Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/10-4/19/2022)

Paula and Amelia Shelton, Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, Market Square and Krutch Park, Knoxville, April 2022
Work of Orel Brodt (foreground) and Ilana Lilienthal (background), Lilienthal Gallery, 23 Emory Place, Knoxville, April 2022

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.

Sunday, April 10

 

Monday, April 11

  • Virtual Artist Studio Visit 2022 with Mike C. Berry, Presented by the KMA Guild, daily through Apr 30
  • Artist Allison Meriwether, 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 Apr 30
  • “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
  • April Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Brown Bag Lunch: Tennessee 250th Opportunities and Challenges, East Tennessee History Center, noon, free, but RSVP
  • Wild Life: May 2022 – A1LabArts Call for Art! Broadway Studios and Gallery, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (daily through Apr 29; drop-off Apr 29, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm & Apr 30, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm; reception May 6), free – $22.02
  • Online: UT Humanities Center Tenth Annual Distinguished Lecture Series – Jack Chen: Ghost Poetry and Literary History, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm 
  • Knox Brew Stories LIVE feat. Cody Mullins & Aaron C. Porter, Knox Brew Hub, 6:00 pm
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through May 2), $10
  • All Over the Page discussing “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Richardson, Lawson-McGhee Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Boyd’s Jig & Reel and Bruichladdich present The Water of Life Film Screening and Tasting, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, $80, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by 865 Running, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall / Thirsty Orange Ticket Raffle, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) / 9:30 pm – 9:45 pm (through Apr 25)
  • Spring Bocce, Hops and Hollers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (Mondays through May 23)
  • David Zavracky, 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
  • Ben Cooper; tuba, Tuba recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm 
  • Henry Rollins, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $28 – $160
  • Margherita Fava Trio, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Woody & Sunshine, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, April 12

  • Marketing to Multiple Generations (Virtual), Alliance for Better Nonprofits with Camille Thurman, 9:00 am – 11:00 am, $20 – $150
  • 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
  • The Fortune Teller’s Sister & Other Portraits with Cynthia Markert, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Mar 28
  • Anna Burton & Curt Imerman, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Heidi Gilson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Online: A Discussion with the Author: Race, Removal, and the Right to Remain: Migration and the Making of the United States, UT History Dept, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, RSVP
  • Huichol Inspired Yarn Painting, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Walk with Elected Officials, hosted by Bike Walk Knoxville, Green Magnet Math And Science Academy, 6:00 pm
  • Virtual Etsy Entrepreneurship Program, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Learning Series – The Negative, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Knoxville Horsetory Project? Maple Hall, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Savannah Self; piano, Graduate Recital / Chamber Orchestra Concert, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: Knoxville Poetry Night – Slam Kickoff, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 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)
  • Knoxville Jazz Orchestra: The Great Ladies of Song with Camille Thurman, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $40
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Jelly Tight, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Sonia Summers, Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, Market Square and Krutch Park, Knoxville, April 2022

Wednesday, April 13

  • A Rose Goes: Amanda Friedman and Lynne Marinelli Ghenov, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Michele Mallone, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Weekly Puzzled Night @ Crafty Downtown, 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm (through May 25)
  • Undesirable Immigrants – Why Racism Persists in International Migration, lecture by Andrew Rosenberg, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Layered Portraits, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Amplifying the Voices of Black Mamas and Babies: Paint & Taste, UT Frieson Black Cultural Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: Cow / Wake in Fright, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • FwF Small Business Meetup, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Cocktails & Conversation with Koichi Yamamoto, Knoxville Museum of Art, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Live Band Karaoke at Pretentious with Tinca Tinca, Pretentious Beer Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Wednesday Yoga @ Suttree Kick-Off with Florals & Flows Yoga, Suttree Landing Park, 6:30 pm, donation-based
  • God’s Not Dead, UT Student Union Auditorium, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Wednesday Live Music: The Baldtwin Brothers, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Artist in Residence: Daniel Fluitt featuring Adam and Sarrenna, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Wednesday Learn Latin Dancing with HaCha Latin Dance Company at the Double S wine bar, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 27), $5
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Chamber Concert I, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Sing with the Queens @ Knox Box Karaoke, 9:30 pm – 10:59 pm

 

Thursday, April 14

  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Jenkins Twins / Jordan Allen and The Bellwethers, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Cousins Maine Lobster / Slade Hunter Adams, Central Filling Station, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm / 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • History of Rock and Roll with Sean McCollough, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through May 5)
  • Thursday Yoga with Amelia, Sustainable Future Center, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm (through Apr 28)
  • Showing: Collectively Speaking, hosted by Knoxville poet laureate RheaSunshine, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm, $15, RSVP
  • Scrabble Game Night with Dougy!, Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Brent Hyder at Central Depot, 7:00 pm
  • Scottish Session, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:15 pm
  • Drag Me Down to Scruffy City Hall, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • I Hate Hamlet, Theatre Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Hillbilly Jedi, Ale’ Rae’s, 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm
  • The Zombies, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $35 – $75
  • Garcia Peoples, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm, $15
  • Leilana Kilgore, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm

 

Friday, April 15

 

Saturday, April 16

  • The Wicked Vegans, Next Level Brewing, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • 1619 Project Study Group, The Bottom, 10:00 am – 11:00 am, RSVP
  • See! Drawing from Life, Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, $35
  • Power Yoga, Xul Taproom, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10
  • Hair of the Dog Yoga, Printshop Beer Co, 10:45 am – 11:45 am, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Saturday Yoga at Hi-Wire Brewing, 11:00 am, $5, RSVP
  • Explore Knox Bike Ride, Printshop Beer Co, 11:00 am
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bruce Sudano / UTK Appalachian String Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • HALT Dog Adoption Event #3 (H.A.L.T: Humans and Animals Learning Together), Elst Brewing Company, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Hunter Wilburn; violin, Senior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 2:00 pm 
  • Bike Overnight, start at Two Bikes, 4:00 pm
  • Tahj Walsh; jazz, Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Jake @ Ale’ Rae’s, 6:00 pm
  • A Child’s Place presented by The Carpetbag Theatre, Inc., Overcoming Believers Church, 211 Harriet Tubman St., 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, donation-based, RSVP
  • Comedy Night: Kitten Around, Scruffy’s Cafe, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $20
  • Spring Dance at the Kerbela Temple, 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $10
  • Saturday Live Music: Redd Daugherty, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Grady Milligan, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Koe Wetzel, Civic Coliseum, 7:00 pm, $35 – $75
  • Margherita Fava Trio, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • Showing: Live Music: Matt Talbott of HUM, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • The Lees of Memory with Mic Harrison and The High Score, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $25
  • The Bachelor Live On Stage, Tennessee Theatre, 8:00 pm, $39 – $89
  • Burn the City / Stacked Actor, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm
  • I Hate Hamlet, Theatre Knoxville, 8:00 pm, $20
  • Spirits Republic / Sexbruise?, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:00 pm, $5
  • Into the Fog, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm
  • Donnie & The Dry Heavers, Barley’s Taproom, 10:00 pm
Paula and Amelia Shelton, Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, Market Square and Krutch Park, Knoxville, April 2022

Sunday, April 17

 

Monday, April 18 

  • Virtual Artist Studio Visit 2022 with Mike C. Berry, Presented by the KMA Guild, daily through Apr 30
  • Artist Allison Meriwether, 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 Apr 30
  • “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 
  • Wild Life: May 2022 – A1LabArts Call for Art! Broadway Studios and Gallery, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm (daily through Apr 29; drop-off Apr 29, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm & Apr 30, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm; reception May 6), free – $22.02
  • Online: Alcohol use and sexual assault: What is the relationship? Hosted by UT Office of Title IX, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  • Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Caleb Hupp; Percussion, Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 pm
  • Yoga at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (weekly through May 2), $10
  • 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
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 6:30 pm, FREE!
  • A Reading with Nawaaz Ahmed, UT John C Hodges Library, 101, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Monday: Open Mic Night, hosted by Chris Marshall / Thirsty Orange Ticket Raffle, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29) / 9:30 pm – 9:45 pm (through Apr 25)
  • 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
  • The “Last Lecture,” by John Nolt of UT Philosophy Dept., Strong Hall, Room 104, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • A Virtual Author Event feat. Majora Carter & Trevor Decker Cohen, hosted by Union Ave Books, 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm, RSVP
  • Showing: O.V.A. Extreme, Central Cinema, 8:30 pm, $15, RSVP
  • Will Boyd Group, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Litz at Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm

 

Tuesday, April 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!
  • 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
  • The Fortune Teller’s Sister & Other Portraits with Cynthia Markert, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun), through April 30
  • Anna Burton & Curt Imerman, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Brand New Box of Matches, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Knox Opera with Rotary Club of Knoxville, Crowne Plaza, 401 W Summit Hill Dr, noon – 12:30 pm, $15
  • Online: Physician Leadership Symposium: Healthcare AI, hosted by UT Haslam College of Business, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP
  • Block Printed Zipper Pouches, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $40, RSVP
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level! Next Level Brewing Company, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Ruoyun Zhu; piano, Junior Recital, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 6:00 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), FREE!
  • Weekly Open Hack Night – Show and Share, Knox Makers, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm (through May 31)
  • Showing: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm
  • Chamber Concert II, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Litz, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

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