Calendar of Events

Saturday, June 19th • 7PM

A virtuosic, award-winning guitarist with a gift for insightful songwriting, Molly Tuttle will join us for an intimate performance on The Mill & Mine stage in June! This show will be a unique limited capacity event with safely spaced tables throughout the room. These shows have been going fast, we encourage everyone who wants to attend to buy Friday morning.

The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Tickets/information: http://themillandmine.com

Breaking up: How to End Our Poems and Prose with Charlotte Pence
In this online workshop, poet Charlotte Pence will focus on different strategies both poets and prose writers have employed to create satisfying yet surprising endings. Some writers we will find inspiration from include Eduardo Corral, Jericho Brown, Layli Long Soldier, Joan Didion, Kazuo Ishiguru, and Annie Proulx. After we look at examples together, participants will have the opportunity to revise endings that they bring to the workshop in break-out groups.

Charlotte Pence’s new collection of poems, Code (Black Lawrence Press), was named one of the top ten Best Poetry Books of 2020 among independent publishers by Foreword Reviews. Her first book of poems, Many Small Fires (Black Lawrence Press, 2015), received an INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award from Foreword Reviews. She is also author of two award-winning chapbooks and editor of The Poetics of American Song Lyrics. A graduate of Emerson College (MFA) and the University of Tennessee (PhD), she is now the director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing at University of South Alabama.

Saturday, June 19, 10 AM – Noon
Register today!

Reduced prices for this online class: $10 students, $20 members, $30 nonmembers. You must register by midnight Thursday, Mar. 18. You will receive an email from our webmaster with the link the morning after registration closes.
https://knoxvillewritersguild.org/events/june21workshop/

Saturday, June 19, 2021

The American Eagle is the SISBP 2021 Bird of the Year. The Friends of Seven Islands State Birding Park and the American Eagle Foundation will join forces at SISBP to host Birds of Prey Talks and Park Ranger-led Eagle Walks. Register here to reserve space for yourself, your family, and friends. Space is limited.

https://form.jotform.com/211024825354145

8:00 am AEF program with live Bird of Prey
8:45 am SISBP Ranger led Eagle Walk
9:00 am AEF program with live Bird of Prey
9:45 am SISBP Ranger led Eagle Walk

https://www.friendsofsevenislands.com/

THE SUMMER SUPPERS
6/19 - VIRTUAL COCKTAIL PARTY & TOUR: CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE
7/10 - VIRTUAL COCKTAIL PARTY & TOUR: MODERNISM
7/31 - WANDERLUST AT WESTWOOD
8/28 - SUFFRAGE CITY: A RETURN TO 1920 - BRUNCH SEATING
8/28 - SUFFRAGE CITY: A RETURN TO 1920 - DINNER SEATING
9/18 - RENDEZVOUS AT RIVERSHACK FARM

Summer Suppers are Back!

Kick-off the season with two carefully curated virtual cocktail party and Behind the Scenes Tours focused on classical and modern architecture in Knoxville. Take a wanderlust trip through time and experience music, food, drinks, and art from iconic decades past. Revisit 1920 at the home of a women’s suffrage leader and play your part in the debate while dining and drinking in grand style. End the season at our barbecue and bluegrass extravaganza overlooking the river and under the stars.

Our volunteers have been working very hard to plan these special events in a way that will create wonderful memories for our guests in a safe environment.

Knox Heritage, at Historic Westwood, 3425 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919. Information: 865-523-8008, https://knoxheritage.org/calendar/summersuppers/

Update 06/17/21: THIS PARADE IS NOT HAPPENING IN 2021! Pardon the erroneous publication.

http://www.mlkknoxville.com/

Saturdays, Registration required at www.knoxlib.org/summer

June 19, 2:00 p.m. - Burlington Branch Library
June 26, 11:00 a.m. - Karns Branch Library
July 10, 11:00 a.m. - Farragut Branch Library
July 24, 11:00 a.m. - Carter Branch Library
July 31, 11:00 a.m. - Howard Pinkston Branch Library

Join Mabry-Hazen House on Saturday, June 19th, 2021 for special tours to commemorate Juneteenth. Mabry-Hazen House will share stories, objects, and research related to the historic house museum, local enslaved communities, and their stories of emancipation. Visitors will learn about the lives of African-Americans connected to Mabry-Hazen House, their achievements and struggles, and the various ways they gained their freedom. From self-liberation to the 13th Amendment, “A New Birth of Freedom: Stories of Emancipation at Mabry-Hazen House” will explore the different methods enslaved people broke down the oppressive institution of American chattel slavery and fought to gain their personal liberty.

The museum will open from 10am – 3pm and tours will start at the on the hour (10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00). Admission is free, but tours are limited to twelve (12) visitors per tour. Reservations are encouraged and donations are appreciated. These tours will also be conducted on Saturday, August 7th, 2021 in commemoration of Eighth of August. To reserve a tour, please visit www.mabryhazen.com/events/emancipationday or www.facebook.com/mabryhazen

Juneteenth is the oldest known national celebration commemorating the abolition of slavery. It was on that day in 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that word of slavery’s end reached an enslaved community in Galveston, Texas, the westernmost state of the Confederacy. Throughout the South, formerly enslaved African Americans had already sought emancipation by a variety of means, yet in places like Texas and East Tennessee, slavery remained legal even after Lincoln issued his famous executive order.

Mabry-Hazen House, 1711 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37915. Information: 865-522-8661 or www.mabryhazen.com

Sat Jun 19, 10 AM – 6 PM

Calling all makers and shakers! Jacks of Knoxville is so excited to try something new and share a fun community event with their new space. The first Jacks Market will be held June 19 and will be a reoccurring market on the third Saturday of each month. Event goers will be encouraged to wear a mask, bring reusable bags for shopping and ride their bikes, walk or carpool.

Vendors will ideally fall under the categories of:
-eco-friendly
-thrifted/recycled
-refurbished/repurposed
-homegrown/organic
-handmade
-local/regional

854 N Central St. Knoxville, TN 37917
jacksknoxville@gmail.com
https://jacks-of-knoxville.square.site/

Saturday, June 19, 10am - 6pm
20% Sale and Reception 4pm - 6pm
In appreciation of our customers, all work will be on sale with a 20% discount. Wine and snacks will be served between 4 and 6pm.

The Gallery of the Townsend Artisan Guild appreciates your patronage and support through the years. This quarter we have 23 artists showing their work; forty percent are relatively new. Their work includes painting, batik watercolors, alcohol ink, watercolors, mono prints, encaustic, oils, acrylics---you get the idea, lots of different mediums with each artist their own favorite subjects. We also have functional and decorative pottery and sculpture. The fiber arts are represented with weaving, felting, crochet, painting on silk, baskets, and more. Our jewelers create all price ranges from the casual to the glamourous. The photographers capture the wonder of nature with creative techniques and original viewpoints.

The Townsend Artisan Guild Gallery, 7719 Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882. Hours: Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5. Information: 865-448-8018 or www.townsendartisanguild.org

Our next TCDE Auditions will be held at Dancers Studio from 3-4 pm on Saturday, June 19. If your dancer has an interest, please contact Miss Linn or Amy at the studio at 865.584.9636.

Dancers Studio Knoxville, 4216 Sutherland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37919
https://www.dancersstudioknox.com/

$40

Instructor led painting with all supplies provided to complete your own 16"×20" painting ready to take home at the end of the workshop.
Instructor: Chris Smith
Due to the nature of paint, be advised to wear clothes you don't mind getting paint on.
3 hour course with a break in between
Bring your own snacks/drinks

Sat, June 19, 2021
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

118 Bruce Street
Sevierville, TN 37862
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/smith-art-workshop-tickets-157253161439

(All ages) Join the Water Quality Forum (WQF) for the fourth annual Cheers to Clean Water Celebration featuring the Tennessee River Paddle-Off at Suttree Landing Park next Saturday, June 19! Bring or rent a kayak, canoe or paddle board and participate in the competitive race, or just have fun on a friendly float. Afterward, enjoy the post-celebration at Printshop Beer Co.

Tickets are available for the full celebration or just the race, and proceeds support WQF, a nonprofit coalition dedicated to keeping East Tennessee’s waters clean. The City of Knoxville will hold a cleanup by boat during the race, so you can help with that if you don’t want to paddle! Learn More and Register: https://waterqualityforum.org/cheers-to-clean-water-paddle-off/