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By J. B. Priestley / Directed by Patrick McCray

Was it a supernatural mystery about guilt, money, power, sex, and Social Responsibility? Yes, it was. Is it a madcap, absurdist slice of lunacy where the Marx Brothers, WC Fields, and the Addams Family collide on the set of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT? Only you can be the judge. Just remember ... until you call on the inspector, the inspector will call on you. And until you inspect the caller, the caller will inspect you. What does that mean? Come by and find out! An Inspector Calls is one of J. B. Priestley's best known works for the stage and a classic of mid-20th-century English theatre.

Tickets: Thu, Fri, Sat: $15, Sun matinee: $13

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

The Shakespeare classic “The Tempest” is being produced in partnership with Duck Ear Productions. The play is April 17-19 and 24-26. Attendees should prepare to be transported to a faraway island for a tale filled with spirits, monsters, vengeance, young love and sorcery.

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

Save the date!

Friday, April 17-18, 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23 at 11 a.m.
Townsend Auditorium, TWC Campus
Tickets are $10 for Adults, $5 for students and seniors
For more information, please visit: twctheatre.com

Where: Market Square, Downtown Knoxville
Time: Friday: 11:00am-9:00pm, Saturday: 10:00am–9:00pm, and Sunday: 11:00am–5:00pm
How Much: Free!

With quality arts and crafts booths, arts in action, performing arts, culinary arts demonstrations and tastings, and an expanded children’s creation station, several blocks of downtown Knoxville are transformed into a lively street fair for the Dogwood Arts Festival! There will be more than 60 local and regional juried artists exhibiting and selling their original work in mixed media, clay, drawing/pastels, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, painting, photography, sculpture, and wood. In addition to the artist areas in Market Square and Krutch Park extension, enjoy cooking demonstrations, festive food creations, and delicious wine and beer pairings at the Culinary Arts Stage. Live performances all weekend long on the Market Square stage, the Union Avenue pop-up stage, and the Children’s stage. Blooming Boulevard returns to the Dogwood Arts Festival providing unique colorful flower markets filled with live blooming plants, herbs, flowers, and trees. Join us for a spring celebration of our region’s arts, culture, and natural beauty in the heart of downtown Knoxville!

Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square Co-chairs are Shanna Browning & Brooke Cross

Artists
2-D MIXED MEDIA
ElectricBird Designs – Alex Leopold :: Nashville, TN
Four Sisters Studio – Martha Johnson :: Bat Cave, NC
Marc James Contemporary Art – Marc Villanueva :: East Point, GA
Penny & Johnnie Dobson :: Rome, GA
Michael Lee Design – Michael Lee :: Alpharetta, GA

NATURAL MATERIALS/OTHER
Nelson Farms – Amy Nelson :: Rockwood, TN
Rainwater Farm – Colette Souder :: Maryville, TN
Rudy Tell Leather – Rudy Tell :: Cosby, TN
Whispering Willow Soap Co. – Wayne Parker :: Lincolnton, NC
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts :: Gatlinburg, TN
Petronella’s Designs/The African Hut – Mary Otieno & Petty Shepard :: Kingsport, TN

CLAY
Riffe-Pierson Pottery – Dana Riffe & Vicki Pierson :: Hixson, TN
CF Tomchik Designs – Courtney Tomchik :: Clemmons, NC
Sarah Sunshine Pottery – Sarah Vekasi :: Black Mountain, NC
Baum Pottery – Mike & Karen Baum :: Lebanon, OH
Artworks by Karen Fincannon – Karen Fincannon :: Tucker, GA
Cane Creek Creations – Rachel Stevens :: Rutherfordton, NC
Dutch Hill Pottery – Gregory Ricciardiello :: Fillmore, NY
McKee’s Pottery – JoeFrank McKee :: Dillsboro, NC
Ridge Pottery - Charles Akin :: Franklin, TN
Byers Pottery – Will Byers :: Black Mountain, NC
Carolyn Cooper Clayworks – Carolyn Cooper :: Knoxville, TN

PHOTOGRAPHY
Wildlife Photography by Clay Thurston – Clay Thurston :: Knoxville, TN
MTN Imageologist – Mike Naney :: Knoxville, TN
Fred Draper Photography – Fred Draper :: Knoxville, TN
Jason Stoddart Photography – Jason Stoddart :: Crawford, TN
Trace of Light – Michael Serkownek :: Maryville, TN
Coles Corner - Julia Dressler :: Clarksville, VA
SMG PhotoGallery – Stan Goldberg :: Louisville, KY
Bob Copeland Photography - Bob Copeland :: McDonald, TN

PAINTING/DRAWING
River Impressions – Lynda Best :: Tellico Plains, TN
Spiral Bird Studio – Bradley Wilson :: Charleston, TN
Linda Pirkle Designs – Linda Pirkle :: Atlanta, GA
RubberStampedPrints – Carl Gombert :: Maryville, TN

JEWELRY
Glass Act Studio – Linda McLaughlin :: Franklin, TN
Kathryn Riechert – Savannah, GA
Kim Thompson Stone & Sterlingwear – Kim Thompson :: Waynesville, NC
JL Merrill Metalworks – Julie Merrill :: Asheville, NC
Amy Brandenburg Studio - Amy Brandenburg :: Asheville, NC
Designs in Gold – Joseph Taylor :: Melbourne, TN
Visions of Creation Gallery – Roberto Vengoechea :: Black Mountain, NC
Caristo Jewelry Designs – Linda & Carl Caristo :: Asheville, NC
Spoke-N for – Sergio Ruano :: Athens, GA
kddjewelry – Katie Dirnbauer :: Knoxville, TN
Diedre Nabors Studio – Diedre Nabors :: Columbus, IN
Artistic Icing – Angelica Markland :: Unicoi, TN
Vidrio de Mar – Diane Bishop :: Nashville, TN

