Calendar of Events
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
A1LabArts Presents: The Avant-Garde Book Club
Category: Free event, Literature, spoken word, writing and Meetup
First Meeting: Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
6:00 PM at 311 S Weisgarber Rd, suite F
Prepare to say “merde!” to polite society. Join us as we launch A1’s new Avant-Garde Book Club with a discussion of Ubu Roi, Alfred Jarry’s absurd, anarchic, and utterly unhinged play that scandalized Paris in 1896 (and still feels eerily familiar today.) Part grotesque satire, part proto-surrealist fever dream, Ubu Roi eviscerates power, greed, and buffoonery with a rubber chicken and a laugh track from the abyss. It paved the way for Dada, Surrealism, and every art movement that ever shouted, “What even is this?!” We’ll read, we’ll rant, we’ll revel. You might even leave speaking in spirals. Free. Weird. Necessary. Be there.
Written script, two translations from the French: https://www.patakosmos.com/database-open-access/king-ubu-alfred-jarry.pdf
https://jhouis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ubu-roi-by-alfred-jarry-trans.-by-jacques-houis.pdf
Video of performance: https://youtu.be/35lf_dc_SRM
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/
