Calendar of Events

Anne V. McGravie’s semi-autobiographical story about Navy servicewomen during World War II will play in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre March 27-April 13, 2014. The corporate sponsor for this production is Stowers Machinery. Due to popularity, seating is extremely limited. A first-come-first served waiting list will begin forty-five minutes prior to curtain for sold out performances. Should seating become available through ticket donations, release of house seats, or other means, these seats will be released to patrons based on the order of the waiting list.

McGravie said that the thought of “going away and being on my own” was the main draw of joining the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS). “It was a different life in every way and opened my mind and the whole world to me. I enjoyed everything about it, and when the war was over I didn’t know what to do with myself,” she said.

Tracey Copeland Halter (Director) will make her directorial debut with this production. She received her MFA in Theatre from New York University and served on the UT Theatre faculty from 2005-2013. Her CBT acting credits include: “Black Pearl Sings!”, “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play,” “Charley’s Aunt,” The Who’s Tommy,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “Intimate Apparel,” “Fences,” and “A Christmas Carol.” She also has performed on Broadway, at the NY Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, the Alliance Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, and others.

“There are so many universal themes for women in this play. Who am I? What role do I play in history? What's my legacy? What happens to a life that has been compartmentalized (inside and out) in such a small space for so many years?” Copeland-Halter said about the production. The cast is comprised on graduate and undergraduate Theatre actors.

Ticket prices range from $5 to $15. As a participating member of the Blue Star Theater family, the CBT welcomes U.S. military personnel, spouses and children as well as U.S. veterans and offers discounted tickets to active-duty military and immediate families, as well as returning veterans for our productions. Tickets are limited to two per household and are based on availability.

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 Crucible by Arthur Miller will be presented by the Tennessee Wesleyan Theatre Department. It will be held at the Townsend Auditorium on our Athens, Tennessee campus.

Dates and times are:
March 27, 28, 29 at 7:00 p.m.
March 30 at 3:00 p.m.
April 3, 4, 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Ticket info: twctheatre.com

UT Violin Festival
Workshops, lectures, master classes and performances. Registration and fee required. music.utk.edu/violinfestival
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday March 28-30, 2014

Pre-Festival Concert: THURS March 27 at 8 pm
UT Violin Professor, Dr. Miroslav Hristov, vioin and KSO Harpist, Cindy Hicks.

THURS Concert, plus FRIDAY & SATURDAY events to be held at the
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996

SUNDAY classes, rehearsals, and closing Gala to be held at the Alumni Memorial Bldg.
1408 Middle Drive, Knoxville TN 37996 (For more detail, please visit website )

Tennessee-based artist Andrew Saftel will exhibit Las Frutas del Mundo in conjunction with the Big Ears Music Festival, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 28-30, 2014. This exhibit will feature tapestries and related works on paper from an ongoing collaboration between the artist and a family of weavers in Michoacan, Mexico. The exhibit will be open during three afternoon sessions and feature a documentary film about the project by Eduardo Bautista, Morelia, Michoacan.

Saftel’s tapestry project and works on paper represent a link between the history and culture of the Mexican agricultural heartland and life in rural East Tennessee. “What these master artisans have created are not reproductions of the images I drew, but interpretations of them in natural wool: grown, dyed and woven in Michoacan, Mexico. The project has created an ongoing link between two cultures, using the arts to cross a contested border and inject hope and economic possibility into a difficult time for Michoacan,” said Saftel.

Location: Suite 201, The Pembroke, 508 Union Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902
How to find: Look for this logo in the window (at the corner of Walnut and Union).
Hours: 2-4 pm on Friday March 28, 11a.m. to 2p.m Saturday March 29, and Sunday March 30

Las Frutas del Mundo premiered in 2013 at the Centro Cultural Antiguo Colegio Jesuita in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. La Frontera (The Border), a color woodcut printed in Patzcuaro, was partially funded by a professional development grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission in 2010.
The continuing collaboration is documented in a film entitled Las Frutas Del Mundo. Eduardo Bautista/NemesysFilms. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9RQs0spKfU

For more information about Andrew Saftel, visit www.andrewsaftel.com.

Pellissippi State Community College will recognize the fifth anniversary of Hardin Valley Thunder, the college’s bluegrass group, at the Jazz and Bluegrass Concert. The concert is Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Hardin Valley Campus, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. The community is invited. The event is free; however, donations will be accepted at the door for the Pellissippi State Foundation, with proceeds benefiting the Music Scholarship Fund.

“We are expecting 10 to 15 former Hardin Valley Thunder members to participate in a special alumni performance,” said Larry Vincent, an assistant professor of Liberal Arts and the ensemble’s leader. “The alumni will play on two selections that each Hardin Valley Thunder group has played in the past: ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ and ‘Sitting on Top of the World.’” The alumni also will join the current 10 members of Hardin Valley Thunder to perform “I’ll Fly Away,” “Mountain Dew,” “Song Bird” and a bluegrass version of “Crazy Train.” In addition to Hardin Valley Thunder, the concert, a perennial favorite in the community, features the Pellissippi State Jazz Band.

