Calendar of Events

Classical Meets Jazz at the Fox Den Country Club
; For reservations, call 974-8935. Enjoy an evening of music, fine dining, dancing, and an auction to benefit student scholarships at the University of Tennessee School of Music. A cocktail reception and silent auction will start the evening, followed by a gourmet dinner and a live auction. Enjoy an unprecedented performance by the entire School of Music Jazz faculty, including three-time Grammy award nominee Donald Brown, the internationally renowned jazz pianist, composer and educator. You will also delight in music from our rising stars, including Opera Theatre students, a student String Quartet, and student pianist William Crowe, recipient of the prestigious Kline Scholarship awarded to a truly outstanding freshman artist/scholar. The evening will conclude with dancing to the music of the Boling, Brown & Holloway Trio. Single Tickets: $150 per person. Impresario Patrons: $200 per person or patron tables of eight. Black tie optional.

The festival will include stories, demonstrators, games, food and arts and crafts. The event is hosted by the Governor John Sevier Memorial Association and co-sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Storytellers in conjunction with the Dogwood Arts Festival.
The professional storytellers will present many types of stories that include: Humor, History, Stories for and by Children, Native American Stories, Appalachian & Smoky Mountain Tales, Jack Tales, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Quilt Stories, and Women's Tales. Tall Tales will provide professionals and amateurs a chance to sign up to and show how much of a lie they can spin. The evening will conclude with Fringe: Stories for Adults and At the Bonfire: Ghost Stories with Slightly Scary tales at 7pm and Seriously Scary at 8pm. The cost is $5, free to children 12 and under. Discounts are available for reserved groups of 10 or more prior to April 5th. Call 865-429-1783 or email cuznjan@juno.com for reservations. Free parking is available. The public is encouraged to bring their chairs to this festival seating event.

Marble Springs State Historic Farmstead is located at 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37920. For more information call Marble Springs at 865-573-5508 or email marblesprings@hotmail.com. The Marble Springs Storytelling Festival is a Dogwood Arts Festival Event Co-Sponsored by Gov John Sevier Memorial Association www.marblesprings.net, and the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association www.smokymountaintellers.org

30,000 Tulips of various shades of Pink will serve as the backdrop for this special event as Crescent Bend raises funds for Breast Cancer research and awareness education. Picnic lunch will be served in the Garden. Activities will include informal modeling of the latest fashions, a pink flower show in the museum, shopping for Ladies Dresses and Hats that could be worn for Derby Day @ Crescent Bend, make-up make over’s, gardening lectures, Barber Shop quartet singers, costumed docents will give guided tour of the museum, door prizes and various other activities. Each attendee of the event will receive either an “In Honor of” or an “In Memory of” marker that can be personalized and placed among the pink tulips in the garden. Admission charge is whatever each individual wants to donate as a charitable contribution to the Susan G Komen Foundation. For more information please call Crescent Bend at 865-637-3163. Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: Tues-Fri 10-4; Sat 10-2; Sun 1-4 (closed Easter Sunday). Admission: $7 adults, $5 students, FREE children 12 and under. For information: 865.637.3163, Brett@CrescentBend.net.

The Palace Theater is located at 113 West Broadway, Maryville. TN. For advance tickets 983-3330 with Visa or MC or from Murlin’s Music World 429 West Broadway, Maryville, TN. Tickets $13 in advance and $15 at the Door. Tickets are all Plus Tax.

Volunteers needed! Be a part of this long-standing community event and help clean up local shorelines. Every year we pick up TONS of trash along a 50-mile section of the Tennessee River and have fun doing it, too! Register today. Groups welcomed! Contact Sarah Brobst at 577-4717 ext. 24 or email her at sbrobst@ijams.org

Reception April 9, 6:30-8:30 PM
213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.com

The Fountain City Art Guild will be having its annual Spring Show at the Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Avenue in the heart of Fountain City. The Center is located in the old library building next to Fountain City Park just off of Broadway and is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 to 1 p.m. The show will run from April 9 until May 7 with reception and awards on Friday, April 9, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres and light drinks will be served and musical entertainment will be provided by guitarist David Williams. Awards, including Best of Show, First, Second and Third places along with three Honorable Mentions, will be presented at 7:00 p.m. Also appearing in conjunction with the guild Show is artwork by students from Central High, Gresham Middle and Fountain City, Sterchi, Shannondale and Inskip Elementary schools. The public is encouraged to attend this free event.

The Fountain City Art Guild is celebrating its 26th year and currently has over 40 members, most of whom will be represented in this show. It is held in conjunction with the Dogwood Arts Festival “Studio Tours” and will be open on April 25 and 26 for viewing and demonstrations by many of our artists. The Fountain City Art Guild web site is www.fountaincityartguild.com and the web site for the Fountain City Art Center is www.fountaincityart.net

Featuring Parisian paintings
Opening Reception with the artist, Friday April 9 from 6-9:00pm
The French Market, 530 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For more information call 865-540-4372; www.thefrenchmarketknoxville.com. Open Mon-Wed 9am-4pm; Thu-Sat 9am-9pm.

An original production by Chris Grabenstein.
“Meet the Author” Reception at 5:30 on Opening Night

Shows: Fridays (4/9, 16 & 23) at 7 PM - Saturdays (4/ 10, 17 & 24) at 3 PM & 7 PM - Sundays (4/ 11 & 18) at 3 PM - Thursdays (4/15 & 22) at 7 PM

Located at 800 Tyson Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-599-5284, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com, info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

Friday, April 9, 8 p.m., Saturday, April 10, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 11, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

MAMMA MIA! is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at MAMMA MIA!

At the Historic Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902. Tickets and information: 865-684-1200, www.TennesseeTheatre.com.

Turning downtown Knoxville into a lively street fair with arts and crafts booths, entertainment, and festive food. Friday & Saturday, 10-7; Sunday 11-5. Information: 865-637-4661, www.dogwoodarts.com.

By Harper Lee. Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus Finch--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up. A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, the film and play retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter (racism in the Depression-era South) and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance, justice, integrity, and loving, responsible parenthood. April 8-10, 15-17, 2010 at 7 pm; April 11 & 18 at 2 pm. All performances subject to change. Check website periodically for updated information. Information: 865-882-4567, www.roanestate.edu keyword: theatre.