Calendar of Events

April 28-29: Local artists open their studios and take you behind the scenes of their creative processes.

Most of the Festival’s wide range of arts events, performances, and exhibitions are offered to the public free of charge. For more information, including a complete Festival Calendar of Events and ticket information, visit dogwoodarts.com.

April 28-29: Experience the Dogwood trails the lean, green way – on a bicycle by way of an organized or self-guided ride.

Most of the Festival’s wide range of arts events, performances, and exhibitions are offered to the public free of charge. For more information, including a complete Festival Calendar of Events and ticket information, visit dogwoodarts.com.

A free-admission celebration of the arts with over 800 performers and 125 food & artisan vendors. Continuous entertainment on four outdoor stages! Along Gay Street and in Market Square, Downtown Knoxville

Information: 865-524-0795, www.knoxvilleopera.com

Singer-songwriter
Campbell County native Maggie Longmire is a folk singer, blues rocker (member in good standing of the legendary Lonesome Coyotes) and roots music writer of songs with evoking lyrics and haunting melodies. Her performance of Granddaughters - An Americana Opera, a project of original songs co-written with her brother John, was a sellout at the Laurel in 2008. Her first solo project Teachers and Travelers was awarded Best Album of the year by Metro Pulse.

Jubilee Community Arts, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org. For tickets: 865-523-7521, www.KnoxTIX.com

Join us for the 10th annual Spring Plant Sale Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Held every spring in cooperation with the Island Home Community partnership, it's a great opportunity to learn more about the benefit of landscaping with native plants. Local nurseries will be on-hand selling wildflowers, shrubs and trees. Other vendors will be selling art, crafts, plus we'll have food and music.

VISIT US · Park open 365 days a year
2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville TN 37920

FOR MORE INFORMATION
(865)-577-4717 ● www.ijams.org

HoLa Hora Latina, Tennessee Tourism Development, Knox County and the Town of Farragut invite everyone to attend the unveiling and dedication of Admiral Farragut's Birth Place Civil War Trail Marker. David G. Farragut of Hispanic origin, was born in Knox County and grew up there until he was 6 years old. He grew up to be the first Admiral of the United States Navy.

Admiral Park: (Norhshore and Pellissippi) Directions: Take I - 40 (Pellissippi Pkwy) to Northshore Drive exit. Travel west on Northshore approximately 1/2 mile. The sign stating Admiral Farragut Park will be on the left. If you pass Carl Cowan Park you have come too far.

Those planning to attend are asked to rsvp to cwkch@cwkch.com no later than April 24.

Maggie Longmire from LaFollete, Tennessee is a folk singer, blues rocker (member in good standing of the legendary Lonesome Coyotes) and roots music writer of songs with evoking lyrics and haunting melodies. Her performance of Granddaughters An Americana Opera, a project of original songs co-written with her brother John, was a sellout at the Laurel in 2008. Her first solo project Teachers and Travelers was awarded Best Album of the year by Metro Pulse.
Saturday, April 28, 8 pm
Tickets:
$12 General Audience Day of Show
$11 General Audience Advance
$10 JCA members, students, seniors 65+
At the Laurel Theater, 16th Street and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood.
www.jubileearts.org (tickets & info) * 865-523-7521 (tickets) * 865-522-5851 (info)

Please join us for the unveiling of a Tennessee Civil War Trail Marker at the birthplace of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. This Sesquicentennial event will include light refreshments, entertainment, and dedication by Tennessee Tourism Commissioner Susan Whitaker, Executive Director of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Dr.Carroll Van West, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and other Knox County officials.

April 28, 2012 Event will be held rain or shine.
Admiral Farragut Park, 9950 S. Northshore Drive
Coffee, light refreshments and entertainment 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Dedication ceremonies to begin at 10:00
RSVP cwkch@cwkch.com

Please join us on April 28th, 2012, at the Concord Marina! All proceeds will be used for maintaining and removing the trash and debris from the waterways. Tickets include: heavy hors d'oeuvres, beverages, live music, and an opportunity to bid on auction items.

This year before kicking off the evening with live music and fun, we will begin the day with a water ceremony and two-hour cruise on the beautiful lake with our Captain Hosts. The cruise is optional.

Schedule of Events:
3:45pm Blessing of the Waters by Two Bears of Cherokee Nation
4:00pm Cruising on the water begins
5:45pm Boats return from the water
6:00pm Celebration begins at the Concord Marina facility

To purchase tickets, by April 25, call the FLLA Office 865.523.3800

A sharp-edged musical satire set in roaring twenties Chicago. When chorine Roxie Hart murders her faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap, he turns on her and convicted Roxie is sentenced to death row. The murder becomes the center of a media circus, as she and another murderess, Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines. Ultimately the join forces in search of the “American Dream”: fame, fortune and acquittal. Winner of six Tony Awards and the Academy Award as Best Picture.

Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Information and tickets: 865-482-9999, www.orplayhouse.com

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

Friday, April 27, at 8:00pm and Sunday, April 29, at 2:30pm.
What happens when fear and jealousy spiral out of control? Knoxville Opera concludes the Season of Star-Crossed Lovers with Verdi’s magnificent opera. Based on Shakespeare’s Othello, Otello’s realm is not of great kingdoms lost and won, nor of courtly politics. The marriage bed and not the throne rivets attention. Verdi’s grand opera is full of some of the most beautiful and dramatically poignant music ever written.

Performing the title role is Virginia native Michael Austin who has enjoyed a distinguished 25-year career throughout Europe and the Unites States including several productions of his signature role, Otello. Greek sensation Kassandra Dimopoulou makes her U.S. debut as the betrayed Desdemona. American baritone Scott Bearden (Tonio in Knoxville Opera’s 2009 Pagliacci) returns to perform the manipulating, evil Iago. American Bass Kevin Thompson, who performed earlier this season in La Traviata and Knoxville Opera Goes to Church, returns to portray Desdemona’s cousin Lodovico.

Brief dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s Othello in English will be incorporated into the opera performance.
All Knoxville Opera performances feature projected English translations. Tickets for Knoxville Opera productions start at $18 for adults and $13 for students. Group discounts and subscriptions are available. Seating is limited, and advance tickets are highly recommended. For details go to KnoxvilleOpera.com or call 865.524.0795.

At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902.