Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/10 – 10/19/2021)

Take Out from Aroma, Kurkuri Bhendi, Gosht Martaban Lamb, Garlic Naan, and sauces
Take Out from Aroma, Kurkuri Bhendi, Gosht Martaban Lamb, Garlic Naan, and sauces

As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead time that the list can be put together the Wednesday before you want your event included.

Please continue to be careful out there! Cases are rising and include some people who have been vaccinated. Hospitalizations and deaths are increasing among the unvaccinated. You know when you need to mask up. You know we all need to be vaccinated. Do it and let’s keep the fun times rolling!

Sunday, October 10

 

Monday, October 11 

  • Works by Debbie and Marc of Master Repurposers, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Virtual Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Works by Leesa Osburn, Old City MedSpa, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Old City Photography Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • The Frutos Latinos Contest and Group Exhibit, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Charitable Juice: My Favorite Teacher, Barrelhouse, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Online discussion: COVID-19 in East Tennessee: Focus on Local Latinx Communities, Sponsored by UT Latin American & Caribbean Studies and Modern Foreign Languages, 5:30 pm, RSVP
  • Online discussion: LGBT Lives in the Middle East, Sponsored by various UT depts, 6:00 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Knocking / In the Mouth of Madness, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by 865 Running, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Weekly Session: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Dec 27)
  • Weekly Latin Rhythms – Workshops and Solo Technique with HaCha Latin Dance Company, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (through Oct 25), $10
  • Tuba Soloist Beth Wiese, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Frazierband, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Bernell Jones II, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Tuesday, October 12

  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Knox Area Rescue Ministries, 418 N. Broadway Ave, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • Ornithological Quadrupeds / Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould, UT McClung Museum, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat, through Dec 4)
  • Gary Dagnan and Patricia Herzog, Art Market Gallery, Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • UTK Webinar Series: Evolution and Social Systems (See schedule for subjects), hosted by the Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity, 11:45 am (weekly through Dec 7), RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Rev Freakchild, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Luis Rogelio Mata (Students for Migrant Justice) LECTURE: “Abolition: The Good/Bad Immigrant Binary,” Stokely Management Center, G2, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • KKB Fall Trash Run at Elst Brewing Co., 5:30 pm, RSVP
  • Songs & Poems of Peace & Justice Neighbor Day Concert, St. James Episcopal Church of Knoxville, 1101 N Broadway, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE!
  • Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Showing: In the Mouth of Madness / Knocking, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online and Live: Aria Night, presented by VolOpera, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • The Knoxville History Project Presents: An Air-Conditioned Tour of UT Campus, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • AIA East Tennessee: Trivia Night, Central Flats and Taps, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly Tuesday Doggie Running Club hosted by SBRET, Barrelhouse by Gypsy Circus, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Paint pARTy at Hi-Wire Brewing, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $27, RSVP
  • Weekly Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Apr 22, ’22), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31, ’22)
  • KJO Presents Buy Local: Celebrating Knoxville’s Music and Musicians, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40
  • Arkansauce, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Wednesday, October 13

  • Wednesday 2021 Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Historic Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (through Nov 17)
  • Bill Dooley + Alex McClurg Alabama Abstractions, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat 
  • Live and Online: Brown Bag Lecture: East Tennessee’s first native-born artist, Samuel Shaver, East Tennessee History Center, noon, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Ashton Browne Band / Maggie & Owen, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • QuickBooks Online: Budgeting Basics (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
  • Dr. Eshe Lewis – Lecture: “Unthinkable Abuse: Understanding the Silences around Afro-Peruvian Women’s Experiences with Intimate Partner Violence,” UT Strong Hall, Room B1, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • Showing: Knocking / In the Mouth of Madness, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Wednesday Yoga @ Suttree, hosted by Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Learn Latin Dancing at the Double S wine bar, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (Weds through Oct 27), $5
  • Online Wednesdays: Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Online: UT Humanities Center Public Books Circle Discussion: Appleseed: A Novel, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Josiah Atchley @ Five Thirty Lounge (Hyatt Place Rooftop), 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Wednesday Live Music: Mike Mauldin, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Azure Wolf @ Preservation Pub, 7:30 pm
  • Saxophone Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Ayca & Friends @ Preservation Pub, 11:30 pm – 1:30 am
Kevin Bradley’s Voodoo Rocket Popup, 130 West Jackson Avenue, Knoxville, October 2021

Thursday, October 14

  • Executive Director Morning Mingle (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Davey And The Midnights, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • CEE ENV/WR Seminar: Victoria Rexhausen 0n  “Urban Ecohydrology and Impervious Connectivity,”John D. Tickle Engineering Building, Rm 402, 2:50 pm
  • CEE GEOTECH Seminar: Moncef Souissi on “Helical Piles: An Overview, Design Theory & Applications,” John D. Tickle Engineering Building, Rm 405, 2:50 pm
  • Online: Dr. Eshe Lewis – Lecture: “Storytelling as Activism: Bearing Witness, Creating Records,” Stokely Management Center, Room G2, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • Online: 18th Annual Riggsby Lecture: “The India Trade, the Global Middle Ages, and the Cairo Geniza,” hosted by various UT depts, 5:00 pm, RSVP
  • Lecture: Jenny Wu, Dwayne Oyler, 2021 BarberMcMurry Endowed Professors, UTK College of Architecture + Design, 5:30 pm
  • Elst’s Three-Year Brewversary Kick Off – Cigar Pairing Event, Elst Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP for cost
  • Take Action! Fall and Winter Gardening 101 Workshop, Beardsley Farm, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Two Bikes Presents: Ramble Ride, start at Two Bikes, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • The Swerve: Knox County Jug Stompers Live from Barley’s Taproom, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Escape From New York / Lamb, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:40 pm, $5 – $10
  • Kukuly and the Gypsy Fuego, Geezers Brewery, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly: Kirk Fleta – Live, Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Scottish Session at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall followed by DJ Patrick Durham, 8:30 pm
  • Davey And The Midnights @ Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, October 15

 

Saturday, October 16

  • Saturday Farmers’ Market by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Market Street and Union Avenue, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (through Nov 20)
  • New Work by Kelly Hider, Mighty Mud, Sat, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Sat / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues-Fri 
  • Online: Seeing It Fresh with Pamela Schoenewaldt, hosted by by Knoxville Writers’ Guild, 10:00 am – noon, $10 – $20
  • October KKB Saturday Spruce Up, Corner of Volunteer Landing Lane and E Hill Ave, 10:00 am – noon, Free, but RSVP
  • Sights & Stories – Architectural Walking Tour, hosted by Knox Heritage and East Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, UT Campus, 10:00 am – noon
  • Ijams Field Day: Fun with Fungi (adult program), Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, $30 – $40
  • Usui Reiki Level 3 / ARTS, Infinite Light Center, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, adults $199
  • New Works by BSG Artists, Broadway Studios and Gallery, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm, Fri-Sat
  • Sculptures by James O. Clark, UT Downtown Gallery, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, Sat / 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Wed-Fri 
  • Saturday Hair of the Dog Yoga with Rigazzi, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • WeDigBio 2021: Herbarium Digitization Event: transcribe scientific label data to help UT scientists, hosted by Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dept, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
  • Yoga @ Elst Every Saturday, Elst Brewing Company, 11:00 am, $5
  • Saturday Farmers Market B.Y.O.Brunch @ The Hub, Knox Brew Hub, 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Sharla Grable / Cody Bradley, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Showing: Lamb, Central Cinema, 2:00 pm / 4:15  pm / 6:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Justin Mychals @ Graduate Knoxville / Saloon 16, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm / 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show, Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, starting at $59.99
  • Mark Boling Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm / 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Grady Milligan, Last Days of Autumn Brewing Co, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Saturday Live Music: the Kincaid Tres, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Daniel Neihoff at Pour Taproom, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • The Haunting of Hill House, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20
  • The Wormholes / Lines Taking Shape / DataHex at The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Over the Rhine, Old City Performing Arts Center, 8:00 pm, $30
  • The Deltaz Live at Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $5
  • Showing: Escape from New York / Halloween (1978), Central Cinema, 8:45  pm / 11:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Tennessee Stifflegs Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Boogie T: Knoxville Out Of The Woods Tour, The Concourse, 9:00 pm, $20
  • Yam Yam at Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
CJ’s Closet, 213 E Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, October 2021

Sunday, October 17

 

Monday, October 18 

  • Cate Goen Exhibition, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm, Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm)
  • Virtual Monday Maker Marketplace, hosted by The Maker City, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri (through Oct 29)
  • Halloween Comicfest month, Tall Man Toys & Comics, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm (daily through Oct 31)
  • Old City Photography Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • The Frutos Latinos Contest and Group Exhibit, Hola Hora Latina @ The Emporium Center, noon – 5:00 pm (Mon – Fri)
  • Charitable Juice: My Favorite Teacher, Barrelhouse, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Lecture: Brian Wurst and Danny Adams, LS3P, Art and Architecture Building, Room 109, McCarty Auditorium, 5:30
  • Showing: Lamb / Escape From New York, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online: In Conversation with Lisa Morton, part of UT Libraries’ Women in Horror month, 6:00 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by 865 Running, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Latin Rhythms – Workshops and Solo Technique with HaCha Latin Dance Company, The Double S Wine Bar, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (through Oct 25), $10
  • Weekly Session: Frog & Toad’s Dixie Quartet, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Dec 27)
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Will Boyd Group, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 1

  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Knox Area Rescue Ministries, 418 N. Broadway Ave, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • Ornithological Quadrupeds / Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould, McClung Museum, UT, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues-Sat, through Dec 4)
  • Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tues – Sat / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through Nov 7)
  • New Work by Kelly Hider, Mighty Mud, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm, Tues-Fri / Sat, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Charles R. Graves and Karyn Kyte, Art Market Gallery, Tue-Sat, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • UTK Webinar Series: Evolution and Social Systems (See schedule for subjects), hosted by the Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity, 11:45 am (weekly through Dec 7), RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBD, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Dr. Deborah Boehm (U Nevada, Reno) – LECTURE: “#FreeThemAll: U.S. Immigration Detention and the Movement to End It,” Stokely Management Center, Room G2, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • AIA East Tennessee: Design Slam, Hi-Wire Brewing, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Lamb, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Alternating weeks: Big Fun Tuesdays at Meads Quarry, Ijams Nature Center – Meads Quarry Lake, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Nov 2), FREE!
  • Weekly Tuesday Doggie Running Club hosted by Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Weekly Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Apr 22, ’22), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31, ’22)
  • 2021 China Town Hall: National Webinar with Fareed Zakaria and Local Panel Discussion, hosted by various UT Depts, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Wood Burning Workshop, Merchants of Beer, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10
  • Treason in the Community: Internal Dynamics of Reconstruction in Tennessee, 1865-1868, East Tennessee Historical Society 7:00 pm
  • Screening of Caramel, UT Humanities Amphitheatre, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Guest Artist: Kirill Gliadkovsky, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall,  8:00 pm
  • Samantha Fish, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $25 – $35
  • Possessed by Paul James, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm