The public is invited to the re-opening of Claude Walker Ball Park at 2945 Wilson Avenue, in East Knoxville. The celebration will be 6:30 pm, Thursday, May 19th at the park and…
New Releases on Free Comic Book Day Comic
Free Comic Book Day is the grand stage and introduction to what may be in the future for superheroes and villains. 10 Ton Tales (Ten Ton Press) 25 Years of Buffy the…
Area comic book stores participating in Free Comic Book Day
A list of the Free Comic Book Day participating stores in Knoxville and surrounding areas. there will be special guests and deep discounts, as well as the industry’s new releases. For more…
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY this Saturday only, at area comic book stores
(UPDATED WITH PARTICIPATING COMIC STORE LOCATIONS) EAST TENNESSEE (May 4, 2022) – Calling all comic book enthusiasts! The first Saturday of May is recognized nationally as your day! This Saturday, May 7th…
Critical Race Theory study group at The Bottom Bookstore
Knowledge beyond the classroom. A study group on the controversial content of “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. The Bottom is hosting a series of study groups to…
Knoxville Senior Co-ed Softball League, Just for the fun of it
Knoxville Senior Co-Ed Softball is seeking additional players (age 55+) to participate in their spring league. Games are played on Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9am-11am at Caswell Park, 570 Winona St., April-October….
Events are on the East Tennessee Enlightener Facebook page
There is much to do and many activities for center-city residents who live in the pockets of like-minded disconnected East Tennesseans in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Maryville, and the Johnson City, Morristown areas….
Marble City Opera, non-traditional, diverse, affordable
“The Copper Queen” opera will be the Marble City Opera’s last performance of the 2021-2022 season. All productions are written by an American composer, sung in English, and explored the experiences of…
Grand opening of The Bottom on Magnolia for community and Black creatives
The Bottoms inspired a local creative to honor the hundreds of Black businesses and residents who were uprooted in the 1950s Urban Renewal destruction of Black wealth. “Gay Street is to Knoxville…
A-E Foundation benefit concert by ‘Musicians of Knoxville Symphony’ and local artists
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 21. 2021) – The end-of-season Eastside Sunday Farmer’s Market at Dr. Walter Hardy Memorial Park, 2098 MLK Ave. in East Knoxville, plans to close the season on a…
Help with laundry expense
Laundry Love at Bluewater and Super Washhouse Need help with laundry expenses? You provide the laundry, and we’ll supply the quarters and detergent for up to 3 loads per family. Join us…
Labor Day Picnic, Worker’s Solidarity Celebration at Tyson Park
KNOXVILLE, TN (Sept. 4, 2021) – The Knoxville-Oak Ridge Central Labor Council’s Labor Day Celebration will on Monday, Sept.6, 10:30 am to 2 pm, at Tyson Park. This event is a free,…
First Friday Arts & Culture at the Emporium
First Friday, September 3, from 5 – 9 pm Celebrate regional artists, new exhibitions while enjoying live music and artist demos at the Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville. Click here…
Scarboro Reunion adds COVID vaccine clinic to events
OAK RIDGE, TN (Sept. 1, 2021) – The Scarboro Community Alumni Association of Oak Ridge has added a COVID vaccine clinic to the many events of the 4-day Scarboro Unity Reunion celebration…
Tuskegee NEXT, local EAA pilots offer free flights to area youth
Tuskegee NEXT is sponsoring the “Young Eagles” rally from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 28 at Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville. The event will allow 50 young…
KAUL Shoes for School and Sponsors ready children for school with free shoes, school supplies, food boxes much needed fun outside
KNOXVILLE, TN (August 7, 2021) – Hundreds of local children received new shoes and school supplies Saturday, Aug. 7, during the…
EVENTS JULY 7-8
The 36th annual Lonsdale Homecoming Celebration, Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Haslam-Sansom Ministry Complex, 1740 Texas Ave. Events begin at 10 a.m. with a parade, followed by an opening ceremony and…
Beck Center Celebrates 8th of August, 2 days at 3 Historic Locations this Weekend
In Remembrance of August 8, 1863, the Day of Emancipation in the state of Tennessee, the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, announces its Seventh Annual Eighth of August Jubilee open to the public…
KAUL Shoes for School festival, free school supplies, food and family fun.
KNOXVILLE, TN – This Saturday, Aug. 7, the Knoxville Area Urban League will host the 19th Annual “Shoes…
Storytelling Summit to Encourage Appalachian Future Leaders
The Young Appalachian Story Summit is free for Young Adult future leaders to engage. (Photo from 2018 Summit JONESBOROUGH, TN (Aug. 1, 2021) – The 2021 Young Appalachian Story Summit (YASS), will…
EVENTS: Sunday, July 25
Summer Market @ Hey Bear Cafe!, Sunday, July 25, 12-6 pm, 9036 Middlebrook Pike NW, Knoxville. Over 25 vendors, food trucks, and 2-4 pm, live music by The Shaydes, 2-4 pm. …
Dr. Todne Thomas, PhD on Critical Race Theory at Battlefield Farm
Battlefield Farm and Gardens, 3624 Boyd’s Bridge Pike, Knoxville, provides essential fresh food in the food desert of East Knoxville. Pastor Chris Battle also seeks to feed souls starved of historic…
Juneteenth Events in East Tennessee
The United States has instituted a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery, Juneteenth! The day the South was ordered to set their captive African slaves free. The House voted…