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The Tennessee Theatre invites families and children to wear their best family-friendly costumes and enjoy the free ‘Costumes and Classic Cartoons Open House’ on Saturday, October 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Families will enjoy Looney Tunes classic cartoons

The Tennessee Theatre will celebrate the return of its iconic vertical sign to Gay Street and the newly refurbished marquee with a free open house and relighting ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 31.

More than 200 children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, Big Brothers, Big Sisters of East Tennessee and other youth groups enjoyed a July outing to the Tennessee Theatre as part of the second annual Youth Arts Alliance Kids’ Movie Day.

More than a decade after the creation of the new blade sign and marquee, the Tennessee Theatre is launching a fundraising campaign to refurbish the iconic sign and replace the lighting technology with brighter, energy-efficient bulbs.

Legendary musical group The Beach Boys will headline “Stars on Stage,” the annual fundraising gala and performance to benefit the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation. General admission and VIP reception tickets are on sale now at www.tennesseetheatre.com or by calling the box office at 865-684-1200 for the Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, concert.

The Tennessee Theatre will host a free day of cartoons, costumes and tours on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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More than 750 children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and the City of Knoxville Parks & Recreation Summer Playground Program enjoyed an outing to the Tennessee Theatre with the first-ever Youth Arts Alliance Kids’ Movie Day on Tuesday, June 16.

The Tennessee Theatre celebrates arts in Knoxville with a Spring Open House on Tuesday, April 28, from 5-9 p.m., which will include backstage tours, Wurlitzer organ music and a book signing and history talk by Jack Neely.

The performance of “In the Mood” at the Tennessee Theatre, originally scheduled for Monday, Feb. 16, will be postponed due to inclement weather. The show will be rescheduled for April 29, 2015, at 7 p.m.