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e-mail: hrec@highlandercenter.org

The Carpetbag Theatre presents...

The 5th Annual
SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW FESTIVAL

A Moveable Feast
Celebrating Community Knowledge & Expertise
Through the Arts

October 11-14, 2007
Knoxville, TN

The Carpetbag Theatre's 5th Annual Show What You Know Festival is a moveable feast celebrating community knowledge and expertise through the arts.

Participants will experience four days of community-based arts events in multiple venues throughout Greater Knoxville, including a local artist showcase; community dialogues; a popular education workshop facilitated by Highlander staff around access to land, land loss, and housing issues in Appalachia; and more!

For information about The Show What You Know Festival 2007, including dates and times, see the schedule below, or call The Carpetbag Theatre at (865) 544-0447.

SCHEDULE

Café Noir
Tribe One
2112 E. Magnolia, Knoxville, TN 37917
Thursday, October 11, 2007 (7:00 pm)

The Carpetbag Theatre presents an artist showcase for Knoxville-based visual and performing artists.

The Carpetbag Theatre will build the touring capacity of 15 local women artists through a series of critical response salons and a performance showcase presented in conjunction with the 5th Annual Show What You Know Festival.

Participants engaged in Helen Ross McNabb's Sisters of the Rainbow program for women in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse will perform a new work using digital stories and live performance. The central theme of recovery is told through fairy tales and other storytelling methods.

www.tribeone.com // www.mcnabbcenter.org

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Anu Yadav

'Capers the Play
Emporium Center for Arts & Culture
100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Thursday, October 12, 2007 (7:00 pm)

The Carpetbag Theatre presents Washington, DC-based theater artist Anu Yadav funded by National Performance Network.

Pushing past the boundaries of theater, documentary and activism, 'Capers is a one-woman show based on the stories of families at the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg public housing projects - also known as 'Capers - in southeast DC who protested the government-funded relocation and demolition of their neighborhood. Rose Oliphant, community organizer from 'Capers will be available to talk about Hope VI and its effects on this neighborhood.

www.knoxalliance.com // www.caperstheplay.com

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Community Arts & Dialogue Day
Beck Cultural Exchange Center @ Gateway
900 Volunteer Landing Lane
Knoxville, TN 37915
Saturday, October 13, 2007 (10:00 am - 3:00 pm)

The Carpetbag Theatre presents art and community dialogues around human rights, including the human right to housing.

The Education Team of the Highlander Research & Education Center will facilitate learning exchanges with through popular education exercises around access to land, land loss, and housing issues throughout Appalachia. Highlander has been working for social, economic, and environmental justice in Appalachia and the U.S. South since 1932. And there will be exciting opportunities for engaging in the artistic process with various artists.

www.discoverET.org/beckcec // www.highlandercenter.org

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Samba Ensemble
World Grotto
16 Market Square, Knoxville 37902
Sunday, October 14, 2007 (4:00 pm - 7:00 pm)

The Carpetbag Theatre presents Nashville-based samba musicians Dann Sherrill and Trio Ginga.

The World Grotto will co-host an open workshop celebrating the diversity of our community. The community will learn to play samba rhythms on instruments made of common household materials and learn about samba culture. Trio Ginga will show what they know in a live concert following the workshop.

Trio Ginga

www.worldgrotto.com // www.trioginga.com

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The mission of Carpetbag Theatre, Inc., is to give artistic voice to the underserved particularly in the communities of place, tradition, and spirit that constitute our audience. We address the issues and dreams of people who have historically been silenced by racism, classism, sexism, ageism, heterosexism and other forms of oppression. For over thirty-five years we have told stories of empowerment, celebrated African American culture, and revealed hidden stories.

The 5th Annual Show What You Know Festival is supported in part by The Tennessee Arts Commission, The National Performance Network, Cornerstone Foundation of Knoxville, East Tennessee Foundation, Grousbeck Family Foundation, and Tennessee Arts Commission, No person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, religion or sex shall be excluded from participation in or otherwise be subjected to discrimination of services, programs, and employment provided by The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc.

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