Back to listings   The Big Ticket 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. April 17, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5. Les Honky More Tonkies What else but honky tonk music. April 18, 10 p.m. Barley's. Free. 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. KISS Army That loveable KISS cover band is back. April 19, 10 p.m. Blue Cats. $8/$6 college ID. Pink Sexies w/ Subteens and Dai Kailu Performance art punk (we're pretty sure Hamo hates this description). Saturday, April 19, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5. Nug Jug When's the last time you had this good an excuse to hang out at the 'Branch on a Sunday night? April 20. The Longbranch. Reverend Horton Heat Rockabilly like you've never heard, guitar licks to match. See music story. April 23, 8 p.m. Blue Cats. $10 advance, $12 door. Zim Ngqawana South African jazz. April 24, 8 p.m. Preservation Pub. Free. Prophetix Atlanta's hip-hop gurus. April 24, 9 p.m. Blue Cats. $7. 18+. Lara St. John with the KSO Canadian violin phenomenon returns to Knoxville. April 25, 8 p.m. Tennessee Theatre. $16.50-$49.50. (291-3310) Philippe LeJeune French boogie-woogie piano master. Last of the Alive After Five Spring series. April 25, 5:30 p.m. KMA. Holston River Festival Features local acts Hector Qirko & Don Cassell, Maggie Longmire, Louise Mosrie, and more. April 26, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Holston River Park. Free. All ages. Rizzudo w/ the Close Instrumental indie rock. April 26, 10 p.m. Pilot Light. $5. Scott Miller Knoxville's favorite foreign son plays solo. April 26, 8 p.m. Laurel Theatre. $13 advance, $14 door.

Easter Activities around the Area It's springtime in Knoxville, when a young Knoxvillian's fancy turns to the Orange and White football game and the Dogwood Arts Festival. Beyond that, springtime also means getting out your Sunday-go-to-meetin' duds and taking in a number of Easter-themed activities, which will be happening in Knoxville and its environs. For the secularists, there's Easter Eggcitement at the K'ville Zoo, April 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at which youngsters can meet the Easter Bunny and search for eggs. There's also an Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Sharps Chapel Community Park on April 19 at noon and probably scads of others as well. Plenty of religious-themed events will be held this weekend to boot, including "33 AD," an Easter Perspective in narrative and song at New City Cafe April 18 at 8 p.m. Check the Religious section of the Meetings listings in this week's calendar for several Easter-related events at local churches. EASTER WEEKEND * FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 18-20 * CHECK CALENDAR LISTINGS IN EVENTS AND MEETINGS The Carawan Family In the early 1960s, hundreds of young idealistic people traveled to the Highlander Folk School in hopes of changing the world and fighting for Civil Rights. It was there where Guy and Candie Carawan met, fell in love and began a 40-year relationship. The two became legends in the folk movement and, like many of their contemporaries, they never abandoned their work for social justice. Guy is credited, along with Pete Seeger, for the composition "We Shall Overcome." They passed their musical love and knowledge down to their son, Evan. A hammer dulcimer virtuoso, Evan Carawan blends both Appalachian and Celtic styles. With his parents, he will celebrate the release of his latest CD, The View from Home. (Joe Tarr) THE VIEW FROM HOME CD RELEASE PARTY * THE CARAWAN FAMILY WITH EVAN, GUY AND CANDIE * SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 8 P.M. * LAUREL THEATRE * $9 ADVANCE, $10 DAY SHOW, $5 CHILDREN 6 TO 12, $8 JUBILEE MEMBERS Hot Action Cop If you've heard their grating novelty "Fever for the Flava" on rock radio, you have a pretty good idea of what world Nashville's Hot Action Cop live in. Full of horny hoochie mamas, pot smoke and dick jokes, it's a world in which a few of us may have dwelt back when we were farming our first facial hair, but it's no place we care to visit ever again. That said, H.A.C. ply their reconstituted Chili Peppers licks with sass to burn, and their spunky brand of frat-boy hip-hop is more fun than most of the leaden rap-rock out there in the wasteland of "extreme music" today. Guess it all depends on your threshold for dick jokes, chickee-chickee. (Mike Gibson) HOT ACTION COP WITH SKINNY LITTLE WHITE GIRL AND SKULL SOUP * FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 8 P.M. * BLUE CATS * $5