Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/17-10/26/2021)

Mural by Curtis Glover, Radius Lounge, Knoxville, October 2021
Photo Courtesy of Transplant and Root

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.

Mask up when you need to, get vaccinated if you haven’t, and let’s keep the fun times rolling!

Sunday, October 17

 

Monday, October 18 

 

Tuesday, October 19

  • 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: The Imaginaries, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Family Justice Center Pint Night Tuesdays, Print Shop Beer Co, 4:00 pm
  • 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
  • Cornbred, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm 
Monet Maddux, Ryan Blair, and Tinah Utsman at Ryan’s First Friday Opening, 214 Magnolia Gallery, Knoxville, October 2021 (Photo courtesy of Tinah Utsman)

Wednesday, October 20

  • 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 
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: JD Wilkes of The Legendary Shack Shakers, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • QuickBooks Online: Tracking Restricted Grants (on Zoom), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75, RSVP
  • Lecture: Dr. Deborah Boehm (U Nevada, Reno), “A Study of Unseen Spaces: Anthropology, Activism, and Abolition,” Strong Hall, Room B1, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • Witchy Broom Making Class – Part 1, Able Trade, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm (continues Oct 21), $120, RSVP
  • Live and online: Octubafest Concert No. 2, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Wednesday Yoga @ Suttree, hosted by Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing, 6:30 pm, $5
  • Research Showcase, a Presentation from UT Fulbright Scholar Gabriel Macedo | “Opening the eyes of the beholder: Paradigm shifts in science on the importance of female animals in evolution and biodiversity,” Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing at the Double S wine bar, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (Weds through Oct 27), $5
  • Satigiri Sangha Wed Meetings, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Wednesday Live Music: Cale Charney, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Sam & Stina – Downtown Knoxville, Courtyard by Marriott Knoxville Downtown, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Online Wednesdays: Tranquility Base, The Concourse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • The Price Is Right Live! Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $30 – $90
  • Scott H Biram with JD Wilkes and Jordan Joyes, Barley’s Taproom, 8:00 pm, $15 – $20
  • Travis Bigwood and The Lonesome Doves, Wicked Chicken, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Jaye Madison Live from Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • Showing: Flirting With Azrael, Central Cinema, 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP

 

Thursday, October 21

 

Friday, October 22

 

Saturday, October 23

Mural by Curtis Glover, Radius Lounge, Knoxville, October 2021

Sunday, October 24

 

Monday, October 25 

 

Tuesday, October 26

  • 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: Poetica (featuring Rachael Sage & Dave Eggar), Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Family Justice Center Pint Night Tuesdays, Print Shop Beer Co, 4:00 pm
  • Showing: Lamb, Central Cinema, 5:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Spotlight on Diversity Concert Series, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Virtual Etsy Entrepreneurship Program, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, RSVP
  • 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!
  • 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)
  • Mossman Distinguished Lecture featuring Van Jones, Alumni Memorial Building, Cox Auditorium, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP