A mandatory training for all mentors in the mentor application process for the Amachi Program. Read Here for more info on the program.

Mike Fitzgerald and William Fillicetti

Check out Knoxville Leadership Program's new initiative, KnoxWorx. Their vision is to serve all people in our community who suffer from being unemployed or underemployed. KnoxWorx utilizes a collaborative approach to workplace development and job-skills related mentoring in the Knoxville area. This initiative utilizes a relational, Kingdom building approach to help people in our community achieve their God-given potential in life. KnoxWorx is a collaborative between Knoxville Leadership Foundation, churches, businesses and educators. They are recruiting mentors and volunteers. To read more about KnoxWorx, click here. To apply to be a mentor, click here.

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Lets pray for the swift recovery of Ron Wollard!

Check the Schedule for the Tennessee Smokies baseball team here! 

  

Rossini Festival THIS SATURDAY!!! 11am-9pm. The 12th Annual event takes place Saturday, April 27, 2013 in downtown Gay Street and Market Square.  The Rossini Festival is dedicated to celebrating the arts with a spectacular feast of dance, music and opera from the Region's best talent. The Festival drew over 100,000 people from Knox County and the surrounding region in 2012 to showcase our wealth of culture, live entertainment and education with areas for children, culinary offerings, artisan exhibits and much more. The Rossini Festival International Street Fair is offered FREE to the community each year. For more info check out the website.  

  

Don't forget about KARM's Campout!, April 26-27th Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM) presents the Second Annual "KARM Camp Out", a unique fund-raising event designed to visibly raise awareness about homelessness in the Knox area. Event participants will spend the night outside in tents or boxes to raise awareness and money for KARM. Through the collection of pledges for spending one night outside the comfort of their own home, participants will help support KARM's mission and the many life-saving programs that help the homeless.

 Efforts will raise awareness of the challenges and desperate needs of the region's homeless population. Sign up here.       

 

Travetta Johnson, Rebecca Loy, Eric Savage, Doug Banister, Erin Callahan, Megan Church, Austin Church

 Join Cancer Support Community in Celebrating the 5th annual ARTitude: Inspired Creations Celebrating Courage & Survivorship event, where local artists repurpose gently used home and garden items into one-of-a-kind INSPIRED CREATIONS! April 26, 2013 Neyland Stadium's Tennessee Terrace 1600 Philip Fulmer Way

Each specialty beer will be paired with a gastronomic delight from Central Flats and Taps and an artist creating a piece inspired by the beer's logo and story.
Artists include: Alison Oaks, Mike Berry, Sarah McFalls, Jessie Van der Laan and Ashley Addair.
Tickets are $45
*Includes beer glasses for each beer sampled (up to five!), food from Central Taps and Flats, entertainment and, a year-long membership to the Knoxville Museum of Art! 
All proceeds benefit the KMA.

Salem Church, Megan Church

Thursday Night Market Square Concert Series will begin May 2 - June 27 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. and the line-up is as follows. Free and open to the public! 

Emerald Youth Foundation will host its 20th Annual Breakfast at 7 a.m. on Friday, May 3, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 540 Clinton Highway. The event provides mainstay support to Emerald Youth, which serves about 1,350 inner city children and teens each year through Christian faith, safe relationships with adults, academic assistance, and good health. Enjoy a delicious breakfast and a program that will include music by a 50-member youth choir, testimonials from Emerald Youth participants and alumni, and a video presentation courtesy of RIVR Media. Cost is free, with an offering to be collected. For more information and to make reservations, contact Morgan Goins at 637. 3227, ext. 108, or email mgoins@emeraldyouth.org. 

 13th annual Vestival: South Knoxville's Art & Heritage Festival May 11th 11am-7pm Vestival is an annual music festival sponsored by the Candoro Arts and Cultural Center held in south Knoxville at the original office building for the Candoro Marble Company. The purpose of Vestival is to provide a diverse cultural and artistic event to the general public. Particular emphasis is placed on serving the citizens of the Vestal community, a community that was once a vibrant industrial community when the Vestal Lumber Company and the Candoro Marble Works were major industrial organizations. After these two companies closed, Vestal went into economic decline. It is part of the City of Knoxville empowerment zone due to its poverty level, unemployment rate, poor housing conditions and low educational levels. Vestal is a community with both rural and urban characteristics and celebrates its own history with the Knoxville community

 Dogwood Arts Festival is here! In 1947, New York newspaper reporter John  Gunther, came into town, checked out the area, then returned to New York and wrote "Knoxville is the ugliest city I ever saw in America... Its main street is called Gay Street; this seemed to me to be a misnomer."  Thus, in 1955, members of the Knoxville Garden Club, along with a group of concerned citizens with a vision began a civic beautification project... the Dogwood Trails. Dogwood Arts is a 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to promote and celebrate our region's arts, culture, and natural beauty. The Festival which goes through April has trails, exhibitions, art fairs and bus tours. Check out the full calendar here. 

Lily Brimer, Kate Brimer

Calling All Photographers! Knox Heritage's popular Art & Architecture Tour returns in 2013 with another contest for local photographers. The featured area this year is the University of Tennessee campus. In addition to historic buildings (>50 years old), the 2013 contest pays tribute to noted architect Bruce McCarty and includes five structures designed by McCarty. Photographers are invited to submit photos of structures on the list. Submissions that meet all requirements will be reviewed by a jury panel,and the winners' works will be the basis of the tour. 
On Friday, June 14, a reception and gallery exhibition for the winning photographers and event attendees will be held at the McClung Museum. Following the reception, a guided walking tour based on the winning photographs will be led on campus by author and historian Jack Neely. In July, winning images will be displayed at the Emporium in downtown Knoxville.
Knox Heritage will accept entries to the photography contest until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Tickets for the June 14 reception and tour will be available beginning May 1.
You can find the contest guidelines and application on our web site here:  http://www.knoxheritage.org/node/1097