THE MOTHERSHIP FUNKS UP THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM:

As the old Mongolian proverb states, “First the big dog barks, then the

little one.” But the Atomic Dog’s bark would have really funked up the yurt

(go look it up).

No Cheese Music and AC Entertainment have banded together to top this

weekend’s bill with THE show to see. George Clinton (Dr.

Funkenstein, the Funkmeister, the Godfather and President of Funk) and

the P-Funk All-Stars will “tear the roof off the mutha-sucka” at 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 4, at the Electric Ballroom. Admission is a mere $20

in advance, $22 at the door– definitely a bargain for the promised 3 1/2

hours of funk.

If you caught the P-Funk All-Stars on last year’s Lollapolooza tour, you’ve

had a small taste of what this 30-piece funkestra can do. Literally, if you

see one concert this year, this is the one. And don’t worry if you don’t

feel the funk enough.

“Everybody’s got it,” says Clinton. “You may not be in touch with it

because of your environment or upbringing. Funk is just a state of mind

where you do your best and that’s it!”

STRAIT UP COUNTRY:

New country traditionalist George Strait, star of stage and

screen, and special guest Clay Walker will perform at 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 4, at the Thompson-Boling Arena. Tickets are $21, on

sale at the usual outlets. To charge by phone, call 656-4444.

HAMMER OF THE UNPLUGGED GODS:

Oh, and by the way, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant will be performing

at 8 p.m. tonight at Thomspon-Boling Arena. Tickets are $24.50, if

any are left.

ROCK FOR THE ZAPATISTAS CONCERT:

Knoxville’s Friends of the Zapatistas are sponsoring a benefit

concert and film showing Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Mercury Theatre.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Chiapas Relief Fund. Admission is

$5.

Two films concerning the rebellion in Southern Mexico will be followed by

performances by Sexpod, an all-female punk group from New York, and

Knoxville favorites The Rude Street Peters.

ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL:

Saturday, March 4, the Farragut Bandfest features

Sandbox, Hypertribe, Superdrag, Crop Circles,

The Creeps and Blind Thought. This festival is put on

annually to raise money for the FHS literary magazine

Rocinante. It all starts at 6 p.m. at the FHS Auditorium in

beautiful downtown Farragut (aka “deep West Knox County”).

KNOXVILLE SYMPHONY:

Kirk Trevor will conduct the Knoxville Chamber Orchestra in two

concerts, at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 4, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 5. The

concerts, entitled Vienna 1770-1920– The Golden Years II, will be

at the Bijou Theatre. Included in the program will be Salieri’s Overture to

La Grotta di Trofonio; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor;”

Webern’s Variations for Orchestra; and Brahms Variations on a Theme by

Haydn for Orchestra.

Admission is $10 and $16.

AT THE UT MUSIC HALL:

The third concert in the Music Department’s 1994-95 Chamber Music

Series will be Monday, March 6, at 8 p.m. The program will feature

music for woodwinds and piano. Works to be performed include the Opus 61

Trio by Heinrich von Herzogenberg, “Serenade” by Emory Waters and “Sextour”

by Francois Poulenc.

Faculty performers will be Phylis Secrist on oboe, Calvin Smith on horn,

Keith McClelland on bassoon, Shelley Binder on flute, Gary Sperl on

clarinet and Stephen Dubberly on piano. Also performing will be UT horn

student Robert Owen, winner of the 1994 Music Teachers National Association

Tennessee State Solo Competition for brass instruments. Try saying that

three times fast.

Admission is $2 for students and $5 otherwise.

LIVE SPOKEN WORD:

They have another “dog” saying in Mongolia: “Where there is no dog, the

pig barks.” Knoxville’s open mic readings feature all kinds of barking.

The Torch Coffee House: Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Admission $1.

Ivory’s: Mondays at 9 p.m. Call 588-6023 for sign-up.

Gryphon’s — Rus’ Romper Room: Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Free.

Java, a Coffee House: Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Free

Manhattan’s: Tuesdays at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. sign-up). Free.

