Calendar of Events

Looking for a new outdoor challenge?? This workshop is for anyone with a yearning for adventure!! Instructor: Sam Adams, Cortese Tree Specialists. Learn the fundamentals of recreational tree climbing using basic rope climbing and descending methods. Wear comfortable clothing (long pants, gloves and sturdy shoes). Please bring lunch and a camera! $10.00 KBGA Members/ $15.00 Non-members

Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. Hours: Gardens open daily from sunrise to sunset. For information: 865-862-8717, www.knoxgarden.org

Jubilee Welcomes Musicians, Friends and Fans as the festivities continue on Sunday with activities that celebrate our community’s rich musical culture with talented performers who are favorites at the Bijou.
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Bijou’s historic nooks and crannies. Tours held every half-hour - Free
2 - 3 p.m. - Three of Knoxville’s most talented songwriters—Scott Miller,R.B. Morris, and Jill Andrews—hold a workshop in a casual setting, talking about their creative process - $10
2 - 3 p.m. - WUOT’s jazz coordinator Todd Steed hosts "Jazz 101" in the Bijou’s upstairs gallery. Learn how to be a more educated listener and hear some of “must haves” from this connoisseur’s collection - $5
3:30 – 5 p.m. - Singer-songwriters Jill Andrews and Todd Steed have done their share of performing on the road, and WDVX program director Tony Lawson has listened to countless records. These music biz pros share their experience of touring, management, promotion, and ideas for getting radio play - $10
7 - 8:30 p.m. - Knoxville favorites Todd Steed, Scott Miller, R.B. Morris, and Jill Andrews have performed all over the world. Hear their stories and songs in unique collaborations perfect for the intimate setting of the Bijou Theatre - $10
Day Passes for Sunday’s community events are $25, which includes a one-year membership to Friends of the Bijou.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM; Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday: 1-5PM. For information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

Unique garden goods, live musical performances, workshops, children's activities and more make the UT Gardens' Blooms Days a great destination for the entire family. Tickets are available for purchase at the gate for $6. Children under 12 will be admitted free. Tickets are good for one day only, and the event will be held rain or shine. All proceeds will benefit the UT Gardens. For more information, visit bloomsdays.utk.edu.

UT Gardens, Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996.

Reception June 25, 6:30-8:30 PM. Open to all artists and is both juried and judged with 10 or more monetary prizes in 2-D and 3-D categories. This year’s show was judged and juried by Adam Alfrey, Curator of Exhibits for the East TN Historical Society, the McClung Historical Collection, and the Knoxville Public Library.

213 Hotel Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37918. Information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.com

Monteverdi's Roman masterpiece. Adults: $10.00; Students Under 12: $5.00
At the MASPA Theater. Information: 423-351-9013, www.masparts.org

Paul Newman and Robert Redford set the standard for the "buddy film" with this box office smash set in the Old West. The Sundance Kid is the frontier's fastest gun. His sidekick, Butch Cassidy, is always dreaming up new ways to get rich fast. If only they could blow open a baggage car without also blowing up the money-filled safe inside... Or remember that Sundance can't swim before they escape a posse by leaping off a cliff into rushing rapids... Times are changing in the west and life is getting tougher. So Butch and Sundance pack their guns, don new duds, and, with Sundance's girlfriend (Katharine Ross), head down to Bolivia. Never mind that they don't speak Spanish - they'll manage somehow.

25 Jun 2010 at 8:00PM and 27 Jun 2010 at 2:00PM

Historic Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

African American Appalachian Arts, Inc. (AAAA); City of Knoxville; Cornerstone Foundation; Knox County Government; Tennessee Arts Commission; Green Mountain Coffee (Sponsors of Kuumba Kamp); Pilot Travel Centers, LLC.; WBIR; Knoxville News Sentinel; WUOT; UT Minority Student Affairs; UT Black Cultural Programming Committee. and area sponsors are delighted to present one of Knoxville's most anticipated and attended events the KUUMBA Festival 2010, June 24 through June 27, 2010 at four premier locations throughout Knoxville: Knoxville Museum of Art, Downtown/Market Square and Chilhowee Park.

KUUMBA (Ki-swahili for "creative") Festival is a multi-event celebration with more than 200 entertainers performing throughout the festival, demonstrations, and service by more than 100 crafts' people and food vendors. (AAAA) Chair says, "This is going to be the best KUUMBA ever and a marvelous time that people will remember for years to come." The KUUMBA Festival is the largest African American Cultural Arts Festival in East Tennessee.

