Calendar of Events

Saturday 2/23
Locust Honey Stringband
Mary Gauthier

Monday 2/25
The Town Pants
The Dulcimer Guys

Tuesday 2/26
Driftwood
Mandi Rae

Wednesday 2/27
Tim Haggerty
Patchwork

Thursday 2/28
WestWend
Tim Lee 3

Friday 3/1
Star and Micey
Carolina Story

Saturday 3/2
The Emancipators
Small Houses

Monday 3/4
Carolina Bound
Marmalakes

Tuesday 3/5
Pat Hull
The Mumbles

Wednesday 3/6
The Howling Brothers
Sara & Lindsay

Thursday 3/7
Grass Monkey
Joe Fletcher

Friday 3/8
Muriel Anderson
Nora Jane Struthers &The Party Line

12:00 Noon, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 South Gay Street, 37902

23 Feb 2013 at 8:00 PM
Little Big Town: The Tornado Tour
Kacey Musgraves

Little Big Town is a country vocal quartet comprised of Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet. After forming in the late 1990s, first as a duo, then as a trio, until finally becoming the superstar quartet they are now. Little Big Town steadily honed their craft for years by performing, recording and writing. Their dedication and perseverance paid off when their 2005 album, The Road to Here, was certified platinum, and they received the first of four consecutive (and counting) nominations for the Country Music Association’s Vocal Group of the Year. Riding that wave of success the group recently released their most recent critically acclaimed album, Tornado.

Tickets on sale now at All Knoxville Tickets Locations and The Tennessee Theatre Box Office. www.tennesseetheatre.com.

Chattanooga native Joseph Decosimo has been interested in the fiddle and banjo traditions of Tennessee since childhood. His focus is on the music of the Cumberland Plateau, southeast Tennessee, and western North Carolina. Early on, he sought out the older generation of players in the region. He has performed with Tennessee fiddlers Charlie Acuff, Bob Townsend and Mike Bryant. Joseph has taught and performed at the Augusta Heritage Center, the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention, and the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend. His CD Sequatchie Valley was released in 2012.

Tickets (if available) will also be sold at the door the night of the event for $12.

The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus. For additional information, call (865) 522-5851, e-mail concerts@jubileearts.org, or visit www.jubileearts.org.

Saturday, February 23

10 a.m. Ijams Workshop: Build a Bluebird Box
Bluebirds are one of the most beautiful residents of our yards and meadows. This program at Ijams will highlight these fascinating birds and how they survive in the wild plus build a bluebird nest box. Materials fee of $20 per box for this program.
Leader: Peg Beute. To register, please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110.

Saturday, February 23

1 p.m. Urban Gardening: No Space too Small to Grow
Want to have a garden but have limited space? So, you don't have an acre for a garden, well, guess what? You don't need it. Join Ijams green thumb Peg Beute for this program filled with creative ideas for gardening with minimal space. How to take advantage of your porch, railing, condo space or apartment
window and grow some herbs, veggies or flowering beauties year around! Free Program. To register, please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110.

The Lovelies of John Alan Maxwell
23 February 2013, 7:00PM
U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre, Knoxville TN

Knoxville filmmaker Douglas Stuart McDaniel premieres his debut feature film, The Lovelies of John Alan Maxwell. With a cast of more than 30 local actors and scenes shot in five states, don't miss this story of a young man discovering the bohemian world of 1930s Greenwich Village and the life of his eccentric great uncle, the illustrator John Alan Maxwell, an East Tennesseean who befriended the poet Kahlil Gibran at the famous Tenth Street studio and illustrated for Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In 1948, Esquire magazine compared Maxwell to William
Faulkner and Thomas Wolfe as one of the many talents of the Modern South. McDaniel successfully blends mystery, romance, and a unique parallel narrative with documentary elements to share this immensely personal journey spanning more than 25 years. With special guest Salome Cabaret, offering a liberal and modern interpretation of burlesque and vaudeville. The film contains some adult language, themes, and brief nudity.
Visit http://www.theloveliesmovie.com and
http://www.salomecabaret.com for more information.

