Calendar of Events

Join us as we search for early wildflowers, late winter or early spring birds along the greenway that follows Third Creek from Tyson Park west. Free to members, $5 for non-members. Leader: Stephen Lyn Bales. Please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Hours: Grounds and trails open during daylight hours. Call for Visitor Center hours. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Need to find that perfect hat with just the right amount of attitude? Then Hatitude is the event for you. Hat Boutique, March 24, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at Crescent Bend.
www.crescent bend.com

Saturday March 24th
At the Country Tonite Theater in Pigeon Forge!

The music starts at 7:00 p.m with emcee Freddy Smith.
Special guests include: Roger Helton, Scott Carris, Matt Leadbetter, Kipper Stit, Ray Ball...and whole bunch of other Whaley's.

For tickets and information the number is 865-908-0360 or online at
www.jimbowhaley.com.

March 23 will mark the opening night of another world premiere by regional playwright Lisa Soland. This time she also sits in the director’s chair, directing Pellissippi State students alongside other local actors in her new series of one-acts called The Ladder Plays, in which the playwright explores the ups and downs of being human.

Lisa Soland’s world premiere of The Ladder Plays is a collection of short comedies and dramas that all take place on or around ladders. Included are stories of eloping, a suicide off the letter “H” in the Hollywood sign, and even a one-act called “Spatial Disorientation” – about the last moments in the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren as they wait to take off in inclement weather to fly to Martha’s Vineyard.

The Ladder Plays opens at the Clayton Performing Arts Center at Hardin Valley on the campus of Pellissippi State College, March 23 and plays Friday and Saturdays at 8 pm through March 31, with a Sunday performance on April 1 at 2 pm. Call 865-694-6684 for more information or visit the website at www.pstcc.edu/theatre/news. Tickets are available at the Pellissippi State Theatre Box office, in the lobby of the Clayton Performing Arts Center.

Join Alice's madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with a bubble-blowing Caterpillar, and beats the Queen of Hearts at her own game! Fun is plentiful, including three Cheshire Cats and dozens of other wonderfully wacky characters.

Disney's ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. is a fast-paced stage adaptation featuring updated dialogue and new arrangements of such classic Disney songs as "I'm Late," "The Un-birthday Song" and "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah."

Tickets are $12 for general admission seating. $8 for kids age 12 and under. The show is presented in the 250-seat Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall. Primary Players is a non-profit kids theatre company established in 2005. Alice In Wonderland Jr. is Directed by John Cherry. Suitable for ALL ages. This production features 40 children ages 8 - 18.
• Fri, March 23, 2012 at 7:00pm
• Sat, March 24, 2012 at 3:00pm
• Sat, March 24, 2012 at 7:00pm

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Open Monday - Saturday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

This musical follows the woodland adventures of two amphibious friends, a worrywart toad and a perky frog, with their assorted colorful hopping, crawling and flying companions, over the course of a year. This is a great show for kids. RSCC Theatre, Harriman, General Admission $10, Students $7.

March 22-24, 29-31 at 7 pm
www.roanestate.edu/theatre

Matinee performance March 25 & April 1 at 2 pm

Thursday 3/22
Toy Soldiers, Justin Stens and the Get Real Gang

Friday 3/23
Drunken Prayer

Saturday 3/24
Jack of Hearts, Amy Hart

Monday 3/26
Dave Gleason

Tuesday 3/27
Ganasita

Wednesday 3/28
Mary Gauthier, Bart and the End Times, Spasm Band

Thursday 3/29
Kelley McRae, Laura Thurston

Friday 3/30
Pontiac BlueNow You See Them

Saturday 3/31
Sandy Ray and the Cold Shoulders

Oak Ridge Art Center, 201 Badger Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 9AM-5PM; Saturday-Monday, 1-4PM. Information: 865-482-1441, www.oakridgeartcenter.org

The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Several Silences March 16-May 20, 2012.
Several Silences presents installations, videos, sculptures, and drawings by a diverse selection of contemporary artists from around the world who approach the theme of silence in distinctly individual ways. This group exhibition explores various kinds of silence—meditative, ambient, memorial, etc.—and calls attention to the rarity of the absence of sound in our growing “culture of distraction.”

There will be an opening reception Thursday, March 15 from 5:30-7:30pm at the KMA. Free and open to the public. Cash bar.

Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, Knoxville, TN 37916. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM; Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-525-6101,

A Creative Continuum - Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Anniversary Exhibition
Reception: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Open Monday - Saturday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM

A world premiere play of a murder mystery by Knoxville playwright Craig Smith. The play has strong language; young people would need to be accompanied by an adult. Seats are first come, first served (up to 50 per performance).

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-546-4280, www.tennesseestage.com