Calendar of Events

Charity is foundational to the Christian faith. But what if we’ve been doing it wrong?
What if we are hurting those we are trying to help?
Rescuing Charity is an educational series for individuals, churches and nonprofit organizations involved in serving under-resourced populations.The series is designed to:
• Examine the biblical foundation for charity
• Challenge traditional methods and motives for giving
• Stimulate collaborative dialogue that leads to creative, effective and sustainable solutions.

Effective Charity Methodologies
Featuring author Robert Lupton
Monday, March 3, 2014
1:30 – 3:30 pm free workshop
7:00 – 8:30 pm free keynote

Biblical Foundation to Charity
Featuring author Steve Corbett
Saturday, January 25, 2014
9:00 am – 3:00 pm free workshop
SPONSORED BY
Events hosted by Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church
9132 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923
Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church
Compassion Coalition
Emerald Youth Foundation
Girl on the Roof
Hardin Valley Church of Christ
Knoxville Leadership Foundation
The Restoration House
LEARN MORE and REGISTER NOW at RescuingCharity.com

The guest performers for the March 3 James A. Dick Mighty Musical Monday Program will be UT Women's Chorus. In addition to the performers, Bill Snyder and Freddie Brabson will play selections on the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. Guest MC for the program will be Frank Murphy. A lunch consisting of a sandwich, chips, and a dessert may be purchased in the lobby for $5.00. In addition several snacks may be purchased at the concession stand such as soft drinks, bottled water, popcorn, candy. There is no charge for the program.

Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. For information: 865-684-1200, www.tennesseetheatre.com. For tickets: 865-684-1200, 865-656-4444, www.knoxvilletickets.com

Athens Community Theater will hold auditions for Evening With the Stars XI, a Community Showcase of Talent, on Monday, March 3, 2014, 7PM at The Arts Center in Athens. Evening With the Stars will be presented on Friday, March 14, 7:30 PM also at The Arts Center.

Evening With the Stars is an annual event that features auditioned talent from around the region. Performers are invited to audition using one or two representative samples of their repertoire. An emphasis is placed on performances with live accompaniment, but CD’s and tracks are permitted. An accompanist will be available. Performances of all types are welcome, including singers, dancers, short monologues or dialogues, comedy, juggling, magic, and other types of performance art. Participants must be available for a dress rehearsal on Thursday, March 13.

Proceeds from Evening With the Stars benefit the Athens Area Council for the Arts. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and will be available online at www.athensartscouncil.org, by phone at 423-745-8781, or at The Arts Center, 320 North White Street in Athens. For more information call The Arts Center.

Bill Landry, a Blount County resident who was the long-time host and narrator of WBIR-TV’s “The Heartland Series,” will share stories from his latest book, “Tellin’ It for the Truth” at the Blount County Public Library on Monday, March 3, at 7 p.m. Landry comments that “When you hear someone say, ‘He’s tellin’ it for the truth,’ you know something good is coming!”

He’s right because the book is full of surprises for Landry fans. Not only does it include an epic poem about a love sick one-armed, one-legged Pirate, named Paddy O’Dea, but it features the history of the only female Confederate band called The Spartans of Rhea County, his experiences in the Grainger County Tomato War, letters from thru hikers about meeting Landry‘s dog Buddy on the trail, and a fascinating essay on mountain speech. Landry is the voice, host, narrator, and co-producer of “The Heartland Series,” which has aired on WBIR-TV for nearly thirty years. Since its beginnings in 1984, more than 1,900 short features have been produced, including 150 half-hour specials. Landry has written, produced, and acted in many of the episodes. Receiving an MFA from Trinity University at the Dallas Theater Center and a BA in literature from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Landry has received two Emmy Awards for directing “The Heartland Series,” as well as the Education in Appalachia Award from Carson-Newman University, and an Honorary Doctorate in Humanities from Lincoln Memorial University. For more than thirty years Landry has written, produced, and performed his one-man play, “Einstein the Man.” He has presented the play more than 1,000 times in 38 states and two provinces of Canada.

