Calendar of Events

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

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

Four William Blount High School Drama Students under the direction of Ms. Carol Bellgrau, will perform excerpts from this musical. Students performing will be Rebecca Roberts as Belle; Cody Little as Maurice, Belle’s father; Jackson Dale as Gastone; and Jared Tipton as LeFou. The performance will be in the Reading Rotunda end of the Main Gallery.

Free and open to the public.
Blount County Public Library, located at 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville.
For further information about other library programs or services, call the library at 982-0981 or visit the Web site at www.blountlibrary.org.

Tenor saxophonists Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter are two of the most influential players to emerge during the 1960's. Saxophonist Wayne Boyd's tribute will highlight some of the pair's best known compositions such as "Blue Bossa," "Footprints," and "Recorda Me" as well as some lesser know gems.

Performance location: The Square Room, 4 Market Square
Tickets available online at http://www.knoxjazz.org/jazzlunch.html
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: 865-573-3226, www.knoxjazz.org

Abigail Washburn is a one-of-a kind artist whose distinctive style is rooted in her love of two seemingly unrelated worlds: Appalachian folk music and Chinese culture. Washburn has performed internationally and recorded both solo and with The Sparrow Quartet. Abigail most recently released her new album, City of Refuge, an effort that finds her expanding her palette by mixing old time sounds with a playful indie pop sensibility.

Joining this double bill will be The Wood Brothers. Oliver and Chris Wood (of Medeski, Martin & Wood). The Wood Brothers have reunited and begun a collaboration that combines their shared childhood influences with everything they've learned since leaving home. Their music has a rootsy feel that blends blues, folk, and rock music in a guitar/bass duo.

$20.00, Plus applicable service fees
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

Art Market Gallery of Knoxville is pleased to present an exhibit of recent works by Genie Even and Cynthia Patrick, both of Knoxville.

Genie Even, a fine arts graduate of Scripps College and an award-wining painter, renders a variety of subjects using transparent watercolor on paper. In composing her paintings, she looks for subject matter with dramatic light patterns, good values and exciting color. A signature member of several watercolor societies, she has exhibited throughout the U.S. and has paintings in public and private collections.

Cynthia Patrick, who earned her BFA from the UT College of Art, fashions unique jewelry from the lampworked glass beads that she creates. Each bead is one-of-a-kind and together they form whimsical and stylish jewelry compositions. In addition to creating jewelry and lampworked beads, she is an accomplished printmaker, graphic designer and fiber artist.

A First Friday Reception for the exhibit is planned for May 6 from 5:30-9 pm with complimentary refreshments and live music.

Member owned and operated by over 60 regional artists, Art Market Gallery is located at 422 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm & Sunday 1-5 pm. For more information, call 865-525-5265, visit artmarketgallery.net or join us on facebook: facebook.com/Art.Market.Gallery

Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Free tours are provided for up to three Knox County students ages 5-18 (per paying adult) during the first week of every month during the school year (except January). Tours are given at the top of every hour between 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Advance reservations required? NO
How to obtain admission: Visitors should stop by the Blount Mansion Visitor’s Center and see a staff member to purchase tickets. Must mention Penny Performances and provide proof of Knox County residency to receive $0.01 admission.
Contact: Ashleigh Oatts, 865-525-2375, educationcoordinator@blountmansion.org
200 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37901 | www.blountmansion.org

The Tennessee Valley Opera (formerly the Monroe Area Opera) will be presenting Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic operetta “Iolanthe” for 3 performances only (April 30, May 1 and May 7.) The Saturday April 30th performance will be at 7:30 pm at the Athens Arts Center, 320 North White Street in Athens. There will be performances on Sunday May 1 at 3:00pm and Saturday May 7th at 7:30 pm at the new state-of-the-art theater at the Sweetwater Elementary School, 301 Broad Street in Sweetwater.

Reception April 29, 6:30-8:30 PM

213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. For information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

Exhibition featuring students from: South-Doyle H.S. South-Doyle Middle, Bonny Kate Elementary, Dogwood Elementary, Gap Creek Elementary, Mooreland Heights Elementary, Mt. Olive Elementary, New Hopewell Elementary, and South Knox Elementary.

Fountain City Art Center, 213 Hotel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37918. Hours: Tuesday & Thursday, 9AM-5PM; Wednesday & Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday, 9AM-1PM. For information: 865-357-2787, www.fountaincityart.org

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have a fast-paced whodunit with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters, dizzyingly played by a cast of four. A man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a nationwide manhunt unfolds, climaxing in a death-defying finale. A winner of multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Suitable for 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

Art Exhibit/Artist Reception:
"Fun with Garden Scissors" by Nathaniel Galka
Refreshments provided

Red Line Gallery, 11519 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37934. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11AM-6PM. For information: 865-288-0277, www.redlinegallery.net

“The Music Man” follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying musical instruments and uniforms for a boy’s band he vows to organize – despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef! His plan to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the town librarian, with chaos ensuing as the townsfolk get wind of his scheme.

Preview for “The Music Man” is Thursday, April 21, followed by Opening Night Friday, April 22, 2011.
UT faculty/staff, senior citizens, children and students receive discounts. For tickets, call the Clarence Brown Theatre box office at 865-974-5161, Tickets
Unlimited at 865-656-4444 or online at www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

April 27-29, May 4-6, May 11-13, Wednesday-Friday, 7:30 PM - These performances are part of the Penny Performance program for Knox County students ages 5-18. Visit www.penny4arts.com for more information.

Clarence Brown Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-6011, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com