Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/20-3/1/2022)

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Newly Redesigned Sunsphere Observation Deck, World's Fair Park, Knoxville, February 2022
Newly Redesigned Sunsphere Observation Deck, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, February 2022

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. If you’d like more eyes on your business or event, consider hitting the “advertise” link at the top of this page or shoot me an email at Knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com for more details.

The spread of COVID-19 is at dropping in Knox County, but remains very high. Mask up when you need to, get vaccinated if you haven’t, and let’s keep the fun times rolling!

Sunday, February 20

 

Monday, February 21 

  • Artwork by Leesa Osburn, Awaken Coffee, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Mon-Fri (Sat, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm), through Feb 27
  • Final Day: Encore: Comics Beyond UT, Student Union, Art Gallery, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • February Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Close to Home, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Feb 25 
  • Hard-Edged Geometric Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Showing: Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion / Drive My Car, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga 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
  • Singer Auditions: Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus, Church Street United Methodist Church, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Obscura, Barley’s Taproom, 6:30 pm, $20 – $25
  • The Office Trivia, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Ladies Knight, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Kelsi Walker @ Crafty Downtown, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Tyler Cain Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • My BIG FAT Gay Wedding Bingo, TAPestry Knoxville at Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $15, RSVP 
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets from: Jorge Variego, Cullen Burke, Buddy Honeycutt and Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Tennessee Songwriters Knoxville Showcase, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Vagabon Brew at Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, February 22

  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force, City County Building, 7:30 am – 9:30 am
  • 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!
  • Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land that I Have Traveled), McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through May 7)
  • A Serious Look at the Funnies, Ewing Gallery UT Art + Architecture Building, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri / 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Sun (through Feb 28)
  • Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 24
  • Valentines with Various Artists, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Power on the Margins: The Petites Nation and Lower Mississippi Valley, 1650-1800, UT John C Hodges Library, Rm 101, 4:30 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Showing: The Long Walk / Skate Video Night, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 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)
  • Online: American Chestnut Restoration in the Southern Appalachians, hosted by multiple UT depts, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, RSVP
  • Comedy on the Corner, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm, free, but donations accepted
  • Hill Lecture with Distinguished New Yorker science writer Michael Specter, UT College of Nursing Auditorium, 8:00 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Will Boyd Group, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Easy Honey, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
Newly Redesigned Sunsphere Observation Deck, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, February 2022

Wednesday, February 23

  • United Way, The Next 100 Years, The Standard Knoxville, 8:30 am – 10:30 am, free, but RSVP
  • Point of View: Regional Editorial Cartoons, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through Feb 26
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Gangsta Grass Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Dine & Discover with Mary Laube, Knoxville Museum of Art, noon – 1:00 pm, $10
  • Latinidad 101: Cultural Competency and Inclusiveness in the Workplace (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75, RSVP
  • Weekly Puzzled Night @ Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Stammtisch – Start a Conversation, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Showing: Drive My Car / The Long Walk, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Bicycle/Pedestrian Friendly Driver Training – Public Class, hosted by Bike Walk Tennessee, Community Room, Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
  • Wine and Weave at Blue Slip Winery, 6:30 pm, $90, RSVP
  • Wednesday Live Music: Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Harry Potter Trivia Night at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Artist in Residence: Matt Woods featuring Adeem the Artist, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Lecture: Henry Skerritt, curator of the Indigenous Arts of Australia at the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Auditorium, 7:30 pm
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Graduate Recital: Logan Clark; tuba/euphonium, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Dancing with the Stars Live 2022, Civic Auditorium, 8:00 pm, $48 – $88

 

Thursday, February 24

  • MEDIC Hoodies, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm (continues on Feb 25)
  • Cherokee Health Mobile Clinic Event (including no-cost Covid-19 vaccinations), Volunteer Ministry Center, 511 N Broadway Ave, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, FREE!
  • Adult Printmaking Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, $150
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: River Tramps / Michael Flynn, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Take the Guesswork Out of Fundraising: Data-Driven Fundraising That Will Raise More Money (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Online: The US in the Globe & the Global in the US Speaker: Dr. Mimi Sheller, “Haitian Histories, Haitian Futures: Revolution, Reconstruction, Reparations,” hosted by various UT organizations, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm, RSVP
  • Earth & Planetary Sciences Spring Seminar Series with Cameron McCarty, Operations Controller, NASA, UT Strong Hall, B1, 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
  • Black Business Meet-Up, Magnolia Cafe, 2405 E Magnolia Ave, 5:00 pm
  • Drop-In Figure Drawing Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10
  • Cabaret, presented by VolOpera, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Disney’s Frozen Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Showing: Emma Mae / Welcome Home, Brother Charles, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online: UT Humanities Center Conversations & Cocktails: Breaking Boundaries 2021-22 Series – Jacqueline Avila, hosted by various UT organizations, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • Scottish Session at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • PechaKucha Night Knoxville Volume 42, The Mill & Mine, 7:20 pm, donation-based
  • River and Rail Theatre Co Presents: In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $3 – $40
  • In-Person and Streaming: I Can’t Breathe, presented by Marble City Opera in partnership with the Carpetbag Theatre, Inc., Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $30 – $40
  • Gangstagrass, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $25-$35
  • Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Goats at Large, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • ZYX, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Friday, February 25

