Calendar of Events

Marble Springs State Historic Site is proud to present the latest in a series of Stargazing workshops on Saturday, July 13 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. This workshop will be instructed by Mr. Garry Noland. Mr. Noland has been an adjunct instructor of Astronomy at the University of Tennessee for 11 years.
The lecture topic will be Colonizing Space. Following the lecture, guests will be invited to view the night sky. In the event of inclement weather or overcast skies the lecture part of the program will still take place. All participants are encouraged to bring a flashlight.
This workshop is free & open to the public. Donations will be accepted & are appreciated.
All activities take place at the Marble Springs State Historic Site: 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920.

Information found at 865-573-5508
Email: marblesprings@gmail.com
Website: www.marblesprings.net

Marble Springs: 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-573-5508, www.marblesprings.net

Using County Records in Genealogical Research
Saturday, July 13, 2013, 10am

Learn how to use county records (birth, civil court, criminal court, death, deeds, divorces, probate, tax, wills) for investigating ancestors. Examples from the extensive resources of the Knox County Archives will be shown. Lecture will begin in the auditorium on the first floor of the History Center. No registration required.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

Email: vicki@knoxgarden.org

Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. Hours: Gardens open daily from dawn to dusk. Information: 865-862-8717, www.knoxgarden.org

Hypertufa is an artificial stone made from a few simple ingredients, used to create planting containers and garden art. Knoxville Botanical Garden Grounds Manager, Mathew McMillan, will show you how easy it is to make beautiful faux stone containers to liven up your garden. The class will cover materials, forms, colorants, and more. All materials will be included. Things can get messy so dress accordingly.

Note: It is best to leave your finished work at the Garden for a few days to cure.

Preregistration is required. Meet at our Visitor Center. $25 members, $35 non-members.

Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. Hours: Gardens open daily from dawn to dusk. Information: 865-862-8717, www.knoxgarden.org

The Second Saturday Concerts at The Cove will continue this year with a wide variety of entertainment for the entire family. The free concerts, held the Second Saturday of each month, June through September, take place at The Cove in Concord Park, 11808 Northshore Drive.

The dates for this summer 2013 are:
July 13 - Kitty Wampus
August 10 - Back Talk
September 14 - Second Opinion/Larry Shoemaker

www.knoxcounty.org/parks

Steff Mahan, a Nashville-based singer and songwriter, will be performing at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. Admission is $10 at the door. Mahan’s live performances and four albums display an Americana mix of rock, roots, folk, and country influences. Nashville City Paper called her “simply a wicked cool singer-songwriter,” while Billboard described “an entertaining, can’t-miss performance.”
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church is located at 2931 Kingston Pike. Info: 865-523-4176, www.steffmahan.com and www.centurymusicgroup.net

An evening to celebrate those who selflessly serve the East Tennessee Hispanic Community. With special guest Mayor Madeline Rogero.

Come and celebrate with us! This is a wonderful opportunity to help Centro Hispano raising funds for its educational programs! Admission: $25 per person

The event program includes:
o Award Ceremony
o Silent Auction
o Cash Bar through the entire event.
o Heavy hors d'oeuvres
o And 3 hours of music for dancing! There will be professional dance instructors that will teach you how to dance salsa, merengue and other latin rhythms.

Where? The Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN
Info/Payment methods: http://www.centrohispanotn.org/latino-awards.html

This year’s Front Page Follies, an annual fundraiser hosted by the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists to raise money for student journalism scholarships at UT, Knoxville and Pellissippi State, will take place on Saturday, July 13.

This year's Front Page Follies show should be especially well-rounded. Not only is there plenty of news to spoof, but for a little change of venue, the show itself will be in the University of Tennessee's Carousel Theatre. It's an appropriate location, since Follies' 2013 honoree is longtime University of Tennessee journalism professor Bonnie “Blue Pen” Hufford.

Cast members will be poking fun at the usual assortment of politicians and newsmakers, as well as events like UT's Sex Week and the trials of a certain well-known local company.

The event begins at 6 p.m. with a reception featuring cocktails and heavy hors d'oeuvres. The cast takes the stage at 7:30.

