Calendar of Events

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra celebrates 75 years of music during the 2010-2011 season! The KSO’s Principal Quartet and Woodwind Quintet will be featured at April’s Chamber Classics concert. The Principal Quartet will perform Cowell’s Mosaic Quartet and Beethoven’s String Quartet Op. 59 “Rasumovsky”, No. 1 in F. The Woodwind Quintet will perform Barber’s Summer Music. Principal flutist Nadine Hur, Principal clarinetist Gary Sperl and Principal harpist Cindy Hicks will perform Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro. Under the direction of Maestro Lucas Richman. Performed at the Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information and tickets: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

This is a Penny Performance for Knox County students ages 5-18. Visit www.penny4arts.com for more information.

A varied program of choral and solo chamber music. With every paid admission, up to three Knox County students ages 5-18 may attend for $0.01 each. Seating is general admission.
Advance reservations required? NO
How to obtain admission: Tickets will be available at the door or in advance from a Choral Society member.
Contact: Angie France or Nancy Middlemas, 865-579-6292, nmsong@comcast.net
St. John's Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902 | www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org

This is a Penny Performance event for Knox County students ages 5-18. Visit www.penny4arts.com for more information.

Episcopal School of Knoxville 8th graders will bring historic Tennesseans from the grave at the annual Hunt for History at Old Gray Cemetery. Dressed in period costumes, the students will portray the notable persons buried there. Knoxville tycoon Edward Jackson Sanford, who helped finance the city’s post-Civil War industrial boom, politician Robert Love Taylor, who defeated his brother to become governor of Tennessee, and Mary Utopia Rothrock, organizer of the Knoxville-Knox County Public Library System, are among 37 figures represented. Family-friendly, free and open to the public. Stroll through the Victorian era cemetery at 543 N. Broadway, enjoy the re-enactments, ask the characters questions, and sip complimentary lemonade. Old Gray Cemetery is the final resting place of many historical figures including numerous statesmen, 27 past mayors, veterans of the Union and Confederate armies. Free parking. Information: 865-522-1424, www.discoveret.org/oldgray.

Filled with peculiar logic, fantastic situations, populated with a host of bizarre creatures including a tardy rabbit, a rowdy tea party, and a domineering ruler, Lewis Carroll's timeless tale of young Alice's trip down the rabbit hole unfurls with wit, color, and imagination. Suitable of all ages.

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

A studio tour that one can navigate through to visit local artist’s actual working studios. This event, in its fifth year, provides the public with knowledge and appreciation for the creative process, also helping build direct relationships to the artists as individuals within the community. For more information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

The Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association presents their spring production of Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird" on Saturday, April 2 at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at 2:00 p.m.
Act I will be the world premiere of "Canterbury Tales". All performances are at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are Adults $20, Seniors $15, Students $10. Encore performance of "Canterbury Tales" at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 2 - all encore seats are $10. Tickets are available online at orcba.org, ORNL Federal Credit Union on Rutgers Ave, or at the door.

Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association: 865-898-4636, www.orcba.org

Open for tours! Saturday, 12-6 PM and Sunday, 1-5 PM
Tour guides will be dressed in period attire; features uniformed reenactors as well.
Tickets: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students ages 12-18, $1.50 children 7-11, under 6 free.

Bleak House, 3148 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. For information:865-522-2371, www.knoxvillecmh.org

A newly organized art market for the Homberg area in Bearden. The first event will take place April 2, 10-3pm and April 3, 12-5pm, in the parking lot of the old Fairbanks/Terrace Tap House building. We are open to all types of art and welcome quality vintage dealers and food vendors as well. On Saturday, the Southern Market is hosting their "Spring Fling" and the businesses on Carr street are having their annual "Spring Stroll", which will include live music, vendors, and martial arts demonstrations. 865-584-1219, www.davisstudioart.com

Now in its fifth year, this world-class exhibition of 25 large-scale sculptures can be viewd in downtown Knoxville and the McGhee Tyson Airport. The 2011 exhibition juror will be John Henry and will feature up to 35 large-scale, outdoor sculptures. The selected sculptures will be exhibited in downtown Knoxville. For more information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

History/Sightseeing, relaxing and enjoyable river cruises. Learn about area Civil War history, see beautiful homes and gardens with narration by the spirit of Sam Clemmons. Learn about early river steamboats that visited Knoxville. 90 minute trips Friday through Sunday at 3:00 and 5:15 plus Friday evening at 7:30. $16 Adult and $14 for children 5-11 with advanced paid reservations to 765-3407.

"Cold War Crisis: The U-2 Incident" exhibit details the story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot flying photographic reconnaissance missions for the CIA. His plane was downed by a Soviet surface-to air missile on May 1, 1960 and he was convicted of being a spy and held in Russian prison until February 11, 1962, when he was dramatically exchanged for a Soviet spy in New York, in the first Cold War Spy exchange.

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

There will be an opening reception on Friday, April 8 from 5:30 * 7:30, free and open to the public.

Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center, 1127 Broadway Suite B, Knoxville, TN 37917. For information: 865-523-1401, www.cityofknoxville.org/recreation/arts