign prints from 5-8 p.m.  Guests may view the new exhibition, Dogwood Arts Festival: History in Prints, a historical look at Dogwood prints from the past.

At 6:30 p.m., the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound will present classic archival film from the McClung Historical Collection's WBIR-TV Newsfilm archive, with glimpses of parades down 1960s Gay Street and historic moments in downtown Knoxville history, such as the 1963 civil rights movement, the destruction of the Market House, Gay Street's Promenade, and much more.  At 7:15 p.m. will be a showing of The Fool Killer, starring Anthony Perkins and filmed in Knoxville. The film's world premier was at the Tennessee Theatre during the 1965 Dogwood Arts Festival. 

First Friday guests are also invited to tour the new feature exhibition at the Museum of East Tennessee History, Vanishing Appalachia: Photographs by Don Dudenbostel, Field Recordings by Tom Jester, as well as the signature exhibition Voices of the Land, from 5-8 p.m.  

The First Friday evening is free and open to the public.  The East Tennessee History Center is located at 601 S. Gay Street, across from the Tennessee Theatre.

Emporium Center
5-9p.m.

The Arts & Culture Alliance presents "ReVision: Seeing the Ordinary in Extraordinary Ways"
Featuring Gee's Bend quilts and sculptures coordinated by the Dogwood Arts Festival on exhibition April 2-23, 2010.

Opening reception: Friday, April 2, 5-9p.m.
Exhibition hours: Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-5p.m. with additional hours on Saturday, April 3, 11a.m.-3p.m..
The Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-523-7543, www.knoxalliance.com

Knoxville Visitor Center
5:30-8p.m.

Enjoy Ferd's First Friday with live, on-air performances with top secret special guests from 6:30 - 8p.m.!
Bill Alexander will also be performing his own poetry and demonstrating an old mountain craft, making Mountain Berry Baskets from 5:30-8p.m.

Oodles
5-11p.m.

View photographs by Eddie Crim and stick around for music by Jason Robinson @ 9.30-no cover.

Preservation Pub
5p.m.-?

Come raise a glass and be entertained by the Zunimar showcase, featuring local and regional singer songwriters.  Stick around for Neo-soul with Aftah Party at 10p.m.

Salon Visage
5-7:30p.m.

On April 2nd from 5 to 7:30p.m., Salon Visage will be hosting several local artists for First Friday. The featured artists include: Shane Ivey, Craig hamilton, Jamie Turner, John Finley, Kara Jones and Justin Vallee. Complimentary wine and cheese will be served.

UrbHana
6-9p.m.

This Friday night, come join us at URBhana for an evening of comedy and entertainment from the Wild Thyme Players and The Silver Stage Players! The whole family will enjoy this comedic presentation, "The Way The Story Goes," an original collection of true stories written and performed by artists ranging in age from 10 - 85 years old. This will surely be an enjoyable evening for all ages!

Swing by to take a look at these unique performances and enjoy paintings by artist Sheri Robertson.

UT Downtown Gallery
5-9p.m.

UT Downtown Gallery presents the work of two MFA candidates; Veronica Siehl & Emily Greene on view from April 2-April 10.
Opening reception with the artists First Friday, April 2 from 5-9p.m.

Veronica Siehl: Etiquette School for Shadow Society
You are cordially invited to attend the open house of the Etiquette School for Shadow Society. This finishing school is designed to attend to the needs of Shadows during transitory periods, and is based around ideas within the Hans Christian Andersen tale 'The Shadow.'

Emily Greene: Love Me, Please
An installation of ceramic sculptures based on physical insecurities.

Gallery Hours: Wed.-Fri 11a.m.-6p.m. & Sat. 10a.m.-3p.m.
For more information call (865)673-0802 or (865)974-3200

Vagabondia
5:30-8:30p.m.


For lovers of the beautiful art that adorns the store, Vagabondia is fortunate to host returning local artist Cynthia Markert.  Come refresh your eyes and spirit by viewing new original works by our favorite downtown Bohemian.

Mast General Store Events

East Tennessee Small Breed Rescue: April 17 &  May 15, 1 - 3 p.m.
Learn how you can help these adorable dogs find a new home, or become a foster family to a needy pup.  Come meet these furry friends on Saturday. 
 
Appalachian Trail Conference Workshop: April 24, Noon - 3 p.m.
Meet the folks from Appalachian Trail Conference.  Learn about trail work, projects and the new ATC Tennessee license plate.
 
