Calendar of Events

Presented in conjunction with Richard Jolley’s permanent glass installation Cycle of Life, this exhibition surveys the work of modern and contemporary artists who approach glass using innovative methods and techniques. Among the featured artists are Oben Abright, Graham Caldwell, Daniel Clayman, Andrew Erdos, Luke Jerram, Rashid Johnson, Dominick Labino, Karen LaMonte, Libensky & Brychtova, Beth Lipman, Harvey Littleton, Ivan Navarro, Mark Peiser, Lino Tagliapietra, Bertil Vallien, Christopher Wilmarth, and Fred Wilson.

There will be a public closing party Thursday, July 17 at the KMA, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. The presenting sponsor for this exhibition is The Frank and Virginia Rogers Foundation with additional sponsorship from The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass. KMA media sponsors include Digital Media Graphix, Kurt Zinser Design, and WBIR. The exhibition is organized by the KMA.

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 Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Mary Agnes Schaefer as the featured artist for April and May. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, her exhibit - "Fabric Friends" - features handmade fabric dolls.

A charter and current member of the Farragut Arts Council, Schaefer spent many hours as a child playing with paper dolls as well as making handmade dolls out of drawing paper. Later in life, she started making paper dolls for her granddaughters and nieces. Each doll includes a wardrobe, toy and carrying case. The goal of her fabric dolls is to inspire children to use their imagination. Schaefer's "Fabric Friends" are available for sale at the Concord Gallery and the Annabelle Emporium in Loudon.

Each month, the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lauren.cox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture.

The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

Directed by Bill Jenkins

Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical and voted Outstanding Musical of 973 AD, the New York Times called “Spamalot” “resplendently silly.” A musical comedy "lovingly ripped off” from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” this Broadway smash features flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen and show-stopping musical numbers! This production is recommended for high school and up.

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

I Hate Hamlet centers on a young and successful television actor who relocates to New York, where he rents a marvelous, gothic apartment. With his television career in limbo, the actor is offered the opportunity to play Hamlet onstage, but there’s one problem: He hates Hamlet. His dilemma deepens with the entrance of John Barrymore’s ghost, who arrives intoxicated and in full costume to the apartment that once was his. The contrast between the two actors, the towering, dissipated Barrymore whose Hamlet was the greatest of his time, and Andrew Rally, hot young television star, leads to a wildly funny duel over women, art, success, duty, television, and yes, the apartment.

Director: Rick Parker, Producer: G David Brown

Opening night dinner theatre - April 24, 6:00 PM - $25 pp
Other shows: April 25-26, May 1-3 at 7:30pm
Sunday Matinee: April 27 at 2:00pm
Tickets: $12 adult / $8 student

For more information on our other programs, visit www.athensartscouncil.org, call us at 423-745-8781, or stop by The Arts Center, 320 North White Street in Athens.

2013-2014 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Season
In April the orchestra will present Nielsen’s Maskarde: Overture and Nielsen’s Maskarde: Cockerel’s Dance. Guest pianist Andrew Staupe will join the Orchestra for Grieg’s famous Piano Concerto. Andrew Staupe has appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra on five subscription series performances since 2006, and has performed with the San Diego Symphony, Houston Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and many other orchestras throughout the United States. This program concludes with Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5.

At the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

With the focus exclusively on instrumental music, this performance boasts a mix of music that is guaranteed to offer something for everyone.

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

SAVE THE DATE
“Families Belong Together”
April 24, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Central Baptist Bearden

F.O.C.U.S. Prison and Jail Ministries Group is having their yearly Fundraising Banquet on April 24, 2014 at Central Baptist Church of Bearden 6300 Dean Hill Dr. starting at 6:00PM and you are invited.
Please make a check out to F.O.C.U.S Ministries Group for $100.00, $50.00 or $25.00 and mail it to Pete Garza Photography, P.O. Box 30232, Knoxville TN 37930. We pledge all funds collected will be presented to F.O.C.U.S. Ministries, in your name, the evening of their Banquet on April 24, 2014.

Former students and their families will share their transformation stories, live Christian music, dinner and raising funds for FOCUS Group Ministries.

"Harvest of Hope" - "Cosecha de Esperanza"

A presentation by Dr. Loida Velazquez on the education of immigrants, with personal history remarks by Ms. Rosa Mar. Join us at 3:00 for coffee and sweets. Presentation will start at 3:30 PM.

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

East Tennessee PBS, with support from POV, Project Grad Knoxville and American Graduate, will host a public screening of the documentary film American Promise, on Thursday, April 24, at Austin-East Performing Arts and Sciences Magnet High School (2800 Martin Luther King Jr Ave). Doors open at 6 p.m. with the screening beginning at 6:30 p.m. The film will be followed by a Q&A and community discussion with panelists Tanisha Baker and Rev. Jesse Jones from Project Grad Knoxville, Austin-East students and community leaders. Panelists at the screening will address local angles of issues like the value of afterschool programs and ways to close the black male achievement gap. East Tennessee PBS is one of 17 PBS member stations nationwide that received a grant from POV to screen the film and engage community stakeholders in discussions around key issues and solutions raised in the film.

About the film: Recorded over the course of 12 years, American Promise is an intimate and provocative account of the experiences of two middle-class African-American boys (five-year-old best friends Idris Brewster and Oluwaseun (Seun) Summers) who entered a very prestigious—and historically white—private school on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Idris' parents, Joe, a Harvard- and Stanford-trained psychiatrist, and Michèle, a Columbia Law School graduate and filmmaker, decided to film the boys' progress starting in 1999. They and members of the large Summers family soon found themselves struggling not only with kids' typical growing pains and the kinds of racial issues one might expect, but also with surprising class, gender and generational gaps. American Promise, which traces the boys' journey from kindergarten through high school graduation, finds the greatest challenge for the families—and perhaps the country—is to close the black male educational achievement gap, which has been called "the civil rights crusade of the 21st century."

The film won a Special Jury Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and had its national broadcast premiere on February 3, 2014, as part of the 26th season of the award-winning POV on PBS. The films and related community activities are part of American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen, a national public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to identify and implement solutions to the dropout crisis and help parents and teachers keep students on the path to a successful future.

For more information, contact Amy Hubbard, Director of Community Engagement, at 865-595-0230 or ahubbard@easttennesseepbs.org.

Faculty and guest artist; National Class-A Artist from China, HUO Xiaojun, erhu; UT Music faculty Miroslav Hristov, violin, and David Northington, piano; and Grace Lee, piano.

Carolyn P. Brown University Center Auditorium (Rm 241)
1502 West Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

I'm Sorry I'm Sorry, a thesis exhibition by Eric Cagley

EXHIBITION DATES
April 23 - April 26, 2014
RECEPTION
Friday, April 25, 2014
6-9PM

GALLERY HOURS: Wed - Fri 11-6PM, Sat 10-3PM
The UT Downtown Gallery is located at 106 S. Gay Street in downtown Knoxville and open from 11am to 6pm, Wednesdays through Friday and 10am to 3pm on Saturdays.

Please join us for this opening reception. All events are free and open to the public.

For additional information on this exhibition, please call the UT Downtown Gallery at 865.673.0802 or visit us online at http://web.utk.edu/~downtown.

April 17-May 3, 2015
An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly

Theatre Knoxville Downtown
319 North Gay Street, KNoxville
865 544 1999 or email: info@theatreknoxville.com
www.theatreknoxville.com