WOOD
Lumberjack & Jill – Caleb & Sarah Verzyden :: Knoxville, TN
Kitchen Art – Mo Whitson :: Clinton, TN
DharmaWood – Greg Johnson & Rainey Fox :: Knoxville, TN
Cadman & Cummins Studios – Terri Cadman & Martha Cummins :: New Market, TN

GLASS
Marble City Glassworks – Matt Salley :: Knoxville, TN
Bungo Glass – Shawn Bungo :: Knoxville, TN
The Glass Haus – Leonard & Carolyn Wilson :: McHenry, IL
Debi Dwyer Designs – Debi Dwyer :: Boone, NC
Buckhorn Ridge Studio – Paula Marksbury :: Athens, TN

METAL
Wells Studio – Robert & Dolores Wells :: White Pine, TN
Don’s Designs – Donald Portschy :: Greensboro, GA
The Nature of Metal – Jason Lydic :: Hendersonville, NC
Presentability - Peter Staples & Diane Rapaich :: Royal Oak, MI

Dogwood Arts: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in partnership with T3Travel is excited to announce plans for a Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational tournament. The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational will be tipped off on champion grounds in Knoxville, TN at the Knoxville Convention Center on April 17th - 19th, 2015. For more information regarding the Invitational please visit www.wbhofinvitational.com.

Free Admission! Demonstrators and vendors will provide a forum for learning a new art form or continuing your exploration of fiber arts.

Presented by the Townsend Artisan Guild and the Tennessee Valley Handspinners Guild, the Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival offers opportunities to explore and learn about the “sheep to shawl” process including carding, spinning, dyeing, weaving, felting, knitting and crochet. Enjoy animal and fiber art demonstrations, classes, and shop at a marketplace for fiber art supplies and finished goods.

For more information: www.smokymountainfiberarts.org or email townsendartisanguild@gmail.com.

The Townsend Artisan Guild, Townsend, TN, has announced its sixth annual Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival, to be held at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, April 17 – 19, 2015. The event will again offer its popular vendors marketplace; family activities; live animal displays; fiber arts demonstrations; and classes for beginners through advanced fiber enthusiasts. General admission is free, though classes and some family activities require a fee. In addition, pre-registration for classes is requested and is now open (visit event website, below.) Hours for the event are 9 am to 5 pm on April 17 and 18 (Fri/Sat), and 10 am to 4 pm on Sunday.

Classes are offered for beginning through advanced levels, and include weaving, crocheting, needle felting, basket making, rug hooking, cabling, yarn dyeing, and much more, including the popular spinning classes by Jennifer Bennett of Harmony Wools Alpacas, Sweetwater, TN. Dozens of classes are offered, with new classes added for 2015. Details, including vendor and class lists, and how to register for classes, may be found on the event website, www.smokymountainfiberartsfestival.org. Demonstrations will again be available for adults and children to explore the various techniques of working with fibers. The demonstrators will help the beginner identify where to begin, and help resolve questions of the more experienced fiber enthusiast.Scheduled children’s activities include weaving, clay modeling, and llama walks. In addition, many of the fiber arts classes are suitable for ages 12 and above.

Townsend Artisan Guild: www.townsendartisanguild.org

The sixth annual Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival (SMFAF) takes place Friday and Saturday, and Sunday April 17-19, at the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, Tennessee. The festival celebrates Fiber Arts, beginning with the raw materials, through the creative processes, and finally, the finished goods or art pieces.

Fiber Art demonstrations will be held at the Townsend Visitors Center beginning Tuesday, April 9 and continuing throughout the festival.

Fiber Arts Classes begin at 9:30 Friday, April 17, and continue throughout the event. A detailed list of fiber arts classes available and the registrationforms are available at www.smokymountainfiberatrsfestival.org.

Register online or mail completed class registration forms to: SMFAF, PO Box 403, Townsend, TN 37882, or email to townsendartisanguild@gmail.com.

Historic Westwood - 3425 Kingston Pike Street ETPA presents its list of structures and places throughout the East Tennessee region that are threatened by demolition, neglect, or insensitive development. Free and open to the public.

1300 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

April 17 – Leftfoot Dave & The Magic Hats ($10, $5)

Alive After Five is a unique live music series presented on twenty-eight Fridays per year in four seasonal series. The programs take place in the smoke-free, casually elegant setting of the Ann and Steve Bailey Hall in the Knoxville Museum of Art. There is a live band on stage, seating at tables, two cash bars, food from area restaurants, free freshly popped popcorn, free parking, and a licensed therapeutic masseuse available. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries.

Admission to the Spring series premier of Alive After Five is $10 for general admission and $5 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free. Alive After Five is sponsored by Cherokee Distributing Company, Knoxville Mercury, and WDVX-89.9FM. For more information about the Alive After Five series, please contact Michael Gill, Alive After Five Coordinator, at (865) 934-2039.

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

Four Leaf Peat entertains you with traditional Irish music ranging from vibrant dance tunes to soulful songs and Four Leaf Peat's performances are always marked by a keen sense of the tradition mixed with just the right amount of influence from the rich musical history of East Tennessee.

Tickets for the Music of the Mountains concert at the GSM Heritage Center
are $5.00 per person. GSMHC members are FREE. Children 5 and under are FREE.
Tickets are available at the door the night of the concert. No advance ticket sales.
Refreshments available for purchase through intermission. No coolers, food or drink may be brought into the concert. Sorry, no pets permitted, except for service animals.

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

Hometown heroes The Black Cadillacs storm the Bijou, bringing along their signature mix of modern grunge and indie rock alongside Sol Cat and Johnny Astro & the Big Bang.

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com