Calendar of Events

8/25 • Evening Paddle
8/26 • Ijams Field Day: Medicinal and Edible Plants
8/27 • Self-Care Sunday Yoga with Hope Irwin
8/27 • Knoxville Opera - Bard in Bloom: A Shakespearean Concert in the Garden
8/30 • Full Moon Forest Bathing Workshop

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Visitor Center open daily 10-6; grounds and trails open daily from 8 AM - dusk. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Friday night showings will begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively, one hour prior to each movie’s start time.

• Clueless – Friday, Aug. 25
• Sleeping Beauty – Sunday, Aug. 27

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children under 12 as well as seniors 65 and older. Tickets can be purchased online at www.tennesseetheatre.com or by calling the box office at 865-684-1200.

Featuring 1st and 2nd year MFS students at UT School of Art

Hours: Friday 5-7 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM in main gallery of Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: https://gallery1010.utk.edu/

Emo Night Tour returns to The Mill and Mine on August 25.

The Mill & Mine, 227 W. Depot Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917. Tickets/information: 865-343-6000 or https://themillandmine.com

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Join us on the 4th Friday of every month for a FREE evening of play at our museum. These nights are all about community, so invite your family and friends to join us each month from 5 – 7 PM, Muse Knoxville at Chilhowee Park is open FREE to the public.​​​

TO MAKE YOUR FREE FAMILY NIGHT ENJOYABLE, PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:

​Stay in close proximity to your children at all times.
Shoes are required at all times.
Please be respectful of museum exhibits, staff, and guests.
Muse Knoxville has a set number of guests allowed into the museum at any time.
Muse Knoxville reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone who threatens the well-being of museum guests or property.

Open Mon – Sun | 10am – 4pm | (865) 594-1494
https://themuseknoxville.org/

This event with the authors of Welcome to Capitol Hill: 50 Years of Scandal in Tennessee Politics will take place on August 25 at 6 pm!

More information to come on our website and socials soon.
https://www.unionavebooks.com/

Marble Springs State Historic Site is delighted to announce the "Stargazing Ice Cream Social" on Friday, August 25th, from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Join us for an enchanting stargazing experience in collaboration with the University of Tennessee Physics students.

Event Highlights include engaging talks and Q&A sessions with the students on astronomy and space exploration for insights into the wonders of the night sky,
telescope observation of celestial wonders for a captivating glimpse into the universe AND ice cream will be available for attendees, adding a delightful touch to the magical evening.

For your comfort bring your own quilts or outdoor seating so you can relax and immerse yourself in the beauty of the night sky. Marble Springs' open green spaces provide the perfect backdrop, away from the lights of downtown, ensuring an unobstructed view of the heavens above.

Mark your calendars for this unforgettable night at Marble Springs State Historic Site. Don't miss this opportunity to bid farewell to summer in a magical way!

Marble Springs State Historic Site: 1220 West Governor John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-712-9076, www.marblesprings.net

The aftermath of the Riot of 1919 and its impact on the Black community. Save the date! Details TBA.

Beck Cultural Exchange Center, 1927 Dandridge Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37915. Hours: Tu-F 10-2. Information: 865-524-8461, www.beckcenter.net

Knoxville’s most unique beer festival will take place on Friday, August 25, 2023, from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. at Zoo Knoxville. This year’s event will take attendees on a Jurassic-era adventure to a prehistoric realm when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Brew at the Zoo’s lineup currently features over 75 unique beers and ciders, local food trucks, animal encounters, and entertainment from Kukuly and the Fuego and DJ Chris Neal. Brew at the Zoo will also be one of the last chances to experience the “Dawn of the Dinosaurs”, a special exhibit featuring 22 lifelike animatronic dinosaurs throughout the zoo, which runs through Labor Day.

https://www.brewzooknox.com/

Authors Joel Ebert & Erik Schelzig discuss their new title WELCOME TO CAPITOL HILL at Union Ave Books.
This event will take place on August 25, 2023 at 6 pm. While this is a free event, we ask that you reserve your free spot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-author-event-with-joel-ebert-and-erik-schelzig-tickets-694986913567

