Calendar of Events

With William Tyler. World-class lyricist Jason Isbell brings his notoriously gut-wrenching songs to Knoxville for two nights.

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

Saturday, April 22, 2017 from 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, April 23, 2017 from 12:00-5:00pm
Dogwood Arts is honored that the owners of these private gardens are opening their magnificent gardens to share with the public for this one weekend in April. Each one is unique in design and offers a variety of plant materials and special features. We hope you enjoy a private tour of these gardens as we celebrate another blooming spring and the region’s natural and cultural beauty.

For a list of featured gardens please visit http://www.dogwoodarts.com/2017-featured-gardens. Dogwood Arts Festival: 865-637-4561 www.dogwoodarts.com

As one of the Southeast’s most alluring cultural attractions, Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair brings a taste of Europe to East Tennessee by celebrating the color, fun, and excitement of opera and international culture. This extraordinary event also presents a golden opportunity to attend one of the Knoxville Opera’s professional productions. Combining a vibrant International Street Fair with world class opera performances, art and craft exhibitions, and a wide variety of other events, the Rossini Festival transforms downtown Knoxville’s Gay Street into a colorful International festival. The festival features four stages with a range of entertainment options, an upscale artisan’s market, the smells and tastes of wonderful foods and beverages, and a special children’s area on Market Square, complete with fun entertainment and games.

Throughout downtown Knoxville. Information: 865 524-0795, http://www.knoxvilleopera.com/rossini-festival-3/

Belle Triste consists of Candice Mowbray on classical guitar and Anita Thomas on clarinet. Through carefully-chosen repertoire, new arrangements and original compositions, Belle Triste has prepared a thoughtful, expressive and entertaining program of music that brings influences of many genres into a classical setting and appeals to a broad range of audiences.

Tickets: $20 adults/$5 students 12 to 18/Children under 12 free with adult admissions. At Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, 425 North Cedar Bluff Road, Knoxville, TN 37923. Information: http://knoxvilleguitar.org/

Join the fun while experiencing America’s game as it was played in 1864. This free public event is enjoying its 4th season and Historic Ramsey House is proud to be a part of this historic reenactment. The Knoxville Holstons face off against the Emmett Machinists. Delicious food and drink will be available for sale at the game – cash only please, and all sale benefit Ramsey House. Please no outside food or beverages.

Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914. Information: 865-546-0745, www.ramseyhouse.org

Local songwriting
With a style best described as a mixture of folk and bluegrass, Jay Clark’s handcrafted lyrics run the gamut of hard living, hard drinking, civil disobedience, and old-time religion. Greg has been a fixture on the Knoxville song writing and old time music scene for many years. Both have recently published CDs — Jay’s Of Mountains & Heartbreak and Greg’s Working on Engines.

Tickets (discounts apply to advance purchase, JCA members, students & seniors) available through http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/1118485, 800-838-3006 ext 1, by mail, and at the door. At the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916. For information: 865-522-5851, www.jubileearts.org.

The 54 hour film festival is a timed competition for film makers to make a 4-7 minute short film within 54 hours. The contest is simple: Get a team of filmmakers together (friends and family are great!), show up at the Inception Meeting (bring the whole gang if you'd like!), draw your genre, get your assigned Action, Line of Dialogue, and Prop, then go out and produce a 4-7 minute short film within 54 total hours. Once completed, turn in your short film at the drop-off before time runs out. Then, a couple weeks later, after judges have had a look at the films, invite your friends and family out to watch your movie on the big screen - along with all the other competing teams. Make sure you stick around for the award ceremony in case you get to go home that night as an award winning filmmaker!

Knoxville screening on April 22, 4:00-7:00 PM at Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. http://www.54filmfest.com/find-your-city/knoxville-tn

Ensemble concert

Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus, and the Alumni Memorial Building is located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. *For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

Learn to write about character as you immerse in a lively downtown setting! Widely published writer and editor Jeannette Brown will lead a Knoxville Writers' Guild-sponsored walking-workshop on "Finding Characters: A Walkabout" The workshop will take place from 10:00 to 12:00 on Saturday, April 22.

The public is invited to the workshop, which will meet at Awaken Coffee, 125 W. Jackson Avenue in Knoxville's Old City. The cost to attend is $50, with a 40% discount offered to Knoxville Writers' Guild Members and a 50% discount to students. Scholarships are available for all Knoxville Writers' Guild programs. To apply for a scholarship, please contact Pamela Schoenewaldt at p.schoene@comcast.net.
Pre-registration is required and can be completed online: http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/events/finding-characters-around-you

In this workshop, participants will discuss character—interior and exterior—before taking a short walk downtown. In the second half of the workshop, each will write a description of a “character” encountered and give him/her a bit of personality. Participants should bring a digital camera or smartphone and the writing materials of their choice.

Jeannette Brown's work has been published in Bellevue Literary Review, Southwestern American Literature, New Millennium Writings, Texas Observer, ArtSpace, Mother Earth, and other publications. She is the co-editor of Literary Lunch, a food anthology.

The Knoxville Writers' Guild exists to facilitate a broad and inclusive community for area writers, provide a forum for information, support and sharing among writers, help members improve and market their writing skills and promote writing and creativity. Additional information can be found at www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org and www.facebook.com/KnoxWritersGuild
Instagram @KnoxvilleWritersGuild.

Knoxville Writers’ Guild: Meetings take place at Central United Methodist Church's Fellowship Hall, 201 E. Third Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: www.KnoxvilleWritersGuild.org

Hosted by Center for Urban Agriculture at Knoxville Botanical Garden and Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum
Join us as for the continuation of the Grow Your Garden series! Participants will learn about growing a fruits and vegetables this summer and discuss container gardening, what to plant, when to plant it, and how to grow a summer edible garden. The Grow Your Garden series is offered through the Center for Urban Agriculture as a partnership between the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, and SEEED Knox in an effort to help people grow food for themselves and others.

Registration is: $20.00 non-members, $15.00 KBGA members, $5.00 37914/37915 neighbors
Questions? Email cua@knoxgarden.org for more information.
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 2743 Wimpole Ave, Knoxville, TN 37914. Hours: Gardens open daily from dawn to dusk. Information: 865-862-8717, www.knoxgarden.org

The Finger Weaving workshop will be taught by Sharon Ensminger. Sharon Ensminger began finger weaving as a way to connect with her “15% Native American DNA". Though small, it has become a strong passion in her life. Sharon has been finger weaving for over 18 years and demonstrates and teaches finger weaving, promotes its history and relevance for today. She has developed a line of instrument, and camera straps backed in supple leathers; weaves belts, sashes, scarves, regalia pieces, and memorial pieces. She had woven pieces for Moundville Archaeological Museum as well as pieces for protocol in many different places around the world. Sharon is not federally recognized or affiliated with a Native American Tribe. She finger weaves to honor her unknown Native heritage.

Call the museum at 423-884-6246 or stop by to register. Cost of class is $25.00. Bring a small box and 2 skeins of heavy weight yarn of different colors (one light, one dark). Bring a bag lunch. Class size limited to 15. Sequoyah Birthplace Museum is located at 576 Highway 360, Vonore, TN 37885. This class is sponsored in part by the Tennessee Arts Commission ABC Grant.
www.sequoyahmuseum.org

We invite you to join us on Earth Day, April 22, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Avenue, 141 N. Martinwood Rd., Knoxville, TN 37923
This is an educational, informative and fun event to publicize that holistic health
and wellness practices are available right here in Knoxville. There will be short, educational presentations throughout the day on many holistic practices like Acupuncture and Sound Therapy, Reiki, and Tapping (EFT). These are available in Knoxville to help you achieve and maintain your optimal health goals, be it physical, emotional or spiritual.
Some of our practitioners will be offering Free mini sessions so you canexperience how these services might be effective for you. There will be products available to complement holistic services, plus door prize ‘give aways’ every hour and light refreshments.
This event is FREE to the public. If you have ever considered taking the holistic approach to your healthcare, please join us and we will do our very best to answer your questions.
Presented & Hosted by:
Holistic Institute of Wellness | A Plan in Hand | The UnEmotional Eater
For additional information contact Carolyn Jones – 865 712 9754 or visit
http://www.carolynajones.com/earth-day-event/