Ramsey House Annual Spring Fashion Show |
Tuesday, March 23, 11:30 am
Ramsey House Plantation will host its annual spring fashion show and luncheon on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Cherokee Country Club beginning at 11:30 a.m. Proceeds from this event go toward the Ramsey House education program and maintenance of the historic home.
This year’s event, “A Rendezvous with Style” will feature fashions from J. P. Coffin; Silk Purse; the Lilly Pad; and Pam Kelly. The models will be accompanied by pianist, Stephanie Wayland.
Tickets are $40 per person and may be reserved by contacting Madeline Bilbrey at 573-1938. Valet parking available. |
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Sundown in the City
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Spring Plant Sale
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Sundown in the City, the popular free concert series presented by Regal Entertainment Group in Market Square, will be held on five alternating Thursdays beginning April 22, a shift from the 12 consecutive weeks the series has run in recent years. Official dates for the 2010 season are April 22, May 6 and 20, June 3 and 17.
Call for Entries: Arts in the Airport Exhibition |
The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (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 2-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from April 23 – October 21, 2010.
The deadline for entries to be received is Friday, March 19, 2010.
There is no entry fee. Each artist may submit up to five entries which must be original works in the following categories: Painting, Graphic Arts, and Photography. 3-D works cannot be accommodated at this time unless they can hang on a wall. Download a prospectus and application at www.knoxalliance.com (under Calls & Press Releases), or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. The Arts & Culture Alliance, with assistance from Stephen Wicks of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will jury the exhibition. Final approval is the purview of the Airport Authority. Prizes include $1,000 in cash awards. Information: 865-523-7543 or sc@knoxalliance.com.
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Marble Springs Storytelling Festival |
Saturday, April 10, 9:45 AM - 9 PM
Marble Springs State Historic Site is having the First Annual Storytelling Festival. The festival will include stories, demonstrators, games, food and arts and crafts. The event is hosted by the Governor John Sevier Memorial Association and co-sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Storytellers in conjunction with the Dogwood Arts Festival.
The professional storytellers will present many types of stories that include: Humor, History, Stories for and by Children, Native American Stories, Appalachian & Smoky Mountain Tales, Jack Tales, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Quilt Stories, and Women's Tales. Tall Tales will provide professionals and amateurs a chance to sign up to and show how much of a lie they can spin. The evening will conclude with Fringe: Stories for Adults and At the Bonfire: Ghost Stories with Slightly Scary tales at 7pm and Seriously Scary at 8pm.
The cost is $5, free to children 12 and under. Discounts are available for reserved groups of 10 or more prior to April 5th. Call 865-429-1783 or email cuznjan@juno.com for reservations. Free parking is available. The public is encouraged to bring their chairs to this festival seating event.
Marble Springs State Historic Farmstead is located at 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Hwy, Knoxville, TN 37920. For more information call Marble Springs at 865-573-5508 or email marblesprings@hotmail.com.
The Marble Springs Storytelling Festival is a Dogwood Arts Festival Event Co-Sponsored by Gov John Sevier Memorial Association www.marblesprings.net, and the Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association www.smokymountaintellers.org
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Saturday, April 24, 9AM - 1 PM
Enjoy the 8th annual Spring Plant Sale at Ijams Nature Center in cooperation with the Island Home Community Partnership. It's a great opportunity to learn more about the benefit of native plants. Local nurseries will be on hand selling wildflowers, shrubs and trees. Garden flowers, vegetables, outdoor crafts, pottery, birdhouses, metal works and decorations will also be available.
| Easter Bunny Arrival Parade |
| Mr. Cottontail himself will be coming to West Town Mall on Saturday, March 20th at 12 noon! Come celebrate his arrival and enter our Stroller/Red Wagon Parade! Decorate your stroller or red wagon and enter our parade, the top 3 win fantastic prizes! Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. in JC Penney Court, parade begins promptly at 12 noon.
Don't miss your chance to get your photo taken with the Easter Bunny himself beginning on Saturday, March 20 - Saturday, April 3. |
| Hodgepodge of Events |
Friday, March 19
The winter series of "Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art concludes with a surprise addition to the original schedule. The award-winning Zac Harmon Blues band from Houston, Texas will put an exclamation point on the end of winter. 6:00 pm.
Wednesday, March 24
Robert Earl Keen will perform at the Bijou Theatre on Gay Street. 8 pm.
Friday thru Sunday, March 26-28
"The Big Ears Festival" in multiple venues all over beautiful downtown Knoxville. www.bigearsfestival.com/2010
Friday, April 2
The spring series of "Alive After Five" at the Knoxville Museum of Art premiers with Knoxville's own touring treasure Christabel & The Jons. 6:00 pm.
Wednesday, April 14
Allen Toussaint will perform at the Bijou Theatre in beautiful downtown Knoxville. 8 pm. |
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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Offers a Musical Story Time |
String quartets from the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will travel to local libraries during the month of March to read stories and play music for pre-school aged children as part of the orchestra’s Story Time Program. The theme for this season’s program is dancing animals. Musicians will read books such as Giraffes Can’t Dance and When Cats Go Wrong and explore different types of dance music including the tango and the Hokey-Pokey. These performances will help to highlight the connections between music and literacy and introduce the string instruments to young audience members.
KSO Library Story Times are made possible by the Arts Fund of the East Tennessee Foundation. All Story Time performances are FREE and open to the public. A list of locations, dates and times can be found below and on the KSO website: www.knoxvillesymphony.com. |
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KID ZONE
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Have the Wildest Spring Break Ever at Knoxville Zoo’s Camp WILD
First through fifth graders can have the wildest spring break ever at Knoxville Zoo’s Camp WILD. This one-of-a-kind day camp gives kids the chance to learn about the animals that live at the zoo, get crafty and create a work of animal-themed art, and take special behind-the-scenes tours of animal areas. Camp WILD will be held March 29 – April 2 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. daily.
Camp WILD attendees can tailor their camp schedule to their spring break plans and attend for just one day or for an entire week Camp WILD programs are especially designed to meet the needs, interests and expectations appropriate to each child’s age and developmental stage.
Campers should bring a sack lunch and the zoo will provide a drink. The cost to attend Camp WILD is $45 per day or $135 for the entire week. Knoxville Zoo members receive a discounted rate of $40 per day or $125 for the week. Registration is required and can be made by calling the zoo at (865) 637-5331 ext. 352.
For more information about Camp WILD, visit the zoo’s Web site at www.knoxville-zoo.org or call the zoo at (865) 637-5331.
Knoxville Zoo is located off exit 392A from Interstate 40 and is open every day except Christmas Day. The zoo is nationally accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and is committed to the highest standards in animal care and well-being, ethics, conservation, and education. Currently, the zoo is open weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and weekends from 9:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Admission and ticket sales stop one-hour before the zoo closes. Next-day admission is free after 3:00 p.m. For more information, please call 865.637.5331 ext. 300 or visit www.knoxville-zoo.org.
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Bicycles sized for all ages are available for rental at the foot of the pedestrian bridge on Volunteer Landing, just across from Calhoun’s. Costs are $10 per person for a two-hour rental, and $30 per person for a day rental.
The bicycle rentals are located in the center of a 16-mile greenway route, which includes Morningside Greenway (begins at the Alex Haley statue), James White Greenway (runs between Morningside Park and Volunteer Landing), Neyland Greenway (Volunteer Landing to the mouth of Third Creek), Second Creek Greenway, (runs north from Neyland into World’s Fair Park), Third Creek Greenway (mouth of Third Creek, through Tyson Park, and passed West High School), Sequoyah Greenway (runs south from Third Creek Greenway into Sequoyah Hills), and Bearden Village Greenway (picks up at east end of Third Creek Greenway and ends at Bearden Elementary School).
Bicycle rental patrons will receive an adventure map of this greenway route through Knoxville. The map shows points of interests to stop along the way, including the Alex Haley Statue, the Sunsphere, the Knoxville Skatepark, and a Native American Burial Mound in Sequoyah Hills.
The map also shows a bicycle route to reach Ijams Nature Center and its 3.6 miles of greenway, which is not yet connected to the 16-mile connection of greenways. Here, bicyclists can view bird exhibits and overlooks of the French Broad River and Meade’s Quarry.
The hours for the bicycle rental facility are Monday – Thursday, 3 p.m. – 8 p.m., Fridays 2 p.m. – 8 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Sundays 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. The facility will be opened at any time for bicycle rental groups of four, provided that staff is available.
To rent a bicycle or obtain additional information, please call River Sports at 865-523-0066.
Knoxville Zoo is proud to be among the "Top 60" zoos in the country featured in a new book, America’s Best Zoos: A Travel Guide for Fans and Families by Allen W. Nyhuis and Jon Wassner.
Released in 2008, the book outlines the animals, attractions and exhibits featured at the top zoos throughout the country. The authors visited all sixty of the zoos featured in the book, share their experiences and what makes each zoo special.
Knoxville Zoo also landed on the "Author’s Pick for the Top 25 U.S. Zoo Exhibits." Author Jon Wassner rated Black Bear Falls at Knoxville Zoo number 13.
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April is just around the corner, and the Dogwood Arts Festival is celebrating its 50th Anniversary Festival in true “blooming” fashion by hosting five exhibition openings as part of First Friday activities on April 2 from 5:00-9:00 PM. The exhibitions are displayed throughout downtown Knoxville and include "Re-Vision: Viewing Ordinary Objects in Extraordinary Ways" and the Student Art Show at the Emporium; "History in Prints" at the East Tennessee History Center; the Regional Fine Art Exhibition at the Rebori Building; and Art in Public Places in downtown Knoxville.