Calendar of Events

Members of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Association are gearing up for their second performance of the season. The Youth Orchestra will perform a FREE concert on Sunday, February 26 at 3:00 PM at the Tennessee Theatre. This performance will feature the winners of the 2011 Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition: Ellie Lai, piano, Catherine Rothery, flute, Chloe Amelia Harvel, violin. The following night, the Preludium, Philharmonia, Sinfonia and Youth Chamber Orchestra will perform a FREE concert on Monday, February 27 at 7:00 PM at the Tennessee Theatre.

Featuring Evgheny Brakhman

in the Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall at Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Tickets are available at the Clayton Center Box Office M-F 10AM-6PM or by phone or online: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Opera singers performing in a gospel choir might seem an unusual blend of singing styles, but the results are dramatic for the Knoxville Opera Gospel Choir.

The choir, managed by Michael Rodgers, performs at Pellissippi State Community College on Sunday, Feb. 26, 4-6 p.m. The event takes place in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road.

The performance is part of the college’s celebration of Black History Month. The presentation is sponsored by the offices of Access and Diversity and Student Life and Recreation. The event is free, and the community is encouraged to attend.

Free parking is available in any lot designated “Open.”

For more information, contact Gayle Wood, (865) 539-7160 or gwood@pstcc.edu. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action for Pellissippi State, (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

The Farragut Folklife Museum will host a free event in honor of Black History Month on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Farragut Town Hall.

The theme for this year's celebration is "Building the Future with Respect to the Past." The event will include a meet and greet at 2 p.m., a 3 p.m. presentation, and a reception following the presentation.

Dr. Horace A. Judson, president of Knoxville College, will be the keynote speaker at the 3 p.m. presentation. A video of Knoxville will also be presented by local historian Robert Booker. Tearsa Smith, WATE-TV 6 anchor, will serve as mistress of ceremony. During the reception, attendees will hear music by longtime Knoxville jazz legend and saxophone player Lance Owens and pianist Patricia Dulaney as well as view displays featuring historic Knoxville College.

The Farragut Town Hall is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For more information, contact Museum Coordinator Julia Jones at julia.jones@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

Evgheny Brakhman is a prizewinner of more than 10 international piano competitions, including Cleveland, Tbilist and Rio de Janiero. He has given recitals in more than 20 countries and performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Georgian National Orchestra, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, Tivoli Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Scottish Symphony, Franz Liszt Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia.

Tickets are not available at the Clayton Center for the Arts Box Office at this time.

To order tickets, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope with a check payable to “Young Pianist Series” to:
YOUNG PIANIST SERIES
409 Hudson Drive
Maryville, TN 37801
Ticket prices
Adult season tickets: $40 each
Student season tickets: $12 each
Adult individual tickets: $15 each
Student individual tickets: $5 each

The Tennessee Stage Company will hold auditions for the 2012 Shakespeare On The Square on Sunday, February 26, from 1:00 – 5:00 PM at the Emporium Building, 100 S. Gay Street.
Auditionees are requested to prepare two contrasting monologues, at least one classical, of no more than one minute each. Please bring two copies of a resume and standard theatrical headshot.
All Auditions are by appointment only. For appointments please call the Tennessee Stage Company at 546-4280.

The two shows to be performed this summer are Julius Caesar and As You Like It. They will run from July 12 – August 12. Rehearsals will begin the end of May.

For more information contact Tennessee Stage Company at 546-4280

Sequoyah Birthplace will hold the first of their lecture series “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” plants featuring local business owner Avi Askey of the Overhill Gardens and Ila Hatter. Avi Askey will be lecturing on invasive plants and how to eradicate them.

Ila Hatter is an interpretive naturalist, artist, storyteller, and wild crafter with more than 30 years experience teaching the cultural heritage of native plants. Ila is publisher of "Roadside Rambles", a wild foods cookbook, and a video series: "wild Edibles and Medicinals of Southern Appalachia and Mountain Kitchen". She hosted three Folkways programs for PBS/UNC-TV, and has appeared on CNN, Turner/South, RFDTV, and A&E.

There are more plant species here than in the entire North American continent including Canada. The indigenous people knew which plants were "the Good Plants" for food, medicines, and household use. In many cases they shared that knowledge with the incoming settlers. Even today we can enjoy having those plants, trees, shrubs, in our home landscape. There are flavors that cannot be bought, home remedies at hand, and interesting folklore to share.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, 576 HWY 360, Vonore, TN 37885. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM; Sunday, 12-5PM. Information: 423-884-6246, www.sequoyahmuseum.org

February 24 – March 23, 2012

Join us for the opening of Fountain City Art Center's open entry theme exhibit, "Connections."
At the opening reception, Friday, February 24, 6:30 – 8:00 PM, we will have candle light to greet you. Our brand new lighting will be switched on at 6:45 PM! The reception will take place from 6:30 – 8:00 PM, with awards announced at 7 PM.

by Alan Ayckbourn
Trevor and Susannah, whose marriage is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest, three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best. Taking place sequentially in the three beleaguered couples' bedrooms during one endless Saturday night of co-dependence and dysfunction, beds, tempers and domestic order are ruffled, leading all the players to a hilariously touching epiphany. A long-running hit in London and New York.

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37917. Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday & Sunday; $15 plus fees for Friday & Saturday. For information: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

Children’s Theatre of Knoxville will present a live stage adaptation of the spooky fairy tale “Rapunzel,”for 13 performances, Thursdays through Sundays from February 24 through March 10.

Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 PM
Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1 PM and 5 PM
Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 PM
Thursday, Mar. 1 at 7 PM
Friday, Mar. 2 at 7 PM
Saturday, Mar. 3 at 1 PM and 5 PM
Sunday, Mar. 4 at 3 PM
Thursday, Mar. 8 at 7 PM
Friday, Mar. 9 at 7 PM
and Saturday, Mar. 10 at 1 PM and 5 PM.

Reservations are strongly recommended for all CTK performances. To reserve tickets for the production, e-mail the number of adult and child tickets needed, along with your requested performance date and time, to tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com at any time.
Or you may call us at (865) 599-5284 between the hours of 1 PM and 5 PM.

The play is being performed at CTK’s theatre in downtown Knoxville, located at 800 Tyson Street.

• Pre-College Cello Competitions #1 and #2
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Performance Hall 32, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

• Pre-College Cello Final Recital, Performance #3
Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

• Final Cello Ensemble Recital, Performance #4
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

website: www.music.utk.edu • concertline: 865-974-5678

By Frank Higgins; at the CBT Mainstage. A search for lost African-American folk music leads Susannah, an ambitious "song collector" for the Library of Congress, to Pearl, a woman with a soulful voice, a steely spirit and a dramatic story. Over twenty folk songs and spirituals create an American musical tapestry that unites these two different women, as they journey toward their way out of the shadows and into the light of personal freedom.

Clarence Brown Theatre 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com. For tickets: 865-974-5161, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com