Beginning Thursday, June 24, KUUMBA kicks off at the Knoxville Museum of Art from 5 PM - 9 PM with African Food featuring "A Taste of Africa Buffet;" artist exhibits: silent auction with art work by Bobbi Crews. Featuring performing Artist Chocolate: Christian Comedian, Live Jazz band, Knoxville’s own Kuumba Watoto Drum & Dance Company, Ekpe!: Master Storyteller and Musician. Spoken Word Café featuring Knoxville Poetry Slam. Hosted by Bert Tanner, singer/ storyteller/ performance artist/ Actor: renowned artist of the “Carpetbag Theater”
Admission: $10.00.
Continuing on Friday, June 25, from 11 AM - 2 PM is the Kuumba Youth Arts Extravaganza on Market Square. Also, starting in Downtown Knoxville at 6 PM the JUNKANU Parade on Gay Street and Market Square (features festival participants, the original Free Spirit Stilt Walkers, Kuumba Watoto Dance and Drum Company, churches, and community groups who strut, drum, and dance), culminates with a live concert on Market Square at 8 PM. Featuring R&B Artist Steph Jones opening for recording Artist Vivian Green!
Saturday, On June 26 at Chilhowee Park gates open at 11 AM until 10 PM enjoy the African Market Place with traditional crafts, clothing, and foods; the World Children's Village; and two entertainment stages featuring local and up and coming Artist, Kuumba Watoto Dance and Drum Company and the Free Spirit Stilt Walker will precession through the festival. On Saturday at 8pm the main act will perform Recording Artists Ginuwine. Admissions: $5.00 before 5PM; $10.00 after 5PM. children 6yrs. & under FREE.

Ending on Sunday, June 27, gates open at 12 noon until 9 PM relish in the African Market place as the early afternoon brings forth the Gospel with GOSPEL IN THE PARK and the Knoxville Zoological Garden's Petting Zoo (Children's World Village) from 3 PM - 5 PM. Last, the premier artist, The Temptations Revue, a tribute featuring Nate Evans will perform at 7pm. Admissions: $5.00 before 5PM; $10.00 after 5PM; children 6yrs. & under FREE.

Info: http://sites.google.com/site/kuumbafestival/, 865-546-9705, kuumbafestival@myspace.com

June 18-20, June 25-27. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday matinees at 3:00 p.m.

The East Tennessee Premier of “Curtains”, the 2007 Tony award-winning musical by Kander and Ebb. Musical direction is by Dr. Angela Batey with stage direction by Edmund Bolt and choreography by Amanda Roberts. With a talented cast of 40 singers and dancers,Tennessee Valley Players proudly presents the East Tennessee premier performance of “Curtains”, the new Broadway musical by the famous team of Kander and Ebb (“Cabaret”and “Chicago”). The musical is a backstage murder mystery and “show within a show” with old fashioned big show numbers enhanced by witty lyrics and dialogue for the large cast of comedic characters to cheerily entertain the audience. Before the mystery is solved, the entire cast become “suspects” in the murder cases that occur in the 2 days , while they frantically attempt to “fix” the show before it goes to Broadway.

At the Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State Community College on Hardin Valley Road. Tickets are $15 per person and are available at the box office 30 minutes prior to each performance. For more information or large group ticket orders: 865-584-8173, www.tennesseevalleyplayers.org

Discover Life In America: All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory captivating illustrations of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's ecosystems (plants, animals and micro-organisms) AMSE Lobby

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM; Sunday 1-5PM. For information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

A hilarious Tony Award-winning musical tale featuring a quirky yet charming cast of overachievers' vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Six adolescent outsiders in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that the spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Suitable for mature teens and older.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway in Historic Jackson Square, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. For information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

Collecting shells has been a pastime of many, young and old, for centuries. It is only when collecting becomes a passion rather than a pastime that the finest examples are sought, and the subject is researched in detail. Such is the case with this collection, one of the country's finest, assembled by local physician Dr. Peter Stimpson. Focusing on six families of marine gastropods - cowries, cones, conchs, harps, volutes, and olives - the collection includes over 1,000 species listed in the "Registry of World Record Size Shells". Dr. Stimpson has made a portion of his collection available for public enjoyment in this exhibition.

1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Mon - Sat: 9:00A to 5:00P, Sun: 1:00P to 5:00P. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu