Calendar of Events

A “Taste of Sweden” Smorgasbord

Local Sons of Norway Chapter: Vikings of the Smokies present A “Taste of Sweden” Smorgasbord at Faith Lutheran Church, Farragut
Reservations Required – deadline is April 6
Contact: Arlene Christopherson arcris@att.net

Details: A delicious Swedish menu is planned (Swedish potato sausage, Swedish meatballs, Swedish brown beans, limpa, Swedish hardtack, vaffler with lingonberries and more). Reservations are required so that enough food may be prepared. For more information, contact Arlene Christopherson arcris@att.net or for reservations, send check (made out to VOTS or Viking of the Smokies) to Arlene Christopherson, 200 Keating Loop, Crossville, TN, 38555.

Pretty-n-Pink Day @ Crescent Bend
Sunday, April 10 at 12:00pm
Location: Crescent Bend house and Gardens

Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919. Hours: March - December, Tu-Sa 10-4; January & February by appointment. For information: 865-637-3163, www.crescentbend.com

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

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.

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

White Pine Elementary

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Friday, 10AM-8PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. For information: 865-934-2036, www.knoxart.org

Through April 25- "Scarboro: The Early Days 1942-1960" and exhibition that tells the story of Oak Ridge's African American community and their housing, schools, churches and organizations.

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