by design | Apr 10, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee’s upcoming tourism news is consolidated for your convenience below. For a complete list of Tennessee events, visit tnvacation.com/calendar. Ongoing Knoxville – Visual and performing arts, outdoor adventures and vendors celebrate spring during the Dogwood...
by design | Apr 10, 2016 | The Daily Focus
By Lt. Javan Rasnake Director, Knoxville Navy Week After seven years, Knoxville will again host a Navy Week celebration from April 11-17th. Navy Week recognizes the sailors who serve our country and the communities that support them. Through a series of events...
by design | Apr 10, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Join Master Gardener Marsha Lehman for a hands-on class on how to direct sow summer vegetable seeds and properly transplant your purchased plants. Learn tips on harvesting and maintaining your summer garden. This free public event is scheduled on Saturday, April 23,...
by design | Apr 10, 2016 | The Daily Focus
If you’ve never known that there are a variety of flutes (in unique sizes and sounds), then you’re in for a treat when you hear the Grace Notes Flute Ensemble whose instruments include the concert flute, alto flute, bass flute and contra bass flute. Add in the piccolo...
by design | Apr 9, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Dine Out for Education is perhaps the easiest—and most delicious—way to support education. The Knox County Schools’ 13th annual Dine Out for Education will take place on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Approximately 40 area restaurants with almost 70 locations (the...
by design | Apr 9, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The Helen Ross McNabb Center invites the community to Ready, Set, Unite! and walk for child abuse prevention on Tuesday, April 12. Who: Helen Ross McNabb Center What: Ready, Set, Unite! Child Abuse Prevention Walk. Attendees will take a short walk around Market...
by design | Apr 9, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Scott Mingus, author of 17 Civil War books, and his biography of confederate General William “Extra Billy” Smith, will lecture on “The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign.” Scott Mingus, who had a number of articles in the Gettysburg Magazine and has written...
by design | Apr 9, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has proclaimed April 9-17 as Tennessee State Natural Areas Spring Celebration Week. Guests are invited to attend any of the 30 naturalist-led activities of these ecologically significant areas. “April is a great time of year to...
by design | Apr 8, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Jim and the Woodenstars will present a ventriloquist’s show for children when the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge hosts a Celebration of the Young Child from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 16. Jim Bryson’s ventriloquist’s act, at 11:45 a.m., will headline a host of...
by design | Apr 8, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Over a five-year period, World War I ravaged Europe, the Middle East and parts of north Africa, overturning governments and costing millions of lives. The United States joined the battle in 1917, eventually mobilizing more than 4 million soldiers and countless...