In 2009, Landry premiered his DVD production of “William Bartram – An Unlikely Explorer” for the 75th anniversary of the founding of The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, telling the tale of the little known eighteenth-century explorer, adventurer, and naturalist. In 2011, Governor Bill Haslam appointed Landry to the Tennessee Historical Commission. Deeply rooted in the Appalachian region, Landry has served on the boards of Fish Hospitality Pantries, Beck Cultural Exchange, the Clarence Brown Theater, the Princess Theater Foundation in Harriman, and the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, Tennessee. In 2011, his book, “Appalachian Tales & Heartland Adventures” was published and is now in its third printing.

Landry works as a spokesman for WBIR-TV and for several other companies including Hallsdale Powell Utility District. He continues to write, direct, and produce video documentaries, and he gives lectures and speeches, including his popular presentations of “An Evening with Bill Landry.” “Tellin’ It for the Truth” was released by Celtic Cat Publishing, the Knoxville-based publisher who also published Landry’s first book “Appalachian Tales & Heartland Adventures,” a collection of eighteen stories. The books include Bill’s favorite longer stories, many of which he is sharing for the first time.

For more information about the book or author, view www.billlandry.net and www.celticcatpublishing.net .

Free and open to the public. Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville, TN. Information: 865-982-0981, www.blountlibrary.org

Motel Mirrors (former Knoxvillian, current Memphian John Paul Keith + Amy LaVere) + Wordplay guest Dawn Coppock

Press photo for Motel Mirrors: http://signalflowpr.com/motel-mirrors/

Tennessee Shines is a weekly radio show performed live for an in-studio audience at the Knoxville Visitor Center Mondays at 7pm and broadcast live on WDVX FM and WDVX.com. Hosts are Bob Deck and Paige Travis. Tickets are $10, free for students with valid ID and children ages 14 and under. Tickets are available in advance at the WDVX Blue Plate Special, noon weekdays and Saturdays at the Knoxville Visitor Center, or at the door beginning at 6 p.m. on the night of the show. For more information, visit WDVX.com.
Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com, http://www.tennesseeshines.com

In room 109 A+A Building

R. Michael Hendrix is a partner at IDEO (pronounced “eye-dee-oh”), a global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to helping organizations innovate and grow. An accomplished graphic designer, he has received over 50 awards from the major U.S. design associations and media. His work is in the permanent collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Denver Art Museum.
He is an AIGA Fellow, an honor acknowledging designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in graphic design, a Marshall Memorial Fellow, and a BMW Foundation Alumnus, both acknowledging Trans-Atlantic leadership for political, social and cultural issues. Michael has a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Tennessee. This lecture is sponsored by The University of Tennessee Visiting Arts Committee. Michael Hendrix is lecturing in conjunction with the 67th Annual Student Art Competition at the Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennessee

Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996
865.974.3200, www.ewing-gallery.utk.edu

"Atomic Energy: A Life Magazine exhibition prepared in consultation with the United States Atomic Energy Commission" is a 1948 panel exhibition prepared by Life magazine for distribution, and was announced in National Committee on Atomic Energy newsletter 66 years ago. The vintage photographic panel exhibit portrays the constructive uses of atomic energy, and the need for international control. Artifacts included are the panel display shipping crate, an exhibition pamphlet stamped American Museum of Atomic Energy, and at least one book mentioned in the pamphlet will be displayed. This exhibit was donated to AMSE in 2013 by the Samuel P. Hayes Research Library at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. AMSE Lobby.

American Museum of Science & Energy, 300 S. Tulane Avenue, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Hours: Monday-Saturday 9AM-5PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Information: 865-576-3200, www.amse.org

Ijams Hike-a-Thon is an annual fundraising event for Ijams. Hikers collect pledges from family and friends and then spend the month of March 2014 hiking Ijams Nature Center and the Urban Wilderness Trail. Registration for the event begins February 3, 2014. The Ijams Hike-a-Thon is a super fun way to benefit Ijams Nature Center. The Hike-a-Thon gives you the opportunity to help preserve and protect the environment and provide educational opportunities while hiking and earning great prizes from generous Ijams Hike-a-Thon sponsors. You register for the event online and then create your own Ijams Hike-a-Thon fundraising webpage. It’s easy! By collecting flat or per-mile pledges from your friends and family, your efforts will add up fast! You’ll even get a webpage link that you can e-mail to your friends and family asking for their pledge. It’s that easy!
http://ijams.org/hike-a-thon-frequently-asked-questions/

