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Senryu w/ the Rockwells and Joey's Loss
It'll be your loss if you sit this one out. Thursday, April 10, 10 p.m. Patrick Sullivan's. $3.
Dodd Ferrelle & The Tinfoil Stars
Americana band out of Dawg country, back for another round. Friday, April 11, 10 p.m. Manhattan's. $3.
Acoustic Syndicate
CD release party. Friday, April 11, 8 p.m. Blue Cats. $10. 18+.
Betty Dylan w/ Jerry Jemmott
Alt-country and a legendary bass player. Friday, April 11, 10 p.m. Barley's. Free.
The Rockwells
CD release party. Friday, April 11, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.
UT Jazz Big Band
Part of Alive After Five series. Friday, April 11, 5:30 p.m. KMA. $6. (525-6101 ext. 229)
Red-Headed Mary
Irish pub songs, tip a glass! Friday, April 11, 8 p.m. Laurel Theater. $7 adv, $8 day of show, $4 Children 6-12.
Romeo and Juliet
Those pesky Montagues and Capulets are at it again. April 11-26. Clarence Brown Theatre. $17-23. (974-5161)
Dogwood Arts Festival
Knoxville's longest-running festival (we think). Lots of events and activities, too many to list. Call for info 546-2213 or visit www.dogwoodarts.com.
Jag Star
Welcome popular local band back from the Middle East. See story page 17. Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. Blue Cats. $10. 18+.
The Prids w/ 7-Year Rabbit Cycle and comedian James Henry Xiu Xiu
They curse the thieves, and we do too. Saturday, April 12, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5. 18+.
Miranda Louise Band
If we could sing like that... Saturday, April 12, 9:30 p.m. Sassy Ann's. $5. 21+.
E.G. Kight
The Georgia Songbird. Part of the "Blues on Broadway" Series. Saturday, April 12, 8 p.m. The Palace Theater, Maryville.
Palm Grease
Groovy, jazzy, funky—these guys can be all things to all listeners. Saturday, April 12, 9:30 p.m. Preservation Pub. Free. 18+.
Kinski
Instrumental Seattle rock. See story. Tuesday, April 15, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.
Garrin Benfield
Moody melodies set to a masterful guitar. Wednesday, April 16, 8:30 p.m. Patrick Sullivan's.
Rickie Simpkins, Wyatt Rice & Friends
Wyatt is Tony's brother, so count on some darn good bluegrass. Wednesday, April 16, 9 p.m. Barley's. $2.
Adam Marsland, Tim Lee, and Greg Horne
Acoustic tunes. Thursday, April 17, 9 p.m. Manhattan's. $3. 18+.
Secession Movement
Smorgasbord of influences in indie-rock package. Thursday, April 17, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.
Hot Action Cop w/Skinny Little White Girl and Scull Soup
Intense rockers w/groovy opening act. Friday, April 18, 8 p.m. Blue Cats. $5.
Streamliners Big Band w/ Paige Wroble
15 pieces of big band fever. Friday, April 18, 10 p.m. (Swing dance lessons at 9:30pm). Fairbanks. $6.
Haggus
Tenth anniversary celebration. Friday, April 18, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.
Guy, Candi, and Evan Carawan
Old-time, tropical, and Celtic tunes. Saturday, April 19, 8 p.m. Laurel Theater. $8.
Pink Sexies w/ Subteens and Dai Kailu
Performance art punk. Saturday, April 19, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.
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Rossini Festival
If you missed the Rossini Festival Street Fair last year, you missed the best street party we've seen in many years. Our vita was about as dolce as it gets. And once again, America's only Rossini festival will mix a wide variety of Mediterranean food (heavy on the Italian side), wine, and both practical and impractical arts. Just so other ethnic groups don't feel left out, there will be a Turkish tent and a Celtic tent, with bellydancing in one or both. And, of course, there will be music: barbershop from the Barbershoppers of Seville: jazz, choral, chamber, pretty much everything you can imagine with the conspicuous exception of the ordinary. A guest of honor will be Italian diplomat Nicola De Santis.
