Calendar of Events

Jamie Alonzo, (Ceramics)
Robmat Butler, (Sculpture)
Lakesha Moore, (Painting)

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, 1715 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996. Gallery Hours: Monday, 10-8; Tuesday-Friday, 10-5; and Sunday, 1-4. More information: 865.974.3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America's pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.

David Sedaris is the author of the bestsellers Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well as collections of personal essays, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, each of which became immediate bestsellers. There are a total of seven million copies of his books in print and they have been translated into 25 languages. He is the editor of an anthology of stories, , Children Play ing Before a Statue of Hercules: An Anthology of Outstanding Stories. His essays appear regularly in Esquire and The New Yorker. Sedaris and his sister, Amy Sedaris, have collaborated under the name "The Talent Family" and have written several plays which have been produced at La Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. These plays include Stump the Host, Stitches, One Woman Shoe, which received an Obie Award, Incident at Cobbler's Knob, and The Book of Liz, which was published in book form by Dramatist's Play Service. His recent collection of essays, titled When You Are Engulfed in Flames, was published in June 2008.

David Sedaris's original radio pieces can often be heard on This American Life (http://www.thislife.org), distributed nationally by Public Radio International and produced by WBEZ. You can hear This American Life in the Knoxville area on Saturdays at noon on WUOT 91.9 FM.

604 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. For more information, call 865-684-1200 or visit www.tennesseetheatre.com.

by Matthew Barber. You're going to fall in love all over again when you see this funny, romantic and heart-warming Broadway hit that charmed the New York critics, winning the Outer Critics Circle Playwrighting award and a Tony nomination for best play.

We travel to Italy—land of love, hope, enchantment and rejuvenation. In this romantic journey, two lonely married women rent an Italian villa for a month. They share the rent with a crusty Englishwoman and a lonely aristocrat. What could be better than sun, rest and relaxation? When the men in their lives make a surprise visit, their relaxing vacation turns into an unexpected amore!

Performances: Thu/Fri/Sat @ 8:00 pm, Sun @ 3:00 pm. Tickets: Thu/Sun - $10, Fri/Sat - $15
319 N. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. More information: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com

The Jerry's Show "Last Name and Zipcode"
Opening Reception Friday April 10th 7-10pm
Closing Reception Friday April 17th 7-10 pm

Free summer concert series in Market Square. Free parking after 6 p.m. at the Locust Street, Market Square and State Street parking garages.

April 9 - Arrested Development with special guest
April 16 - Cowboy Mouth with Phil Pollard & Band of Humans
April 23 - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe with Brent Thompson & His Wandering
April 30 - Big Head Todd & the Monsters with Joan Jones
May 7 - Local night featuring Royal Bangs, Same As It Ever Was, and Tenderhooks
May 14 - Gavin Rossdale with Vertigo
May 21 - Grupo Fantasma and The Belleville Outfit
May 28 - Dave Barnes with Jonathan Sexton & The Big Love Choir
June 4 - Shooter Jennings with 1220
June 11 - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals with special guest
June 18 - The Wailers with special guest Toubab Krewe
June 25 - Jamey Johnson with Brendon James Wright & The Wrongs

View over 60 miles of trails, open gardens, camera sites, rose gardens, and historic homes as you enjoy a walk, bike ride, drive, or bus tour. More information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

Offered in her studio (Suite 107 in the Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37901) on Tuesday afternoons beginning on April 7 for six weeks. The cost is $90. Interested participants should contact Bobbie at bccreate@hotmail.com or (865) 591-0831.

The Sound of a Train at Night: Paintings and prints by Beth Meadows at Tomato Head Restaurant.
April 4 - May 2 in downtown Knoxville; May 3 - June 7 in Maryville.

For more information, e-mail aemeadows @ gmail.com

A world-class collection of large-scale outdoor sculpture in downtown Knoxville.

More information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

A1LabArts and Big Ears Productions presents a concert series of innovative composers and sound artists. All concerts will be in the ArtSpace of A1LabArts, located in the Fireproof Building at 201 Randolph and Magnolia. These evenings, billed as a "True 21st Century Music Series" will cover distinctive genres which have arisen since the atomic expansion of abstract art in the 1950's. Shock value and "difficult music" are tired cliches; nuanced forms have evolved, influencing movie scores, pop stars, and children's toys. Each evening concert will focus on one nuanced genre, including Laptop, Musique Concrete, Vintage Analog, Ambient, Acoustic, and Net-based.

April 3, Laptop Music by Johnny Newman
April 17, Traditional Musique Concrete by Seva
April 24, Acoustic/Physical Music by Bill Henderson
May 8, Ambient/Space Music by Ampient
May 22, Analog Music by Morbius
June 5, Networked Music by Paul Wise, j-12, Max Neuhaus/Network

For More Information Contact: nmagden@utk.edu, sevatooth@gmail.com

Enjoy the work of gifted art students from elementary, middle, and high schools at the Knoxville Convention Center and First Tennessee Banks.

More information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

Featuring the works of Knoxville photographer and this year's Dogwood Art Festival Print Competition winner, Phil Savage. To celebrate "First Friday" on April 3, the Museum will stay open from 3-9 p.m. with free admission to all exhibits including the Downtown Knoxville, a New Perspective exhibition and the ETHS signature exhibition Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee. Phil Savage, a local gymnastics coach, has been taking pictures since he was a teenager. Interestingly enough, the Dogwood Art Festival print competition was the first art contest Savage had entered. His photograph "Woodruff's on Gay Street, Knoxville, TN" was selected by the public from hundreds of artwork pieces to become the official Dogwood Arts Festival's 2009 Limited Edition Fine Art Print. The photograph is a digitally colored and edited panoramic image of the Woodruff building on Gay Street, taken early one Sunday morning in downtown Knoxville. Prints of the winning photograph will be available for purchase throughout the duration of the show at the East Tennessee History Center. Phil Savage will be available for signing of the limited edition prints at the History Center from noon to 5 p.m. on April 17 and 18.

601 South Gay Street, Knoxville, TN, 37902. More information: (865) 215-8824, www.EastTNHistory.org