Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/23 – 11/1/2022)

Downtown Knoxville, October 2022
Downtown Knoxville, October 2022

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Sunday, October 23

 

Monday, October 24

  • Art by Chloe Melton, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 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
  • DE_CONSTRUCTIV GARDEN TALES Recent Video Works by Kaz Rahman, UT Art & Architecture Building, Gallery 103, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Oct 31)
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10 – $12
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Genealogy Workshop: Historic Newspapers Online, East Tennessee History Center, 5:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Yoga at Ijams, Ijams Nature Center, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, $10
  • Monday Night Yoga with Rigazzi, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm, $10 – $12
  • Are Our Differences of Political Opinion Still Making Us Stronger? with former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), UT Student Union, Pilot Ballroom – 272A, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Bewitching Bats – Hallo-week Family Program, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm, $12, RSVP
  • Board Game Night, Addison’s, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Open Bluegrass Jam, Trailhead Beer Market, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: It Follows / OVA Extreme Anime Series, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • David Zavracky, 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
  • DIY Macrame Bat, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, October 25

  • 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!
  • Exhibit: Rag Arcana by Eleanor Aldrich, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue – Sat), through Nov 5
  • “Lately” by Pippin Long, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • October Exhibitions, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Donation Day for Ijams, Central Flats & Taps, 11:00 am
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Daphne Parker Powell & Kieran Ledwidge / Henry Toland & Chris Beland, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • 2022 Anthropology Visiting Lecture Series, “Special Bodies: Early Christian Martyrs and their Relics,” Dr. Tina Shepardson, Religious Studies, UT Walters Life Science Building, M307, 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm
  • Onboard Alumni Happy Hour hosted by Alliance for Better Nonprofits at Schulz Bräu Brewing Company, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm, RSVP
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Showing: It Follows, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 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!
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Film Screening: The Damned (Mekulalim, 2018), UT John C Hodges Library, Linsey Young Auditorium, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • A Night of Scary Stories with Smoky Mountain Storytellers, Ijams Nature Center, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • DIY Macrame Bat Workshop with Knox Crafts TN, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm, $35, RSVP
  • HearthScares Tour, James White’s Fort, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $6 – $10
  • Daphne Parker Powell & Kieran Ledwidge, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Master Arts Series – Carolyn Craig, Organ, Church Street United Methodist Church, 7:30 pm
  • Guest Artist: Matthew Cataldi, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • The Filthy Six, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
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Wednesday, October 26

  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Lowdown Revival / Joe Holt & Emily Anderson, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Lecture: What Does It Mean to Queer History?, UT Student Union 169, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm 
  • Spooky ladies night! Lulu Liquor Cakes, 941 N Broadway, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • The Spells We Cast: A Generative Poetry Workshop, The Bottom, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Lecture by Dr. Davide Tanasi: Life and Death of a Christian Community in Roman Sicily, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 6:00 pm
  • Big Wig Awards 2022, Barrelhouse, 6:30 pm, $10 – $15, RSVP
  • Union Avenue Book Club @ The Hub! Non-Fiction: In Defense of Witches by Mona Chollet and/or Fiction: The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, Knox Brew Hub, 6:30 pm
  • Witchy Broom Class, Able Trade, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm (continues Oct 27), $150, RSVP
  • Hispanic Film Festival, UT John C Hodges Library, 101 Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  • Book Club Evening, Addison’s, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Artist in Residence: Melanie LaFoy with Ben McLaughlin, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Matt Woods, Ryan Sheley, Frankie Knuth, Matt Charette / Phlash Phlocking, Maple Hall, 7:00 pm
  • Hallow-Swing, Laurel Theater, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Kaleidos Duo: Miroslav Hristov, violin and Vladimir Valjarević, piano, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Showing: It Follows, Central Cinema, 7:30 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Adaptive Radiation Plays in the CBT Lab Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30, $20, RSVP
  • Leilani Kilgore, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm

 

Thursday, October 27

  • Knoxville Special Events Coordinating Meeting, Civic Coliseum Ballroom, 9:00 am – 10:00 am
  • School of Art 75th Anniversary Exhibition Exhibition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F), through Dec 12
  • Suzanne Jack Exhibition, Pivot Point Gallery, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Thu – Sun), through Dec 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Matt York / Spooky Ooos, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • “Rooms” by Illana Lilienthal,Lilienthal Gallery, noon – 6:00 pm (Thu-Sat), through Nov 20
  • Lecture: Vulnerability of U.S. Water Supply to Climate Change, Toyota Auditorium at the UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
  • Dr. Alison Graettinger, University of Missouri, Kansas City, speaking on “Anything Goes: The Diverse Processes and Products of Magma-Water Interactions,” UT Strong Hall, B1, 4:05 pm – 5:05 pm
  • College & Career Fair, Tennessee Amphitheater at World’s Fair Park, 4:30 pm
  • The Equal Opportunity Awards Gala, Knoxville Convention Center, 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm, $200 – $,2000, RSVP
  • RWL Speaker: Andre Johnson, Keynote Address: “I Know That’s Not What God Says,” The Role of Faith, Religion, and Spirituality in the Black Lives Matter Movement / Reception, UT John C Hodges Library Auditorium / Reception in Jack E. Reece Galleria, 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm
  • Tuba/Euphonium Student Soloists, UT Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Design SLAM! Printshop Beer Co., 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, FREE!
  • Bearing the Torch | Conversation with Bob Hutton & Jack Neely, East Tennessee History Center, 6:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Maker Mingle at Knox Makers and Spark, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP

 

Friday, October 28

  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Friday Pop-up: Til Ragnarok Axe Throwing, Barrelhouse, noon, $10 – $15

 

Saturday, October 29

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Sunday, October 30

 

Monday, October 31 

  • Art by Chloe Melton, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Final Day: Cool Cats Scavenger Hunt, Downtown Knoxville, 8:00 am – 10:00 pm 
  • Final Day: DE_CONSTRUCTIV GARDEN TALES Recent Video Works by Kaz Rahman, UT Art & Architecture Building, Gallery 103, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • School of Art 75th Anniversary Exhibition Exhibition, Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F), through Dec 12
  • Drop-in Figure Drawing, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $10 – $12
  • Trunk or Treat, Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, 1501 Washington Ave NE, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Showing: Paranorman / Trick ’R Treat, Central Cinema, 4:00 pm / 6:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • The Plant Trolley, Barrelhouse, 5:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • 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
  • Braden Jones Trio, 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!
  • 5th Annual Coat Drive! hosted by Sleeves4Needs, 2552 Louise Ave, 7:00 pm
  • Elysian Trombone Consort, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Showing: Hausu, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Medicated Sunfish, Preservation Pub, 9:30 pm

 

Tuesday, November 1

  • 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!
  • Exhibit: Rag Arcana by Eleanor Aldrich, Candoro Marble Building, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue – Sat), through Nov 5
  • “Lately” by Pippin Long, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • November Exhibitions, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Staged Reading of The Provoked Wife dir. by the RSC’s Phillip Breen, UT John C Hodges Library Lindsey Young Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Songwriter Open Mic at Next Level Brewing, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • 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!
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Tuesday Family Feud Style Trivia, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Nov 22)
  • Jazz Big Band Concert, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • EXTC , Preservation Pub, 8:00 pm
  • Gin Blossoms: New Miserable Experience Live w/ The Sedonas, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $35 – $45
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Palmyra @ Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm