Calendar of Events

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; directed by James Marvel, UTOT Director; conducted by Kevin Class, UTOT Music Director

Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, April 10, 12 and 13, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.

Saturday matinee, April 12, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.


UT Carousel Theatre (next to Clarence Brown Theater)

1710 Andy Holt Avenue, Knoxville TN 37996
More Information (when available): www.music.utk.edu/cosi

East Tennessee PBS will host six screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning series Independent Lens as a new participant in Community Cinema, a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative by The Independent Television Service (ITVS), producer of Independent Lens and other documentary film programs.

More than 95 cities participate in Community Cinema, a film series that brings together leading organizations and community members to learn about, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time.
After each screening, community leaders will hold a panel discussion addressing the issues broached in the films. Participating panelists will be announced in advance of each screening.
All screenings will be held at the East Tennessee PBS studio, at 1611 East Magnolia Avenue in Knoxville. Screenings are free and open to the public. Doors open an hour before screenings begin.
For additional information, visit www.EastTennesseePBS.org/news-and-events/community-cinema/ or call Amy Hubbard at 865-595-0230 or email ahubbard@easttennesseepbs.org.

Thursday, April 10, 7 p.m.
Medora, Indiana is a once-booming community beset by a crippled economy and a dwindling population. This documentary follows the town’s down-but-not-out varsity basketball team over a season, capturing the players’ stories on and off the court—as the team’s struggle to compete parallels the town’s fight for survival.

Join Knox Heritage at Historic Westwood for a Lost and Found luncheon. Jack Neely will speak about "Lutz Family and the Nicholson Art League." This is a free event open to the public but seating is limited and reservations are required. Please RSVP by April 8.

Thursday, April 10, at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike.

Join us for our annual spring luncheon, featuring the new spring collection of designer hats by Milliner Patricia Frankum. Mimosas will be served followed by a seated lunch by Bradford Catered Events. $45 per person.

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

One more chance to enjoy Appalachian square dancing with music by the Hellgrammites. No taps. $5 JCA Members & Students • $7 General Admission

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

"Energy Month at The Muse Knoxville!" April marks a month long variety of activities at The Muse Knoxville and in the community focused on How Solar Energy works and other areas of renewable energy. Energy Month is sponsored by TVA and its energy partners within our community.

Lunch and Learn with John Hopkins, Project Director TN-SCORE (11:30 to 1pm) at the Knoxville Chamber, lunch provided by Tomato Head *reservation required

The Muse Knoxville is a nonprofit institution committed to inspire and empower generations at the intersection of science and art. Our facility is located in the historical Chilhowee Park directly across from the Jacob Building and next door to the Knoxville Zoo. Visitors can explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math exhibit and play experiences. Preschool aged children can discover the fun of learning as they touch, listen, build and create in our Kidspace area. Kids and adults alike can explore the planets, stars and beyond inside our Akima Planetarium! The center also presents hundreds of programs, field trips, activities and events each year.

The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman Street, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-594-1494, www.themuseknoxville.org

East Tennessee PBS invites the public to an in-studio screening of Medora, which follows the down-but-not-out Medora (Indiana) Hornets varsity basketball team over the course of a season, capturing their stories both on and off the court. Riding a brutal losing streak when the film begins, the team’s struggle to compete bears eerie resemblance to the town’s fight for survival. An in-depth, deeply personal look at small-town life, Medora is also a thrilling, underdog basketball story and an inspiring tale of a community refusing to give up hope despite the brutal odds stacked against them. While the film follows this particular team in this particular place, ultimately Medora is a film about America, and the thousands of small towns across the country facing the same fight. As one resident observes, “Once we lose these small towns, we can’t get them back.”

Directed by Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart, Medora premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and aired on Independent Lens Monday, March 31. Rothbart is the creator of FOUND magazine and a frequent contributor to public radio's This American Life. Andrew Cohn is producer of the off-Broadway play FOUND: People Find Stuff. Now It’s a Show.

This event is part of Community Cinema, a national civic engagement initiative featuring free screenings of films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. Presented by ITVS in partnership with local public television stations and community organizations, these in-person events and online social screenings bring community members together to learn, discuss, and get involved in key social issues of our time. For a complete lineup and more information about the Community Cinema series visit: http://communitycinema.org/

When: Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Where: East Tennessee PBS studio, located at 1611 East Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
How much: Free and open to the public. No RSVP required. Parking is available behind the studio.
865.595.0220, http://www.easttennesseepbs.org
For more information, visit http://www.easttennesseepbs.org/news-and-events/community-cinema/

We will hear and appreciate poems and art by HS students -- Bilingual.

