Calendar of Events

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents Jill Crociata as the featured artist for March and April. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, the exhibit highlights a variety of her fiber art.

A Quebec, Canada native, Crociata's forte is cottage and garden stitchery. She has an admiration for any house that appears loved and expresses that admiration through her art. Crociata is an active member of the Knoxville Chapter of The Embroiderers' Guild of America and the "Free the Stitches" free-style interest group. She participated in the "Open Art Show 2014: ALCHEMY - The Magic of Art and Flowers" - hosted by the Farragut Arts Council at the Town Hall - and was awarded first place in the Fiber Category for "Cottages."

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.

Free to the public
Craft and plant vendors
March 21-22; 1pm-5pm
UT campus Knoxville
Ellington plant sciences bld. 2431 Joe Johnson Drive
For more information, call Brian at 865 591 6774.

Whites Nursery
902 Raccoon Valley Rd.
Maynardville, TN 37807
www.home.comcast.net/~whitesnursery/site/
www.perennialresource.com

Alabama Shakes captivate audiences with their unmatched passion and soulful delivery. Known for their energetic rock-and-roll sound, the Shakes have built a reputation as consistent crowd pleasers. Don't miss the band that The New York Times called "a thunderbolt dressed in blue jeans!"

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information/tickets: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com, www.ticketmaster.com

World Story Telling Day will be presented as a fund raiser by Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association on Saturday, March 21, from 2-4PM at Sweet Fanny Adams, (Light #3) 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Parking across the street or park free at Gatlinburg Visitors Center, take the 25c Trolley.
Suggested donations, $7 at door, $5 for seniors, students and groups. www.gatlinburg.com or www.smokymountaintellers.com or call 865-429-1783,
865-984-0246 or email cuznjan@juno.com or katmav212@gmail.com.

FREE ADMISSION
Join us for a day of unique presentations by local and regional experts.

This event is a part of the Smoky Mountain Snowdown - A Winter Heritage Festival in Townsend, Tennessee sponsored by the Blount Partnership and the Townsend-Walland Business Alliance

10-10:45 a.m.
Missy Tipton Green and
Paulette Ledbetter,
"Historic Elkmont"
Missy and Paulette will talk about their research into the history of the historic Elkmont region of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are both natives of Maryville and descendants of the early families of Cades Cove. They have collaborated on several books about the history of the Cove and the surrounding region, including "Cades Cove," "Townsend" and "From Mineral Springs to Bedsprings." They are volunteers for several organizations including the Adopt-A-Cabin program of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

11-11:45 a.m.
Ruth Caughron Davis, "Kermit and Lois Shuler Caughron,
"The Last Residents of Cades Cove"
Ruth will talk about growing up with her parents, Kermit and Lois Shuler Caughron, in Cades Cove. Her parents were the last residents of the Cove and moved after her father, Kermit, died in 1999. Her father had lived in Cades Cove for 84 years and was the face of Cades Cove to the millions of tourists who visited the area during his lifetime.

12 noon-1 p.m.
Dorothy Gregory Sutton
"Teachers of Cades Cove"
A native of Cades Cove, Dorothy is a retired public health nurse who has compiled histories of teachers who taught in Cades Cove before it became part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She was born in Cades Cove but moved out at an early age. She has also compiled a history of Cades Cove natives who served in America's armed forces.

2-2:45 p.m.
"Riding Rufus Coada's Bus"
Join Cades Cove school children as they ride Rufus Coada's school bus from their homes in Cades Cove to schools in Townsend. Enjoy the humorous and heartwarming stories of things they talked about and saw on those twice-daily trips to and from school. Rufus Coada lived in Cades Cove and transported children to school after the schools in the Cove closed.

3-3:45 p.m.
Judy Myers Johns
"Gregory's Bald"
Judy Myers Johns was born in Cades Cove and lived there during her childhood years. She will talk about the history of Gregory's Bald, discovered by early settler Russell Gregory, and will lead an interactive discussion of the history of the Bald and stories about trips to that historic mountain place.

4-4:45 p.m.
Maddie Carpenter,
singer, songwriter
Maddie Carpenter, a Cades Cove descendant and singer-songwriter, will entertain with mountain music from her Cades Cove roots. A graduate of Heritage High School in Maryville, Maddie is a music student at Maryville College.

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 3/4 mile east of traffic light at the Highway 321 and 73 intersection towards the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Townsend, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10AM-5PM. Information: 865-448-0044, www.gsmheritagecenter.org

World Storytelling Day will be presented as a fund raiser by Smoky Mt. Storytellers Assoc. on Saturday, March 21 from 2-4 pm at Sweet Fanny Adams, (Light #3) 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN. 37738. Parking across the street or park free at GatlinburgVisitors Center, take the Trolley. Fundraiser. Suggested donations, $7 at door, $5 for seniors, students and groups. www.gatlinburg,com or www.smokymountaintellers.com or Call 865-429-1783, 865-984-0246 or e-mail cuznjan@juno.com, or katmav212@gmail.com

Circle Modern Dance is excited to collaborate with printmaker Sukenya Best for the University of Tennessee Printmaking Conference. Our performance will be on March 21st from 10-11:30 AM in Exhibit Hall B.