Patrons needing special assistance please call the box office at 865-684-1200.

THIS SATURDAY, February 23, after a two-year absence, the Professional Bull
Riders are returning to the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville with thirty
of the world's best bull riders on some of the toughest bulls in the nation.
Ticket prices start at just $12. "The best riders in the world compete in
the PBR and we are pleased to host such an elite group of riders at the
Thompson-Boling Arena," said Tim Reese of the Thompson-Boling Arena. The
PBR begins at 7:30pm and ticket prices start at just $12. Group rates are
also available. Get tickets at the Thompson-Boling Arena Box Office,
knoxvilletickets.com and charge by phone at 865-656-4444 (local) or
877-995-9961 (toll-free).

How sweet it is! The 4th Annual Great Cake Bake is set for this Saturday at Neyland Stadium. More than 180 cakes have been entered in the competition to benefit Knox County's Imagination Library

With competition stiffer than a good meringue, this year's Great Cake Bake promises a delicious view of the region's sweetest creations. A record-breaking number of cakes will be on display. More than 180 cakes have been entered in three divisions: All Occasion, Wedding, and Single Cupcake. Bakers of all ages and skill sets are testing their talents for the benefit of Knox County's Imagination Library. The Great Cake Bake highlights the region's cake decorating skills in a competition and public exhibit on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Tennessee Terrace in Neyland Stadium. The doors open to the public from 12-5 pm. Every dollar raised will buy a book for a child in Knox County. Tickets cost $10, and children under 12 get in for free. Parking is convenient and free.

By Carrie Fisher and Carol Burnett

Performances are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $10 plus fees for Thursday & Sunday performances and $15 plus fees for Friday & Saturday performances. Theatre Knoxville Downtown has open seating. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to pick up your tickets and claim your seats. TKD reserves the right to seat walk-in patrons during the final 15 minutes prior to showtime. For more information on the show, please call Theatre Knoxville Downtown at (865) 544-1999, e-mail info@theatreknoxville.com, or visit www.theatreknoxville.com.

The first play to portray African American characters, themes, and conflicts in a natural and realistic manner on Broadway, A Raisin in the Sun received the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. Playwright Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest playwright, the fifth woman, and the first African American writer to win the award. Recently widowed, Lena Younger receives a life insurance check and plans to buy a house, freeing her family from the cramped tenement she shares with her two children, daughter-in-law and grandson in Chicago’s south side. Her son, Walter, has other ideas for the money. In the struggle that ensures one dream will be fulfilled, another deferred. Will the family collapse or will they seize this opportunity to create a better life?

Clarence Brown Theatre / Carousel 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

The Inspiring Classic “A Raisin in the Sun” shines on the Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage, February 21 - March 10.

The Clarence Brown Theatre will bring to life Lorraine Hansberry’s inspiring classic story about a working class African American family struggling to make it in 1950s America February 21 – March 10, 2013 on the main stage. Directed by African American theatre icon, Woodie King, Jr., the production will feature actors Lonette McKee and Jaymes Jorsling in the lead roles.

“A Raisin in the Sun” was nominated for four Tony awards when it opened on Broadway in 1959, and hailed by “The New York Times” as a show that “changed American theater forever.” It was the first time in history that a production had an all-black principal cast, a black director and a black playwright. Its 29-year-old author became the youngest American and the first black playwright to win the New York Drama Critics’ Best play of the Year award.

For more information and tickets: www.clarencebrowntheatre.com.

February 21-24, 2013
Haslam Family Flexible Theatre
Foothills Community Players presents
"Hay Fever" by Noel Coward

Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, David Bliss, a novelist and his wife Judith, a retired actress, find that an impossible dream when their high-spirited children Simon and Sorel appear with guests of their own. A housefull of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare. With Judith's new flame and David's newest literary 'inspiration' keeping company as the children follow suit, the Bliss family lives up to its name as the 'quiet weekend' comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale.

On Thursday, February 21, 2013 all tickets are $10
For all other performances tickets are $17.50 for adults and $15.50 for students and seniors.

For more information contact the Clayton Center Box Office at (865) 981-8590.