Calendar of Events

Explore more than 60 miles of trails, open gardens, and camera sites as you enjoy a walk, bike or drive, March 31 through April 30.

Dogwood Arts celebrates its North Knoxville trails in 2017. The Featured Trail, Historic Fountain City, dates back to 1957, covers 16 miles and boasts over 3200 blooming dogwoods and abundant flowering azaleas as it winds through the neighborhood. At the center of this welcoming community is a 12 acre park with walking trails, the Fountain City Art Center and the iconic Fountain City Lake where residents gather to visit and enjoy nature.

As you explore North Knoxville, visit the Historic North Hills Trail, with its blooming boulevard along with a charming mix of 1930s Neo-classical, English Cottage, Bungalow, Craftsman and Italian Renaissance homes. Further north and in the foothills of the Clinch mountains, the Halls-Timberline neighborhood was designed as a beautiful building site abundant with native Tennessee flowering dogwood trees. As part of our Bazillion Blooms Program, over 100 dogwood trees have been added in recent years.

For a complete list of the 2017 Open Gardens and Camera sites, please visit http://www.dogwoodarts.com/trails-and-gardens.
Dogwood Arts Festival: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in partnership with The Ritchie Company, will present the Tony-winning classic play, “The Miracle Worker,” an inspirational drama for ages 7 and older. The play will be performed Thursdays and Fridays at 7 PM; Saturdays at 1 PM and 5 PM; Sundays at 3 PM.

Trapped in a secret, silent world, unable to communicate, young Helen Keller is violent, spoiled, almost subhuman, and treated by her family as such. Only Annie Sullivan, a young Irish teacher, realizes there is a mind and spirit inside Helen, waiting to be rescued from the dark and tortured silence. Featuring landmark scenes of emotional intensity, the play crescendos with the utterance of a single, glorious word: “Water.” Helen’s true-life transformation has become an unforgettable odyssey for audiences all around the world. The play is performed by 11 talented young actors, from ages 10 to 16.

Knoxville Children's Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: 865-208-3677, www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

The annual swing music and dance festival, the School of Hard Knox, is returning this month to Knoxville, TN! Evening dances are all open to the public and welcome to both seasoned dancers and first time beginners. Headlining both Friday and Saturday evening is Michael Gamble and his Rhythm Serenaders, one of the best swing bands in the world based just over the mountains in Asheville, NC.

For the past 4 years, the School of Hard Knox has provided a place to learn, dance, and have fun with dancers across the region. In the heart of the Tennessee Valley, we bring the Southeast and the Midwest together for a weekend of celebrating and learning about vintage jazz.
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Passes for the entire event can be purchased online, at the Friday evening dance of the event, or at the door before classes on Saturday morning.

Friday - Main Dance - Broadway Academy of Performing Arts
7:30 pm - Drop In Lesson
8 pm - Midnight - Dance
Late Night - Flynn Dance Center
$15 ($12 KSDA)
Late Night Food and Swing & Blues dancing

Saturday - Classes at Flynn, Emporium Annex, and Broadway Academy of Performing Arts (from 10 AM)
Main Dance - Flynn Dance Center Downstairs
7:30 pm - Drop In Lesson
8 pm - Midnight - Dance
Late Night Food & more dancing

Sunday - Classes at Flynn and Broadway Academy of Performing Arts (from 9:45 AM)
Farewell Dance at 4:30 PM

Find out more info about the weekend: http://hardknoxlindyrox.com/

The Maryville Christian School presents "Mary Poppins" on March 31 at 7:00PM and April 1 at 2:00PM in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy in Maryville.

The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it."

Adults: $15, Children: $7
Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

March 31 - Stacy Mitchhart Band

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 $15 for general and $10 for museum members and college students with ID. Ages 17 and under are admitted free.

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

Cancer Support Community and Dogwood Arts are excited to present Artitude: Celebrating Courage and Survivorship!

This annual spring event will take place in the Atrium at Cherokee Mills (2230 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville), and will feature upcycled and reinvented works of art for the home and garden, all created by local and regional artists. A $50 ticket includes one drink ticket. Craft beer tastings from local brewery Balter Beerworks and wine tastings from Old City Wine Bar will be on hand to pair with hors d’oeuvres from Holly’s Eventful Dining. Join us as live music plays throughout the evening, and an array of artistic creations will be available at the silent auction – stepping stones for the garden, whimsical wall art, painted functional furniture and more! Knoxville-based Riot Printing will feature a hands-on creative activity where guests can create their very own screen-print tote bag or t-shirt for $25.

Shawn Poynter Photography will be documenting the evening, and his photobooth will be available for some additional fun!
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Join UT Recycling on March 31, 6:00-10:00PM, 2121 Stepehenson Drive Dock 24, for a Sustainability Art Show. Food and Drinks provided!

For more information 865-974-3480 or recycle@utk.edu.

We are having our GRAND OPENING on Friday, March 31, 2017 from 11 am - 3 pm and from 5 pm - 9 pm at 5117 Homberg Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919. We invite you all to come look around, join KCD and celebrate with us. We'll offer discounted rates for Founding Members as well as the opportunity to exhibit your work on the Dogwood Arts Festival Tour de Art.

Knoxville Community Darkroom is a community arts hub. We offer classes, meet-ups, critique nights, workshops, and more in our space. We also provide gallery space in the KCD Gallery for our members and other artists in the community to display their work.

The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 5117 Homberg Drive, Knoxville, TN. http://www.theknoxvillecommunitydarkroom.org/

With Amanda Carrell, Peter Cotroneo, Kelly Hider, Jonathan Purtill, Jing Qin, and Zach Searcy and curated by ELEANOR ALDRICH

Work Friends II is the second iteration of a show put together in an empty store-front on Broadway in 2013 called "Work Friends". The original show featured the paintings, sculptures, and photos of ten Knoxville artists along with an item chosen as a partner to their work; a “work friend”. Each artist was asked to display something that has a relationship to their process or aesthetic. The resulting talismans, detritus, and practical tools expanded the work, and served as a link to the creative incubator that is the studio. For this show, six Knoxville artists (or those recently of Knoxville) have been asked to do the same.

Fluorescent Gallery, 627 N. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: https://www.facebook.com/fluorescentknoxville/

The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association is pleased to announce a series of performances and outreach activities featuring internationally renowned violinist, Rachel Barton Pine. Ms. Pine is an American violinist who made her solo debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 10, and was the first American and youngest ever gold medal winner of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition.

Thursday, March 30: Classical violinist Rachel Barton Pine shows off her versatility with a metal-rock concert at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 7:00 PM. The nationally recognized Oak Ridge High School Orchestra will perform selections at the beginning of the concert before Ms. Pine takes the stage with string players from the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Pine and members of the orchestra will perform popular selections by Led Zeppelin, Rush, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and more. Admission is free for this performance and no tickets are required. For more information, please call (865) 483-5569 or e-mail office@orcma.org.

Friday, March 31: Four local violin students have been selected to participate in a special master class led by violinist Rachel Barton Pine on Friday, March 31, 2017 from 3:00-5:00 PM at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. The master class is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. For more information, please call (865) 483-5569 or e-mail office@orcma.org.

Saturday, April 1: Ms. Pine will perform Dvorak’s Violin Concerto with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. Led by Maestro Dan Allcott, the orchestra will also perform music by Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, and Smetana. Audience members are invited to bid on delightful items at a spring-themed silent auction in the lobby. A reception will be held after the concert. Tickets for adults are $25 and young adults, ages 19-29, are just $10. Students 18 & under are free. Seating is general admission. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ORCMA.org or by calling (865) 483-5569.

Sunday, April 2: Violinist Rachel Barton Pine will perform a solo recital on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 3:00 PM at the Pollard Auditorium in Oak Ridge. Ms. Pine will perform “American Partitas,” a recital program of newly commissioned works by David Wallace Bruce Molsky, April Verch, Darol Anger, Billy Childs and Daniel Bernard Roumain partnered with the Bach Partitas for solo violin. Tickets for adults are $25 and young adults, ages 19-29, are just $10. Students 18 & under are free. Seating is limited for this performance; advance reservations are recommended. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ORCMA.org or by calling (865) 483-5569. An elegant dinner with Rachel Barton Pine will follow the concert in the lobby of the Pollard Auditorium. Catered by Bidwell Catering, the menu will feature Maple Syrup & Brown Sugar Glazed Pork Loin, Pasta Primavera, Herb Roasted Potatoes, Sautéed Zucchini and Squash, and Mixed Berry Cobbler. Dinner tickets are $50 per person and all proceeds benefit the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association. Please call (865) 483-5569 or e-mail office@orcma.org by Thursday, March 30 for reservations.

About Rachel Barton Pine: Heralded as a leading interpreter of the great classical masterworks, international concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine thrills audiences with her dazzling technique, lustrous tone and emotional honesty. With an infectious joy in music-making and a passion for connecting historical research to performance, Pine transforms audiences’ experiences of classical music. Pine has appeared as soloist with many of the world’s most prestigious ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony; the Philadelphia Orchestra; the Royal Philharmonic; and the Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie. She has worked with such renowned conductors as Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Järvi and Marin Alsop.

Info: 865-483-5569 or www.orcma.org

Caryl Churchill’s “Top Girls” will be performed in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre. A Pay What You Wish Preview performance will be held Wednesday, March 29, a talk back with the cast will take place Sunday, April 9 following the 2:00 pm matinee, and an Open Captioned performance is on Sunday, April 16 at 2:00 pm.

Career-driven Marlene lands the top job at a London employment agency over a mail colleague. She celebrates her promotion by throwing a “Mad Hatter” type dinner party for a variety of mythical and historical women, including a Victorian-era Scottish traveler, a Japanese courtesan turned Buddhist nun, Pope Joan and Chaucer’s Patient Griselda. Crossing cultures, generations and politics, the sparkling dinner conversation reveals the sacrifices made as well as the joys experienced by these extraordinary women. Originally a rebuke of Margaret Thatcher’s England in the 1980s, the play remains as relevant and as powerful today. “This play is not just made up of discussions about weighty issues; it’s made up of stories told by individual women with fantastic tales to tell. By listening to them, we have a chance to see the world from a different vantage point,” said Director Casey Sams.

Two Previews for “Top Girls” are Wednesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 30 followed by Opening Night Friday, March 31.

Lab 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

Prepare to be visually awed by this exhibit, featuring a wide array of art, from drawings to paintings to sculptures, all by Pellissippi State art students.

A reception to meet the artists takes place 4-6 PM on March 27.

The exhibit is free. Hardin Valley Campus of Pellissippi State: 10915 Hardin Valley Road, Knoxville, TN 37932. Bagwell Center Gallery hours: M-F 10-6:30. Information: 865-694-6405, www.pstcc.edu/arts