Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/13 – 11/22/2022)

Red and MD, Tommy Trent's, Knoxville, October 2022
Red and MD, Tommy Trent’s, Knoxville, October 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.
  • If you’d like to show your appreciation for this weekly list and all the other information presented here, consider hitting the “donate” button at the top to show your support.

Sunday, November 13

 

Monday, November 14 

  • Call to Artists to Submit Works: 2023 Dogwood Arts Festival, Dogwood Arts, Deadline: Monday, Nov. 21, $35
  • Sara Barrett – My Muses, 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 Exhibition – Byron McKeeby’s Legacy, UT Art and Architecture Building, Second Floor Hallway, 9:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Jan 31, 2023
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Nov 18
  • Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling, Morris Creative Group, 555 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Jan 31, 2023)
  • November 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
  • Downtown Knoxville Alliance Board Meeting, Knoxville Area Chamber, #201, 17 Market Square, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
  • African American Equity Restoration Task Force, Pellissippi Campus on Magnolia, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Growth & Grit 2022 | Celebrating East TN’s Inc. 5000 Listed Companies, hosted by Knoxville Entrepreneur Center @ Lighthouse Knoxville, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Showing: Meet Me in the Bathroom / Triangle of Sadness, Central Cinema, 5:30 pm / 7:45 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Jonathon Simpson; Composition, Senior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Knox Storytellers Performance, Schulz Brau Brewing, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm, $8 – $12
  • 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
  • All Over the Page discussing “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward, Knox County Public Library, 6:30 pm
  • Terry Washington Quartet, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Ryan Dunaway + Seth Hopper, Roller + Hebert, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Seniors Got Talent, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $10
  • Flute Studio Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Sidik Fofana Reading, UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 8:00 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Year of October, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 15

  • 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
  • Brian Pittman Exhibition, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Dennis Sabo and Janis Proffitt, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Galvezton, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • “An Aesthetic Approach of Necropolitics in Mexico,” lecture by Dr. Myriam Lamrani, Harvard University, UT Walters Life Science Building, M307, 12:55 pm – 2:10 pm
  • Meet & Greet with Marissa R. Moss, Union Ave Books, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • New Sound Concert Series, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Online: College Conversations: Accessing the Vote, hosted by UT Political Science Department, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, RSVP
  • 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
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Showing: Live: Jobs With Justice East Tennessee Short Films & Panel, Central Cinema, 6:30 pm, FREE!
  • 2022 WUTK Beer Dinner, Sunspot, 6:30 pm, RSVP
  • Tuesday Ping Pong Tournament, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Aug 29, 2023)
  • Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Performing Suspiria: 45th Anniversary Tour, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $45 – $65
  • DIY Macrame Christmas Ornaments, Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm, $30, RSVP
  • Manchester Orchestra, The Mill & Mine, 7:30 pm, $32, RSVP
  • Grace Warnock; Soprano & Carson Williams; Tenor, Joint Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Dear Evan Hansen, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $79 – $95
  • Showing: Meet Me in the Bathroom, Central Cinema, 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Ex-Gold with Fruit LoOoPs, What’s on TV, Koi Puddle, The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm, $10
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Scott H. Biram, Barley’s Knoxville, 9:00 pm, $12 – $15
  • Year of October, Preservation Pub, 10:00 pm
Union Sundown, Knoxville, October 2022

Wednesday, November 16

  • Knox Writers Presents: After the First Draft, 17 Market Square, #101, 9:00 am – 10:30 am
  • Final Wednesday Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm 
  • Figures: Amy Pleasant + Katarina Riesing, UT Downtown Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Wed-Fri) / 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Trae Sheehan / Britton Deuel, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Newsmakers Not Covered by the Media Today with Georgiana Vines, Brown Bag 2022 Lecture Series, East Tennessee History Center, noon – 1:00 pm
  • 1st Annual Together We Fight with Knoxville Ice Bears, Civic Coliseum, 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • “An Aesthetic Approach of Necropolitics in Mexico,” lecture by Dr. Myriam Lamrani, Harvard University, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • TVH Third Week Meeting, The Oak Room by Abridged, 6:00 pm
  • Live Band Karaoke with Tinca Tinca at Pretentious Beer Co, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $5
  • Showing: Screening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by The Prelude Society, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm, FREE!, RSVP
  • Hispanic Film Festival, UT John C Hodges Library, 101 Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  • Thompson, Coker & Roben at Bistro by the Tracks in Happy Holler, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Artist in Residence: Will Wright featuring Bob Deck, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • 2022 China Town Hall – National Webinar with Former Ambassador Huntsman and Local Panel, UT Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium Discussion, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Nick Swan, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10 – $16
  • FWF November New Member Meetup, Mirage Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • String Chamber Ensemble, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Todd Snider – The American Troubadour Tour, Bijou Theatre, 7:30 pm, $25 – $37
  • Dear Evan Hansen, Tennessee Theatre, 7:30 pm, $79 – $95
  • The Heiskell Howlers, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, November 17

  • Suzanne Jack Exhibition, Pivot Point Gallery, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Thu – Sun), through Dec 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Craig Hendricks / Chris Castle, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Composition Masterclass with Kevin Day, UT Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 12:55 pm

 

Friday, November 18

  • Final Day: Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: The Heiskell Howlers, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!

 

Saturday, November 19

Red and MD, Tommy Trent’s, Knoxville, October 2022

Sunday, November 20

 

Monday, November 21

 

Tuesday, November 22

  • 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
  • Brian Pittman Exhibition, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Dennis Sabo and Janis Proffitt, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Live Music, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Weekly Old Time Jam With Sarah Pirkle, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm, FREE!
  • Drag Bingo at The Mill & Mine 7:00 pm
  • Guest Artist: Daniel Ketter, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Comedy on the Corner, Corner Lounge Knoxville, 7:30 pm
  • Concert & Symphonic Bands, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Apollo Suns, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm