Looking for a mid-week diversion from all the Fear and Loathing and dysfunction with, bonus, an opportunity to support local literary and musical excellence? Well, here you go:

The April "Homecookin'" edition of the Writer's Block performance series at Knoxville Museum of Art will feature RB Morris, who will perform solo versions of material from his forthcoming CD, "Empire."

The show is 6:30 - 8 p.m. Wednesday in the KMA auditorium, an amazing little listening room adjacent to the big room. Doors open an hour before showtime.

Admission to the 170-seat room is $7. There's a table loaded with free Panera snacks in the big room. This is an excellent opportunity to support the pretty special Writers' Block program that was started a few years back by host Karen E. Reynolds.

More details from the communique after the jump...

If you've never experienced the superb acoustics in the KMA auditorium, I'll just say this -- it's everything the Great Hall (eg "Live After Five" shows) is not: warm, intimate and so acoustically perfect they don't even need the PA system.

You can drink a beer or two before the show, but, you can't take beverages into the auditorium.

The show is Morris’ first musical event in some time. He’ll likely mix songs with readings from his new poetry compilation, “Early Fires,” so this is a good opportunity to pick up an autographed copy of that, too.

Writers’ Block co-host Maggie Longmire will warm up with a song or two.

The Knoxville Museum of Art (865.525.6101) is located at 5010 World’s Fair Park Dr. with plenty of free parking on the street, at Fort Kid and other nearby lots. For ticket information, call 865.523.7521 or go to www.KnoxTIX.com or www.writersblockonline.com.

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Jack Rentfro

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