Backpacker Magazine's Get Out More Team: April 29, 6:30 p.m.
Join us for a special presentation by Backpacker Magazine's Get Out More Team, Randy and Sheri Propster.  From packs, tents, poles, apparel and tips, Sheri and Randy provide trail-tested information to help you Get Out More.  The team will be in the store beginning at 4 pm to answer your questions and their formal presentation will begin at 6:30 pm   Meet the Deuter's representative to learn more about Deuter packs.  Enjoy samples of trail food, camp cooking and more.  For more information www.getoutmore2010.com
 
Kevin Carter and Full Assurance: May 1, 1-3 p.m.
Enjoy the unique sounds of bluegrass gospel as you visit our store.  
 
First Friday, Artist Sarah Brost: May 7, 6-8 p.m.
Meet hub cap artist Sarah Brobst.  Sarah's fascination with hubcaps started out as a high school game of "Who can find the strangest stuff in a parking lot?" From there, they became colorful works of art.
 
Helen Thayer: May 14, 2 - 4 p.m.  National Geographic explorer and photographer Helen Thayer returns to Knoxville .  Helen will be signing her best selling books at Mast General Store on Gay Street . 
Her life is full of adventures including her record setting solo walk to the magnetic north pole, living among wolves, paddling remote sections of the Amazon, walking the Gobi Desert and more.  For more information www.maststore.com/helen
 
"Walking Africa...Exploration of Africa 's Cultures and Wildlife.": May 14, 6:30 p.m. at  Ijams Nature Center
Helen Thayer, National Geographic Explorer and Photographer will return to Ijams Nature Center to share stories of her latest journey:  Helen and her husband, Bill, walked 7,000 miles across Africa's Sahara Desert , the Atlas Mountains and the vast Serengeti plains, while living with the Maasai, Bushmen, and Berber tribes.  The adventure unfolds in a program of spectacular photography and stories of the world's most ancient tribal lifestyles and the unique wildlife seen only on the African Continent.
 
This presentation at Ijams will be the first time that Helen is sharing stories of her amazing African adventure.  Be one of the first to hear it! 
 
This program is free and suitable for adults and children.  Seating is limited, so please call Ijams Nature Center at (865) 577-4717 ext. 10 to reserve a seat. 

First Friday, Author Paul James:  June 4, 6 - 8 p.m.
Meet Paul as he signs his new book, Images of America Ijams Nature Center.  Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Ijams Nature Center has evolved into a natural showplace known as the Island Home Bird Sanctuary.  James, executive director of the center, chronicles the Ijams legacy and development with fascinating vintage photos, maps, illustrations, Ijams family archives and local source documents.

 

Our new webpage is up!  Thanks to Nathanna for all their hard work to revamp the Market Square District Association website.  For applications and information, you can now visit knoxvillemarketsquare.com/farmersmarket.  We'll have more information about events and such in the coming weeks.  Some of our vendors, as well as CSA listings are available on our blog.  For questions, email charlottetolley@hotmail.com.

We're also looking forward to the farmers' market in conjunction with the Dogwood Arts Festival Chalk walk on April 17 & 18 from 9am-3pm.  The Market Square Farmers' Market offically opens on May 1.


Janice Musick runs a small mountain farm outside of Williamsburg, Kentucky with approximately one acre of tillable ground that has been gardened organically for 25 years. Last year (2009) Janice grew a wide variety of organic vegetables to sell at the Market Square Farmers' Market and had 7 CSA members.  This year she is excitedly planning on expanding CSA membership to 20 for the 2010 growing season.

Music Mountain Farm is committed to growing the best organically grown vegetables possible using sustainable methods of agriculture which feed and nurture humus rich soil and grow exceptionally nutritious vegetables. Absolutely no chemicals or pesticides of any kind are ever used. This year the farm has been Certified Naturally Grown. Farm information can be viewed at: www.naturallygrown.org/farms

$30  ½ bushel basket weekly May- Oct.( 25 weeks) that feeds 2-4 people
Monthly dues: $125
Yearly dues: $750 (this equals 25 weeks of deliveries May- Oct.)

Contact Janice Muisck for expected products and to sign up:  janmusick@yahoo.com.

Oodles Uncorked

Join Oodles for a Wine and Chocolate Pairing on April 6, 6:30p.m.  Oodles will be featuring chocolates from Coffee & Chocolate to create pairings to please your palate.

Make your reservations today! 521-0600
$35.00 per person.  Purchase tickets before or at event.

Cherry Cordials with Shooting Star Blue Franc, Washington
Chocolate Covered Strawberries with Greg Norman Australian Sparkling
Tiramisu Truffles with Tommasi Rafel Valpolicella, Italy
Dark Chocolate Truffles with Steele Syrah Port, California
Raspberry Truffles with Brazin Old Vine Zinfandel, California
 
Also, Oodles' new spring/summer menu is out!  Featuring duck club Panini, pancetta & mussels, seafood fra diavolo, portabella sandwich, wedge salad, summerberry salad, pasta primavera & more....!

Every Saturday Oodles features: $6 bartender choice wine glasses & $10 wine flights.
 
Now Open for Sunday Brunch from 11:00-4:00p.m. featuring Duck Confit Eggs Benedict, Banana & Candied Walnut Pancakes & French Toast Panini!
 
Month of March: $4 Guinness and $6 Jameson Irish Whiskey to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Saturday, April 3 at 9p.m.
Marcy Playground with Madre, Hi Lites & Grandpa's Stash
$15 advance/$18 door, Standing Room Only

Tuesday, April 6 at 8p.m.
Copeland: The Farewell Tour with I Can Make a Mess Like Nobody's Business, Deas Vail & Person L
$15, Standing Room Only

Wednesday, April 7 at 12p.m. (doors @ 11:30am)
KJO Jazz Lunch: Tribute to Jimmy Smith Starring Matt Coker and His Quartet
$15 includes lunch, Seated

Wednesday, April 7 at 8p.m.
106.1 The River presents: Green River Ordinance with Vedera and Angel Taylor
$10, Partially Seated

Thursday, April 8 at 8p.m.
Drew & Ellie Holcomb with Sonia Leigh
$10 advance/$12 door, Seated

Saturday, April 10 at 8p.m.
TOMSert: A Benefit for TOMS Shoes with ElenOwen, Civil Twilight, Let There be Bowman, Woodruff and Thugs & Bubbles
$10 advance/$10 door, Mostly Standing Room

Monday, April 12 at 8p.m.
Matthew Perryman Jones & Joshua James
$10 advance/$12 doors, Partially Seated

Wednesday, April 14 at 8p.m.
Gold Motel featuring Greta of The Hush Sound and Space For Lease
$10, Partially Seated

Thursday, April 15 at 8p.m.
Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek
$10 advance/$12 door, Seated

Friday, April 16 at 6p.m.
An Intimate Evening with Amy Grant to benefit the Ministries of 4 Market Square
Tickets available online only.
Doors at 5:30, Music at 6:15pm, $250

Wednesday, May 5 at 7p.m.
Fiesta Square Room: A Cinco de Mayo Celebration featuring Orquesta Lirica

WDVX presents: Blue Plate Special
Fridays at noon

Knoxville Visitor Center

See what's cookin' and come be part of the WDVX studio audience weekdays at noon for free performances!  Friday shows will now be held at the Square Room on Market Square.

 

Mon., April 5: Erick Baker/Garrin Benfield

Tue., April 6: Woodpickers

Wed., April 7: Rum Drum Ramblers / David Peterson & Charlie Cushman

Thur., April 8: The Secret B-Sides / Jamie Laval

301 S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN 37902
 
Visitor Center Hours:
Monday - Friday: 7:30am to 6pm
Saturday: 9am to 5pm
Sunday: 12pm to 4pm

 

The YWCA Knoxville will hold the 1st Annual Real Talk Summit, a summit about real life for young women in grades 8-12, sponsored by Best Buy.  The summit will take place on Saturday, April 10, 2010, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm at Café 4 in Market Square. The registration fee is $10 and includes Café 4 lunch, tote bag, T-shirt and door prizes.  
The Real Talk Summit will focus on four key components: enhancing leadership skills, developing healthy relationships, increasing life skills, and exploring educational opportunities for the future. Local female leaders will facilitate workshop sessions on the four components, leading up to an inspiring keynote speaker.  

The YWCA Knoxville has worked to empower women since 1899 and is dedicated to giving young people the tools they need to succeed. The YWCA serves youth through Y-Teens, a leadership and service club with more than four hundred girls; the After-School Enrichment Program at the YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center; and Summer Kids in Play, a low-cost summer day camp.  

Space is limited to 100 participants. Registration forms are available online at www.ywcaknox.com or at the YWCA (865) 523-6126.

 

Cafe 4 Weekly Specials

Monday- Friday 
11am-3pm: Blue Plate Special for $8

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