The Jazz and Bluegrass Concert is the latest performance in the college’s ongoing Music Concert Series. The series is part of The Arts at Pellissippi State, which brings to the community cultural activities ranging from music and theatre to international celebrations, lectures, and the fine arts. All piano performances and accompaniments are performed on Steinways, in keeping with Pellissippi State’s status as an All-Steinway School.

Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts

UT faculty Miroslav Hristov and guest artist and KSO's harpist Cindy Hicks will present a program compiled of known and not so known works for violin and harp. The first half will induldge the artists in two pieces from the standard repertoire: Louis Spohr's Sonata in C minor and Camille Saint-Saens' Fantasie. The second half will introduce a relatively new (1998), monumental sonata by Ukranian composer Valeri Kikta.

At the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus. Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events. View additional UT Music concerts and events including all student recitals on the website.

The Maryville College Choir will perform Thursday, March 27, 2014, in the
Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre.
Tickets are $5
Maryville College Faculty, Staff, and Students are free. Tickets are required for admission.
For more information please visit www.claytonartscenter.com
Call the Clayton Center Box Office for ticket information (865) 981-8590

Please join us for a reception as we commemorate "115 Years of Hope" in the Knoxville community with an anniversary celebration.

Remarks at 3:30 PM. Area Commander Major Albert Villafuerte will share a brief look back at the work The Salvation Army has accomplished in Knoxville since 1899 as well as the keys to successfully fulfilling its mission in the next 115 years.

We encourage you to bring a guest who would like to know more about The Salvation Army.

RSVP by Monday, March 24 to Maria Down - 971-4907 or maria_down@uss.salvationarmy.org

The last Wednesday of every month, 5:30-7:30PM, join friends of historic preservation for a drink and good conversation. Who knows what topics will be covered, but it's fun to gather together. No need to RSVP, just stop by The crown and Goose, 123 S. Central Street in the Old City.

Knox Heritage: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Springtime will soon be in full bloom in East Tennessee and Historic Crescent Bend House & Gardens is proud to announce the calendar of events for the 13th annual TulipTime at Crescent Bend festival. The three-acre manicured Formal Italian-Styled Gardens at Crescent Bend, which features nine garden terraces and five fountains overlooking the Tennessee River, will be in bloom with over 25,000 tulips of various sizes, shapes, and colors.

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

Opening reception: Saturday, April 5, 7:00-9:00pm. Admission is free and the public is invited
Each spring Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts hosts its annual resident artists’ exhibition, which celebrates the five artists who have lived and worked on campus during the past year. The artists-in-residence program, which fosters and advances the careers of emerging artists, is in its 22nd year and has seen over one hundred individuals pass through its ranks. This year’s residents, Lynn Batchelder, H.P. Bloomer, Rachel K. Garceau, Tally Locke, and Rena Wood present Five Lines, a culmination of their experiences, creativity, hard work, and dedication of their time spent here. Like explorers and cartographers of yesteryear these five are generating mappings of territories that benefit us all. Through their investigations of the mind, time, places, and memories each one is connecting us to their world and thoughts while encouraging us to be more mindful and introspective of our own. While the lines they walk have merged in their time at Arrowmont, soon they will diverge into new frontiers.

“This is an exciting time for this group of young artists,” says Arrowmont Gallery Manager Stefanie Gerber Darr. “There has been a palpable shared energy among them since they arrived last summer. It’s wonderful to see this work come together as a result of that energy. It represents closure, along with the great promise of what we can expect from these very creative people in the years to come.” The Arrowmont residents will also be involved in this year’s Dogwood Arts Festival.

Meet the residents and visit their Gatlinburg studios during the Dogwood Arts Festival Art DeTour, Saturday and Sunday, April 12 & 13, 10:00am to 5:00pm daily. And you can meet the residents and other arts and crafts demonstrators at Arrowmont’s booth at the Dogwood Arts Festival’s Market Square Art Fair in downtown Knoxville, April 25-27 Friday: 11 am – 9 pm, Saturday: 10 am – 9 pm, and Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm.

For more information about Arrowmont’s gallery schedule and upcoming exhibitions, visit arrowmontgalleries.org. To view or learn about workshops and other arts and crafts programming at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, visit arrowmont.org.

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

The Ewing Gallery will be hosting the following MFA Thesis Exhibitions during March and April.

MFA Exhibition Group 1: April Bachtel (Painting and Drawing) and Jonathan Lisenby (Painting and Drawing)
Dates: March 24 - March 30, 2014
Reception: Friday March 28, 6-9PM

MFA Exhibition Group 2: Andrew Merriss ( Painting and Drawing) , Daniel Ogletree (Printmaking), and Hannah Skoonberg (Printmaking)
Dates: April 2 - April 8, 2014
Reception: Friday April 4, 5-8PM

MFA Exhibition Group 3: Victoria Buck (Ceramics), Cierra Reppert (Graphic Design), Jennifer Scheuer (Printmaking)
Dates: April 11 - April 17, 2014
Reception: April 11, 6PM - 9PM

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996
865.974.3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu