Calendar of Events

1024 Sevier Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920

Join us each month for the Sunday in Old Sevier - Outdoor Market! We will be set up on the pavement next to South Landing Fitness and across from South Coast Pizza.

12-4 PM

Some Vendors include:
- SoKno Woodworking
- Girls Gotta Eat Good
- Beef and Blossoms
- JKwoodworkingNDesign
- SoKno Sourdough
- TuttleBear Custom Designs
- Lick Skillet Farm
- Frog Juice Kombucha
- Knox Girl Soap
- Inquisit Designs
- Front Door & Home Decor by Beth
- Foraged Farms
- scruffybakes
- Old House Pottery
- RaBo Design
- Eat My Granola
- Big Bright Circle Botanicals
- Faces In Bloom
- Ancient Goat Soap
- Adventure Rosie Art

This market will be geared towards supporting our local vendors with a focus on safety. Vendors are required to wear a mask while people are at their table, and shoppers are encouraged to wear their masks while approaching each vendor. Thank you for supporting our Knoxville community's makers #shoplocal #knoxmakers #makercity

https://www.facebook.com/events/2100663960064640

2ND AND 4TH SUNDAYS
APRIL 25 · MAY 9 · MAY 23 · JUNE 13 · JUNE 20
11AM TO 4PM

Location and dates are subject to change.

The Old City Market transforms the patio of Jackson Terminal into an artist & maker market!

The Old City Market is made possible by our generous sponsors: Downtown Knoxville, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Old City Association, Robin Easter Design, Rala, Cor-Tenn, and many, many volunteers.

https://oldcityknoxville.org/market/

Apr 25, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Ijams is delighted partner with Knoxville Opera for "On the Lawn with Carmen and Bizet," a performance featuring highlights from the world’s most popular opera, Bizet’s Carmen. Among the selections are the iconic Habanera and Seguidilla.

Brian Salesky, Knoxville Opera’s dynamic and entertaining artistic director, will host the performance and accompany soprano Jacquie Brecheen, mezzo-soprano Aubrey Odle, and tenor Wayd Odle.

Tickets are required and limited to 200 physically distanced guests seated on the lawn and patio in front of the Visitor Center pavilion on the plaza near the front entrance of the Visitor Center (2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville 37920). Guests will be required to wear a mask for check in and until they are seated on the lawn. Masks also are required in the Visitor Center. Guests are welcome to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets.

In the event of rain at performance time, this event may be postponed to a later date.

For more information, email Sarah Brobst at sbrobst@ijams.org.

Learn More and Register: https://www.ijams.org/calendar-of-events
Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920

Poets in Pajamas brings you Brody Parrish Craig at 7 pm Eastern on April 25 with a 15-minute live reading immediately followed by a short Q&A. The event will be held at the PiP Facebook page.

By clicking “going” to the Facebook event, you will let us know to expect you and will ensure that you are sent a reminder, so you don’t forget. Remember to prepare your questions for the featured poet, too!

Originally from Louisiana, Brody Parrish Craig is a creator & educator based in Arkansas. Their chapbook Boyish won the 2019 Omnidawn Chapbook Contest & is forthcoming in April 2021 from Omnidawn Press. Their poetry has appeared in New South, Hobart, Gigantic Sequins, and The Rupture, amongst other places. BPC is the editor of TWANG Anthology, a collection of creative arts from transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming folks throughout the South & Midwest US. Find more on the project at www.twanganthology.org.

When the live video starts, click join to watch the reading and interact with the poet. This reading series is hosted courtesy of Sundress Publications. https://poetsinpajamas.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/poetsinpajamas

Author Renee Watson to Discuss Her New Book Love is a Revolution

Sunday, April 25th from 4:00pm-5:30pm, UTK's CCYAL welcome Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Renee Watson to read selected passages from her witty and beautiful novel, and then engage in a Q&A session.

Register Here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGKyL7RjjY5mKhcFn2gmK_nEU70Oc2v9ZdHUePEkv-na4rrg/viewform

The Bottom, 202 Randolph St, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: thebottomknox@gmail.com or https://www.thebottomknox.com/

Sunday at 12 PM EDT – 5 PM EDT
1520 N Central Street, Knoxville

https://www.facebook.com/events/475636933517470

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SUNDAY AT 5 PM EDT
Choral Evensong - Good Shepherd Sunday
Free

The St. John's Cathedral Choir will celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday with a service of Choral Evensong. Bobby McFerrin’s 23rd Psalm will be featured.
https://www.facebook.com/events/163122822371193

This event will occur on the weekend of April 24th and 25th. Time slots range from 10am-7pm. The last day to reserve a slot is Wednesday, April 21st at midnight.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4faaad2fa0fece9-yard1

Where: In order to participate, performance locations must be within Knox County. If you live more than 30 minutes away from Downtown Knoxville please note that when you reserve your time slot, so we can do our best to accommodate all our hosts.

Cost: This is a fundraiser and payment will be accepted upon arrival. Payment options include Venmo, Paypal, Credit/Debit Card, and Exact Cash. All performances will include four pieces and a talk back. Cost for the performance is $50. Be aware that as this is a prominent fundraiser for us, we will ask for donations from audience members. The performance fee is set, but anything above that is optional. Email momentumdancelab@gmail.com with any questions.

Momentum Dance Lab is continuing fundraising efforts with a second installment of YARD ART! Imagine a few highly trained beautiful dancers performing in your own back (or front!) yard for you and your family or a small group of friends. We’re ready to come to bring to you a few pieces, performed by some of our most highly skilled dancers, and you don’t even have to get dressed for the theater! Our dancers will arrive, perform, and leave during your chosen half hour time slot. They’ll be able to stay about an extra five minutes after the performance to answer questions about dance or MDL in particular, and for you to browse and order MDL logo’d merchandise. The dancers will need to travel to their next drop in performance site in a timely manner, so they sadly will have to stick to their schedule. This is guaranteed to be great fun!

https://www.momentumdancelab.org/upcoming-events

Portraits were the “social media posts” of the American colonial and antebellum periods. Today, social media allows users to not only visually document and share life’s moments but also curate how others see themselves. Early Tennessee portraits afforded the sitter the same duality. “They are,” as one art historian puts it, “the rhetoric–not the record–of self-representation.” As viewers two centuries removed, how are we to understand early portraiture in East Tennessee? Is it history, fiction, or perhaps a bit of both? This exhibition of works by Samuel M. Shaver, East Tennessee’s first native-born artist, provides interesting examples for discussion.

About Samuel M. Shaver (1816-1878)
Samuel Moore Shaver was the youngest or next to youngest child born to David and Catherine Barringer Shaver on Reedy Creek (near present-day Kingsport) in 1816. Little is known about his formative years. He may have studied at Jefferson Academy in Blountville; a Leonidas Shaver is listed as a teacher there, and his older brother David, Jr., operated a tavern nearby. In 1833, William Harrison Scarborough (1812-1871), a traveling portrait painter from Middle Tennessee, visited Sullivan County. What impact did Scarborough’s stay have on 17-year-old Shaver? Did he watch Scarborough paint the portraits of his neighbors? Or did he simply benefit by imitating the works Scarborough left behind? Whether by native talent, with formal instruction, or both, Shaver possessed the skill set to begin producing competently done portraits by the late 1830s.

Shaver: An Artist of Rare Merit traces the artist's maturation through the 19 portraits held by the East Tennessee Historical Society and the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Public Library. The exhibition is organized on the occasion of three recent Shaver acquisitions, making the East Tennessee History Center the largest repository of the artist's works.

East Tennessee Historical Society, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Museum hours: M-F 9-4, Sa 10-4, Su 1-5. Information: 865-215-8824, www.easttnhistory.org

World's Fair Park, 525 Henley St, Knoxville
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FRIDAY, APRIL 23: 10AM-7PM*
*10AM-12PM reserved for the elderly and immunocompromised​

SATURDAY, APRIL 24: 10AM-7PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 25: 10AM-5PM

We've been working closely with the City of Knoxville and following Knox County Health Department guidelines to bring this celebrated springtime event back to downtown while prioritizing the health and safety of everyone involved.

We're moving the festival to the beautifully redesigned Performance Lawn at World’s Fair Park and showcasing 75 art vendors working in mixed media, pottery, painting, photography, glass, jewelry, sculpture, and more. The Dogwood Arts Festival provides an important opportunity for professional artists to sell their work––an opportunity that was sorely missed last year due to the pandemic.

The event will also feature live music from local favorites on two small stages, take-home art activities for kids, and a concession area with food vendors, beer, wine, and cocktails provided by Sugarlands Distilling Company.

Greater in size than two football fields, the Performance Lawn at World’s Fair Park provides ample space for attendees and vendors to safely social distance. There is a strict capacity limit and guests will be required to reserve a free ticket online prior to the event. Tickets are available in two-hour increments and there will be a designated period on Friday morning for elderly and immunocompromised attendees. Reserve your ticket at the link below!

Masks are required for all patrons over the age of 12 and must remain on unless guests are seated in the concession area. Staff, volunteers, and artists will be screened for COVID-19 symptoms each day before entering the event. https://www.dogwoodarts.com/dogwoodartsfestival

Dogwood Arts, 123 W. Jackson Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-637-4561, www.dogwoodarts.com

BEGINNING APRIL 23 THROUGH APRIL 25
TIM O’BRIEN

WDVX is keeping the Real Live Music going from wherever you are with WDVX Live From Home and our Spring Series. Each ticket purchased issues an email that gives you the link to the concert.
+ If you have a smart TV where you can open your email, you can bring the concert up this way to your TV.
+ Open the email on a device that can “cast” its signal to your TV for HD viewing.
+ Use an HDMI cord to join your computer to your TV. Enjoy!

Your tickets to the show will show up as an email within two hours of the show. Thanks in advance for your support of these artists and WDVX. Tickets on sale: https://wdvx.com/watch/

Live theatre returns to Bearden High School! The BHS Advanced Theatre Performance and Stage Tech classes have been working hard this semester to present our production of William Shakespeare’s delightful comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Presented at the Bearden High School Auditorium, April 22, 23, 24, 25 at 7:00 p.m.

Seating will be limited for each show to ensure our patrons can safely enjoy an evening of live theatre. In order to maintain social distancing, all groups of attendees will be spaced six feet apart from other groups in attendance. Tickets cost $10 and will go on sale April 1 at www.beardentheatre.com.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream follows the misadventures of four young lovers, a group of aspiring actors, and a team of mischievous fairies as they all enter the woods outside Athens on a summer night. The ensuing hilarity and chaos create an evening filled with love and laughter.

Please note: Event staff, volunteers, and attendees are required to wear masks at all times.