Calendar of Events

Saturday March 19, 6:30-10pm the East Tennessee Technology Access Center will hold their 5th annual "A Night in Old Havana" fundraising event at the Lighthouse Knoxville. Tickets will include a dance showcase by Dance Tonight dance studio and an authentic Cuban dinner. Poker, a silent auction, a cigar and high spirits bar and more are available for purchase or donation. The March Madness game will be broadcast during this event. Proceeds will benefit people with disabilities in East Tennessee.

Tickets are $25 and available at http://www.ettac.org/calendarevents/anightinoldhavana.html or contact Shaynie Gray at sgray@ettac.org
The Lighthouse Knoxville, 6800 Baum Dr, Knoxville, TN 37919

World Rocks Against Dementia - Knoxville is coming together and will be an amazing concert! Please make plans to come to the Square Room at Cafe 4 on March 19 from 3pm to 5pm and enjoy the wonderful performances by The Blair Experience, Cameron Sutphin and Clyde Fulmer! Special appearance by Emily Roberts from The Voice. Admission is free to this family friendly event!
March 19, 2016, The Square Room, 4 Market Square
Location: 4 Market Square, Cafe 4, TN
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Price: FREE

Marble Springs State Historic Site will host a photography workshop on March 19th at 11am. This workshop will be taught by Doug Mills, videographer for the award winning Heartland Series. At this workshop guests will be taking pictures of the scenic historic site while developing some basic photography techniques as well as their own artistic vision.
This workshop will start off with a lecture where guests will learn about seeing through a camera and to talk about what each person wants out of their photos. Following the lecture guests will be led to the historic site to practice what they have learned. Guests should bring either a camera or, at the very least, a phone that takes pictures. A tripod is an excellent addition to bring but is not required. Participants will be encouraged to submit their photographs for a photo contest where the winning entry will receive a one year membership to Marble Springs. Space is limited to 20 participants so please remember to register early. Join us in learning how to create better photos of your everyday moments.

Cost is $20 per person with all proceeds going towards educational programing at Marble Springs. For more information or to register please call 865-573-5508 or email info@marblesprings.net.
This event will take place March 19, 11:00AM, at the Marble Springs State Historic Site:
1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway
Knoxville, TN, 37920.

Youth are invited to come and learn about women in jazz like the Sweethearts of Rhythm of the 1940's and others. They will participate in jazz music learning activities led by Knoxville Girls Rock Camp and founder of the 5th Women, Rhea Carmon. Singers are invited to attend jazz music masterclasses with Christina Watson and other local musicians.

Free to attend! For a complete schedule of Women in Jazz Jam Festival, go to www.womeninjazzjamfestival.com

At the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: Kelle Jolly, womeninjazzjamfestival@gmail.com, 865-622-7174

Run to benefit the East Tennessee Kidney Foundation on Saturday, March 19th, 2016. The Lucky Kidney Run & Irish Festival is in Market Square in downtown Knoxville and runs from 10am until 3pm.

The 2016 Lucky Kidney Run will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Market Square. The 6k course is an out-and-back down Gay Street to the Historic 4th & Gill neighborhood. The 2K course is a similar out-and-back down Gay Street. An awards ceremony will follow.

The Irish Festival will open at 10am and run until 3pm. The Irish Festival is an additional event this year that we've added for some extra St. Patrick's Day fun that is appropriate for the entire family! We will have festive music, food, inflatable bouce houses, slides, and an obstacle course, carousel for the little ones, face painting, games and activities, vendors and other fun family activities. Tickets will be on sale at the festival for children's activities and food/snacks; all sales are cash only. Tickets are $1 each; games, activities, etc. will be available for 1 ticket, 2 tickets or 3 tickets, depending on the attraction. You may also prepurchase tickets during online registration and pick them up during the Lucky Kidney Run packet pick-up. No need to worry about finding a sitter; bring the entire family to enjoy a beautiful morning together while helping your community.

For information and registration visit:
https://runsignup.com/Race/TN/Knoxville/LuckyKidneyRun.

In recognition of Arbor Day, Marble Springs will be having an Arbor Day celebration! The arboretum will be open for self-guided tours throughout the event as well as guided tours happening on the hour. Stock Creek Task Force Education Committee will also be present with children’s activities and information on water quality in our community. This event is free. Donations are appreciated with all proceeds going towards educational programming at Marble Springs.

Info: 865-573-5508, 1220 West Gov. John Sevier Highway Knoxville, TN 37920. www.marblesprings.net

By Reginald Rose. Nicci Grigsby will direct the production.

A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it is, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry jurors as they reach the final verdict.

Performances will be at the Clayton Center for the Arts, in Maryville, TN. Foothills Community Players: 865-712-6428, www.foothillscommunityplayers.com

Ella Fitzgerald said, "The only thing better than singing is more singing." There will be plenty of singing at Knoxville's first Women in Jazz Jazz Festival (WJJF) from March 18-20. Festival organizer Kelle Jolly says, "March is Women's History Month and it's about time there was a festival honoring women in jazz." Jolly has assembled a variety of concerts and activities that will take place in downtown Knoxville and at the Red Piano Lounge in Bearden. Festival t-shirts designed by Hawa Ware and Visit Knoxville will be available for sale.

The festival kicks off on Friday, March 18, with two shows by the Women in Jazz Jam Festival Band. The WJJF Band will join Kelle Jolly at noon on the WDVX Blue Plate Special in the Visit Knoxville building. At 6:00 p.m., the ladies are performing at the Knoxville Museum of Art's "Alive After Five." Ukesphere, a local ukulele club, will also perform. Admission for the evening show is $10 for adults, $5 for students and children under 17 are free.

The WJJF Workshops & Market will held on Saturday, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., at The Emporium building downtown. The event will include performances by youth jazz musicians, workshops for children facilitated by Knoxville Girls Rock Camp and award-winning poet Rhea Carmon, a presentation by Tennessee Archives of Moving Image and Sound on Knoxville jazz & blues women composers and a vision board workshop. Women and girl led businesses will be set up to sell in the upstairs gallery. Admission is free.

Enjoy an early show on Saturday evening at Scruffy City Hall on Market Square. From 5:30-9:00 p.m., savor the sounds of Kelle Jolly and Will Boyd www.kellejolly.com (5:30pm), Nashville's Christina Watsonwww.christinawatson.com (6:30pm), and Venus (the all girl band) (7:30pm)www.venustheband.com from Atlanta. Advance tickets are $15 or $20 at the door. www.knoxtix.com

Sunday afternoon's headliner, The Dara Tucker Band www.daratucker.com, will be performing at 3 p.m. at Red Piano Lounge. Advance tickets are $10 or $15 at the door. knoxtix.com

For more information, contact festival organizer, Kelle Jolly (865) 622-7174, womeninjazzjamfestival@gmail.com, or www.womeninjazzjamfestival.com.

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting works by Nelson Ziegler – Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage “Artist of the Year.” The Pilgrimage is a five-day event, April 19-23, hosted by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The event offers 144 professionally guided walks and presentations held in the Park and Mills Conference Center in Gatlinburg. The exhibit showcases Ziegler's oil paintings depicting landscapes and familiar locations within the Great Smoky Mountains and wood turned vessels. Nelson’s work is on view March 16 – April 24, 2016 in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery at Arrowmont. The closing reception is Wednesday, April 20th, 5:30 – 7 pm, during the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage. Admission is free and the community is encouraged to attend with their friends and family. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 4pm.

Nelson Ziegler is a graduate of The Art Institute of Boston and Northwestern Academy of Watercolor. He has won several awards for painting and woodturning, regionally and nationally including the Gold Medal for watercolor at the American Artists Professional League and Honorable Mention in The Artist’s Magazine annual competition. Nelson’s work has been featured in numerous juried exhibitions in New York including Allied Artists, Salmagundi Club, Knickerbocker Artists, National Arts Club, Hudson Valley Arts Association, Adirondack National Watercolor Exhibition, Faces of America and Academic Artists Association. Other exhibitions include Springfield Arts League, Springfield, MA, Guild of Boston Artists, Copley Society, Boston, MA and North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA. For more information about Nelson and his work, visit www.nelsonzieglerstudio.com.

Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738. Information: 865-436-5860, www.arrowmont.org

Free admission. These two staged readings will also be followed by a discussion session with the actors, audience, director and playwrights.

The Third Proposal by Dennis Duff (Sevierville, TN) – Struggling against his feelings for neighbor Anna Wagner, Helmut can only watch as his two brothers vie for her hand, then fall as victims of WWII.
3/12/16 2:00 pm at Theatre Knoxville Downtown

The Nearly Final Almost Posthumous Play of the Not-Quite-Dead Sutton McAllister by Kris Bauske (Ocoee, FL) – When world-renown playwright Sutton McAllister suffers a major stroke and nearly dies, his plastic surgery-addicted niece leads the mad hunt to find his final script.
3/19/16 2:00 pm at Theatre Knoxville Downtown

The New Play Festival presents un-published, un-produced plays for their worldwide premiere. Tennessee Stage Company accepts new play submissions throughout the year from all over the United States. In October, the company selects which plays it will produce from the submitted works. Info: 865-546-4280 or www.tennesseestage.com

The Town of Farragut Arts Council presents artist Marianne Gansley as the featured artist for March. Located at the Farragut Town Hall, the exhibit highlights jewelry made with a variety of vintage items such as buttons, clock parts, typewriter keys and other vintage pieces.

Gansley began making jewelry 11 years ago after inheriting her French grandmother's button collection. After playing around with these antique pieces, she decided to give them new life by creating wearable art. Her inspiration for these upcycled pieces came from the earth-friendly lifestyle that she has been accustomed to living. Gansley soon found that she could incorporate other vintage objects into different types of jewelry. Gansley's latest work can be viewed on her Facebook page at facebook.com/littlesunshinejewelry.

Each month, the work of an artist or group of artists is featured in specially designed cases on the second floor of the rotunda in the Farragut Town Hall. For more information about this exhibit or to access a Featured Artist of the Month application, please contact Lauren Cox at lcox@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057 or visit www.townoffarragut.org/artsandculture.

The Farragut Town Hall is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at 11408 Municipal Center Drive directly across from the Farragut Branch Post Office.

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center will hold its Spring Porch Sale starting on Thursday, March 10, and running for about two weeks. The sale features outdated stock, seconds, student crafts and unjuried work. It’s an excellent time to get great deals! There will also be homemade baked goods for sale.

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center is a nonprofit center that has been fulfilling its mission by promoting traditional artists and crafts in the East Tennessee area for over 40 years. The center is located at 2716 Andersonville Highway 61 in Norris, Tenn., one mile east of I-75 north at Exit 122. For more information, call 865-494-9854, or visit www.appalachianarts.net.