Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/18 – 9/27/2022)

Caroline Farris and Naomi Mendoza, ACF Jewelry, Knoxville, September 2022
Wake Foot Spa, 507 South Gay Street, Knoxville, September 2022 (Photo by Hearther Ryerson)

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Sunday, September 18

 

Monday, September 19 

  • Artist Reem Arnouk, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Printmaking Showcase Gallery Selections From Color Print USA 1998, UT Art and Architecture Building, Hallway, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Oct 31
  • “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
  • September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber offices, 17 Market Square, #201, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • It’s Turf Time in Tennessee! UT Gardens Knoxville, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm, $15 – $20, RSVP
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Circle Loom Weaving, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, $40, RSVP
  • Knoxville Classics Book Club 3rd Meeting – Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, Barrelhouse, 6:00 pm
  • Showing: Pearl / O.V.A. Extreme, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Destiny O. Birdsong reading, Hodges Library, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Monday Night Football Fundraiser for the Wesley House! Knox Brew Hub, 7:00 pm
  • Michael Price, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Will Boyd Project, Barley’s Taproom, 9:00 pm
  • Reggie King Sears, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 20

  • The Spirit of Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Dec 10
  • Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
  • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues – Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sat), through Nov 6, FREE!
  • Ed Lewis and Carole Stoiber, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Sept 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special:Louie Bluie Festival performer / PJ Brunson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Innov865 Week: Startup Day, The Mill & Mine, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, FREE!, but RSVP
  • Oktoberfest 2022, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 4:30 pm – midnight (continues through Oct 2, check schedules times and activities)
  • “The Right to Vote” with Jeffrey Rosen, Toyota Auditorium at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
  • Guest Artist: Palisade Trumpet Collective, Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Pearl / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:00 / 8:15 pm, FREE!
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Big Fun Tuesdays at Mead’s Quarry, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Tuesday Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Charitable Juice Tuesdays benefiting Fourth & Gill Neighborhood Organization, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (weekly through Sep 27)
  • A Presentation and Conversation on James Agee by Michael A. Lofaro, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Addison’s, 126 S Gay St, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $50, RSVP
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Concerts on the Square Jazz Tuesdays – Shawn Turner & Pinky Ring, Historic Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • New Comic Mic, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm, Free, but donations welcome
  • Pass the Mic: Las Cafeteras with Making Movies, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $20 – $40
  • Murder On The Orient Express, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25
  • Error Mortal, Severed + Said, Horcerer, Glad I Didn探 Get My Stupid Wish, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
Caroline Farris and Naomi Mendoza, ACF Jewelry, Knoxville, September 2022

Wednesday, September 21

  • Knox Writers Presents: Mapping Your Writer’s Journey, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Relatives: an exhibition of work by Chris Cornelius, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (daily through Oct 21)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Andy Sydow / Justin Mychals, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Nellie Kenyon: Trailblazing Tennessee Journalist, Brown Bag Lecture with Tyler L. Boyd, East Tennessee History Center, noon, FREE! but RSVP
  • Fall Fling, The Standard Knoxville, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, RSVP for cost
  • “Why Vote?” Panel Discussion with Local Leaders, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 5:00 pm – 6:15 pm 
  • Wednesday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Understanding Watercolor, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP  
  • Meditation: Finding A Method That Works for You with Jofa M. Kauffman, Infinite Light Center, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $35
  • Crafts and Drafts – DIY Acrylics Earrings Workshop by KnoxCrafts, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm, $35, RSVP
  • FOOTBALL Live Trivia at The Mill and Mine, 7:00 pm
  • Artist in Residence: Robinella featuring Jay Clark, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata with HaCha Latin Dance Company, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Sept 28), $10, RSVP
  • The Mountain Goats, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $40 – $50
  • Murder On The Orient Express, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25
  • Showing: Pearl, Central Cinema, 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Springboard Open Mic Comedy, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm
  • Forrest Isn’t Dead, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, September 22

 

Friday, September 23

  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 1:30 pm / 4:20 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Milk + Honey Scoop Shop Neighborhood Pickup, Real Good Kitchen, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm (Fri-Sat through the end of the year)
  • Lumen Print Workshop, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, $30
  • Reception: Micrographs / Planned Accidents, An Exhibition of Works by Polish Exchange Students Agnieszka Hoza and Izabela Kabza, Gallery 1010, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm (Sat, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
  • “Calling In The Calling Out Culture,” keynote lecture by Lorreta Ross, author and professor at Smith College, Toyota Auditorium, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Apple Bobbing & Pumpkin Puppucinos, The Bark, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP for cost and more info
  • Books, BBQ & Blues, Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $75 – $550, RSVP
  • Romeo and Juliet, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 7:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Hayden Bright & London DeBord, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • RuPaw Wag Race, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Liv Noelle @ Fanatic Brewing Company, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts, 7:00 pm, free – $42.50
  • Movies Under the Stars: The Lion King, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 10:30, pm, $10 – $36, RSVP
  • Faculty/Guest Artist Recital: Melisa Barrick Baldwin, soprano; Eileen Downey, piano; Wesley Baldwin, cello, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 7:10 pm / 10:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Murder On The Orient Express, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, $50
  • Kathleen Madigan, Civic Auditorium, 7:30 pm, $33 – $58, RSVP
  • Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $40 – $60, RSVP
  • The Matt Nelson Sound, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • The Savannah Sipping Society, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Webb Wilder at the Corner Lounge Knoxville, 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Lydia Lunch + Tim Dahl / Lower Interiors, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • GO! Contemporary Dance Works presents Wide Open, Tennessee Amphitheater, World’s Fair Park, 8:00 pm, $15 – $17
  • Indie Rock Night featuring Connor Clark, The Weird Sisters, Back To Yours, and The Eldridge Band, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10
  • Donnie & The Dry Heavers Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Reigns Band / ZYX, Scruffy City Hall, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm
  • E.T. @ Pour Taproom, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • Infexzion @ Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 9:00 pm – 2:30 am
  • Three Star Revival, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm, $10
  • FIESTA Friday, Mirage Knoxville, 11:00 pm – 3:00 am, $10 – $100, RSVP

