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Friday, Nov. 20

DEL MCCOURY BAND

There's no act that embodies the spirit of bluegrass more than the Del McCoury Band. The group, which includes high-lonesome-voiced patriarch Del McCoury and his sons Ronnie and Robbie McCoury can both handle the hardcore traditional bluegrass and the progressive stuff. Knoxville's own Van Eaton (who authored some Del McCoury Band favorites) will open the show. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $26.50, available at Tickets Unlimited outlets and at 865-656-4444.

Saturday, Nov. 21

BEATEN AWAKE

How could you pass up a show by a rock band called Beaten Awake? The Ohio-based act is made up of music veterans, and the group has acted as the backing band for cult/outsider rocker Daniel Johnston. The band will perform at 10 p.m. Saturday with Gamenight and Self-Evident. Admission is $5.

LIKE A HURRICANE

Blues guitarist Roger "Hurricane" Wilson has been lauded by everyone from Les Paul ("He can really play some blues") to Hubert Sumlin ("That boy knows what he's doing"). He'll stop at Brackin's Blues Club, 112 E. Broadway Ave. in Maryville, at 9 p.m. The $2 cover will go to a local food bank, so your night of good blues will help feed a family.

Sunday, Nov. 22

SO EVIL THEY CAN'T EVEN SPEL

Megadeth (as in a whole lot of death!) are just so evil you can't even force them to put an "a" in their name. Leader Dave Mustaine was once a member of Metallica, but they just were just too nice so he parted ways with 'em and called them wimps. The 'deth will be preceded by Machine Head, Suicide Silence and Arcanium at the Valarium. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $39.50 and are available at Tickets Unlimited. Call 865-656-4444.

Monday, Nov. 23

FUTURE ISLANDS

Maybe if global warming continues we'll all be living on little islands in the future. I have no idea if the bass-heavy, New-Wavish, Baltimore-based band Future Islands had that in mind when they chose their name, but the group's MySpace page (http://www.myspace.com/futureislands) is intriguing. The group will perform at 10 p.m. at Pilot Light. A band called Thank You will open. Admission is $5.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

RAINBOW KARAOKE

Karaoke at the Rainbow Club West is bound to be a lot different from your typical East Tennessee karaoke night. Karaoke begins at 10 p.m. and the club is located at 7211 Kingston Pike. Visit www.rainbowclubwest.com for more details.

Courtesy 20th Century Fox

"The Fantastic Mr. Fox"

Wednesday, Nov. 25

'FANTASTIC MR. FOX'

The new movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox" includes the vocal talents of George Clooney as Mr. Fox and Meryl Streep as Mrs. Fox and Bill Murray as Badger. Not only that, but it's written by Roald Dahl, author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Matilta," "The Witches," a stack of other children's classics, and some other really scary stories, and it's directed by Wes Anderson, who gave us "Rushmore," "The Royal Tannenbaums" and "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou." It's also created with nice old-fashioned stop-action animation. What better way for the family to spend the night before Thanksgiving? The film is rated PG for "action, smoking and slang humor."

J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE, AP

In this Nov. 24, 2003, file photograph, Stars, a turkey from Carthage, Mo., looks around the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington just before he was granted the traditional Thanksgiving season pardon by President Bush.

Thursday, Nov. 26

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Eat something good and be thankful. If you are still awake after dinner, see what's on at the movies.

The Secret City Scenic Excursion Train

Friday, Nov. 27

SECRET CITY SCENIC TRAIN

Oak Ridge isn't known as the "Atomic City" for nothing. The Secret City Scenic Train excursion takes riders through the once super-secret areas where the first atomic bomb was developed.

Thanksgiving weekend trains will depart from the Oak Ridge Heritage Center (the former K-25 facility) at 11 a.m,, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Nov. 27-28.

"Santa Trains" will run Saturdays-Sundays, Dec. 5-13.

Ticket prices are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. Group rates are available for groups of 24 or more. To reserve tickets and for more information call 865-241-2140.

Saturday, Nov. 28

MUSICAL CHASER

Two days is plenty long enough to recover from all that overeating you did on Thanksgiving. Forget the leftovers, it's time for some music. The Enigmatic Foe, Plainclothes Stacy and Knoxville's own power pop group 1220 will perform at the Preservation Pub. The show starts at 10 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

You really didn't want to see anything related to Christmas before Thanksgiving, did you? Now is a good time to check out the University of Tennessee Clarence Brown Theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol." Like the new Jim Carrey version it is presented in 3-D, only here it's real people. The matinee begins at 2 p.m. at the Clarence Brown Theatre. Tickets are $27.50, $22 for seniors, $15 for students and are available at Tickets Unlimited outlets or by phone at 865-656-4444.