Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/6-3/15/2022)

Mefistofele, Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, March 2022
Mefistofele, Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, March 2022

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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, March 6

 

Monday, March 7 

  • Artwork by Kimberlee Rose Smith, 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 Mar 27
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4: 00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10: 00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Light of the Truth Exhibition, UT Student Union Gallery, 10:00 am (daily through Mar 26)
  • Zoom: A Sharecropper’s Dream: The Legacy Of Black Farmers and Black Land Ownership, UT Africana Studies Program, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, RSVP
  • Ashe Lecture Series: Asia Policy Challenges for the Biden Administration with Ambassador Ken Weinstein, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium (103), 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm 
  • Zach Miller; viola, Senior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Knox Storytellers Performance, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $8 – $12
  • 2022 Elijah Craig Pairing Dinner, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $110, 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
  • Learning Beekeeping, Sustainable Future Center, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP for cost
  • Showing: Vampire Hunter D / The House of the Devil, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Mondays through May 23)
  • UT Student Jam hosted by Sam Adams, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Banff Mountain Film Festival benefiting Legacy Parks, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $25
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Percussion duo: Abby Fisher and Matthew Lau, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm 
  • Goose, The Mill and Mine, 8:00 pm, $30
  • Jenu Six and the Old Souls, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Big Dog, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
  • Goose Afterparty with Rossdafareye, Scruffy City Hall, 11:30 pm

 

Tuesday, March 8

Mefistofele, Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, March 2022

Wednesday, March 9

  • Black in Appalachia Live Podcast Recording Events: “Environmental Justice in Appalachia” with Pam Nixon, West Virginia community safety advocate / “Race, Place & Conservation (w/Wild Birds)” with J. Drew Lanham, Distinguished Alumni Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University, UT Student Union, Rm 169, from 11:oo am – 12:30 pm / 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
  • Big Ears Film Festival, in collaboration with The Public Cinema, offers screenings of four exemplary films about female artists, UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay St, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed -Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat), through Mar 27
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: The Arcadian Wild and Deau Eyes, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Zoom: Baker Cafe – One-Year Review: Assessing the Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy with John Rader, hosted by Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
  • Making Change With Money, Infinite Light Center, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, $15
  • Create a Lasting Legacy Through Planned Giving (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $10 – $75
  • Weekly Puzzled Night @ Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through May 25)
  • Under 40 Forum’s Convos After Five, hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits, The Public House, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $10 – $75
  • Layered Portraits, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Night at the Museum, Mabry-Hazen House, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Comedian Zane Lamprey, Fanatic Brewing Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $25 – $40
  • Charcuterie Board Making Class, Blue Slip Winery, 6:30 pm, $70
  • Zoom: The Harlan Renaissance: Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns, guest lecture with William H. Turner, hosted by UT Africana Studies Program, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Drive My Car, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Author Event with Kathryn Smith speaking on her newest book, Baptists and Bootleggers: A Prohibition Expedition Through the South…with Cocktail Recipes, hosted by Union Ave Books @ East Tennessee Historical Society, 7:00 pm
  • Wednesday Live Music: Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Artist in Residence: Evie Andrus featuring Jodi Harbin, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Banff Mountain Film Festival benefiting BUSAR, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $25
  • Blood at the Root, Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, $17
  • Elijah Chaffins; tuba, Senior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • True Grit Comedy presents: Hilliary Begley & friends! Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Why Not Wednesday? NHF rocks Preservation Pub! 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, March 10

 

Friday, March 11

  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4: 00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10: 00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Margo Cilker, Barley’s Taproom, noon, FREE!
  • Teacher Appreciation Day @ Crafty Downtown Brewery, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Hairbrush Karaoke, works by Julianna Ramsey, Gallery 1010, 100 S. Gay St, Ste 114, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Sat, 10 am – 1:00 pm)
  • Rated R for Risque: Courtship, Romance, and Intimacy in the Hazen Household, Mabry-Hazen House, 5:00 pm / 6:30 pm / 8:00 pm, $15, RSVP
  • The Dark Market, The Knox Exchange, 1326 N Broadway Ave, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
  • New Sound Concert Series, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Wine & Girl Scout Cookie Pairing! Blue Slip Winery, 6:00 pm (continues Sat, Mar 12), $25, RSVP
  • Friday Night Live: Soul Connection, The Concourse, 6:00 pm, $13.20 – $15
  • Online: 53rd Jubilee Festival, Laurel Theater, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm (continues Sat, Mar 12)
  •  Showing: The Worst Person in the World / Hot Fuzz, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 9:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Kevin Krapf Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Friday Live Music: Jonah Tran Duo, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Kristofer Lee Bentley with Watkins at Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm
  • Fourth Annual Fais Do-Do: A Cajun Music Dance Party, hosted by Legacy Housing Foundation, The Standard, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm, $35
  • Blood at the Root, Clarence Brown LAB Theatre, 7:30 pm, $17
  • Knoxville Ice Bears vs Quad City Storm, Civic Coliseum, 7:35 pm, $10 – $42
  • Hannah Alfaro; voice, Graduate Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm 
  • Tuatha Dea‘s Pre-Saint Patrick’s Day Party / Rossdafareye and Friends, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm / 10:30 pm, $5
  • Fountain City Ramblers – Live at The Corner Lounge! 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Magic Tuber String Band with Weirs, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Marc Broussard, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $30 – $40
  • Florencia Rusiñol – Latin Pop Jazz / Soulfinger, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • Tennessee Stifflegs Live, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • The Burnin’ Hermans EP Release Party, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm, $5

 

Saturday, March 12

Mefistofele, Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, March 2022

Sunday, March 13

 

Monday, March 14

  • Artwork by Kimberlee Rose Smith, 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 Mar 27
  • “You Should’ve Been There!” 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair, East Tennessee Historical Society, 9:00 am – 4: 00 pm, Mon – Fri / 10: 00 am – 4:00 pm, Sat / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Sun (through Oct 9), $8 – $10
  • March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Light of the Truth Exhibition, UT Student Union Gallery, 10:00 am (daily through Mar 26)
  • 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
  • Showing: The Worst Person in the World / O.V.A. Extreme, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • All Over the Page book discussion, Lawson McGhee Library, 6:30 pm
  • Flying Pints Relaunch, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm
  • Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Mondays through May 23)
  • Joe Wilaniskis, 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, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • The Dirk Quinn Band, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Alex and the Animals, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 15

  • 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)
  • 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
  • Patrick Deason and Jack Retterer, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Abe Partridge, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • 13th Annual Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Lecture, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • 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!
  • Learn Latin Dancing at Awaken Coffee, 6:45 pm – 7:45 pm (Tuesdays through Mar 29), $5
  • Weekly Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (through Apr 22), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31, ’22)
  • Amanda’s Kitchen St. Patty’s Day Pop-Up, Pour Taproom, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm (daily through Mar 17)
  • Parks & Rec Trivia at Xul! Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: The Worst Person in the World, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • The Faux Paws, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Clementine Was Right, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm