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playbill
- Thu, Mar, 18, 2010
• Country music star Jo Dee Messina is the first touring music artist to play the new Clayton Center for the Arts at 8 p.m, Friday, March 26. Information and tickets for the Messina concert can be found on the Clayton Center for the Arts Web site, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com
• Larry Beaird, one of Nashville’s top musicians and recording studio owners, will lead a workshop sponsored by the Knoxville Songwriters Association from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 20, at Knox County Library’s Fountain City branch, 5300 Stanton Road. There is a $10 workshop fee. More information is available at www.knoxvillesongwritersassociation.org or by calling 865-405-2617.
• Photographer and geologist Mike Naney will discuss how and where he made the nature and wildlife photographs that are currently on exhibit at AMSE, when he presents a public information talk and slide show “Earth Science, Reflections and Cataloochee Elk” at 1 p.m.,Saturday, March 20, in the auditorium at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. The exhibit is through April 4. American Museum of Science and Energy, 300 S. Tulane Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m., Sundays. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors (65+), $3 students (6-17) and children 5 and under free.
• Diana Ross will perform at 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 2, at Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $109.50 and $81.50, plus applicable service fees, available now at the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• Bill Maher takes stage at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 22, at Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $58, plus applicable service fees, available now at Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, and online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• Art Market Gallery of Knoxville will spotlight the work of two member artists, Janis Proffitt, woodturning, and Mary Ellen Bohm, paintings, March 30-May 1. The Gallery will host a First Friday Reception for the featured artists from 5:30 to 9 p.m., Friday, April 2, with light refreshments and live music performed by Scott Head, playing acoustic guitar. For more information, call 865-525-5265.
• Author Deborah Wiles will discuss her newest book, “Countdown,” the story of 12-year-old Franny Chapman, who lived with her family in Washington, DC, during the days surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 23, in the Hodges Library Auditorium. The event if free and open to the public.
• The Silver Stage Players/Wild Thyme Players present “As The Story Goes” at 7 p.m., Friday, March 26, at First Farragut United Methodist Church in Farragut.
• Pellissippi State Community College invites the community to view two free films about Appalachia as part of this year’s Common Academic Experience, which is based around the book “Storming Heaven” by Denise Giardina. “Country Boys” parts I and II will be shown March 18 and March 25, respectively. “Harlan County, U.S.A.” will be shown April 8. The movies will be shown at both 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. in the Goins Building Auditorium on the Pellissippi Campus on Hardin Valley Road. For more information, contact Patricia Zingg at 865-694-6679.
• Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents the next installment of Chamber Classics Series at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, April 11, at Bijou Theatre. The concert will feature the KSO’s principal quartet – Miroslav Hristov and Edward Pulgar on violin, Kathryn Gawne on viola and Andrew Bryenton on cello, performing the music of Béla Bartok, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johannes Brahms. Tickets to the concert begin at $23.50 and may be purchased by logging on to the KSO Web site, www.knoxvillesymphony.com, or by calling the KSO Box Office at 865-291-3310 or Tickets Unlimited, 865-656-4444.
• “The Strings Awaken Spring” concert to be performed by the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 20, at the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. Maestro Cornelia Kodkani-Laemmli is the conductor. The orchestra’s program will include the “Holberg Suite” by Edvard Grieg; “Danses Sacree et Profane” by Claude Debussy, with Cindy Hicks on the harp; and “Verlaerte Nacht” by Arnold Schoenberg. Hicks is the principal harpist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are available at the door or by calling 865-483-5569 or visiting the ORCMA Web site at www.orcma.org. Ticket are $22 adults, $20 seniors, and $8 for each college student with ID. Children and teens 18 and under are admitted for free.
• Clayton Center for the Arts is ready to welcome the public with a five-day Grand Opening celebration scheduled for March 25-29. Maryville College Concert Choir get the celebration started with its homecoming concert, scheduled for 8 p.m., March 25. Tickets Unlimited will be handling sales for Clayton Center events, and the Clayton Center’s box office will be a full-service location for reserving tickets for other events made available through Tickets Unlimited,.
• The Knoxville Writers Group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 24, at The University of Tennessee Visitors Center, Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive. British-born novelist Barbara Nugent from Crab Orchard will be guest speaker. Buffet is $12. RSVP by March 18 at 865-983-3740.
• Kathy Griffin to film Bravo special at Tennessee Theatre beginning at 7 p.m., Saturday, May 1. Tickets are $49, plus applicable service fees, available now via the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, or http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• Goo Goo Dolls perform at 8 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, at Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $39.50, plus applicable service fees, available now at the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• The Wild Thyme Players and The Silver Stage Players present “The Way the Story Goes ...” Tour schedule: 1 p.m, March 18, UT Seniors for Creative Learning, The John T. O'Connor Center; 7 p.m., March 19, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Tiffany Drive; 6 p.m., March 25, Homewood Residence at Deane Hill; 7 p.m., March 26, First Farragut United Methodist Church, Farragut; 2 p.m., March 27, Echo Ridge Retirement Community, Gleason Drive; 2 p.m., March 29, John T. O'Connor Senior Center, Winona Street; 8 p.m., April 3, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, N. Gay Street. Admission is free and donations are appreciated. For information, call 865-932-6738.
