Calendar of Events

**Date Night** Heart on the Beach - Sun, 6/5/2016, 4:00 - 7:00 PM, Mind Yer P's & Q's - Farragut - $35.00
Love Anchor - Mon, 6/13/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Buffalo Mountain Grille - Oak Ridge - $35.00
Morning Meeting - Tue, 6/14/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Quaker Steak and Lube - Sevierville - $35.00
Galaxy Wine Glass - Mon, 6/20/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Gibby's Dining & Drinks (inside Holiday Inn) - $35.00
Scenic Waterfall - Wed, 6/22/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Carolina Ale House - $35.00
Oak Ridge Children's Museum **Give from the Heart with Art** - Fri, 6/24/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Oak Ridge Children's Museum - $35.00
Pop of Color - Sat, 6/25/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Le Noir Restaurant - Lenoir City - $35.00
My Daisy - Mon, 6/27/2016, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Barley's - Maryville - $35.00

Wine & Canvas: Knoxville, TN, 865-356-9179, http://www.wineandcanvas.com/knoxville-tn.html

Chris Robinson Brotherhood is touring this summer in support of its latest release, Phosphorescent Harvest. Praised by Rolling Stone as “at once quirky, trippy, soulful and downright magnetic."

Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, www.knoxbijou.com, www.ticketmaster.com

Do you and your kids love sushi? Would you or your kids like to have our sushi chefs show you how to make sushi?
Book yourself or your child into our sushi class to learn the fundamentals of this special craft. We'll teach you how to roll sushi like a pro! C.lasses June 5th Sunday 11AM - 1PM or July 9th Saturday 11AM -1PM
Class includes:
1, How to make Sushi Rice
2, What are the ingredients
3, How to roll Sushi
(CA roll, Another healthy roll)
4, How to decorate Sushi Platter
5, How to use Chop Sticks
6, Learn Japanese food and culture

This is a great Kids and family event for summer. It is $55 per kids. Parent can come for FREE to help them and learn together.
June 5th Sunday 11AM - 1PM or July 9th Saturday 11AM -1PM.
Register online http://www.sushiacademytn.com/#!kids-summer-class-2016/ca0h

Knoxville resident, Jody Sims, artist/author of the award winning book Soul Provider: Conversations With My Cat, will present at National Cancer Survivors Day event at Historic Southern Railway Station. National Cancer Survivors Day started 29 years ago as a way to recognize and support people living with cancer. The day is observed in many different ways around the U.S. and in 18 other countries. There are nearly 14.5 million children and adults with a history of cancer living today in the United States. “Given that one in three Americans will face a cancer diagnosis at some point in their lives, living with cancer is a topic that touches all of us,” says Jody.

“As a cancer survivor, your relationship to everyone around you changes. You may find yourself cutting off relationships that aren't working. Or you may want to change jobs or move away because you’ve had this life-changing experience. Additionally, once I finished treatment, people assumed I was fine. I was often told, ‘You look great, you’ve got your hair back, so now you can just get on with your life.’ But it wasn’t that easy. Many of us are not prepared for the fact that everything isn’t going to be what it was.”

In her book, Sims shares excerpts from her personal journal, along with 20 paintings of her cat’s face, to take the reader through each stage of healing as she found her way through devastating loss, grief and survival. Jody presents an extraordinary visual and honest account of her experience with
loss, filled with inspiration from someone who forged it for herself. Soul Provider has been described as “both simple and deep; delightful and desperate; clever and beautiful; inviting the reader to share a dynamic tug-of-war between courage and surrender.” The book won the Nautilus Book Award in 2014.

Jody grew up in a small farming community in western Illinois. After college, she moved to San Diego, CA and worked for many years for the Girl Scouts. She was their Chief Advancement Officer when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012. Recently, Jody moved to Knoxville, TN where she is a full time artist and writer. Survivorship came at a psychological price, for Jody. The first Sunday of June is her annual reminder that she survived and an opportunity to share her story with others, in hopes that it may serve as a catalyst for others’ healing. Jody’s favorite saying is, “Today is a new day and a chance to begin again.” She’s not the same person who entered the storm, but that’s what the storm was all about, right?

Blue Slip Winery wine will be available for purchase. Historic Southern Railway Station, 306 West Depot Ave., Knoxville, TN. For more information visit www.jodysims.com, or contact 619-210-4587 or jody@jodysims.com.

Poetry Reading & Signing Launch with Linda Parsons author of a new collection of poems, This Shaky Earth

Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com

PRIDEFEST PICNIC, Sunday, June 5, 2016, 1:00pm 5:00pm in Tyson Park, Knoxville.

It's that great PRIDE time of year and ETEC wants to give a GREAT BIG shout out to everyone who makes Pride a success year after year! That's right YOU the friends, family and supporters of Pride with our annual PRIDE PICNIC. Please come out to this family friendly event and enjoy good food, fabulous friends, great tunes, and festive games! This event is FREE to everyone all we ask is that you bring a side to share and sign up on our Facebook event here so that we know how much food to buy. Please see below for the details:
ETEC will provide: Hamburgers/Hot dog...s, Condiments, paper products, ice and drinks.

What can you bring: Yourself and a side dish to share.
We need volunteers for the event so, please sign-up on our volunteer page.
If you are vegetarian, please bring your favorite grillings and we will have an extra grill/grill pan just for you!

So, come out to the longest running Pride event in Knoxville for fabulous food, friends, music and fun!
Make sure and sign up at our Facebook event page! www.facebook.com/events/1204858709527621/

TERRAHOOLIE ADVENTURE WEEKEND at IJAMS, June3 4-5th, 2016.
What is Terra Hoolie? A fun adventure packed weekend!!

Join Ijams, River Sports Outfitters, outdoor recreation industry vendors and Dirty Bird Events for one amazing weekend full of adventure races, paddleboard races, scavenger hunts, trail runs, rock climbing, and a triathlon! Complete with awesome prizes from our sponsor vendors. Proceeds benefit Ijams Nature Center.

For more information contact info@riversportoutfitters.com or see www.riversportoutfitters.com, 865 523 0066.

BIKE BOAT BREW & BARK, June 4 and 5
Knoxville Has it All!
It's a place where everything comes together.
A place where you can ride your bike, take your boat, bring your dog and grab a great local brew. Bike Boat Brew & Bark celebrates the outdoor adventurer, the dog lover, the craft beer enthusiast, the local and the tourist looking to discover something unexpected. Explore Knoxville in a new way as we launch Bike Boat Brew & Bark this special weekend. Then live it, experience it and continue to explore it all year long.

Pet Photo Contest with Young-Williams Animal Center
Pet lovers join us at Vol Landing for a fun Instagram pet photo contest as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark! Tag your photos with #knoxfido on Saturday, June 4th and Sunday, June 5th while you and your pet ‘Bestie’ are out and about at the event! The two photos with the most ‘likes’ will win pooch prize packs from @citifido! Young-Williams Animal Center will be at Vol Landing from 9-12pm that Saturday with props, snapping pictures for the contest and keeping your furry friends safe, hydrated, and cool. The contest begins at 9am on Saturday the 4th, photos need to be submitted by 11pm on Sunday, June 5th, and ‘likes’ will be tallied within the week. Visit bbbb.visitknoxville.com for a list of dog-friendly patios to stop by that weekend and other activities as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark!

Urban Hike with TVA
TVA will be leading a new Urban Hike from Downtown to Island Home Park on Saturday, June 4th! Meet the TVA hiking guides at 10am at the TVA Towers North on Wall Avenue next to Market Square and enjoy a beautiful, scenic hike over the river and to the park! Learn how easy it is to go from the center of our great city into our lush wilderness! The hike is approximately a mile and a half one way, mostly flat, and will end at Island Home Park where those without a pet can catch KAT* Bus 40 for a ride back downtown. Should hikers want to bring along their furry companions, the roundtrip hike will be 3 miles. If you are feeling extra frisky, guides can take you the extra mile to and from Ijams!! Join TVA and hike our city, our riverside and our parks as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark!

*KAT only allows service animals to board.

Ingress Mission Day
Ingress is a location-based augmented reality exergame consisting of capturing ‘portals’ at places of cultural significance. Gameplay relies heavily on the players/teams physically moving throughout the community in order to interact with these portals to complete each mission. This is very exciting for Knoxville to have been chosen as Ingress Mission Days are played across the globe. The mission day will begin at 9am and end by 9pm on Saturday, June 4th. For more information visit: http://missiondayknoxville.splashthat.com

Slow Rides to Breweries with KABA
Knoxville Area Brewers Association wants to showoff just a handful of Knoxville’s great breweries! Representatives from Balter Beerworks, Alliance Brewing Company, Last Days of Autumn Brewery, Crafty Bastard Brewery and Saw Works Brewery will be meeting riders at the balloons at Vol Landing at set times to lead them in a relaxed, slow bike ride to their respective breweries. Last Days of Autumn is also hosting a fun Beer & Brats Picnic at their location at 4pm on Saturday-delicious!!! See our BBBB schedule for exact times of slow rides. See how easy it is to ride to enjoy some of the best local craft beer in Knoxville as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark!

Guided Bike Ride with Downtown YMCA
Join a bike guide from Downtown YMCA on Saturday June 4th at to travel from downtown, through World’s Fair Park, then onto the greenway to Vol Landing and back! The easy ride will begin at 10am at the Downtown YMCA and end at Vol Landing. Enjoy downtown biking and finish up at Vol Landing where you can watch a race, watch some dock dog jumping and see some fly boarding tricks!

Paddleboard Lesson at Volunteer Landing Marina
FREE paddleboard lesson from 5pm to 6pm ALL weekend at Volunteer Landing Marina! Sign up at http://paddleupright.com!

Trolley Tour with Jack Neely (Knoxville Mercury/Knoxville History Project)
Come ride a free trolley on Saturday, June 4th at 1pm and listen to historian Jack Neely speak about Knoxville’s history! Riders will meet Jack at The Market at 504 S. Gay Street, board the green line trolley and enjoy a thorough and dynamic lesson by an expert in the history of Knoxville! Space is limited.

BIKE BOAT BREW & BARK, June 4 and 5
Knoxville Has it All!
It's a place where everything comes together.
A place where you can ride your bike, take your boat, bring your dog and grab a great local brew. Bike Boat Brew & Bark celebrates the outdoor adventurer, the dog lover, the craft beer enthusiast, the local and the tourist looking to discover something unexpected. Explore Knoxville in a new way as we launch Bike Boat Brew & Bark this special weekend. Then live it, experience it and continue to explore it all year long.

Pet Photo Contest with Young-Williams Animal Center
Pet lovers join us at Vol Landing for a fun Instagram pet photo contest as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark! Tag your photos with #knoxfido on Saturday, June 4th and Sunday, June 5th while you and your pet ‘Bestie’ are out and about at the event! The two photos with the most ‘likes’ will win pooch prize packs from @citifido! Young-Williams Animal Center will be at Vol Landing from 9-12pm that Saturday with props, snapping pictures for the contest and keeping your furry friends safe, hydrated, and cool. The contest begins at 9am on Saturday the 4th, photos need to be submitted by 11pm on Sunday, June 5th, and ‘likes’ will be tallied within the week. Visit bbbb.visitknoxville.com for a list of dog-friendly patios to stop by that weekend and other activities as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark!

Urban Hike with TVA
TVA will be leading a new Urban Hike from Downtown to Island Home Park on Saturday, June 4th! Meet the TVA hiking guides at 10am at the TVA Towers North on Wall Avenue next to Market Square and enjoy a beautiful, scenic hike over the river and to the park! Learn how easy it is to go from the center of our great city into our lush wilderness! The hike is approximately a mile and a half one way, mostly flat, and will end at Island Home Park where those without a pet can catch KAT* Bus 40 for a ride back downtown. Should hikers want to bring along their furry companions, the roundtrip hike will be 3 miles. If you are feeling extra frisky, guides can take you the extra mile to and from Ijams!! Join TVA and hike our city, our riverside and our parks as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark!

*KAT only allows service animals to board.

Ingress Mission Day
Ingress is a location-based augmented reality exergame consisting of capturing ‘portals’ at places of cultural significance. Gameplay relies heavily on the players/teams physically moving throughout the community in order to interact with these portals to complete each mission. This is very exciting for Knoxville to have been chosen as Ingress Mission Days are played across the globe. The mission day will begin at 9am and end by 9pm on Saturday, June 4th. For more information visit: http://missiondayknoxville.splashthat.com

Slow Rides to Breweries with KABA
Knoxville Area Brewers Association wants to showoff just a handful of Knoxville’s great breweries! Representatives from Balter Beerworks, Alliance Brewing Company, Last Days of Autumn Brewery, Crafty Bastard Brewery and Saw Works Brewery will be meeting riders at the balloons at Vol Landing at set times to lead them in a relaxed, slow bike ride to their respective breweries. Last Days of Autumn is also hosting a fun Beer & Brats Picnic at their location at 4pm on Saturday-delicious!!! See our BBBB schedule for exact times of slow rides. See how easy it is to ride to enjoy some of the best local craft beer in Knoxville as part of Bike Boat Brew & Bark!

Guided Bike Ride with Downtown YMCA
Join a bike guide from Downtown YMCA on Saturday June 4th at to travel from downtown, through World’s Fair Park, then onto the greenway to Vol Landing and back! The easy ride will begin at 10am at the Downtown YMCA and end at Vol Landing. Enjoy downtown biking and finish up at Vol Landing where you can watch a race, watch some dock dog jumping and see some fly boarding tricks!

Paddleboard Lesson at Volunteer Landing Marina
FREE paddleboard lesson from 5pm to 6pm ALL weekend at Volunteer Landing Marina! Sign up at http://paddleupright.com!

Trolley Tour with Jack Neely (Knoxville Mercury/Knoxville History Project)
Come ride a free trolley on Saturday, June 4th at 1pm and listen to historian Jack Neely speak about Knoxville’s history! Riders will meet Jack at The Market at 504 S. Gay Street, board the green line trolley and enjoy a thorough and dynamic lesson by an expert in the history of Knoxville! Space is limited.

Rala is proud to present an exhibition by Knoxville artist extraordinaire, Mike C. Berry! "Postcards From Knoxville" is an exhibition of small "postcard size" scenes depicting some of Knoxville's iconic landmarks, all created in Mike Berry's expressive and colorful style. Mike Berry is a local Knoxville painter whose work consists of vibrant scenes of downtown Knoxville. He is the gallery manager of University of Tennessee's Downtown Gallery and an active member of the Art & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville.

Please join us for a First Friday Reception, June 3 from 5 - 9 pm

RALA, 323 Union Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-525-7888, https://shoprala.com/

This exhibition showcases the world of modern paleontology, introducing a dynamic vision of dinosaurs and the scientists who study them. New discoveries and technologies reveal how dinosaurs lived, moved and behaved. Find out how advanced technologies allow scientists to look at fossils in fresh ways. Examine realistic models and casts, and see dinosaurs walk, run and move their long necks in fantastic computer simulations.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

Bliss Home is pleased to present Knoxville photographer Brian Murray for June First Friday! Bliss Home, located at 29 Market Square, will host an opening reception on Friday, June 3rd from 6pm to 9pm and another reception on Friday, July 1st from 6pm to 9pm. Complimentary treats from Wild Love Bakehouse will be provided.

Brian Murray is a local photographer who has had prints in several exhibits including the Arts In The Airport, Dogwood Arts Fine Art Exhibition, National Juried Photo Exhibit at the Emporium, and the Mayor's office. Brian is primarily known for his photos of local landmarks and historic buildings but he enjoys taking pictures of anything and everything in between. Brian's passion is for abstract or minimalist style of photos. Brian often strives to create images that focus on lines, shapes, or textures. Brian's June exhibit will reflect his changed perspective on photography. Last year Brian finally got an Instagram account a year ago, which has inspired Brian to compose his images in a square format. Each piece that Brian has selected for his June exhibit is an image that he personally likes and has taken over the past year for his Instagram account. Brian is a big fan of vinyl and imagines each piece as an album cover; each one with its own story to tell. http://bmurrayphoto.yolasite.com/

Bliss Home, 29 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-329-8868, www.shopinbliss.com