Tickets are $75 each, with a college student rate of $35. (The show is not appropriate for children.) A limited amount of “premium” theater-front seating is available in blocks for $100 per ticket. A portion of the ticket price is tax-deductible. The event funds journalism scholarships at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State Community College.
For tickets, contact Megan Venable Smith, 865-974-6903 or msmith93@utk.edu, or order online via credit card at www.etspj.org.

The Creative Arts Co-op is hosting a comedy night - or are we?!? Our troupe of comedic actors is set to perform skits and interactive improv. But the actors aren't acting, people aren't showing, and nobody is being funny - in the right way. Then, the body shows up...

Join us for another original comedy - and interactive murder mystery. An evening out, our shows are a social event. Not only do guests enjoy a live theatre show, but they enjoy a delicious dessert buffet and socialize while working on the murder. Our shows emphasize the funny, not the graphic. We encourage audience participation but never drag anyone on stage. Feel free to speak with the characters, interrogate the suspects, study the clues, and solve a murder!

The details are:
'(Comedy) Experiment in Murder'
July 13, 2013
8:00pm
$20.00pp- include show, beverages, dessert buffet, and tax
Call 865-765-1129 or visit www.creativeartsco-op.com. You can also purchase your tickets online - with no service charge!
Creative Arts Co-op
426 Ruritan Road
Harriman, TN 37748

Saturday, July 13
10:00 am TN Naturalist Program: Aquatic Systems
(Ages 16 and up) The Tennessee Naturalist Program is an ongoing series that introduces participants to the wonder of the state's amazing natural resources. This session will focus on Tennessee's aquatic systems. We'll explore creeks, ponds, streams, and even the quarry lake. Open to registered Tennessee Naturalist Program participants only.

10:00 am Ijams Cicada-Araida
(Ages 5 and up) After spending a year underground, the cicadas are out and about. Enjoy a summer morning in the shade with naturalist, Stephen Lyn Bales as he searches for buzzing cicadas. We'll sip cicada juice and enjoy cicada cookies, while learning the different species and each of their unique buzzy songs. Fee: $3 for members and $6 for non-members. Pre-registration is required; please call (865) 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

2:00 pm Live Animal Program
(All Ages) Have you met all the animals that call the Ijams Visitor Center home? If not, be sure to stop by every Saturday for a chance to get nose-to-beak with some of our resident furred and feathered ambassadors. This program is FREE, but donations to support animal care are welcome.

3:00 pm Animal Presentation: Red-tailed Hawk on the Plaza
(All Ages) You may have seen Tiger, our Red-tailed Hawk, in her cage by the parking lot, but have you had a chance to see her up close? Join Ijams' resident hawk whisperer, Stephen Lyn Bales, as he brings her out to meet the public. This program is FREE, but donations to support animal care are welcome.

6:00 pm Family Campout
Join River Sports Outfitters as they host a family campout at Ijams Nature Center. Families will have the opportunity to camp on the lawn, as well as participate in fun outdoor activities such as climbing walls, night hikes, food, movies and more! Spend some time under the stars and get back to nature with these fun family campouts. Pre-registration is required NO LATER than Thursday, July 11 to reserve your spot. Reservations can be made by calling River Sports Outfitters at (865) 523-0066.

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

This pioneering exhibition will present an underappreciated side to the work of Thornton Dial, Sr. (b. 1928), an artist best known and celebrated for his large scale, multi-media assemblages dealing with a wide range of charged social and political themes. Since the early 1990s, Dial has also produced a rich body of lyrical works on paper, often engaged with themes of gender and human relationships. This exhibition focuses on the very earliest of those drawings, a group of 50 sheets with Dial’s characteristic and broadly coherent iconography of women, fish, birds,
roosters, and tigers, rendered in a variety of media. Organized by the Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina.

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, www.knoxart.org

THE MUSIC MAN - Mainstage Musical
July 12-28, 2013

Despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef, fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill arrives to con the good people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that will supposed save the town from moral decline. But his plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he runs up against forthright Marian the librarian, whose own bill of sale captures his heart.
July 12, July 13, July 18, July 19, July 20, July 26, July 27 at 8:00PM
July 21, July 28 at 2:00PM

Online ticket sales begin June 24 at http://www.orplayhouse.com/tickets.html.