Calendar of Events

The Historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood celebrates the 20th Anniversary 2010 Tour of Homes on Sunday, April 18 from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person, and children under 12 are admitted free. Tickets may be purchased at the Customer Service counter at Kroger, 2217 N Broadway, two weeks prior to the tour and at the Central United Methodist Church, 201 3rd Avenue, during event hours. Tickets may be purchased until 5:00 p.m. the day of the tour. The Tour of Homes invites guests to stroll through one of Knoxville's premier historic districts and to step inside ten gracious homes from another era. The tour, a sanctioned event of the Dogwood Arts Festival, features century-old homes as well as Brownlow Lofts, a lovely old school taking on a new life as residential lofts, and the stately Central United Methodist Church, a beautiful example of Gothic Revival architecture. For those desiring a more leisurely tour, a red trolley bus, hosted by a tour guide, will be driving the tour route. The Fourth and Gill neighborhood also hosts the Dogwood Arts Festival’s only urban walking trail. Maps detailing the neighborhood's notable trees and gardens as well as historical points of interest are available for the self-guided tour on the 1300 block of Luttrell Street. Maps are located in a special event mailbox on the west side of the street adjacent to Brownlow Lofts. Located less than two miles from downtown Knoxville, the Historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood features over 280 residential structures, including single family homes, duplexes, and apartment buildings. Many of the homes were designed by some of Knoxville's most notable architects, including George F. Barber and Joseph Bauman. For more information, visit the Fourth and Gill neighborhood web site at www.fourthandgill.org or call 865-406-3828.

Transforms downtown Knoxville's sidewalks into a canvas for professional and student artists during the street painting festival. Saturday 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM; Sunday 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Information: 865-637-4661, www.dogwoodarts.com.

Visit some of your favorite food and farm vendors from the Market Square Farmers' Market during the Dogwood Arts Festival's Chalk walk on Market St. We'll be set up from 9am-3pm Saturday and Sunday with early spring crops like lettuces, radishes and greens, as well as baked goods, eggs, meat, honey and prepared foods. Plus, this will be your first chance to grab the new edition of the Market Square Farmers' Market poster!

Market Square District Association in Market Square, PO Box 2263, Knoxville, TN 37901. Information: knoxvillemarketsquare@gmail.com, www.knoxvillemarketsquare.com

Featuring a broad selection of works - paintings, photographs, drawings, and video - by artists whose chief inspiration stems from the surrounding landscape, whether rural or urban, perceived or imagined. The exhibition examines the many ways artists reference the external environment in constructing scenes marked by instability, ambiguity, deception, or fragmentation. Includes works by Jim Campbell, Patty Chang, Herb Creecy, Robert Van Deventer, Tomory Dodge, Chuck Forsman, Natasha Kissell, Alison Moritsugu, Brian Novatny, Hiraki Sawa, Darren Waterston, Roger Weik, and Charlotta Westergren.

Free admission. Hours: Tues-Thurs 10-5; Fri 10-8; Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5. 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37916. 865-525-6101, www.knoxart.org, info@knoxart.org

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, a sponsor of the 60th Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, is showcasing the watercolors, acrylics and drawings of Bob George, winner of the 2009 Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Art Contest. Bob George relocated to Sevierville, Tennessee in 2002 after a career in Washington, D.C. as an illustrator, commercial artist and art director. Bob, a native of Key West, Florida, studied at the Ringling School of Art. His artwork has been featured at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, the White House, Pentagon and U.S. Park Service Visitor Centers. Bob’s winning entry, “Bloodroot” was selected as part of a national juried competition and has been used as the Pilgrimage’s promotional image for 2010. Criteria for submission is that the artist’s primary subject included botanically accurate depictions of a spring flowering plant (or plants) native to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. “Bob’s skills as an illustrator and a painter are exquisite. It is evident that he has a strong relationship with and has mastered his media. His work brings the beauty and composition of nature to life on paper – the rendering of a simple stone becomes a captivating visual. We are proud to showcase Bob’s range of artworks and encourage you to come and enjoy this wonderful exhibit,” says Karen Green, Gallery Coordinator.

In the Loggia Gallery. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 576 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. For information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

A first for Knoxville! A beautiful floral tapestry featuring a representation of dogwood blooms will be installed in Krutch Park. This 20 foot by 40 foot “carpet” will be a preview of a much larger tapestry of flowers, which will be on display at the Knoxville Botanical Garden in October of this year. The dogwoods featured in the design are representative of both our region’s spring blossoms and the Sweetwater Red Dogwood, which was discovered by the Howell family- original owners of the land in which Knoxville Botanical Garden resides. At the Krutch Park Extension. Information: 865-637-4661, www.dogwoodarts.com.

Experience East Tennessee's historical and present role in Americana music with performances by more than 40 acts in nine venues across Knoxville, including: Market Square, Bijou Theatre, The Square Room, Knoxville Botanical Garden, Barley’s, UT Gardens, Back Room @ Remedy, Preservation Pub and Crown & Goose. Artists performing at the 2010 festival are as follows: BEN SOLLEE & DANIEL MARTIN MOORE • CARRIE RODRIGUEZ • THE OLD CEREMONY • SAMANTHA CRAIN • THE DIXIE BEE-LINERS • YARN • THE NEW FAMILIARS • SALLIE FORD AND THE SOUND OUTSIDE • 18 SOUTH • THE BLACK LILLIES • ELLIOT BROOD • RB MORRIS & HECTOR QIRKO • A SPECIAL SOLO PERFORMANCE BY POKEY LAFARGE • DAWN LANDES AND THE HOUNDS • SHOTGUN PARTY • HOT SEATS • GREENSKY BLUEGRASS • KRISTIN ANDREASSEN • KRIS DELMHORST • AMERICAN AQUARIUM • BALLHOG! • THE RHYTHM BREWERS • MEGAN MCCORMICK • SOULGRASS REBELLION • MEDFORD’S BLACK RECORD COLLECTION • HARPETH RISING • BRENDON JAMES WRIGHT AND THE WRONGS • THE DRUNK UNCLES • RUBBER KNIFE GANG • ROLLIN’ HIGHWAY REVUE • THECITYLIGHTS* • STEPHEN SEBASTIAN • TAYLOR BROWN • THE SONGBIRDS • KEVIN HYFANTIS • KELSEY’S WOODS • THENDERFIN • SARAH HARGETT • DANIELLE MADISON • SLOW BLIND HILL • CUTTHROAT SHAMROCK • TODD PRESTON • TRAVIS MANN BAND • GREG HORNE

Admission: $40 Festival Pass available at Pilot Stores and ORNL Federal Credit Unions.
Information: 865-637-4561, www.rhythmnbloomsfest.com

Opening night, April 16. Written by Dale Wasserman; Music by Mitch Leigh; Lyrics by Joe Darion. to dream the impossible dream. . . Journey with Cervantes’ knight errant as he rides in a hopeful quest for love and valor amid trying times.

1714 Andy Holt Avenue on the UT Campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.org

Daniel Maw, Erin Mullenex

Ewing Gallery, 1715 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday & Thursday: 10AM-8PM; Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday: 10AM-5PM; and Sunday: 1-4PM. For information: 865-974-3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

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

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.

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.