Calendar of Events
Friday, March 7, 2025
The Arrowmont Gallery & Marketplace: Lovingly: Black, Queer, Interracial Tennessee in Craft
Category: Exhibitions, visual art, Fine Crafts, Free event, Literature, spoken word, writing and Music
Co-curated by Crafting Blackness Initiative’s Karlota Contreras-Koterbay
with Karen LeBlanc Sullivan and Lyn Govette
Reception: March 7, 5 to 7 p.m. with artist talks & curators reading of poems by Nikki Giovanni and Beauford Delaney. Followed by DJ Soularia set from The Bottom, 7 to 9 p.m.
The Arrowmont Gallery & Marketplace, 110 S Gay St. Knoxville, TN 37902. Gallery hours: Wed-Thu 10-5, Fri 2-9, Sat 12-5. Information: (865) 436-7511, https://arrowmont.org/galleries
Bijou Theatre: Ali Siddiq: In the Shadows Tour
Category: Literature, spoken word, writing and Theatre
ALI SIDDIQ: IN THE SHADOWS TOUR
FRIDAY, MAR 7 | 7:00PM
Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information/tickets: 865-522-0832, https://knoxbijou.org/
Red Branch Reading Series & Union Ave Books: First Fridays Poetry Night
Category: Free event, Literature, spoken word, writing and Meetup
Red Branch Reading Series: A Union Ave Books partnership with The Red Branch Review for March’s First Fridays Poetry Night, featuring Wesley Scott McMasters, Nome Emeka Patrick, Kelsey A. Solomon, and Noah Soltau. This free event will take place on March 7th from 6-8pm at the Union Ave bookstore. Please RSVP on the Union Ave events page so we know to expect you.
Union Ave Books, 517 Union Ave. Knoxville, TN 37902
https://unionavebooks.com/events
