Contact: Suzanne Cada
PO Box 2506
Knoxville, TN 37901
(865) 523-7543
sc@knoxalliance.com
www.knoxalliance.com
The Arts & Culture Alliance Announces Penny Performances
(08/13/2010/Knoxville) – The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville in cooperation with the local arts community is proud to announce Penny Performances, a new program developed to meet the local arts community’s long-term goal of serving and educating East Tennessee's children. Penny Performances provide every child in Knox County, including home-schooled and private-schooled students, an opportunity to attend local arts and culture events/activities by more than 28 organizations at the maximum cost of ONE PENNY when accompanied by an adult during the 2010/2011 academic school year. Concerts, plays, dance performances, historic home tours, fairs, museums, festivals, arts workshops, radio broadcasts, movies, and more are part of Penny Performances. Organizations whose admission is regularly free are offering special programs or gifts for attending Knox County students. Notices announcing this program will be given to every Knox County public school child with their First Day Packets.
A schedule of participating performances is listed on the Penny Performances web site at www.Penny4arts.com.
Families may register on this site to receive weekly e-mail reminders about participating events. Most participating performances will allow one paying adult to bring up to three students for one penny each. Proof of Knox County residency (driver's license) will be required for each adult accompanying children ages 5-15. Students ages 16-18, not accompanied by an adult, must show proof of Knox County Residency and if in a group, at least one in the group of up to four Knox County students ages 16-18 must purchase a regular adult admission/ticket (if applicable) for the group to be able to participate in Penny Performances. Each participating organization’s specific guidelines are also listed on the Penny Performances web site.
The following organizations are participating in Penny Performances: Bijou Theatre, Blount Mansion, Carpetbag Theatre, Circle Modern Dance, Clarence Brown Theatre, Dogwood Arts Festival, East Tennessee Historical Society, Fountain City Art Center, Frank M. McClung Museum, HoLa Hora Latina, James White’s Fort, Joy of Music Youth Music School, Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum, Knoxville Choral Society, Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Opera, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Knoxville Zoo, Mabry-Hazen House, Marble Springs State Historic Site, Ramsey House Plantation, Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble, Tennessee Stage Company, Tennessee Valley Fair, WDVX and The WordPlayers.
For more information, please visit www.penny4arts.com, or contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or info@knoxalliance.com.
About the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions. The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission. www.arts.state.tn.us
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