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Jonathan Hall & the Wicked Cohorts w/ Jodie Manross
Southern rock with soul. Thursday, Nov. 11, 10 p.m. Patrick Sullivan's. $5.

Tony Furtado
Banjo <0x2018>grass-jammer. Thursday, Nov. 11, 10 p.m. Barley<0x2019>s. $7.

Smiley & the Lovedawg w/ Melinda Sutton
Homegrown tunes in a laid-back atmosphere. Friday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m. Time Warp Tea Room. Free.

God's Favorite
The story of Job turns hilarious care of Neil Simon and Theatre Central. Opening Friday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m., continuing Fridays and Saturdays thru Dec. 11. Theatre Central. $10 general, $5 students.

Egyptian Nights Belly Dance Show
Thrilling display of music and dance. Saturday, Nov. 13, 8:30 p.m. Fairbanks. $15.

Paul Wine Jones
Delta blues guitarist. Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 p.m. Pilot Light. $5.

Red House w/ Special Guests
Don't miss the debut of Act One of the band's "Love Child." Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 p.m. Preservation Pub. Free.

Veterans Day Parade
We love a parade. Knoxville doesn’t have many of them, and most of them are evening or weekend deals. Those parades are greeted by expectant people in lawn chairs on the sidewalk, but the big office buildings are dark and empty. They’re usually a good time.
But there’s something special about Veterans Day, an old-fashioned sort of parade that arrives when it arrives, even if it’s on a busy weekday, when unsuspecting clerks are at their desks, on their phones, elbow-deep in the filing cabinet, occupied with the quotidian details of any Thursday morning, when they hear the boom-boom-boom outside and say, “What’s that?”
Like a fire drill or a big news story, the Veterans Day Parade suspends regular business. Lawyers and accountants and secretaries have license to peer out of their windows; ladies on their way to a luncheon stop on the sidewalk; construction workers ease off on their sanders or power drills and turn their heads; waiters put down their trays and, for a moment or half an hour, they watch.
It’s on Gay Street, of course. This old street has been Knoxville’s parading avenue for 150 years or so. Veterans of nearly a dozen wars have marched down this avenue. Gay Street was also chiefly where tens of thousands of Knoxvillians popped corks and shouted and danced and burned straw effigies of Hohenzollern nobility at exactly 11 a.m. on this day back in 1918. (Jack Neely)
Veterans’ Day Parade • Thursday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m. • Gay Street

Trent Dabbs
At a meeting of Singer-Songwriters Anonymous, Trent Dabbs wouldn’t feel alone as he admitted his predilection for heart-on-his-sleeve, diary-entry pop songs that swoop and swoon with complete abandon. The Jackson, Miss. native spent two years recording his debut, Quite Often, at Oxford’s Sweet Tea Studio, where producers Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse) and Clay Jones spun two handfuls of acoustic songs into a surprisingly eclectic collection. Dabbs hits on several fronts, touching on David Gray’s electro-beats, Jeff Buckley’s impassioned wail, Jump’s lush exuberance, and Damien Rice’s glorious and desperate freakout. Thoroughly produced—not to say overproduced—as they are, Dabbs’ songs remain at their core solo acoustic tunes that speak to a man’s complex condition. When it’s just him and his guitar, magic happens. Hello, Trent. You’re in good company. (Paige M. Travis)
Trent Dabbs • Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. • Patrick Sullivan’s • $5, includes admission to other Fall Crawl participants

Foothills Craft Guild Fine Arts Marketplace
For centuries, the “marketplace” was a gathering spot in the center of town for vendors and consumers to trade and sell their wares. Though the traditional meaning of the term “marketplace” has sadly been buried under the might of strip mall sprawl, its essence can still be found from time to time. This weekend, the Foothills Craft Guild, the oldest artisans’ guild in Tennessee, will hold its 38th Annual Fine Crafts Marketplace. FCG prides itself on preserving Tennessee craft tradition as well as providing contemporary craftsmanship displays. The Marketplace features a variety of demonstrations, workshops and live music to put shoppers in the holiday spirit. New displays featured this year include original purses and backpacks, stainless steel cutlery, painted feathers and ribbon embroidery. More than 135 Tennessee artisans participate in this event each year and will sell their woodwork, weaving, dolls, stained glass and metalwork, sculptures and other wares. Traditional favorites such as pottery and jewelry displays will also be showcased. This season, let the FCG knock out your holiday shopping in one fell swoop, and you’ll never have to set foot in one of those anodyne strip malls�except for you, Turkey Creek. ‘Cause if loving SuperTarget is wrong, then I don’t wanna be right. (Melissa Elkins)
Fine Crafts Marketplace • Friday, Nov. 12 & Saturday, Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Jacob Building, Chilhowee Park • $5 adults, $4 students, seniors