• Knoxville Watercolor Society members will present recent works at Art Gallery of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church now through April. Show hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays–Fridays, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sundays. For more information, call 865-523-4176 or contact KWS member Fran Thie at 865-966-4041. The church is at 2931 Kingston Pike. The event is free and open to the public.
• “Train — The Save Me San Francisco Tour” with special guests Butch Walker and the Black Widows takes stage at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 3, at Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $175 VIP and $39, plus applicable service fees, available now at the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com.
• Comedy Central presents Gabriel Iglesias: The Fluffy Shop Tour at 8 p.m., Friday, March 19, at Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $34.50, plus applicable service fees, available now at the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• Barenaked Ladies with special guest Serena Ryder is slated for 8 p.m., Thursday, June 3, at Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $44.50, plus applicable service fees, available beginning at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 26, at all Tickets Unlimited outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• The Arts & Culture Alliance presents an exhibition featuring new works by Gay Bryant and Amy Campbell entitled “Sunny Side Up!” The exhibition will be displayed at the Emporium Center in Knoxville now through March 26. Emporium Center is located at 100 S. Gay St., Knoxville. Gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays, with additional hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 6. For more information, contact Arts & Culture Alliance at 865-523-7543.
• The Arts & Culture Alliance presents “Everyday Adorned,” a collection of new works by Paige Barbee, the current Betsy Worden Memorial Artist-in-Residence at the Emporium Center. Works displayed are among those created during Barbee’s residency — October 2009 through April 2010. “Everyday Adorned” will be exhibited in the Balcony at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville now through March 26. Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St., gallery hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays-Fridays and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays. For more information, contact Arts & Culture Alliance at 865-523-7543 or visit www.knoxalliance.com
• Earth Day 2010 will be celebrated from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 24, at Oak Ridge Bissell Park. Applications now are being accepted for exhibitors and vendors, and volunteers are encouraged to sign up. Exhibitors and vendors should have an environmental focus and incorporate means of educating, encouraging and empowering citizens to develop a more sustainable way of life. Registration forms, guidelines and additional festival information are available at www.orearthday.org
• The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority at McGhee Tyson Airport announce a call for entries for the next “Arts in the Airport,” a juried exhibition developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area. The selected art will feature contemporary two-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from April 23 to Oct. 21. Deadline for entries to be received is Friday, March 19. No entry fee. For more information, call 865-523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com.
• Earth science, reflections and wildlife within 100 miles of Oak Ridge are three areas of focus for the camera lens in the “Photography of Mike Naney” exhibition open now at American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. American Museum of Science and Energy, 300 S. Tulane Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, and from 1 to 5 p.m., Sundays. Admission is adults $5, seniors (65-plus) $4, students (6-17) $3 and children (5 and under) free. AMSE members are free.
• Jamey Johnson performs at 8 p.m., Saturday, March 20, in Tennessee Theatre. Tickets are $35, plus applicable service fees, available now via the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com
• Knoxville Botanical Garden presents Justin Roberts And The Not Ready for Naptime Players live in concert with two performances at 1 and 4 p.m., Friday, March 19. The concert will take place in heated tent on the Garden’s LeConte Meadow at 2743 Wimpole Ave. Tickets are $15 per child. One parent/guardian will be admitted free with a paid child’s admission. Tickets are available now via the following sources: online at http://www.knoxgarden.org, by phone at 800-838-3006 or 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday at Knoxville Botanical Garden.
• The Knoxville Museum of Art will present “Wind/Rewind/Weave,” a major exhibition of work by visual artist Anne Wilson. Knoxville Museum of Art is located at 1050 World's Fair Park, Knoxville. http://www.knox-art.org
• NEEDTOBREATHE “Won't Turn Back Tour” with special guests Will Hoge and Matt Hires to appear in Knoxville at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 15, at Bijou Theatre. Tickets are $19 advance/$20.50 doors, plus applicable service fees, available now at all Tickets Unlimited outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.tennesseetheatre.com.
• The best chocolate event in Tennessee has been postponed. The 25th Annual Chocolate Fest, which originally was scheduled for Jan. 16, has been postponed until fall. The event will take place at the Knoxville Expo Center, a new venue for the event. Restaurants and businesses interested in participating in Chocolate Fest are encouraged to call the National Kidney Foundation Serving East Tennessee at 865-688-5481.
• RESCHEDULED: Sister Hazel will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday, March 25, at Bijou Theatre. Tickets are $21.50, plus applicable service fees, available now at all Tickets Unlimited outlets, the Tennessee Theatre box office, by phone at 865-656-4444, or online at http://www.knoxbijou.com.
• Bloomin’ Butterfly Gardens Exhibit on-going at Knoxville Zoo. www.knoxville-zoo.org
• POSTPONED: Cirque Dreams Illumination show. This show has been postponed until June 10. All tickets purchased for the show will be honored on the rescheduled date.
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