For more information: http://web.utk.edu/~sphere/Pages/Home.html

Circle Modern Dance: (865) 309.5309, www.circlemoderndance.com

Learn how to access vast numbers of records on the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, and World War I. Access to service records, pension records, regimental histories, burials, obituaries, descendants of the veterans, loyalist records. Call 215-8809 to register.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: Monday-Friday: 9AM-4PM, Saturday: 10AM-4PM, Sunday: 1-5PM. Library: Monday-Tuesday: 9AM-8:30PM, Wednesday-Friday: 9AM-5:30PM, Saturday: 9AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

Performing:
Beethoven - Quartet Op. 18 No.3
Bartók - Quartet No. 4
Beethoven - Quartet Op. 59 No.2

Beethoven’s Quartet Op. 59 No. 2 is featured on the Cypress’ newest album, Beethoven: Middle Quartets, released on November 11, 2014. The Cypress Quartet has steeped itself in performing Beethoven’s string quartets over the last 18 years. Cellist Jennifer Kloetzel says, “Hardly a week has passed that we haven't been studying or performing one of Beethoven’s string quartets. Our first 12 years together were spent exploring, performing, and crafting our ‘take’ on the Late Quartets and then we made the choice to move backwards in time to these robust, earthy pieces – the Middle Quartets – so rich and massive after the more spiritual Late Quartets.” The Cypress Quartet released recordings of Beethoven’s late string quartets in three volumes from 2009-2012, with a full box set released in March 2012.

Known for its elegant performances, the Cypress String Quartet has been praised by Gramophone for its “artistry of uncommon insight and cohesion,” and its sound has been called “beautifully proportioned and powerful” by The Washington Post. The Cypress Quartet was formed in San Francisco in 1996, and during its initial rehearsals the group created a signature sound through intense readings of J.S. Bach’s Chorales. Built up from the bottom register of the quartet and layered like a pyramid, the resulting sound is clear and transparent, allowing the texture of the music to be discerned immediately.

Pollard Auditorium
210 Badger Avenue | Oak Ridge, TN
Tickets: $25 Adults, $10 Children and Students
at 865.483.5569 or www.orcma.org

In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day, the Halls Branch Library, 4518 E Emory Road, will host a book launch of Life with Charley: A Memoir of Down Syndrome Adoption at 2:00 p.m. on March 21. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee. Author, Sherry McCaulley Palmer, Library Assistant at Halls Library, will be on hand to give a reading and sign books. Information about the Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee and Friends of the Library will be available.​

Published in October 2014 by Zharmae Publishing Press, Life with Charley is the story of one clergy couple’s adoption of a baby with Down syndrome and the twenty-four year journey that follows.

Please join us for this event on March 21 at 2:00 p.m. and support the Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee. Refreshments will be served.​ For more information, please contact Jamie Osborn, 865-922-2552 or josborn@knoxlib.org.

June 10-11 Peggy Whitted - Weaver
June 12-13 Andrea Wilson - Print Maker
June 19-20 John Dickens - Wood Carver
June 20 Kathy Seely - Beaded Jewelry
June 26-28 Marlo Gates - Broom Maker

July 8-9 Peggy Whitted - Weaving
July 10-11 Andrea Wilson - Print Maker
July 17-18 George McCullom - Basket Maker
July 25 Kathy Seely - Beaded Jewelry

August 7-9 Andrea Wilson-Print Making

They are all members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. They will be inside our store demonstrating their craft. They usually bring some of their products to sell as well. They usually are here between 10:00 AM-4:00 PM.

Arrowcraft Shop, 576 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-4604, www.southernhighlandguild.org/pages/guild-shops/arrowcraft.php or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arrowcraft/103152889888976

Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley is a comedy set in the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven, a few days before the Fourth of July. Carnelle Scott (known locally as "Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker Contest — hoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation and allow her to leave town in a blaze of glory. The unexpected arrival of her cousin Elain, a former Miss Firecracker winner, (who has walked out on her rich but boring husband and her two small children) complicates matters a bit, as does the repeated threat of Elain's eccentric brother, Delmount, (recently released from a mental institution) to sell the family homestead and decamp for New Orleans. But, aided by a touchingly awkward seamstress named Popeye (who is hopelessly smitten by Delmount) and several other cheerfully nutty characters, Carnelle perseveres — leading to a denouement of unparalleled hilarity, compassion and moving lyricism as all concerned finally escape their unhappy pasts and turn hopefully toward what must surely be a better future. Will be presented at the Clayton Center for the Arts. Details TBA.

Foothills Community Players: P.O. Box 5645, Maryville, TN 37802, 865-712-6428, http://www.foothillscommunityplayers.com/