ABOUT THE BOOK: Although Tennessee has a rich history of political scandals, dating back to the founding of the state, the last fifty years have been a confusing, confounding, and sometimes ludicrous period of ne'er-do-welling. Welcome to Capitol Hill is a guide to the state's modern history of corruption. From Governor Ray Blanton's pardon scandals to the FBI investigation that started with now–Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally wearing a wire in the late 1980s to the sexual misconduct that plagues Tennessee politics, this book chronicles it all. Veteran political reporters Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig draw from interviews with primary and secondary sources, archival documents, and never-before-seen federal investigative files to provide readers with a handy resource to the wrongdoings of our elected officials.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Joel Ebert joined the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics in 2021 after nearly a decade of reporting on state legislatures and government, including for the Capital Journal in Pierre, South Dakota, the Charleston Daily Mail and the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia, and The Daily Line in Illinois. After joining the Tennessean in 2016, Ebert reported on serial sexual harassment allegations against then-Rep. Jeremy Durham that ultimately resulted in his ouster from the House, broke several developments in the scandal leading to Rep. Glen Casada becoming the first House speaker to fail to complete his full term in 126 years, and launched a political podcast, Grand Divisions. Ebert earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Erik Schelzig was named the editor of the Tennessee Journal in 2018 after twelve years as an Associated Press statehouse correspondent in Nashville, where he chronicled the state’s changeover from Democratic to Republican control. He previously worked for the wire service in West Virginia and Florida, where he covered governor’s races won by Joe Manchin and Jeb Bush. Schelzig started his career with the Center for Public Integrity’s International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and later spent a year in Germany covering the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a visiting reporter for the Washington Post and the news magazine Der Spiegel. Schelzig has a master’s degree in political science from George Washington University.

Union Ave Books | 517 Union Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902. Info: 865.951.2180

The Admiral Schofield Endowment Fund (ASEF), a pioneering public fundraising foundation, is thrilled to announce "The Admiral's Club Summer Jam 2023: Homecoming". This extraordinary weekend is set to be a powerful fundraising initiative in support of ASEF's impactful programs that empower youth and their families.

The weekend is filled with incredible art, golfing and bowling for charity, basketball clinic and good vibes. This in-person event is the perfect opportunity to kick back, relax, and enjoy the summer sun. Come and pick a lane that will knock you over at Maple Hall Bowling Alley!, Get your friends and gather for the shotgun start at the Avalon Golf Public, connect with friends at the Knoxville Museum Of Art, and make new memories at the youth basketball clinic at the Webb School Of Knoxville. Don't miss out on this epic summer jam! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-admirals-club-summer-jam-2023-tickets-695398354197

Afrofuturist, artist, educator, graphic designer, and DJ, Stacey Robinson will be having exhibitions at the UT Downtown Gallery, Ewing Gallery, and a 5-day artist residency in Knoxville, during fall of 2023. Robinson’s time in Knoxville will coincide with an intentional Afrofuturist takeover of the galleries with the presentation of his exhibition projects, Black Audacious Freedom Dreams and Black Utopia: Black Distractions & Disruptions in Time Space, to be on view in fall 2023. Infusing downtown Knoxville and the University of Tennessee campus with Afrofuturistic imagery, Robinson and the galleries will build a critical mass of Black thought and creativity to amplify and center Black voices.

The Ewing Gallery, located in UT’s Art + Architecture Building will present Black Audacious Freedom Dreams by BLACKMAU, a creative collaboration between Stacey “ Blackstar” Robinson and Kamau “DJ Kamaumau” Grantham. This exhibition features a multimedia projection and seven 7-foot banners created using digital collage. These images visually mimic the audio sampling used throughout hip hop musical production and the process of crafting a tight DJ set, which inspire the duo. This work prompts a conversation about Black liberation as a reality not yet fulfilled. By centering Black people within the narrative, BLACKMAU prompts the audience to imagine themselves in the spaces with the subject. Robinson and Grantham reference Black liberation texts with With Black Audacious Freedom Dreams, including Freedom Dreams by Robin D.G. Kelly, and We Want to Do More Than Survive by Bettina L. Love, which they include in a study area and curated library of Black texts in the exhibition.

Concurrent with Black Audacious Freedom Dreams, the UT Downtown Gallery will present Robinson’s new solo project, Black Utopia; Black Distractions & Disruptions in Time Space. This exhibition is a design research project looking at systems of oppression and resistance through black and white logo designs and illustrations that use the emptiness of white gallery walls as the backdrop for extracting Black resistance commentary. The systems examined springboard a burgeoning theory comprised of Black-created systems that can function as a form of Black liberation government in lieu of Black Reparations, justice, and failed integration.

Exhibition: Audacious Black Freedom Dreams
Artist: Stacey Robinson / BLACKMAU
Dates: August 22 - October 29, 2023
Location: The Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard
Times: M,T,W,F: 10am - 5pm, Thur: 10am - 7:30pm, Sun: 1-4pm
For more information: ewing@utk.edu | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu