Here is a summary of events happening in Oak Ridge starting this evening, Aug. 22, and continuing through Aug. 28.
This weekly listing of events is compiled by the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau: [Read more…]
What’s happening in Oak Ridge Aug. 16-21
Here is a summary of events happening in Oak Ridge starting this evening, Aug. 16, and continuing through Aug. 21.
This weekly listing of events is compiled by the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau: [Read more…]
Sound Company choir has auditions Saturday
Members of Sound Company, the Oak Ridge Children’s Performing Show Choir, sing in a concert during the 2012-2013 season. The choir is holding auditions starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. (Photo by Linda Miller Ripley)
Sound Company, the Children’s Performing Choir of Oak Ridge, will be hosting auditions for the 2013-2014 school year starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at High Places Community Church in Grove Center.
The organization is primarily seeking boys and girls in first and second grades as well as boys in grades three through twelve, a press release said. Girls in grades three through twelve are welcome to audition, but there are limited openings. [Read more…]
Soulfinger plays free Secret City Sounds concert on Friday
Funk and soul band Soulfinger will play a free show at the Oak Ridge Civic Center Pavilion on Friday. (Submitted photo)
A band that plays funk, soul, and R&B will play a free concert at the Oak Ridge Civic Center Pavilion on Friday.
It’s part of the Secret City Sounds Summer Concert Series. Friday’s show starts at 7 p.m. at the pavilion at 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
A press release said Soulfinger is “spearheading a neo-classic funk and soul movement” and “bringing the ‘original’ funk and soul sound and influence back to today’s live music scene.” [Read more…]
Arte Musica plays at Dean’s on Saturday
Arte Musica will play at Dean’s Restaurant in Jackson Square on Saturday. From left are banjoist Wade Darnell, pianist Rudolph Nemeth, and double bassist Travis Witherington. (Submitted photo)
Local three-piece band Arte Musica will perform at Dean’s Restaurant in Jackson Square from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10.
The group will have its CD, titled “1”, available for purchase.
Arte Musica consists of pianist Rudolph Nemeth, banjoist Wade Darnell, and double bassist Travis Witherington. The band said its repertoire focuses on originality, while blending elements of classical, jazz, blues, and rock to create a vibrant crossover of musical styles. [Read more…]
Soul Candy and The Traffic Jam play free concert on Friday
Twelve-piece Knoxville band Soul Candy and the Traffic Jam plays a free concert Friday evening in Oak Ridge. (Photo by J.L. Kirk)
Secret City Sounds continues their Summer Concert Series with Soul Candy and The Traffic Jam on Friday, Aug. 9. This concert replaces Dishwater Blonde, who had to cancel do to unforeseen circumstances. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Civic Center Pavilion located at 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
“What do you get when you mix one smokin’ hot horn section, a hard-drivin’ funky rhythm section, and three talented and energetic female singers with musical theater experience?” a press release said. “You get Knoxville’s own Soul Candy and The Traffic Jam!” [Read more…]
What’s happening in Oak Ridge from Aug. 1-7
Here is the weekly e-mail from the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, summarizing what’s happening in Oak Ridge from Friday, Aug. 2 to Wednesday, Aug. 7. You may also find information on the events calendar on Oak Ridge Today. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge Community Band has Summer Concert Sunday
The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the A.K. Bissell Park Pavilion. (File photo)
The Oak Ridge Community Band has a free Summer Concert at A.K. Bissell Park on Sunday.
The band will perform a program of swing, jazz, classical, movie themes, marches, and novelty pieces, a press release said.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. at the park’s pavilion at 1403 Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more…]
ORCMA elects officers, appoints board members
Carmen DeLong, left, and Carol Plasil were recently appointed to the board of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association. (Submitted photo)
The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association recently elected new officers and appointed four new board members to its organization, a press release said.
New officers are Audrey Stelson and Syd Ball, co-presidents; Richard Ward, vice president; John Gunning, treasurer; and Jerry Eddlemon, secretary.
Board members added to the organization include Carmen DeLong, Carol Plasil, Alicia Randisi-Hooker, and Mary Childress. [Read more…]
‘Do the math’ about fossil fuels, global warming, activist says
Bill McKibben
Since April 21, environmental activist Bill McKibben’s “Do the Math” movie has been shown around the nation and world. Its message is that catastrophic climate change looms large this century if fossil fuel use is not restricted.
In Oak Ridge, the movie has been shown several times at First Presbyterian Church, which is sponsoring McKibben’s lecture on Sunday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. The movie can be downloaded from McKibben’s grassroots organization www.350.org.
The author of two classics of environmental literature, “The End of Nature,” and “Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet,” McKibben had the movie made after 350.org’s successful “Do the Math” tour of cities last fall. “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” McKibben’s article a year ago in Rolling Stone magazine, inspired the tour. [Read more…]
Nuclear goes Hollywood: New film sheds light on old debate
Jeff Binder, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s associate lab director of nuclear science and engineering, answers an audience question during a panel discussion following a screening of “Pandora’s Promise” in Knoxville on Saturday. (Submitted photo)
By Scott Jones
About 300 people attended a showing of the new pro-nuclear film “Pandora’s Promise” and heard a panel discussion about nuclear energy on Saturday, including perspectives from Oak Ridge National Laboratory staff.
The lab worked with Regal Entertainment Group to bring the film to the Downtown West theater from July 19-25.
Few phrases carry the ideological weight of the words “nuclear power.” [Read more…]
Documentary film to feature ORHS band
Keith McDaniel
Submitted
Filming began this week on a documentary film that will feature the Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Band, ORHS Band Director Spence Milligan announced Monday.
The film, entitled “TRADITION: A Year in the Life of the Oak Ridge High School Wildcat Band,” is being produced by Oak Ridger and award-winning documentary filmmaker Keith McDaniel. [Read more…]
