On the Horizon: Entertainment through April 3

From Staff Reports

Courtesy of Devious Planet

When we interviewed former K’s Choice singer Sarah Bettens last September, she spoke freely of being a solo artist and coming out as a lesbian. Today, she’s come full circle. She’s preparing for the release of her second solo album, “Shine,” and is ready to join her brother Gert in the studio for another stab at K’s Choice. She’s found a loving partnership and is the mother to two children in Johnson City. She’s at peace, in a way that she’s never been before. “I kind of feel like every time I make a record, I grow a little bit and get a little bit closer to who I really am and the music I want to really make,” she said. “I keep narrowing it down, and I hope I have that feeling until the end of days and I’m sick of making records and don’t want to do it anymore.”See her out at 9 p.m. at World Grotto in Knoxville; admission is $12.

New movies, music, books and entertainment over the next two weeks:

— Today: New movies opening — “Drillbit Taylor,” “Shutter,” “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns”

— Today: Jenna and the Joneses at 5:30 p.m. at “Alive After Five” at the Knoxville Museum of Art in downtown Knoxville. $8.

— Tonight: Sarah Bettens at 10 p.m. at World Grotto in downtown Knoxville. $12.

— Saturday: The Carawan Family with Steve Horton, Danny Gammon and George Reynolds at 8 p.m. at The Laurel Theater in Knoxville’s Fort Sanders neighborhood. $12.

— Sunday: Pere Ubu with It Is a Code at 10 p.m. at The Pilot Light in Knoxville’s Old City. $15.

— Monday: EOTO with Michael Kang at 10 p.m. at World Grotto in downtown Knoxville. $15.

— Monday: On TV — “CSI: Miami” season resumes (10 p.m. on CBS)

— Tuesday: New in hardback — “Blue-Eyed Devil,” by Lisa Kleypas; “Compulsion,” by Jonathan Kellerman; “Our Story Begins,” by Tobias Wolff; “Buckingham Palace Gardens,” by Anne Perry; “Hollywood Crows,” by Joseph Wambaugh; “Genghis: Lords of the Bow,” by Conn Iggulden

— Tuesday: New on CD — Bryan Adams, “11”; The B-52s, “Funplex”; Justin Townes Earle, “The Good Life”; Counting Crows, “Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings”; Panic! At the Disco, “Pretty. Odd.”; Pennywise, “Reason to Believe”; Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, “Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass”; Morrissey, “Greatest Hits”; The Cardigans, “Best of The Cardigans”; Plants and Animals, “Parc Avenue”

— Tuesday: New on DVD — “Wristcutters: A Love Story,” “The Kite Runner”

— Tuesday: On TV — “Reaper” series premiere (9 p.m. on The CW)

— Tuesday: Red Stick Ramblers with Christabel and the Jons at 8 p.m. at Preservation Pub in downtown Knoxville. $10.

— Wednesday: Cherryholmes at 7:30 p.m. at the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville. $25 ($20 for students and children).

— Wednesday: John Cowan Band at 8 p.m. at Time Warp Tea Room in Knoxville (on Central Avenue). $10.

— Wednesday: N*E*R*D with Chester French and DJ Slink at 9 p.m. at The Valarium in Knoxville’s Warehouse District. $22.50 advance/$25 at the door. All-ages.

— Thursday: Bill Sheffield dinner and show at 6:30 p.m. at Brackins Blues Bar in downtown Maryville. $20 ($5 for admission to show only).

— Thursday and March 28: Knoxville Symphony Masterworks Series concert: “Lukas, Lucas and Wolfgang” at 8 p.m. (both nights) at The Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville. $20.50-$79.50.

— 28: New movies opening — “21,” “Stop-Loss,” “Superhero Movie”

— 28: Phillip LeJeune at 5:30 p.m. at “Alive After Five” at the Knoxville Museum of Art in downtown Knoxville. $8.

— 28: The Breakfast Club at 9 p.m. at The Valarium in Knoxville’s Warehouse District. $10.

— 29: The Appalachian Ballet Company presents “Giselle Act II" and performances with other guests, including RobinElla, at 2 and 8 p.m. at The Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville. $22 advance/$25 at the door.

— 29: Benton Flippen at 8 p.m. at The Laurel Theater in Knoxville’s Fort Sanders neighborhood. $12.

— 29: B.B. King at 8 p.m. at The Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville. $76.50, $86.50, $251.50.

— 29: Alvin Jett and the Phat Noiz Blues Band at 9 p.m. at Brackins Blues Bar in downtown Maryville. $8.

— 29: Corey Smith with Sam Thacker at 9 p.m. at The Valarium in Knoxville’s Warehouse District. $15 advance/$18 at the door.

— 29: Li’l Dave Thompson at 9:30 p.m. at Broker Banquet Hall in East Knoxville. $15 advance/$20 at the door.

— 30: The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: “Let’s Tell a Story!” at 2 p.m. at The Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville. $12 and $15.

— 30: Red with Cinder Road and Copper at 8 p.m. at The Valarium in Knoxville’s Warehouse District. $10.

— 30: On TV — “Cold Case” season resumes (9 p.m. on CBS)

— April 1: New in hardback — “April 4, 1968,” by Michael Eric Dyson; “Armageddon in Retrospect,” by Kurt Vonnegut; “A Remarkable Mother,” by Jimmy Carter; “Belong to Me,” by Marisa De los Santos; “The Cat Who Smelled Smoke,” by Lilian Jackson Braun; “Wild Nights!,” by Joyce Carol Oates; “Unaccustomed Earth,” by Jhumpa Lahiri

— April 1: New on CD — Anti-Flag, “The Bright Lights of America”; Black Francis, “Svn Fngrs” EP; Dave Barnes, “Me + You + The World”; The Black Keys, “Attack and Release”; Josh Gracin, “We Weren’t Crazy”; Hawk Nelson, “Hawk Nelson Is My Friend”; Kathy Mattea, “Coal”; Van Morrison, “Keep It Simple”; R.E.M., “Accelerate”; Sevendust, “Chapter VII: Hope and Sorrow”; George Strait, “Troubadour”; Theory of a Deadman, “Scars and Souvenirs”; Dionne Warwick, “Why We Sing”; Victor Wooten, “Palmystery”; The Wood Brothers, “Loaded”; Moby, “Last Night”; Dino-5, “Baby Love Hip-Hop Presents Dino-5”

— April 1: New on DVD — “The Good Night,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks”

— April 1: “Seussical the Musical,” presented by the Knox County Public Library, at 7 p.m. at The Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville. $20 adults/$15 for children.

— April 1: On TV — “Hell’s Kitchen” season premiere (9 p.m. on Fox)

— April 2: On TV — “Criminal Minds” season resumes (9 p.m. on CBS); “CSI: NY” season resumes (10 p.m. on CBS)

— April 3: On TV — “My Name Is Earl” season resumes (8 p.m. on NBC); “Supernatural” season resumes (9 p.m. on The CW); “CSI” season resumes (9 p.m. on CBS); “Without a Trace” season resumes (10 p.m. on CBS)

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