In Casa Hola suite in the Emporium building (100 South Gay St): casahola@holafestival.org or 865-335-3358.

The Artist, Curator & Arts Worker, Matthew Deleget will give a public talk about his life and work through the lens “Surviving and Thriving as an Artist”. This will be in Room 109 Art & Architecture Building. This talk is open to the public and will include time for a lively Q & A. Students interested in critiques can sign up in the School of Art Office.

Matthew Deleget is an artist, curator, and arts worker. Matthew has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions in the US, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. His work was selected for inclusion in the 2014 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His additional museum exhibitions include MoMA/P.S.1 (Long Island City, NY); Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx, NY); Herbert F. Johnson Museum (Ithaca, NY); Bass Museum of Art (Miami, FL); and Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (Indianapolis, IN). Matthew’s work has been reviewed in Artforum, The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Flash Art, Artnet Magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, among others. He is a member of American Abstract Artists, the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation’s Artist Advisory Committee, and the board of The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. In 2003, Matthew founded MINUS SPACE (www.minusspace.com), a platform for reductive art on the international level based in Brooklyn, NY. Since 2006, he has organized nearly 50 solo and group exhibitions at both MINUS SPACE’s gallery in Dumbo, Brooklyn, as well as other collaborating venues on the national and international levels, including in Mexico, Belgium, Australia, and New Zealand. http://matthewdeleget.com

Brought to you by The Chancellor’s Fund for Graduate Education and The School of Art at The University of Tennessee.
www.art.utk.edu
Any questions regarding these events can be directed to Jered Sprecher at jspreche@utk.edu

Sunrise Service in the LeConte Meadow at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Avenue.
Sunday, April 20, 6:30 AM.

All churches welcome. Bishop Warren Brown, AME Zion, presiding.
Participants include: Lennon-Seney UM, St. Luke's Episcpal, AME Zion,
Fourth United Presbyterian, Mattie Coleman CME.

Offering to benefit local ministries. Wear comfortable shoes and clothing.

April 09, 2014 THE URBAN WILDERNESS: Explore Ijams
April 10, 2014 CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: Stroller Stroll
April 10, 2014 SCIENCE CAFÉ: The Lunar Eclipse
April 11, 2014 THE URBAN WILDERNESS: Bouldering Hike
April 12, 2014 PUBLIC PROGRAM: Wagging Walk
April 12, 2014 PEG'S KITCHEN: Breakfast is Served
April 12, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 12, 2014 THE URBAN WILDERNESS: South Loop Piece-by-Piece
April 12, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 12, 2014 IJAMS GARDENING SERIES: Urban Gardening
April 12, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 15, 2014 IJAMS SOCIAL SERIES: Pink Moon Happy Hour
April 16, 2014 THE URBAN WILDERNESS: Explore Ijams
April 17, 2014 SPECIAL EVENT: Ijams @ The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage
April 19, 2014 PEG'S KITCHEN: Breakfast is Served
April 19, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 19, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 19, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 19, 2014 SPECIAL EVENT: Family Drum Circle
April 23, 2014 THE URBAN WILDERNESS: Explore Ijams
April 24, 2014 CHILDREN’S PROGRAM: Stroller Stroll
April 26, 2014 SPECIAL EVENT: Spring Native Plant Sale
April 26, 2014 PEG'S KITCHEN: Breakfast is Served
April 26, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 26, 2014 SPECIAL EVENT: Ijams @ EarthFest
April 26, 2014 SPECIAL EVENT: Outdoor KnoxFest @ Ijams
April 26, 2014 ANIMAL PROGRAM: Ijams Creature Feature
April 27, 2014 SPECIAL EVENT: Outdoor KnoxFest @ Ijams
April 30, 2014 THE URBAN WILDERNESS: Explore Ijams

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

Explore more than 60 miles of trails, open gardens, and historic homes as you enjoy a walk, bike ride, or drive.

Most of the Festival’s wide range of arts events, performances, and exhibitions are offered to the public free of charge. Dogwood Arts Festival: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com