Calendar of Events
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Bottom Book Club: Sip N' Read at Peter Kern Library
Category: Culinary arts, food, Literature, spoken word, writing and Meetup
Mar 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Peter Kern Library, 407 Union Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902
We invite you to connect with fellow readers and enjoy specially curated cocktails from our friends at the local speakeasy, Peter Kern Library. The first hour will be dedicated to reading the book of your choice and after that will be social hour to meet and connect with friends and other attendees. The Bottom will be there with a small selection of books to purchase if you want to support our bookshop, and attendees will have the chance to participate in exciting giveaways!
https://www.thebottomknox.com/events-1/bottom-book-club-sip-n-read-at-peter-kern-library-march
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
