Calendar of Events
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
The Bottom: Sip N Read
Category: Culinary arts, food, Literature, spoken word, writing and Meetup
If you haven’t been to a Sip N Read event yet, you are missing out! These events are designed to get some reading done and meet a lively community of fellow readers, all while sampling tasty drinks from our friends at Peter Kern Library. Bring along your favorite read by a Black author or pick one up at our pop up shop at the event. Sign up now! Tickets go fast.
https://www.thebottomknox.com/events-1/bottom-book-club-sip-n-read-at-peter-kern-library-april
Wednesday, April 16, 6:00-8:00pm
Sundress Reading Series: Christian Collier and Mandy Shunnarah
Category: Free event, Literature, spoken word, writing and Meetup
Sundress Academy for the Arts is pleased to announce the guests for the April installment of our reading series, writers Christian Collier and Mandy Shunnarah. Join us on Wednesday, April 16th at Pretentious Beer Co. from 7:00-9:00 PM for a reading followed by an open mic hosted by Shira Haus. Sign-up for the open mic begins at 7 PM sharp and is limited to 10-12 readers.
Mandy Shunnarah (they/them) is an Alabama-born Appalachian and Palestinian-American writer who calls Columbus, Ohio, home. Their essays, poetry, and short stories have been published in The New York Times, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, and others. They won the Porter House Review 2024 Editor’s Prize in Poetry and are supported by the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, and the Sundress Academy for the Arts. Their first book, Midwest Shreds: Skating Through America’s Heartland, was released in 2024 from Belt Publishing, and their second book, a poetry collection titled We Had Mansions, is forthcoming from Diode Editions in 2025. Read more at mandyshunnarah.com.
Christian J. Collier is a Black, Southern writer, arts organizer, and teaching artist who resides in Chattanooga, TN. He is the author of Greater Ghost (Four Way Books, 2024), and the chapbook The Gleaming of the Blade, the 2021 Editors’ Selection from Bull City Press. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Poetry, December, and elsewhere. A 2015 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow, he is also the winner of the 2022 Porch Prize in Poetry and the 2020 ProForma Contest from Grist Journal.
Union Ave Books: April Events
Category: Free event, Lecture, panel, Literature, spoken word, writing and Meetup
First Fridays Poetry Night - This event will take place on April 4th at 6:00pm at the bookstore.
Rachel Coffman - This event will take place on April 12th from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the bookstore.
Heather White - This event will take place on April 15th at 6:00pm at the bookstore.
Bill Haltom - This event will take place on April 25th from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the bookstore.
Our next book club will take place on the last Monday of the month at Knox Brew Hub starting at 6:30 pm.
Everyone is welcome.
These are free events. Please RSVP so we know to expect you!
Union Ave Books, 517 Union Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-951-2180, www.unionavebooks.com
Knoxville Swing Dance Association: Weekly Swing Dance
Category: Classes, workshops, Dance, movement and Meetup
Wednesdays, with lessons at 7:00 and dance at 8, held by the Knoxville Swing Dance Association. Social dance with no partner or experience required. https://www.facebook.com/KnoxSwingDance/
At the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Avenue, Knoxville
http://jubileearts.org/ongoing-events/
