Back to listings   The Big Ticket Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Skeleton Key Sleepytime's web site says they play homemade instruments and industrial waste percussion. Really, what more do you need to know? Thursday, Jan. 2, 9 p.m. Pilot Light. 18+. $5. Velvet with DJ Bone and Arkady Alternative dance music sponsored by Knoxgothic.com. Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 p.m. Blue Cats. $5. Solid Earth Collective with Satoshi and the Fluid Engineers Hip hop grooves on. Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 p.m. Pilot Light. 18+. $5 The Art of Elliott Daingerfield Your last few days to view the "Victorian Visionary's" show. Thru Jan. 5. Knoxville Museum of Art. $5, 17 and under free. Devendra Banhart with Entrance Young God recording artists. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m. Pilot Light. 18+. $5. The Lion in Winter Katherine Hepburn won an Oscar in the film version of this vicious play on family politics. Jan. 10-12, Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2:30 p.m. Walters State Community College, Inman Humanities Complex. $8, $5 students & seniors. Call 585-6824 for more info. Big Bill Morganfield Kick off the 2003 season of "Blues on Broadway" with the son of Muddy Waters. Friday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m. Palace Theater, Maryville. $12, $15 at the door. Contact [email protected] or 983-3330 for ticket info. The Jodie Manross Band with the Mitch Rutman Group Fiery vocalist backed by eclectic instrumentation; mixture of jazz, Latin, and more for openers. Friday, Jan. 10, 9 p.m. Blue Cats. $5. Greater Tuna Two men play 20 men, women, kids, and pets of Tuna, Texas. Jan. 10-26. Theatre Central's new location at 319 N. Gay St. (936-2291)

Medieval Twelfth Night Festival Just not quite ready to let go the Christmas spirit yet? Then mark the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas by attending a medieval twelfth night festival, which is observed Jan. 5 and celebrates the arrival of the Three Kings at the birthplace of Christ. (Quick trivia question: What were the names of the Three Kings?) The festival includes readings and carols and features a concert by former Halls High School madrigal singers and the Messiah Lutheran Church choir. (Trivia answer: The Three Kings, also known as the Wise Men or the Magi, were: Caspar, King of Tarsus, the Land of Myrrh; Melchior, King of Arabia, the Land of Gold; and Balthasar, King of Saba, the land of Frankincense.) (Scott McNutt) TWELFTH NIGHT FESTIVAL * SUNDAY, JAN. 5 * 7 P.M. * MESSIAH LUTHERAN CHURCH, 6900 KINGSTON PIKE * FREE * 588-9753 FOR MORE INFO KMA Director's Talk and Reception Getcher Sunday best on, come out to the Knoxville Museum of Art, meet its new director, Todd D. Smith, mingle with other art connoisseurs, and then hear Smith's lecture on "Elliott Daingerfield and American Art at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." (You might even see the Metro Pulse publisher there.) Daingerfield is considered one of the South's most important artists, especially known for his symbolist imagery, a style that blended mysticism and realism. Smith, on the other hand, has been president of The Plains Art Museum in Fargo, N.D., curator of American Art at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, N.C., and curator of American and Decorative Arts at the Dayton Art Institute in Ohio. Come on out and decide whether he knows his stuff. (Scott McNutt) KMA DIRECTOR'S TALK AND RECEPTION * FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 * RECEPTION 5 P.M., LECTURE 6 P.M. * KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART * FREE * 525-6101 FOR INFO Born With a Tail, Fifth Year Senior and Huffstetler Early January tends to be a dry time for shows as bands, music lovers, club owners and drunks try to recover from the holidays and muster some strength to make it through winter. So frankly, there are not a lot of big shows going on this week. But, that doesn't mean nothing is happening. This show at Old City Java is one that could be a sleeper. Born With A Tail dips its toe into both math rock and hardcore but never really jumps all the way into either genre. Fronted by brothers Jared and Justin Brown, this four-piece creates fiercely guitar driven rock, with lines that are at turns elegant and chaotic. Their second full-length, The Gravest Suspicion, is full of piss and vinegar and this show might be the perfect way to curse off another cruel January. (Joe Tarr) BORN WITH A TAIL WITH FIFTH YEAR SENIOR AND HUFFSTETLER * SATURDAY, JAN. 4, 7 P.M. * OLD CITY JAVA * $5