  • MEDIC Hoodies, MEDIC Regional Blood Center, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Tennessee Cello Workshop, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily through Feb 27), RSVP
  • Final Day: The Dream Deferred: A print portfolio inspired by a poem by Langston Hughes, 2nd Floor Printmaking Showcase Gallery, UT Art and Architecture Building, 10:00 am 
  • Final Day: Close to Home, Dogwood Arts, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Light of the Truth Exhibition, UT Student Union Gallery, 10:00 am (daily through Mar 7)
  • Online: TN Campus Civic Summit, hosted by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm, RSVP
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: TBA, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Online: Baker Cafe – Breaking Away: How to Regain Control Over Our Data, Privacy, and Autonomy, hosted by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
  • Friday Mindfulness @ the Museum, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, FREE!
  • The Enneagram’s 27 Personality Types, St. John’s Cathedral, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm, $100 – $145
  • Honeymouth Leather + Retrolocal Pop-Up Shop, Graduate Knoxville, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Tree Pruning Workshop, SEEED Knox, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, free, but donations welcome
  • Showing: Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation, Central Cinema, 4:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Winter Warmer 2022: A Fundraiser for Nourish Knoxville, The Standard Knoxville, 5:00 pm, RSVP for cost
  • New Cider Release: Mardi Gras King Cake Cider, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Peepshow Rodeo: works by Zoe Brester-Pennings, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Learning Series – The Print, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Friday Night Live presents: ‘Fat Friday Mardi Gras,’ The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $10 – $15
  • Showing: Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action / Get Out, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Ben McLaughlin, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Disney’s Frozen Jr., Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Haynes, Hamar, and Deacon, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Circuit Circuit @ The Pilot Light, 7:30 pm, $10
  • In-Person and Streaming: I Can’t Breathe, presented by Marble City Opera in partnership with the Carpetbag Theatre, Inc., Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $30 – $40
  • River and Rail Theatre Co Presents: In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, Old City Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $3 – $40
  • Knoxville Ice Bears vs Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $10 – $42
  • Eric Reed/Wycliffe Gordon Duo: Live at Lucille’s, East Tennessee PBS, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, $15 – $40
  • Rent 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $44 – $84
  • The All Black Affair, The Press Room, 8:00 pm, starting at $35
  • ZYX, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
  • Fountain City Ramblers Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • The Coveralls, Scruffy City Hall, 9:30 pm
  • Donnie & the Dry Heavers, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm

 

Saturday, February 26

Newly Redesigned Sunsphere Observation Deck, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, February 2022

Sunday, February 27

 

Monday, February 28

  • Streaming: 2022 Pinnacle Business Awards, hosted by Knoxville Chamber, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, free, but RSVP
  • Final Day: A Serious Look at the Funnies, Ewing Gallery UT Art + Architecture Building, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE
  • UT Humanities Center Tenth Annual Distinguished Lecture Series – Chang Tan, UT Strong Hall, 101, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Color Theory: Still-Life Acrylic Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45
  • Monday Night Yoga, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Original Compositions; jazz small group, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Knox Brew Stories Presents: Sour Beers with Aaron McClain of Crafty Bastard, Knox Brew Hubo, 6:00 pm
  • Showing: Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • A Reading with Peter Ho Davies, UT John Hodges Library, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Tyler Cain Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets from Jake Smith, Margarita Fava, Nolan Nevels, Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Meditation with Knox Insight Sangha ~ In person & Zoom, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 501 Arthur St, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Ensemble Masterclass with Jeong-eun Lee; piano, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Coheed and Cambria, The Mill and Mine, 8:00 pm, $34-$54
  • The Copper Tones, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Vagabon Brew, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 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!
  • Shane Pickett: Djinong Djina Boodja (Look at the Land that I Have Traveled), McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat, through May 7)
  • Final Day: The Dream Deferred: A print portfolio inspired by a poem by Langston Hughes, 2nd Floor Printmaking Showcase Gallery, UT Art and Architecture Building, 10:00 am 
  • Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 24
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Preparing for a Design Project (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, $20 – $150, RSVP
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! 6:00 pm – 9:00 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)
  • Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online: UT Humanities Center Public Books Circle: God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • Schitt’s Creek – Trivia at Xul! Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
  • Anderson East, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30-$40
  • Guest Artist Recital: Matthew Hoch, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • UT Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
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