Calendar of Events

By Reginald Rose. Nicci Grigsby will direct the production.

A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it is, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry jurors as they reach the final verdict.

Performances will be at the Clayton Center for the Arts, in Maryville, TN. Foothills Community Players: 865-712-6428, www.foothillscommunityplayers.com

Ella Fitzgerald said, "The only thing better than singing is more singing." There will be plenty of singing at Knoxville's first Women in Jazz Jazz Festival (WJJF) from March 18-20. Festival organizer Kelle Jolly says, "March is Women's History Month and it's about time there was a festival honoring women in jazz." Jolly has assembled a variety of concerts and activities that will take place in downtown Knoxville and at the Red Piano Lounge in Bearden. Festival t-shirts designed by Hawa Ware and Visit Knoxville will be available for sale.

The festival kicks off on Friday, March 18, with two shows by the Women in Jazz Jam Festival Band. The WJJF Band will join Kelle Jolly at noon on the WDVX Blue Plate Special in the Visit Knoxville building. At 6:00 p.m., the ladies are performing at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five." Ukesphere, a local ukulele club, will also perform. Admission for the evening show is $10 for adults, $5 for students and children under 17 are free.

The WJJF Workshops & Market will held on Saturday, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., at The Emporium building downtown. The event will include performances by youth jazz musicians, workshops for children facilitated by Knoxville Girls Rock Camp and award-winning poet Rhea Carmon, a presentation by Tennessee Archives of Moving Image and Sound on Knoxville jazz & blues women composers and a vision board workshop. Women and girl led businesses will be set up to sell in the upstairs gallery. Admission is free.

Enjoy an early show on Saturday evening at Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. From 5:30-9:00 p.m., savor the sounds of Kelle Jolly and Will Boyd www.kellejolly.com (5:30pm), Nashville's Christina Watsonwww.christinawatson.com (6:30pm), and Venus (the all girl band) (7:30pm)www.venustheband.com from Atlanta. Advance tickets are $15 or $20 at the door. www.knoxtix.com

Sunday afternoon's headliner, The Dara Tucker Band www.daratucker.com, will be performing at 3 p.m. at Red Piano Lounge. Advance tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. knoxtix.com

For more information, contact festival organizer, Kelle Jolly (865) 622-7174, womeninjazzjamfestival@gmail.com, or www.womeninjazzjamfestival.com.

Bayou soul-smith Marc Broussard wants you to “Rocksteady” at the Bijou this March! Tickets on sale Friday at 10am.

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

"Ladies of Jazz" featuring Kelle Jolly - Women in Jazz Jam Festival Band
For a complete schedule of Women in Jazz Jam Festival, go to www.womeninjazzjamfestival.com

Alive After Five is a unique live music series that takes 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, and free parking. Audience members can enjoy listening to music, dancing, and browsing the museum’s art galleries. Admission is $10 for general and $5 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free. Info: 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

Celebrate World Storytelling Day Friday, March 18, 2016 with the Smoky Mountain Sorytellers.

Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association (SMSA) will be performing stories at the Boys & Girls Club of Maryville, 510 S. Washington St, Maryville, TN at 1 pm. Storytellers will present an age appropriate program of fairy tales, tall tales, and traditional stories. Observers welcomed. Donations appreciated

Storytellers: Jennifer Alldredge, Jean Davidson, Kathleen Mavournin, Susan Fulbright, Millie Sieber and Stephen Fulbright.
Contact Sheri Liles, co-producer, 680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com or
www.smokymountaintellers.org

World Storytelling Day !!!
Smoky Mountain Storytellers will celebrate on Friday, March 18, from 7-9 at
Vienna Coffee House, 212 College St, Maryville, TN 37804. Hear Tales of Magic,
Traditional Tales, He-ros and She-ros, Tall Tales and Outright Lies will be
performed by professional storytellers. Laughter Appreciated. Come see
Kathleen Mavournin, Lew Bolton, Susan & Stephen Fulbright, and Millie WolSieber, EmCee: Sheri Liles. Donations Gratefully Accepted.

Contact Sheri Liles at 680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com,
www.smokymountaintellers.org.
www.freewebs.com/worldstorytellingday/

Richard Cook: “The People of the Manhattan Project – Oak Ridge”
FREE - Reservations required: 865-523-8008 or email hcook@knoxheritage.org

Knox Heritage, at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: www.knoxheritage.org

Hey There, Dear Cresthill Cinema Club Members – and Future Members!

I've returned yet again, this time to give you the low-down on our next screening, Friday, March 18 at 7:30 PM. That evening, we'll be having an evening of stripped-down, emotional drama.

Topping our March bill will be The Stripper (1963), in which Joanne Woodward finds herself getting kicked in the face by life. Based on A Loss of Roses, the 1959 Broadway play by William Inge, The Stripper afforded the incomparable Joanne one of her very best roles. Directed by the estimable Franklin Schaffner, The Stripper features a mighty impressive supporting cast: Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor, Carol Lynley, Robert Webber, Michael J. Pollard, Louis Nye and fabled burlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee. But make no mistake about it, folks; Joanne's really the whole show here, proving why she's long been regarded as one of the American cinema's greatest actresses.

The Stripper will be having as her opening act "Sing Something Simple," a 1959 episode of that ultra-cool, ultra-hip television series, 77 Sunset Strip. Regulars Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and Ed "Kookie" Byrnes are featured in this glittery installment of Strip – the series set the mold for TV shows about groovy and glamorous detective agencies. And things don't get any more glamorous than in "Sing Something Simple," where the immortal Linda Darnell guest stars as Zina Felice, a temperamental opera diva whose life is being threatened left, right and in-between. Playing three of the many men in the prima donna's life are Neil Hamilton, Richard Garland and Nico Minardos.

Friday, March 18 at 7:30 PM at the spacious clubhouse of the Windover Apartments. The journey there will take you to Cheshire Drive (off Kingston Pike, near the Olive Garden); going down Cheshire, turn right at the Windover Apartments sign, then go to the third parking lot on your right, next to the pool. There, the building that houses the clubhouse and offices of the Windover will be just a few steps away!

Smoky Mountain Storytellers will celebrate World Storytelling Day on Friday, March 18, from 7-9 at Vienna Coffee House, 212 College St, Maryville, TN 37804 This year’s theme is “Strong Women” .Tall Tales, Tales of Magic, Traditional Tales, Heros and Sheros, and out right lies performed by professional storytellers. Laughter Appreciated. Come see Kathleen Mavournin, Lew Bolton, Sheri Liles, Susan & Stephen Fulbright, and Millie Sieber, MC’d by Jan . Donations Gratefully Accepted. Contact Sheri Liles at 865-680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com, or www.smokymountaintellers.org.

Pellissippi State Community College, in partnership with Country Music Television, invites everyone to hear up-and-coming country music singer Morgan Myles at a free concert March 18. Myles is a rising country music singer whose lead single, "Whiskey Dreaming," helped land her at No. 22 on the iTunes country music chart. She has also been identified as an artist to watch by Nashville Lifestyles and Country Weekly magazines and www.tasteofcountry.com.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. Friday, March 18, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Although the event is free, tickets are required to ensure seating availability. Tickets are available at locations on each campus.

Pick up your tickets at these locations:
• The main offices at the Blount County, Division Street, Magnolia Avenue and Strawberry Plains campuses
• Marketing and Communications, Goins Administration Building, Room 264 on the Hardin Valley Campus
• Community Outreach, Goins Administration Building, Room 207 on the Hardin Valley Campus
• Student Life, Goins Administration Building, Room 141 on the Hardin Valley Campus

The concert also will feature a performance by Pellissippi State's own Hardin Valley Thunder bluegrass ensemble, as well as testimonials from Pellissippi State students. The concert is presented by Pellissippi State in partnership with CMT's Empowering Education initiative. Empowering Education works with colleges to capture student success stories, support local recruitment and foster local economic development.

For more information, visit www.pstcc.edu/concert or call Patricia Myers, director of community outreach and donor engagement, at 865-539-7242. To request accommodations for a disability at this event, contact the executive director of Equity and Compliance at 865-539-7401 or accommodations@pstcc.edu.

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2015-2016 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 80th season.

March presents a dance-like and whimsical program beginning with John Adams’ The Chairman Dances or “Foxtrot for Orchestra.” The program also includes Barber’s Violin Concerto, Op. 14 featuring a return performance by Elena Urioste and concludes with Maurice Ravel’s arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, a suite in 10 parts composed in memory of Mussorgsky’s friend and fellow artist Viktor Hartmann.

Violinist Elena Urioste first appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age thirteen, and since then has made acclaimed debuts with major orchestras throughout the United States and Europe. She was featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Breaking the Sound Barrier, and in numerous magazines including Symphony, The Strad, Strings, Philadelphia Music Makers, and has several CDs released on the White Pine label. As first-place laureate in both the Junior and Senior divisions of the Sphinx Competition, Elena debuted at Carnegie Hall’s Isaac Stern Auditorium in 2004 and has returned annually as soloist.

Jacomo Rafael Bairos is Music Director of the Amarillo Symphony and recently served as the Associate Conductor for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra from 2010-2013. Portugese-American born Bairos has performed, toured, and recorded with the New York Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Cincinnati, and Seattle. He has held principal posts with orchestras in America, Spain, and China. His most recent work as a tubist was from 2004 to 2007 as principal for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

Thursday and Friday evenings at 7:30 PM at the Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Tickets and information: 865-291-3310, www.knoxvillesymphony.com

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting works by Nelson Ziegler – Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage “Artist of the Year.” The Pilgrimage is a five-day event, April 19-23, hosted by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The event offers 144 professionally guided walks and presentations held in the Park and Mills Conference Center in Gatlinburg. The exhibit showcases Ziegler's oil paintings depicting landscapes and familiar locations within the Great Smoky Mountains and wood turned vessels. Nelson’s work is on view March 16 – April 24, 2016 in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery at Arrowmont. The closing reception is Wednesday, April 20th, 5:30 – 7 pm, during the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Admission is free and the community is encouraged to attend with their friends and family. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm.

Nelson Ziegler is a graduate of The Art Institute of Boston and Northwestern Academy of Watercolor. He has won several awards for painting and woodturning, regionally and nationally including the Gold Medal for watercolor at the American Artists Professional League and Honorable Mention in The Artist’s Magazine annual competition. Nelson’s work has been featured in numerous juried exhibitions in New York including Allied Artists, Salmagundi Club, Knickerbocker Artists, National Arts Club, Hudson Valley Arts Association, Adirondack National Watercolor Exhibition, Faces of America and Academic Artists Association. Other exhibitions include Springfield Arts League, Springfield, MA, Guild of Boston Artists, Copley Society, Boston, MA and North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA. For more information about Nelson and his work, visit www.nelsonzieglerstudio.com.

Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org