Calendar of Events

Wednesdays: March 28, April 4, 11, & 18
Come and enjoy the elegant pleasure of partaking in a formal High Tea and take the tour of the house museum and gardens where 25,000 tulips will be in bloom. Special entertainment will also be provided during teatime. Cost is $20.00 per adult and $15.00 per child. Price includes the cost of admission to tour the house museum and gardens. Guest may choose to tour the house and gardens before or after the tea. For times and to make tea reservations please call Crescent Bend. (For groups of 30 or more, additional dates and tea times can be arranged at any time of the year.)

Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-637-3163, www.crescentbend.com

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

On March 28 Katie Ries, Marketing and Outreach Director for Three Rivers Market, will talk about Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.
The public is invited to join the conversation and bring a lunch or pick up something from a downtown restaurant. Copies of the books are available at the Library if you'd like to read one before the program.

12:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay Street in this month’s Brown Bag Green Book lunch and learn series, sponsored by the Knox County Public Library, East Tennessee Historical Society, and the City of Knoxville.

For more information, please call Emily Ellis at 215-8723

As husband-wife couples go in the world of music, it is a challenge to find a duo as well-fitted and naturally prolific as that of singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks. They are both heavily steeped in the blues tradition, yet open to far-ranging influences including rock, gospel, jazz and World music. Each has produced recordings that share a sensibility best described as a swampy mix of rootsy, rockin’ American music. The two have guested on each other’s albums, toured together intermittently, and last year they each received individual Grammy nominations in the category of “Best Contemporary Blues Album” for their 2009 albums, Tedeschi for Back To The River and Trucks for Already Free (which he won). Also, they often perform together with the Allman Brothers Band -- with whom Trucks continues to play as co-lead guitarist.
March 28, 8:00 PM.
$79.50, $48.50, $29.50 applicable service fees

Tickets on sale now at All Knoxville Tickets Locations and The Tennessee Theatre Box Office

The ongoing Faculty Lecture Series at Pellissippi State Community College is meant to provoke thinking, discussion, debate. The March 28 lecture on science and religion—supported by the Faculty Lecture Series and sponsored by Gnosis, the college’s student service-learning club—is guaranteed to be no exception.

In “Science vs. Religion,” David Howell, a Liberal Arts professor at Pellissippi State, addresses the incompatibility of the two. The presentation is 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Goins Building Auditorium on­ the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The community is invited to the free event.

For more information about this event, contact Gnosis club sponsors Annie Gray, ajgray@pstcc.edu, or Trent Eades, tweades@pstcc.edu. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

ETTAC's 14th Al Wilson-Mack French Golf Tournament, Centennial Golf Course, Oak Ridge, TN. Tuesday, August 21, 0212.
Join Al Wilson, Coach Fulmer and many other sports celebrities for a day of great golf, food, drinks and prizes to benefit services for people with disabilities. Grand Prize: A Game Day with Al at a home UT football game!
For more information or to reserve a spot, call: East Tennessee Technology Access Center, (865) 219 0130 - www.discoveret.org/ettac

CTK has incorporated an academy approach to our popular classes in creative dramatics, allowing us to offer a broader scope of curriculum, provide more
individualized instruction with smaller classes, and involve as many creative children as possible.

Classes are structured into 3 levels of activity, with each level being a pre-requisite to the following level.

Each class meets for a 6-week term. The cost of the 6-week term is $180. 50% of the term fee is due upon registration, wth the balance due on the first day of class.
All classes now take place at our classroom space at 15 EMORY PLACE.

Pre-registration is REQUIRED for all classes. To begin the registration process, e-mail Caroline King at caroline@childrenstheatreknoxville.com . Or call her (865) 712-8626.

CREATIVE IMAGINATION (LEVEL 1):
“From Page to Stage”
For 5 to 7 year olds.
Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Mar. 28 – May 2.

ACTING (LEVEL 3): “Advanced Acting Ensemble”
Admission based on performance resume.
Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Mar. 27 – May 1.

ACTING (LEVEL 1): “Basic Acting”
For ages 8 to 11.
Thursdays, 4:30PM to 5:30 PM. Mar. 29 – May 3.

ACTING (LEVEL 1): “Audition Workshop”
For ages 8 to 11.
Saturdays, 9:00 to 10:00 AM. Mar. 31 – May 5.

For ages 12 to 17.
Saturdays, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Mar. 31 – May 5.

ACTING (LEVEL 2): “Musical Theatre”
For ages 9 to 15.
Mondays, 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Mar. 26 – Apr. 30

ACTING (LEVEL 2): “Intermediate Acting”
For ages 8 to 11.
Fridays, 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Mar. 30 – May 4.

Slated for March 26 through April 12, the Annual Student Art Show at Pellissippi State Community College showcases the best work of students at all levels of art studies. The juried exhibit gives students not only the opportunity to share their art with the community but also the chance to be awarded prizes for their creations.

This year’s exhibit offers a diverse selection of art, including drawings, paintings, watercolors, sculptures, ceramics and blacksmithing pieces, as well as 2D and 3D designs. Awards include the Pellissippi State Community College Purchase Award.

The Annual Student Art Show, which is free and open to the public, is at the Bagwell Center for Media and Art gallery on the Pellissippi Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays or by appointment.

A closing reception and award ceremony, also free and open to the public, takes place in the gallery on April 12, 3-5 p.m.

For additional information, call (865) 694-6400. To request accommodations for a disability, contact the executive director of Human Resources and Affirmative Action at (865) 694-6607 or humanresources@pstcc.edu.

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.

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