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Fall is the start of the season in Knoxville … for both football and cultural events. Galas and gaggles of tailgaters will re-ignite the city with a simmering September. Kicking off with a parade to honor our Queen Dolly and a promising First Friday, we suggest you leave home early to find parking; UT’s first game of the season is this Saturday and the fans will descend on the city with rousing enthusiasm (and traffic). Hop from the field to the bar to some art with this selection of upcoming cultural events.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Parade: What Dolly Did for Me: A Parade for Our Queen • 6:30 pm lineup at the City County Building, kickoff at 7 pm
A celebration of Dolly Parton’s life, love, and legacy. Parade, dance, and sing your way down to Market Square with @cattywampuspuppetcouncil and @knoxhonkersandbangers as we reflect on Dolly Parton’s impact on our region, our world, and our own lives 🦋✨ Bring offerings to place at the mural — art, flowers, or anything else that feels meaningful. Dress bold, bright, colorful — wear and carry things that represent what Dolly means to you.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
First Friday Hola Hora Latina • Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibit: Frutos Latinos • The Emporium • 5–9 pm
Opening night for Frutos Latinos exhibition, at the Emporium, featuring local Latino artists. The theme is to celebrate Latine culture and kick off Hispanic Heritage Month! HoLa Hora Latina promotes unity in the community by creating art, cultural and communication bridges between the greater Knoxville and Latino communities and by encouraging education, participation and leadership.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
Keeping Trees by Ashton Ludden • Dogwood Arts Gallery • 5–8 pm
Keeping Trees shares the stories and grief for towering trees recently removed from Ludden’s neighborhood due to growth and development. This exhibition doesn’t linger in loss, but shares deep love for these often unseen, quiet giants living with us, and will offer keepsakes of hope through tree adoptions and collecting stories of trees.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Author Talk: Art, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm • A+A 113 | 1715 Volunteer Blvd. • 5:30-7 pm
Talk by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus, Dr. Timothy Hiles. Hiles’ research and book, Art Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is the catalyst and source for the current exhibitions of the same title at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
Cocktails & Conversation: Preserving Pasaquan • KMA • 5:30–7:30 pm • Free
Part of the KMA’s current No Man’s Land exhibition, this conversation goes into depth about the folk artist “Mock-Precolumbian Psychedelic Wonderland” in Marion, GA. St. EOM’s creation of this extraordinary artist-built environment in the 1950s as a visionary legacy for future generations.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
Punk Rock Flea Market • Mill & Mine • 12–9pm
200 vendors and music all day. Street party included alongside tattooing, food trucks, brews, and all of your friends! Scavenger hunt: let us know if you find taxidermy, bone jewelry, pre-loved leather, a comic book booth, and some campy nostalgia.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Food First: Amplifying Grassroots Voices in Food Justice • The Bottom • 6–8 pm
A conversation with Aris Clemons & Kalil White to talk about the graphic novel, Food First: Amplifying Grassroots Voices in Food Justice! Each year the global population increases about 1% and we grow enough food globally to feed everyone. So why are 2.3 billion people, or nearly 28% of the global population hungry and malnourished? The Institute for Food and Development Policy, or Food First, exists to address the underlying causes of global hunger and poverty. Lasting change is built from the ground up.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Dance Performance: Samanvaya – Dialogue between Bharatanatyam & Kathak • Clayton Performing Arts Center @ Pellissippi Community College • 4–5:30 pm
This performance, a first of its kind in Knoxville, brings together two ancient traditions of dance from India – Bharatanatyam from the South and Kathak from the North. Both performers are arts educators and have designed the program with an educational component.
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