Calendar of Events

By Benjamin Britten

Saturday & Sunday at 8:00 PM; Saturday at 2:30 PM

At the Bijou Theatre, 803 S Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events; or 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com

The festival combines world class opera performances, art and craft exhibitions, wine tasting and a wide variety of other events with a vibrant Italian Street Fair to present great food, intriguing artisans, and entertainment on 4 stages! Downtown's Gay street is transformed into a colorful Italian festival with four stages featuring a range of entertainment options, an upscale Artisan's Market, the smells and tastes of authentic Mediterranean foods and beverages and a special children's area on Market Square with entertainment, fun and games. For more information: 865-524-0795, www.rossinifestival.org

Knox Heritage's Hollie Cook reviews the process of searching historic city documents for information on your historic home or any building in Knox County.

At the Time Warp Tea Room, 1209 N. Central. Knox Heritage: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Noted Tennessee poet Bill Brown will offer an all-day writing workshop on Saturday, April 9 at the Redeemer Church in Knoxville, 1642 Highland Ave. The event will be sponsored by the Knoxville Writers' Guild. Cost will be $70 for Guild members and $80 for non-members.
"My best gift to participants is seeing them leave my workshop with beginnings and first drafts of important poems and short prose pieces," Brown said. "Please come to write and share. I will present writing ideas and models, and we will fast write strategies designed to place you in life experiences, real or imagined."

Brown is the author of three chapbooks, a textbook and five collections of poetry, including The News Inside (Iris Press 2010), Late Winter (Iris Press 2008) and Tatters (March Street Press 2007). His poems have appeared in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, The Literary Review, Westbranch, Southern Poetry Review, and many other journals.

Brown stresses that this will be a hands-on workshop: "We can spend some time discussing issues related to shaping a draft, what journal editors are looking for and submission for publication. But my focus is the joy of creating, finding, turning over the rocks of experience and looking underneath-writing and sharing writing, not just talking about writing"

The seminar will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. To register, click here. For questions, email KWG President Terry Shaw at tshaw05@comcast.net.

The festival combines world class opera performances, art and craft exhibitions, wine tasting and a wide variety of other events with a vibrant Italian Street Fair to present great food, intriguing artisans, and entertainment on 4 stages! Downtown's Gay street is transformed into a colorful Italian festival with four stages featuring a range of entertainment options, an upscale Artisan's Market, the smells and tastes of authentic Mediterranean foods and beverages and a special children's area on Market Square with entertainment, fun and games. For more information on the Festival: 865-524-0795, www.rossinifestival.org

Smoky Mountain Harmony Show Chorus: 865-387-9943, www.smokymtnharmony.org

Dismembered Tennesseans: Bluegrass Showtime

Event and Performer information can be found at www.palacetheater.com.

The Palace Theater is located at 113 West Broadway, Maryville. TN. For advance tickets 865-983-3330 with Visa or MC or from Murlin's Music World
429 West Broadway, Maryville, TN

(Singles only) Join Ijams naturalist Sabrina DeVault for a nature walk from Ned McWhorter Park to Tyson Park (maybe farther) via James White, Neyland and Third Creek greenways. Dress in appropriate walking attire, bring water and snacks. Lunch at Calhoun’s on the River a possibility. Call 577-4717 ext. 10 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Visitor Center: Monday: by appointment only for tour groups and school trips; Tuesday-Saturday: 9AM-5PM; Sunday: 1-5PM (March 1 - November 30). For information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Rich and the Po' Folk, Letcher County Kentucky's best (and only) old-time string band, explores the full range of traditional mountain music-- fiddle tunes, ballads, coal mining songs, Carter Family pieces, and contemporary mountain songs. The band's repertoire comes from the members' home territory of eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia, hot spots for one of America's great musical traditions.

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

In partial fulfillment of their graduation requirements, students pursuing the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree are required to mount a solo exhibition of work, and to defend their work during an oral examination in front of a faculty committee.
Due to the number of graduate students enrolled in the UT Department of Art, these exhibitions generally take the form of small groups of students presenting concurrent solo exhibitions in the gallery space. At this time, the Ewing Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibitions of three MFA candidates, Ren Cummings, Kate Faulkner, and Jason Shoemaker.
RECEPTION: April 8th, 6PM - 9PM

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

by Jim Leonard, Jr
In a small farm community during the depression where water and faith are in short supply, a charismatic but back-sliding preacher drifts into town and meets a gentle but misunderstood boy with the gift of divining or water-witching. These two outcasts find a common bond and help each other divine for truth, faith and hope. Earthy, funny, poignant and profoundly tragic this play echoes Steinbeck’s classic depression era work with characters who are simple but good people searching for hope and something to believe in. RSCC Playmakers, Roane State Theatre, Harriman. ($7/10 Student/General Admission)
April 7-9, 14-16 at 7 pm
April 10 & 17 at 2 pm (matinee)

Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman, TN 37748. Information: 865-354-3000, www.roanestate.edu

Enjoy the beauty of East Tennessee in spring. Walk, bike, ro drive over 60 miles of trails, open gardens, camera sites, and historic homes. View breathtaking residential landscaping, rainbow-hued flowers and blossoming trees. Lakemoore Hills (Loudon Lake) is the 2011 featured trail.

Wednesday-Friday, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Saturday: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (or by appointment)

Additional dates: May 4-7

Description: Free tours are provided for up to three Knox County students (with paying adult) during the first week of every month during the calendar school year.
Advance reservations required? YES
How to obtain admission: Visitors should contact the Mabry-Hazen House at 865-522-8661 or email mabryhazenhouse@gmail.com.
Contact: Calvin Chappelle, 865-522-8661, mabryhazenhouse@gmail.com
1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915 | www.mabryhazen.com