Calendar of Events

Darkhorse Entertainment, LLC invites you to go back in time and get medieval at the third annual Tennessee Medieval Faire. The festival is located in Harriman near I-40 just 30 miles west of Turkey Creek. This rugged outdoor festival will come to life on May 13 and run the last three weekends in May, including Memorial Day.

“Our Medieval Faire is a theatrical interpretation of an Irish-Scottish-British festival set in the early Middle Ages (circa 501). Many in East Tennessee are of Scots-Irish heritage. If you go up the family tree, you get kings and queens,” said Barrie Paulson, VP-Manager and Entertainment Director. The festival will include continuous professional family-friendly entertainment. In the tournament arena will be The Royal Joust and Warriors’ Chess, where the British, led by King Arthur of Camelot, and the Gauls (French) will compete in serious sport. Throughout the village, entertainment will include trick and comedy shows, puppets and fairytales, music and dance; plus interactive costumed street characters. In addition, numerous vendors will be selling medieval crafts, food and beverages including beer.

The 2017 Tennessee Medieval Faire will run for seven show days on May 13-14, 20-21, 27-28-29. Hours are 10am-5pm EST. Tickets may be purchased at the gate with cash or credit card. Prices are $17 for ages 13 and up, $9 for ages 5 to 12, free for ages 4 and under. Free parking is included. The permanent festival site is located at 550 Fiske Road, Harriman, TN. For more information, please visit www.TMFaire.com, sign up for their newsletter, like them on Facebook, email TMFaire@comcast.net or call 865-248-8414.

With a perfect mix of virtuoso musicianship and rock star vocals, The HillBenders bring Pete Townshend’s original vision to life in a new and exciting way. It’s amazing to hear banjo, dobro, mandolin, bass, and guitar bring the same energy and vision to Tommy as The Who did with a full rock band and orchestra.

Clayton Center for the Arts: 502 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804. Information/tickets: 865-981-8590, www.ClaytonArtsCenter.com

Join the Knoxville Guitar Society for its May Benefit Concert. Andy LeGrand will premiere songs from his new guitar CD. The Knoxville Youth Guitar Ensemble, under the direction of Michelle Quimby, will entertain us "House of the Rising Sun" and other great songs. Chris Lee directs both the Knox Music Studios Adult Guitar Ensemble and the Knox Music Studios Youth Guitar Ensemble. Several students of Larry Long will also perform.

Tickets: $10 general admission for adults/students free. At Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, 425 North Cedar Bluff Road, Knoxville, TN 37923. Information: http://knoxvilleguitar.org/

MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND WITH LEANNE MORGAN

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Come join the fun! A donation of $5-$10 is suggested at the entrance. Live music and entertainment all day on three stages; food vendors; Vestal history booth; building tours beginning at 12 noon; children's activities; local skilled crafters.

Special brunch at 10:30 AM for mothers!

Candoro Arts & Heritage Center, 4450 Candora Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-577-0078, www.candoromarble.org

North Hills Garden Club hosts it’s 3rd Annual Garden Tour featuring five residential gardens located along the neighborhood’s boulevards as well as a Local Artist Show and Sale. Tour participants can enjoy live music while speaking with home owners about the plants, hardscapes and techniques used in their gardens and end the tour with a visit to the Art Show and sale. (Rain date May 20)

Advance tickets - $10, may be purchased on facebook and at the North Hills Garden Club Plant Sale on April 22nd.
Day of Event Tickets - $12, may be purchased at 3033 North Hills Blvd.

Proceeds go back into beautification of our neighborhood boulevards and park. For more information on the North Hills Garden Club, including
details on our plant sale & garden tour, visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/NorthHillsGardenClub.

The 33rd Annual Bob Watt Youth Fishing Rodeo is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Town of Farragut. Youth ages 13 and under are invited to Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road, for a morning of fishing and competing for prizes in various categories. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. and fishing takes place 9:30-11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 13. The Town will provide bait and a limited number of fishing poles. Participants are encouraged to bring their own poles. The event will be held rain or shine; however, in the case of severe inclement weather, call 966-2420 for the status of the event.

For more information: www.townoffarragut.org or contact Special Events and Program Coordinator Lauren Cox at lcox@townoffarragut.org or 218-3372.

Celebrate Celtic Orthodoxy, Celtic Heritage and the Celtic roots of East Tennessee at the St. Brendan Celtic Festival, May 13, at St. Anne Orthodox Church, 560 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge TN 37830.

The festival will run from 10:30AM to 7:00PM with church tours all day and vespers at 7:00PM. There will be food, music and dance, arts, crafts, vendors, kids activities, speakers and cletic games. Admission is free, but a $3.00 donation per person is requested.

For more information please see see www.stanneorthodoxchurch.com.

We will be painting flower pots and potting up flowers to give to mothers for Mother's Day, so please join us! The cost is $5 per child.

Blount Mansion, 200 W. Hill Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-525-2375, www.blountmansion.org

Erin Elizabeth Smith, poet, editor, publisher, teacher, shows the ingredients of great food writing that stimulates the senses, illuminates regional culture, and advances fine writing. Erin says, "Southern food has always been more than fried chicken and biscuits—it's the story of our grandmother's hands, a lyric of hardship, the rush of the first summer tomato reddening on the vine." This multi-genre workshop will focus on how Southern food culture can help to inform our stories, poetry, and memoirs. Participants will discuss ways to incorporate elements of the Southern history and mythos of our cuisine into their work. The workshop also includes a cooking demo as well as a collection of recipes from across the South to take home with you.

The public is invited to the workshop, which will will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Central United Methodist Church, 201 East Third Avenue. The cost to attend is $50 (payable at the door by cash, check, or card), 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 register or to apply for a scholarship, please contact Pamela Schoenewaldt at p.schoene@comcast.net Pre-registration is required.

Erin Elizabeth Smith teaches poetry writing, public writing, and a variety of literature and genre classes including Women in American Literature and Introduction to Poetry at the University of Tennessee. She is the author of two full-length collections, The Naming of Strays (Gold Wake 2011) and The Fear of Being Found, which will be re-released by Zoetic Press in 2016.

Smith's poetry and nonfiction have appeared in 32 Poems, Mid-American, The Yalobusha Review, New Delta Review, Florida Review, Third Coast, Crab Orchard, West Branch, and Willow Springs, among others. In 2009, she graduated with her PhD in Creative Writing from the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1999, she founded Stirring: A Literary Collection, and since then has also served as the managing editor of Sundress Publications and the Best of the Net Anthology (2006-2013). Smith currently lives in Oak Ridge, TN where she is the Creative Director for Sundress Academy for the Arts at Firefly Farms.

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 www.facebook.com/KnoxWritersGuild
Instagram @KnoxvilleWritersGuild

Preservation Network: Historic Windows 101
Historic Westwood presents the next installment of the monthly series Preservation Network, featuring Hollie Cook, Director of Education. Cook will discuss the history of windows and tips on maintaining and weatherizing historic windows. Free and open to the public.

Knox Heritage, at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-523-8008, www.knoxheritage.org

Save the date for New Midland Plaza's 42nd Annual 2017 Spring Arts and Craft Fair,
Friday, May 12th and Saturday May 13th, 2017.
The crafts fair features quality homemade arts and crafts by local and regional craftspeople.

New Midland Plaza, 232G South Calderwood Street, Alcoa, TN 37701.