Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/6 – 11/15/2022)

The Merry Widow, Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, November 2022
The Merry Widow, Knoxville Opera, Tennessee Theatre, November 2022

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Sunday, November 6

 

Monday, November 7

  • 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)
  • DriveElectricTN Momentum Summit, UT Student Union, Ballroom, 8:00 am – 8:30 pm
  • Abstracts on Display: Jen Sterling, Morris Creative Group, 555 W Jackson Ave, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (M-F, through Jan 31, 2023)
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Nov 18
  • Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Forum & Expo x DET Momentum Summit, 9:00 am (continues through Nov 9, 2:30 pm), $12 – $185
  • November Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • November Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 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
  • Mighty Musical Monday, Tennessee Theatre, noon – 1:00 pm
  • UT Humanities Center Distinguished Lecture: Anne Fernald on Change and Choice: Eight Modern Women, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), UT John C. Hodges Library, 3:30 pm
  • Painting: Fluid Acrylic Splash, Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm, $45, RSVP
  • Rion Tabor; Jazz, Junior Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Take It Outside With Erik Soltan, Mast General Store, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Showing: Something in the Dirt / Hard Boiled, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:25 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • UT Jazz Jam hosted by Margherita Fava, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Out Series: Existential Dread, Jorge Variego + Jake Smith + Matt Nelson, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Seepeoples, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, November 8

  • Election Day: Go Vote! Various Locations, 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • Nov WiE Coffee: Create Your “NO” Decision Tree with Women in Entrepreneurship Knoxville, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 9:00 am – 10:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • Tennessee Sustainable Transportation Forum & Expo, UT Student Union, Ballroom, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
  • 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!
  • Election Day – Free Dog Park Entry w/ Sticker, The Bark, 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Fall Trombone Night, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 4:30 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through Dec 27), $20
  • Showing: Paddington 2 / Something in the Dirt, Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:15 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • 865 Candle-Making Workshop, Ijams Nature Center, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $45, RSVP
  • A Literary Evening with The Knoxville History Project, Maple Hall, 6:00 pm, FREE!
  • 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)
  • Trivia Tuesday! Lord of the Rings! Xül Beer Co, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
  • ABF at Pretentious Beer Co, 7:00 pm
  • Faculty/Guest Artist Recital: 2 Pianos, 8 Hands, 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
  • Woody and Sunshine, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm
Whist Court, 400 West Magnolia Avenue, Knoxville, November 2022

Wednesday, November 9

  • Daycare: Acupuncture w/ Dr. Nagel, The Bark, 7:00 am – 8:00 am, RSVP for cost
  • Market Square Farmers’ Market, hosted by Nourish Knoxville, Market Square, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (through Nov 16)
  • 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: Live Music TBA, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • LBE Lab Grand Opening, 1119 Sevier Ave, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Considering the Green Economy and Mobility, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Volunteer Brass Quintet, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Hispanic Film Festival, UT John C Hodges Library, 101 Auditorium, 6:30 pm
  • Showing: Knoxville Poetry Slam Live – “November Feast,” Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Online: UT Humanities Center Public Books Circle: How to Do Nothing with Lisi Schoenbach, 7:00 pm, RSVP
  • Leftfoot Dave is BACK! at Ale Rae’s, 7:00 pm
  • Artist in Residence: Will Wright featuring EmiSunshine, Boyd’s Jig & Reel, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10 – $16
  • Skyway 61, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Thursday, November 10

  • Nonprofit Coffee & Conversations, Likewise Coffee, 1209 E Magnolia Ave, 8:30 am – 9:30 am, FREE! but RSVP
  • Big Orange Give Zoomathon through Facebook Live, 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
  • The KKB 4th Annual Summit: Urban Reconnection to Nature, East Tennessee Historical Society, 10:30 am – 5:30 pm, free – $13, RSVP
  • Suzanne Jack Exhibition, Pivot Point Gallery, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Thu – Sun), through Dec 29
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: The Plate Scrapers, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • What Is Toxic Productivity? Tools for Avoiding Burnout & Increasing Your Mental Wellness (In-Person), The Regas Building, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $30 – $225, RSVP

 

Friday, November 11

  • Disney on Ice Presents: Let’s Celebrate, Civic Coliseum, 10:30 am, tickets starting at $22
  • 11.11 Portal Celebration & Potluck, Infinite Light Center, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, $11, RSVP
  • 2022 Veterans Day Parade, beginning at Knoxville Civic Auditorium-Coliseum, 10:40 am – 12:30 pm
  • WDVX Big Plate Special: Jeanine Fuller Band, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Base Politics: The Double-Edged Sword of Jacksonian Squatter Democracy, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, noon – 1:00 pm
  • Online: Sociology and Science Fiction: What’s ‘Love’ Got to Do With It? hosted by UT Science Forum, noon – 1:00 pm, RSVP

 

Saturday, November 12

Owner Carly Baskette, Mood Ring Vintage, 906 Sevier Avenue, Knoxville, October 2022

Sunday, November 13

 

Monday, November 14 

  • 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)
  • Exhibition: Vincent Drake, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri), through Nov 18
  • October Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Mon-Fri 
  • 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) 
  • November Exhibition, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • 2School 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
  • 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: Live Music, 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 College of Arts and Sciences, Political Science, 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!
  • 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
  • Tuesday Family Feud Style Trivia, Hi-Wire Brewing Knoxville, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Nov 22)
  • 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, FREE
  • 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