Calendar of Events

Join Board Member & former KBGA staff, Dan Steinhoff, on a guided tour of KBGA’s unique & historic tree collection.

9am
Cost: Free for Members, $5 Non-members

https://www.knoxgarden.org/workshops/p/summer-tree-walk-bzhw6-pslc4

Saturday, July 29, 12:00-6:00PM, we're throwing a party for the end of Plastic Free July. Come by for discounts at the shop, a food truck, kombucha on tap, local vendors and sustainability activities. Our party will be from 12:00-6:00PM but the shop will be open regular hours, 10:00AM-6:00PM.

PARKING: We have a few parking spots in front of our shop, but we ask that you park at Hillcrest United Methodist Church at 1615 Price Ave and walk to the shop if you are able. They've generously offered us overflow event parking in the lot closer to Sevier Ave — you'll find KnoxFill signs in the parking area. Please DO NOT PARK at Handy Dandy Market (including the gravel lot behind the market).

KnoxFill, 3211 S Haven Rd, Knoxville, TN 37920

We're SO excited for the fifth year of Sew It Sell It! A sewing and entrepreneurship program where participants have the opportunity to express their creativity, learn vocational skills and develop a sense of self-reliance by sewing and selling a product. Through Sew It Sell It, students design a product and conceptualize a micro business around that product. The program serves children between the ages of 12 and 17. No prior sewing skills are necessary and all equipment and supplies for the program are provided to students. In addition to learning the basics of sewing, through a number of workshops led by business professionals and local entrepreneurs, community leaders and university faculty, students learn business and professional skills from branding and marketing, to giving a good pitch. This year, our program also expanded its vocational offerings to include workshops on screen printing and pottery!

The goal of Sew It Sell It is to supplement youth in our communities with creative, practical and business management skills that they can continue to use on their own outside of the program.

We invite the community to support our students by attending Market day (7/29), 11 AM - 2 PM, where you’ll have the opportunity to support these young entrepreneurs by purchasing their products!

The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: thebottomknox@gmail.com, 865-444-5915 or www.thebottomknox.com/

A Community Jam Celebration with tie dye, music, movement & more! Join The Bottom along with Knox Community Street Dance and SpaceCraft as we celebrate both the birthday and official DJ kickoff of our very own Art & Communications Director, Ty (aka DJ Ty Dye).

Suggested donation is $10, just bring the items you want to dye! We'll have everything needed to create your own one of a kind pieces. Tie-dyeing works best on natural fabrics such as cotton or rayon and colors will be most vibrant on white or lighter colored fabric. We'll also have a section to bleach dye if you want to bring black or darker colored pieces! RSVP HERE
https://www.thebottomknox.com/events-1/dj-ty-dye-fest-community-jam

For attendees making a donation, tie dye supplies are included with your ticket. Community Jams are pay what you can or come for free events, there will be music and movement to enjoy all night. If you arrive and wish to join in on the tie dye portion, there will be a chance to donate if you haven't already done so!

The Bottom, 2340 E Magnolia Ave, Knoxville, TN 37917. Information: thebottomknox@gmail.com, 865-444-5915 or www.thebottomknox.com/

Beat the summer heat for the XMAS IN JULY market + show! 40+ vendors peddling art, vintage wares, food, and more inside the @concourseknox and as always, this is a FREE event with tons of FREE parking. They've teamed up with The STAY Project, who will be bringing musical talents and performers from all over Appalachia
July 29 12-5pm
At The Concourse
4328 N Broadway

https://www.instagram.com/ambiguous_events/

Upcoming Sales

Howard Pinkston: Saturday, July 29, 10-5
Powell Branch: August 26, 10-5
Karns Branch: September 7,9; 10-5
https://www.knoxfriends.org/book-sales/

JULY 29TH | 6 - 8 PM
Artist Carl Gombert will indulge attendants with a gallery talk about his multi-culturally inspired mandala paintings which are displayed in VIBE. He will offer a glance behind the curtain of creation with an in-gallery demonstration of his painting process with a follow-up Q&A. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be provided courtesy of Lilienthal Gallery.

Come for conversation and culture, but RSVP soon, as space for this event is limited!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-carl-gombert-tickets-678531545117

23 Emory Place
Knoxville, Tennessee 37917, United States

7/28 • Knoxville Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew
7/29 • Beetles, Bees, & Butterflies: Oh My!
7/29 • Knoxville Shakespeare: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare *Abridged
7/30 • Self Care Sunday Yoga with Hope Irwin
7/30 • Knoxville Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew (Matinee)
7/30 • Knoxville Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew
8/1 • Big Fun Tuesdays at Mead's Quarry: Game Night
8/2 • Ijams Hummingbird Festival Bird Nerd Speaker Series: The Birds of Seven Islands: A Walk and Talk with Clare Dattilo
8/3 • Museum of Infinite Outcomes Presents SIGHTSEERS
8/3 • Knoxville Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew

2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920
865-577-4717 or https://www.ijams.org/

Back again this year! Join us for our Frey Festival, happening from July 28th to July 30th!

The Viking Frey Fest is a celebration of summer's abundant crops, including the beloved honey used to make mead. Get ready for an incredible lineup of Norse and Viking festivities! Entrance to the festival is free, but certain activities may require a fee or purchase. Come check out our Great vendors at Barrelhouse All weekend open to close.

Vendors Include:
-ArcadiaFae Creations
-Wild Pony
-Wild Spirit Body Art
-Melm's Top Shelf Pottery
-Freyjas Seidr LLC
-Lady Moon Tarot Cards
-Till Ragnarok
-Yallhalla Forge
-Wizzards, Wards, and Wooden Things
-App Ren Faire

https://www.facebook.com/events/758899939251359

Shows at The Square Room will be one weekend a month, March through August with 4 shows each weekend: two on Friday nights and two on Saturday nights, 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm. The 7 pm shows will be rated PG-13, and the 9:30 shows will be rated PG-13 to R.

DWAYNE PERKINS (Comedy Central, Netflix, Conan, Amazon, The Late Late Show, Jay Leno) July 28, 29

Tickets at the door are $40; Preshow online tickets are $30; Group discount – $100 (4 persons); UT Knoxville, ETSU, Pellissippi Student, Military discounts (with valid student and military ids) – $20
https://hiptobesquarecomedy.com/comedians/paul-ogata/index.html#tickets

https://hiptobesquarecomedy.com/ or 865-333-4577 or hiptobesquarecomedy@gmail.com
4 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902

Fri. Jul 21st 2023, 7:30 pm
Sat. Jul 22nd 2023, 7:30 pm
Sun. Jul 23rd 2023, 3:00 pm
Thu. Jul 27th 2023, 7:30 pm
Fri. Jul 28th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sat. Jul 29th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sun. Jul 30th 2023, 3:00 pm
Thu. Aug 3rd 2023, 7:30 pm
Fri. Aug 4th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sat. Aug 5th 2023, 7:30 pm
Sun. Aug 6th 2023, 3:00 pm

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. As the weather turns and the group is cut off from the mainland, the bloodbath begins and one by one they are brutally murdered in accordance with the lines of a sinister nursery rhyme.

Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 800 S. Central Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information & tickets: 865-544-1999, www.theatreknoxville.com

The Tennessee Stage Company presents its 33rd Shakespeare Festival, now renamed Knoxville Shakespeare and performing at Ijams Nature Center where there is room for the audience to spread out and observe proper social distancing while being able to enjoy the outdoor performances which will feature a season of comedies, Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew and the outrageous comedy of The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged).

The performances will be held in the open field in front of the Visitors Center of Ijams Nature Center, located at 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920, just a short drive from downtown. There is an indoor space at Ijams Nature Center where performances will move in case of rain and where the matinees will be performed. Reservations and in-person ticket cost will be $15 with a four pack for families offering a 15% discount. Tickets are on sale now at www.Ijams.org/shakespeare

TAMING OF THE SHREW
July 20 22, 28, 30, Aug. 3, 5, 11, 13
7:30 pm nightly outdoors at Ijams Nature Center
Sunday, July 30, 2:00 pm

Suitors are lined up to court the young and beautiful Bianca – daughter of Baptista Minola of Padua. However, Baptista is determined that her older sister, Katherina, known as “Kate the Cursed” for her wild temper must be married first. No man is Padua is willing to court the willful Katherine, until Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona in search of a suitable wife, arrives and sets out to woo her with a vengeance – and does. In this, the original comedic battle of the sexes, beauty and brawn vie for love in a true war of wills, wits and words: Come on and kiss me Kate!”

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Abridged)
July 21, 23, 27. 29. August 4, 6, 10, 12
Sunday, August 6, 2:00pm

Three actors, Thirty Six Plays, 90 minutes. Don’t try this at home!

For further information please contact the Tennessee Stage Company at 865-546-4280.
https://tennesseestage.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TNStageCo