The Daily Fact: From the Greek words φωνή (meaning "sound" or "voice) and γραφή (meaning "writing")
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WDVX Blue Plate Special: Kati Penn and Newtown/Jenna Paulette
Noon Friday, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.
Penn is a formidable fiddler and singer from Lexington, Paulette is a sweet-voiced songwriter from Dallas.
6 p.m. Friday, Knoxville Museum of Art. $4-$8.
Alive After Five with local soulful rocker.
8 p.m. Friday, Tennessee Theatre. $10-$83.
The KSO and Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra collaborate on a 75th anniversary program featuring Mozart, Shostakovich, and more.
8 p.m. Friday, Laurel Theater. $20.
The veteran folkie returns, with or without his hammered dulcimer.
8 and 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday. SideSplitters Comedy Club. $4-$8.
The longtime stand-up dude (he was buddies with Sam Kinison) is in the holiday spirit: Instead of cash, you can bring canned-food donations for admission.
8 p.m. Friday, the Valarium. $15-$17.
Athens, Ga., jam band. If you go to see something called Perpetual Groove, you know pretty much what you're getting.
10 p.m. Friday, Patrick Sullivan's. $5.
A reunion show for Knoxville's great power-pop quintet.
10 p.m. Friday, Preservation Pub. $5.
Payne is a beardie alt-Americana type from Birmingham. The other two are...rock bands, I guess you'd say.
7 p.m. Saturday, the Square Room. $17-$20.
Maggie Longmire presents an ambitious staging of a song cycle inspired by her family's stories.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. $15-$20.
A varied program in recognition of World AIDS Day.
8 p.m. Saturday, Bijou Theatre. $19.50.
The raunchy, freewheeling comedian is never safe and often funny.
4 p.m. Sunday, Cox Auditorium, UT campus. Free.
A few of Mozart's "Salzburg Symphonies."
Zoobombs with Burning Itch
10 p.m. Sunday, Pilot Light. $5.
Mad Japanese rockers. And don't sleep on Burning Itch's stripped-down garage punk.
ETC.
Noon Saturday, Marble Springs State Historic Site. Free.
If you've ever wanted to know how a flintlock rifle works, or what it looks and sounds like, here's your chance.
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