AT THE KM of ART:

Tonight’s Alive After Five concert at the Knoxville Museum of

Art features the UT Jazz Band. The concert begins at 5:30.

Saturday, March 4, at 3 p.m., The Knoxville Museum of Art presents

David Crockett, a one-man show written and

performed by Bill Gatlin. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for KMA members

and $1.50 for students.

Sunday, March 5, the KMA featrues Gallery Talk with artists Paula

Braswell and Richard Jolley discussing their works on display in the

East Tennessee Art Currents I exhibit. The talk is at 2 p.m.

THEATRE:

At UT’s Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre, The University

Company of UT Theatres presents Tango as part of their

SpecialWorks Series. It opened last night and runs through Sunday, March

12. Showtimes are nightly at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on March 11 and

12. There is no performance on March 5.

Written by Slawomir Mrozek, Tango is a philosophical dark comedy

about a disentigrating society, symbolized by a middle class family. The

play is directed by Kazimierz Braun, a renowned Polish director who

currently teaches at SUNY Buffalo.

Theatre Central debuts its production of One Flew Over the

Cuckoo’s Nest tonight, at 8 p.m. Dale Wasserman’s stage adaptation

of Ken Kesey’s novel stars Ed White and Margy Ragsdale as

R.P. Murphy and Nurse Ratched, respectively the wacky patient and the

impatient nurse.

Notable locals in the cast include Jim Conn and Peyton

Wilson. Charlie Belcher plays Chief Bromden in this popular

comic tragedy. Other inmates include Neil Cain, Steve Denton,

Allan Harjala and Rick Patton.

The play will run Thursdays through Saturdays until April 22. Admission is

$5 on Thursdays, $8 on Fridays and Saturdays. Students with UT ID pay $5

for all performances. Reservations are available by calling 546-3926.

Send Me No Flowers continues at the West Side Dinner

Theatre this weekend. The play shows Thusrday through Saturday. The

buffet starts at 6:45 and the play starts at 8:15. Reservations can be made

by calling 966-8768. Reservation must be made by 2 p.m. on the day of

attendance.

DANCE:

Ballet Hispanico will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, at the

Clarence Brown Theatre. Tickets are available at the UT Central

Ticket office and the usual oulets. Admission is $3 for UT students, $8 for

UT faculty and staff and $10 for the general public. For additional info,

call 974-5455.

LAUREL THEATRE:

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer will bring their unique brand of family

entertainment to Knoxville Saturday, March 4, at 8 p.m. They blend folk and

country styles to teach both child and adult, as on their latest release

A Parent’s Home Companion. Admission is $9 for JCA members

and students, $10 for general audience in advance and $11 on the day of the

show.

OTHER ROCK PARTIES:

FLAMINGO’S:

Thursday, March 9, heralds the return of Disappear Fear to

Knoxville. Opening the show will be Michele Newton, formerly of

Rapscallion Battery. The show starts at 9 p.m. Advance tickets are

suggested and are available at Cat’s Records and the Disc Exchange.

GRYPHON’S:

Slapphappy will rock Knoxville’s premier laundromat and show hall

tonight at 10 p.m.

Multiple Choice perform Monday, March 6, at 10 p.m.

MANHATTAN’S:

Terry Hill’s Internal Herd performs tonight in the Old

City

Local “power/pop rock” group Leaf will perform at Manhattan’s

Club Eclectic on Monday, March 7. Also appearing will be Tuffskins.

The 10 p.m. show costs $3.

MERCURY THEATRE:

Donkey returns to town tonight to spread their croon-rock cheer.

Opening the show will be Emmet Swimming. Showtime is 10 p.m.

Admission is $5.

Next Thursday, March 9, Shirk Circus performs along with Evan’s

Dilemna and Tuffskins. The show starts at 9 p.m.

As the old Mongolian proverb states, “Paper is thin but does not tear

until ripped. Men are intelligent but do not know until told.” So if you

have any events you’d like listed in the Daily Beacon Entertainment

Calendar, drop us a note at Room 5, Communications Building or call at

974-0646.