By Horton Foote; Directed by Kate Buckley
The award-winning “The Trip to Bountiful” starring Carol Mayo Jenkins will play on the Clarence Brown Mainstage. The heartwarming play tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman who yearns to return to her home in Bountiful, Texas one last time, against the wishes of her overprotective son and domineering daughter-in-law. Written by one of America’s greatest writers, Horton Foote, “The Trip to Bountiful” is an unforgettable portrait of a woman with incredible strength and dignity,

Foote’s first play, “Texas Town”, was produced Off-Broadway in 1941. Since then he has had plays produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and at many regional theatres throughout the country. He received Academy Awards for his screenplay adaptation of “To Kill A Mockingbird” and his original screenplay, “Tender Mercies.” He received the Pulitzer Prize for his play, “The Young Man from Atlanta”, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway and the Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award for the Signature Series of his plays. In 1996 he was elected to the Theatre Hall of Fame. In 1998 he was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and at the same time received from the Academy the Gold Medal of Drama for the entire body of his work. In 2000 he received the PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for Drama, New York State Governor's Arts Award and, in December of that year, was given the National Medal of Arts Award by President Clinton. In 2006 his play, “The Trip to Bountiful”, won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival and he was given the Drama Desk Lifetime Achievement Award for his body of work.

Foote’s success has been attributed to his honest examination of the human condition, and why some people survive tragedies while others are destroyed. His central themes of the “sense of belonging” and “longing for home” have resonated with audiences for more than 60 years.

"The trip to Bountiful is a journey home, which brings our heroine a sense of dignity and proof that her life was well lived. Carol Mayo-Jenkins’ beautiful portrayal of Carrie Watts enriches this profound story,” said director Kate Buckley.

Clarence Brown 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

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum in Vonore, TN is offering a beginning and an advance beginner Cherokee language class on the following Monday evenings, February 17, 24, March 3, & 10 from 6:30 – 9 p.m. The cost of the class is $40 for all four evenings. If you have taken the class before with the museum a discount of $5 will be given. The class will be taught by Shirley Oswalt and Mary Brown who are members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian. Anyone interested in taking this class should contact the museum at 423-884-6246 to reserve your space. In case of inclement weather please be sure to call ahead first.

Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, 576 HWY 360, Vonore, TN 37885. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM, Sunday, 12-5PM. Information: 423-884-6246, www.sequoyahmuseum.org

Riding a bike is all fun and games until someone gets a flat. Knox County Public Library is pleased to introduce a new series called Life 101 to help teens develop some practical skills, including bike maintenance. Life 101 will be held at Lawson McGhee Library on Saturdays at 2:00 pm. It's aim is to teach teenagers some important life skills for their future. The programs are free and open to all area teens. No reservation required.
February 15: Bike safety
The first leg of this 2-part program will focus on urban bike safety. Local organization, Kickstand, will be on hand to guide participants through the rules of the road and offer other suggestions on how to become a safer, more aware cyclist.

March 1: Bike maintenance and repair
Flats, broken chains, and wobbly seats, oh my! Meet up with volunteers from local organization, Kickstand, to learn essential bike maintenance and repair techniques.

March 8: Stress management: yoga for teens
March 29: Financial literacy

For more information, please contact Bess Connally at bconnally@knoxlib.org, or (865) 215-8767

Featuring over 40 pieces from East Tennessee College Students

Join us at The Arts Center at 5:30 on Friday January 31 for an opening reception & award presentation; light refreshments provided by the AACA hospitality committee

The Arts Center, 320 North White Street, Athens, TN; 423-745-8781
http://www.athensartscouncil.org/a/events/regional-college-art-student-show-accepting-submissions/