Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/26 – 3/7/2023)

Means of the Builder III by Steve Buduo , Krutch Park, Knoxville (Photo by Luke Frazier)
Intestinal Fortitude by Mike Hansel, Krutch Park, Knoxville (Photo by Luke Frazier)

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Sunday, February 26

 

Monday, February 27

  • GCA Honor Students, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Alex Stern and Jenn Kaplan Exhibit Work, Gallery 103, UT Art and Architecture Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri, through Mar 1)
  • Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! East Tennessee History Center, Mon-Fri, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through July 3, 2023)
  • February Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri) 
  • Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30, FREE!
  • “Latin Love” Exhibit, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (through Mar 1)
  • People, Plants, and Other Myths by Annie Rochelle, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Mon-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • Ready for the World Music Series: Lecture, Ukrainian Music: The Story of Passion, Struggle, and Hope presented by Solomia Soroka, Mary Greer Room, UT John C. Hodges Library, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
  • Glass Mosaic Workshop, Knoxville Museum of Art, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, $45 – $55, RSVP
  • Protest for Lisa Ewards, Downtown Knoxville, 4:00 pm
  • The Distinguished Lecture Series in Musicology: Dr. Braxton Shelley, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Room 25, 4:15 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Auditions for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Film Screening: Hillbilly, Lindsay Young Auditorium, 1st floor UT John C. Hodges Library, 5:30 pm, FREE! But RSVP
  • Last Days Beer Dinner, Last Days of Autumn Brewing, 5:30 pm, $50, RSVP
  • Bluegrass in the Grove with Big Country’s Empty Bottle, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, FREE!
  • Meditation with Knox Insight Sangha ~ In person & Zoom, Lotus Light Contemplative Community Center, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, FREE! but donations welcome, RSVP
  • Showing: Attack the Block / Irreversible (Straight cut), Central Cinema, 6:00 pm / 8:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Knoxville Classics Book Club – Endless Night, Barrelhouse 6:00 pm
  • Albright Grove Beer Dinner, Harvest – Land, Sea, & Vine, 141 S Gay St, 6:00 pm
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Beck Black History Month Program: The Dream, Bijou Theatre, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE! but RSVP, donations welcome
  • Braden Jones, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • KSO – Youth Orchestra Winter Concert, Tennessee Theatre, 7:00 pm, $5
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets From: David Phillips, Emily Jackson, David Kline, Edwin Bunnydict, Ryan Dunaway, Summer Fuss (Works by authors Beth Meko, Brian Elwood, David Phillips, Emily Jackson, David Kline) and Jake Smith + Andrew McCoy, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Guest Artist Performance: Amy Williams; Piano, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Percussion Room (Room 133), 7:30 pm
  • Concert & Symphonic Bands, Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, UT Alumni Memorial Building, James R. Cox Auditorium, 7:30 pm
  • Listen Up, Knoxville! Singer Songwriter Night, Scruffy City Hall, 8:00 pm
  • Royal Horses, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, February 28

K.I.S.S. Caboose, Downtown Knoxville, January 2023 (Photo Courtesy of Gina Kelly)

Wednesday, March 1

  • Final Day: Alex Stern and Jenn Kaplan Exhibit Work in Gallery 103, UT Art and Architecture Building, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Annual Student Art Competition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues through Mar 9)
  • Final Day: February Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 
  • Final Day: Latin Love” Exhibit, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 
  • Final Day: People, Plants, and Other Myths by Annie Rochelle, Rala, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm 
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bridget Gossett, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Barrel Brews: Barrel Aged Brew Flights available / Discussion with the Brewmaster / Brew House Tours with the Brew Team / FREE Axe Throwing, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 5:00 pm / 5:30 pm / 5:30 pm – 7 pm / 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Brett Rogers & Cameron McKenzie; Tuba & Euphonium Recital, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Showing: Irreversible / Irreversible (Straight cut), Central Cinema, 6:30 pm / 8:40 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Coker, Gable & Thompson at Bistro by the Tracks in Happy Holler, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm (weekly through Apr 26)
  • 90s Night with Jason Ellis, Barrelhouse, 7:00 pm
  • Wed Night Hop, Laurel Theater, 7:15 pm – 10:00 pm, $5
  • Tannahill Weavers Live at Jig and Reel, 7:30 pm, SOLD OUT!
  • Rom-Com Trivia at The Mill & Mine, 7:00 pm, FREE! but RSVP
  • Final Date: Learn Latin Dancing – Salsa and Bachata, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, $10 – $16
  • Trouble in Mind, Clarence Brown Theatre, 7:30 pm, free – $25, RSVP
  • Royal Horses, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm 

 

Thursday, March 2

  • Shamanic Insights, New Moon Rising Gifts and Goods, 206 Randolph St, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, donation-based
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Tim Stafford & Thomm Jutz, Visit Knoxville, noon – 1:00 pm, FREE!
  • Volunteer Event! Tree Planting – New Second Creek Greenway Extension, Bernard Ave & Marion Street 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm, RSVP
  • Downtown Knoxville Boat Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm (daily through Feb 5), $6 – $25, RSVP
  • Smokes & Spokes, Yee-Haw Brewing Co., 5:00 pm – midnight
  • Contemporary Music Festival: Brandon Quarles, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • Fleming-Morrow Lecture in African American History, America’s Real Sister Act: The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns in the United States with Dr. Shannen Dee Williams of University of Dayton, UT Strong Hall, 101, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
  • 6 O’clock Swerve Ft. Redd, Barley’s Knoxville, 6:00 pm
  • Showing: Martial Arts Theatre / Irreversible (Straight cut), Central Cinema, 7:00 pm / 9:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • The Waymores / Mending Wall, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm / 11:30 pm, $5

 

Friday, March 3

 

Saturday, March 4

Means of the Builder III by Steve Buduo , Krutch Park, Knoxville (Photo by Luke Frazier)

Sunday, March 5

 

Monday, March 6 

  • GCA Honor Students, Awaken Coffee, 7:30 am – 8:00 pm (M-F) / 8:00 am – 8:00 pm (Sat) / 1:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Lights! Camera! East Tennessee! East Tennessee History Center, Mon-Fri, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sat, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm / Sun, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (through July 3, 2023)
  • Converge: Coming Together, Embracing Balance, Dogwood Arts, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • March Exhibitions, the Emporium Center, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Mon-Fri)
  • Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, Knoxville Museum of Art, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Fri) / 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Sun), through Apr 30, FREE!
  • March Exhibit, HoLa Hora Latina, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, M-F / 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, Sat (through Mar 1)
  • Annual Student Art Competition, UT Art and Architecture Building, Ewing Gallery, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (continues daily through Mar 9)
  • Little History Lessons: Transportation, East Tennessee History Center, 10:30 am, free – $10, RSVP
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Bill Kemp, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Mighty Musical Monday featuring House Organist Freddie Brabson on the Tennessee Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer with guests Tinca Tinca, Tennessee Theatre, noon, FREE!
  • UTHC Distinguished Lecture Series: “Narrative Fusion: Clinical Arts and Literary Sciences” with Rita Charon, UT John C Hodges Library, Lindsay Young Auditorium (rm. 101), 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Monday Capoeira Fundo da Mata, Sustainable Future Center, 5:30 pm, $5
  • Tuba/Euphonium Student Soloists and Ensembles, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm
  • U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific: Standing by Our Allies, UT Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, Toyota Auditorium, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Showing: RRR Fan Celebrrration, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Stretch & Strengthen, Alliance Brewing, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, $10 – $12, RSVP
  • Weekly Monday Fun Run hosted by Flying Pints, Alliance Brewing Co, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
  • Out Series: Improvised Music Sets, The Pilot Light, 7:00 pm, FREE!
  • Live Jazz, Bistro at the Bijou, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Tennessee Songwriters Week Knoxville Showcase, Bijou Theatre, 7:00 pm, $25, RSVP
  • Craft Night (Vision Board Making), Knox Pride, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, FREE!
  • “Around the World” with the UT Saxophone Studio, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
  • Prince of the Burning Sands, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

 

Tuesday, March 7

  • The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments and Stonework / Repatriation of Archaeology & the Native Peoples of Tennessee, McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through May 13 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Tue-Sat), through Aug 2023
  • March Exhibitions, Art Market Gallery, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Sun)
  • Art Shoe by Esther Sitvery, Rala: Regional and Local Artisans, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm (Tue-Sat) / 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (Sun)
  • WDVX Blue Plate Special: Maire Ni Chathasaigh & Chris Newman, Visit Knoxville, noon, FREE!
  • Knox Pride Presents: TTRPGs at the Pride Center, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, free, but $5 donation suggested, RSVP
  • Kyra Green & Zac Stanislawski; Composition, Junior Recital / Kaleidos Duo: Miroslav Hristov, violin; and Vladimir Valjarević, piano, Mozart’s Complete Violin Sonatas, Concert 3, UT Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, 5:30 pm / 7:30 pm
  • Skywarn Weather Spotter Class – Knox County, City of Knoxville Public Works Complex 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, RSVP
  • City Council Meeting, City County Building, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
  • Newcomer/Beginner Social Dancing, Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and Event Center, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm (weekly through June 27), $20
  • 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
  • Knox Women In Music – Songwriter Night, Geezers Brewery, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Showing: Tiny Stage Comedy Night, Central Cinema, 7:00 pm, $5 – $10, RSVP
  • Lizzie Trouble (Teens in Trouble), Tierney Tough (The Pauses) @ The Pilot Light, 8:00 pm
  • Knoxville Jazz Orchestra presents The Diva Next Door, Bijou Theatre, 8:00 pm, $42
  • Weekly: Einstein Simplified – Comedy Improv, Scruffy City Hall, 8:15 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Chris Morel, Preservation Pub, 9:00 pm

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