Calendar of Events

Bikes & Blooms, a featured event of the Dogwood Arts Festival and produced in partnership with Outdoor KnoxFest, lets you experience the Dogwood Trails the lean, green way on an organized ride for everyone to enjoy! Scenic 8-mile rides led by Tennessee Valley Bikes, riders must wear helmets. Young riders must be skilled at on-road riding and suggested age 8 and up. Rides are free! Show up on-site at the Outdoor Knoxvillle Adventure Center [900 Volunteer Landing] to sign-up. For more information, visit dogwoodarts.com!

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 AT 3:00PM
Observe the beauty of the Dogwood Trails from the seat of a bicycle as you ride to the colorful gardens that frame Island Home Boulevard. Riders will enjoy river views and tranquil forests as they continue on the greenway to Ijams Nature Center before returning.

SUNDAY, APRIL 27 AT 3:00PM
Behold the colorful displays of our native dogwood trees that fringe our boulevards and gardens. Bikers will ride through downtown and loop through historic neighborhoods in North Knoxville.

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

This Tony Award winner evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of honky tonk dives, rent parties and stride piano players in 1930's Harlem. The rollicking, winging music of the inimitable "Fats" Waller gets the joint a-jumpin as the cast struts, strums and sings songs made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
April 25-May 11, 2014, Mainstage.

Purchase tickets online 24 hours a day: www.orplayhouse.com.
Purchase by phone or at box office: 865 482 9999, 12:00-5:30PM Mon.-Sat. during performance weeks.

Where: Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
Time: Friday and Saturday: 10 am – 9 pm, and Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

Celebrate the arts in downtown Knoxville during the Market Square Art Fair as several city blocks are transformed into a lively street fair! Fine art and craft, live entertainment on three stages, a culinary arts demonstration and tasting area, A Children’s Creation Station, and festive food characterize this fan-favorite featured event of the Dogwood Arts Festival. The Market Square Art Fair is a juried show with over 70 local and regional artists exhibiting and selling their original work. In addition to the artists areas in Market Square and Krutch Park extension, a culinary arts experience awaits attendees. Cooking demonstrations, festive food creations, and delicious wine tasting will be featured in the Culinary Arts areas. Enjoy live entertainment all weekend long on the Market Square stage, the Union Avenue pop-up stage, and the Krutch Park stage geared towards children. Join us for a spring celebration of our region’s arts, culture, and natural beauty in the heart of downtown Knoxville!

Market Square, located in the center of downtown Knoxville, was the site of the city’s original marketplace, established in 1854. With the Art Fair, Market Square’s identity as the city’s communal centerpiece carries on into the 21st century. 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

Legacy Parks Foundation will host a weekend of urban adventure at the 2014 Outdoor KnoxFest presented by Pilot Flying J, with events for everyone from the novice nature-lover to the outdoor expert. The two-day signature event of the Dogwood Arts Festival is scheduled for April 26-27 and will feature trail rides, runs, hikes, paddles, climbing and more for anyone looking to Get Out & Play in Knoxville! The Outdoor Adventure Center at Knoxville’s Volunteer Landing will be the hub for people of all ages, experience levels, and interests to experience the natural beauty of East Tennessee with a focus on the Urban Wilderness, a 1,000-acre playground just minutes from downtown Knoxville. Clinics and demos will provide an opportunity to try new activities or hone skills, and the rides, runs and paddles will make for a day of fun for both experts and newcomers alike. New this year is the Mini Adventure Challenge taking place on Saturday. The Mini Adventure Challenge encourages kids and new adventurers of all ages to test their skills, discover new outdoor activities and be rewarded for accepting the challenge! Pick up your Challenge Card when you check in and let it guide you through the dozens of activities offered at Outdoor KnoxFest. Try your hand at six of the day’s activities and get a free water bottle. Try 10 and be entered in a drawing for great prizes. Challenge Cards will be available Saturday at registration tables at the Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center and the Outdoor KnoxFest booth on Market Square. Most of the activities are free and will include:
• 20, 40 and 60 mile Road Rides
• Mountain Bike Ride for All Levels
• Scenic Bike Rides
• Fly Fishing Clinics & Demos
• History & Wildflower Hikes
• Hiking & Biking Clinics
• Sailing Demo & Clinics
• Disc Golf Clinic & Demos
• Free Paddle Board & Kayak Paddles
• Climbing Wall and Slack Lines
• Urban Wilderness Trail Run
• Mountain Bike Race

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The event has attracted participants from throughout the region, including Asheville, N.C., Chattanooga, Nashville and Atlanta. Proceeds from the event benefit Legacy Parks Foundation. During the past five years, Legacy Parks Foundation has raised more than $3 million for parks, greenways and recreational venues, added more than 400 acres of parkland to Knox County and helped protect nearly 1,000 acres of farm and forestland in East Tennessee. The Outdoor Knoxville initiative is championed by Legacy Parks Foundation as a major step toward putting Knoxville on the map as a premiere outdoor recreation community. Launched in 2012, the three-pronged project capitalizes on the exceptional outdoor recreational assets found in and around Knoxville. It includes the Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center, a website and the Outdoor KnoxFest presented by Pilot Flying J, promoting outdoor activities for people of all ages and skills. For more details and to register for events, visit OutdoorKnoxville.com. Legacy Parks Foundation: 900 Volunteer Landing Lane, Knoxville, TN 37915. Info: 865-525-2585, www.legacyparks.org

April 25-27, there will be Foothills Craft Guild member demonstrations in the lobby in the Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 South Gay Street in downtown Knoxville. This event is part of the Dogwood Arts Festival's Market Square Art Fair.

Or, A Matter of Hats
April 25 & 26 at 8:00 PM
April 27 at 3:00 PM

FREE performance (donations accepted but not required). All the good tunes from 7 different musicals. You ’ll go home humming. GOOD VOICES, including Daniel Berry! It’s a “Revue” - Staging - Lights - and Hats !

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 6500 Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN
http://www.wpcknox.org/

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.

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

Join Bill Landry of "The Heartland Series" for a guided trip around Cades Cove. Bill will share stories, tales and adventures during each tour.

$50 per person, advance reservations required, with a limit of 18 guests per tour.
Call 865 448 8838 for reservations Mon.-Fri., 10:00AM - 5:00PM.
Bill Landry Cades Cove tour dates:
Saturdays, April 12, May 24, May 31, June 7, June 21, July 5, July 12, July 19, July 26,
August 2, August 16, August 23, September 6.

Tours depart at 9:30 am from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend.
Tour is approximately 4 hours.
Light snacks and a cold beverage is included in the ticket price.
Bill Landry Cades Cove tours will run rain or shine.