 

Saturday, September 24

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, Union Ave, Market St, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • RetroFlea September! Retrospect Vintage Store, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
  • Oktoberfest 2022, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 9:00 am – midnight (continues through Oct 2, check schedule for times and activities)
  • Wholistic Beginnings Childbirth Classes, YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Center, 10:00 am – 2:30 pm, $5, RSVP
  • 1000 Cranes, Union Ave Books, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
  • FWF Helping Hands Volunteer Event – Ainsley’s Angels 5th Annual Rollin on Rocky Top 5K, UT Gardens Knoxville, 10:45 am (continues Sept 25), RSVP
  • 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
  • Weekly Group Class: Puppy Socialization, The Bark, 11:00 am – noon (Saturdays through Nov 19), RSVP for price
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Pinkerton Raid / Liv Noelle, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Florida vs. UT Tailgate, UT Circle Park, noon – 11:45 pm, RSVP
  • Clay: Butter Dishes, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Showing: Pearl / Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 1:15 pm / 3:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts, 2:00 pm, free – $42.50
  • The Powell Brothers at University of Tennessee – Vol Village, University Ave, 7:00 pm
  • Bike Overnight, meet at Two Bikes, 4:00 pm
  • The Dinner Detective: Interactive Murder Mystery Dinner Show! Hilton Knoxville, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $60, RSVP
  • The Fairview Union at University of Tennessee – Vol Village, University Ave, 7:00 pm
  • Ecco / Funk Sanders, Scruffy City Hall, 7:00 pm / 10:00 pm
  • The Gypsy Queens’ Drag Show: Golden Girls Edition, Barrelhouse, 8:00 pm, $15, RSVP
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, Central Cinema, 8:15 pm / 11:10 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Mark Boling Trio Life, Bistro at the Bijou, 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
  • The Savannah Sipping Society, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 8:00 pm, $20, RSVP
  • Roman Reese and the Cardinal Sins / Dead Ringers / Connor Clark, Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm / 11:30 pm / 12:45 am
  • Left Foot Dave and the Magic Hats Live at Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 9:00 pm – midnight
  • The Tennessee Stifflegs, Barley’s Knoxville, 10:00 pm
  • Andres Tapia – Latin Night, Bernadette’s Quartz Lounge, 10:00 pm
View of Church Street United Methodist From The Tribute, 719 Locust Street, Knoxville, September 2022

Sunday, September 25

 

Monday, September 26

  • Artist Reem Arnouk, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (Mon-Fri) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Printmaking Showcase Gallery Selections From Color Print USA 1998, UT Art and Architecture Building, Hallway, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Oct 31
  • “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
  • September Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force, Pellissippi Campus on Magnolia, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Genealogy Workshop: Ancestry in Detail, East Tennessee History Center, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Drawing & Painting with Ink Washes, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $40, RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $10, RSVP
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets with Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • An Evening With Loch Lomond & Glen Scotia, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, $100, RSVP
  • Crafts and Drafts – DIY Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop by KnoxCrafts, Hi-Wire Brewing, 7:00 pm, $35
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Cam Duffy Moore, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
  • Dumbass Youth, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, September 27

  • Knox Sports Authority meeting, City of Knoxville Public Works Service Center, 3131 Morris Ave, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
  • The Spirit of Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Dec 10
  • Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
  • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tues – Sat) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sat), through Nov 6, FREE!
  • River & Rail Theatre Co. Presents: The Little Prince, Old City Performing Arts, 10:30 am, SOLD OUT!
  • Ed Lewis and Carole Stoiber, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun), through Sept 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  •  2022 Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series: “The Prehistory of Kinship,” by Dr. Alex Bentley, UT Walters Life Science Building, M307, 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm
  • 7 Secrets to Successful Year-End Giving (Virtual), Infinite Light Center, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $30 – $225, RSVP
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Final Day: A1LabArts’ Art Show at Scruffy’s Cafe, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Learning Series – The Camera, The Knoxville Community Darkroom, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $60 – $150
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Live Band Karaoke at Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5
  • Final Charitable Juice Tuesdays benefiting Fourth & Gill Neighborhood Organization, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Tuesday Weekly Event: Gypsy Mutt Club with SBRET, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: Moonage Daydream / Pearl, Central Cinema, 6:45 pm / 9:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Carter Beucher, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Crafts and Drafts – Bookmark Weaving Workshop by KnoxCrafts, Trailhead Beer Market, 7:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • The War on Drugs, The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, $46
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Concerts on the Square – Jon Hamar, Market Square, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Oktoberfest 2022, Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 7:30 pm – midnight (continues through Oct 2, check schedules times and activities)
  • Fall Choral Concert, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Minka, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

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