For folks enjoying la dolce vita on Gay Street, it may be pretty easy to forget that inside the Bijou will be our only good excuse to have this much fun, two performances of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, the first preceded by a lecture on "the Exoticism of Rossini" by Professor Nasser At-Taee. If it sells out, as the Bijou show did last year, you may find it fairly easy to assuage your disappointment outside. (Performances of Rossini's The Italian Girl In Algiers will take place at the Tennessee on Friday night and Sunday afternoon.) (Jack Neely)
ROSSINI FESTIVAL STREET FAIR * SATURDAY, APRIL 12 * 11 A.M.-8 P.M. (SEE CALENDAR FOR OPERA SCHEDULES) * GAY STREET (NEAR MAIN) * FREE
Drive-by Truckers
With their last album, Southern Rock Opera, The Drive-by Truckers referenced an influence that a lot of people in the alt-country crowd were too hip to admit—'70s Southern Rock. But those hardrock gods inspired many awkward kids to pick up guitars. An ostensible tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd and the late lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, the album was more about growing up in the '70s and the hardrock bands that provided the soundtrack for much of white America. I grew up in the Northeast but Lynyrd Skynyrd was about the first rock group I ever listened to closely. When I hear Patterson Hood sing about dropping acid at a Blue Oyster Cult concert when he was 14, "I'd like to say, 'I'm sorry,' but we lived to tell about it/ And we lived to do a whole lot more crazy, stupid, shit," I can't help but think of all the crazy and stupid shit I did growing up, and all the kids who weren't so lucky to make it through that period. Hood isn't celebrating the drugs, but he also recognizes that those teenage highs and drunks sometimes felt pretty damn good. Thankfully most of us live to tell the story and enjoy life. Expect a lot of songs off of DBT's forthcoming Decoration Day, which "examines the choices people make (good and bad) and their repercussions." (Joe Tarr)
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS WITH JOHN EDDIE * THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 9 P.M. * BLUE CATS * $10
Foothills Craft Guild Spring Show
Handmade stuff is just cool. Sure, you may have to plow through a boatload of kitschy crap before you find the crafted objects that are the jelly in your donut, but the journey frequently makes the destination that much more memorable. While every single thing at the Foothills show doesn't make my eyes light up like a toddler at Christmas, I still find something to cherish at each and every event. Handcrafted work is unique; it is heartfelt; it is personal. It's just cool. (Adrienne Martini)
FOOTHILLS CRAFT GUILD SPRING SHOW * FRIDAY, APRIL 11 THRU SUNDAY, APRIL 13 * FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 10 A.M.-6 P.M.; SUNDAY 10 A.M.-5 P.M. * JACOB BUILDING, CHILHOWEE PARK * $5/ $4 FOR STUDENTS AND SENIORS * 482-9065
Valleyfest Film Festival
Knoxville's very own spunky little film-a-thon, Valleyfest, is in its fifth year and just keeps getting better. In addition to a plethora of documentaries and experimental, short, and animated films, Valleyfest will be presenting at least 20 films by and about minorities this year. These films include Untouchables vs. Aryans... about the caste system in India, the Samoan/New Zealand search for identity titled Who Am I, and Apsara, which was shot in Cambodia. Also scheduled is a film block titled "Issues in Black and White," which includes films that deal with African-American and white relationships in America.
And they have some great Star Wars spoofs, too.
There'll be plenty more of everything of course: downtown pub crawl Thursday night, mixer Friday evening, workshops all day Saturday, an awards ceremony Sunday night, and many filmmakers will be in attendance at the festival to participate in several Q&A sessions. Oh yes, and beer will be sold at the theater. How many events allow you to show off your sophistication, urbanity, and beer burp prowess at the same time? (Scott McNutt)
VALLEYFEST * FORMER TERRACE TAPHOUSE, 315 MOHICAN DR., HOMBERG PLACE * THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1 P.M.-12:30 P.M., FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 11-12, 10 A.M.-MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 10 A.M.-3 P.M. * DAY PASSES $15, FEATURE FILM OR MOVIE BLOCK TICKETS $6 * FOR INFORMATION ON SPECIAL EVENTS, CALL 577-9941 OR E-MAIL [email protected]
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