Community Calendar

BAG SALE ALL DAY! Approximately 7,000 used books sorted by category; plus magazines, puzzles, DVDs, audio books, and more! $3/bag Friends members, $5/bag non-members. You may join Friends at the sale to save.

And visit our sale on the interior ramp landing; open anytime the library is!

Visit our website for more info: https://www.morristownhamblenlibrary.org/friends-news-and-dates/, or call the library at 423-586-6410.

Join fellow artists on Saturday mornings for a creative refresh in a welcoming, lighthearted environment. You’ll have the option of being inside, in a spacious, light-filled space, or outside under a covered pavilion. You can bring a project you’d like to work on, sketch from provided still lifes, or work plein aire.

These mini-retreats are located in West Knox, in a 20+ acre bucolic setting with fields and woods, on the Tennessee River. All levels are welcome and no experience is needed.

$20 per session or $50 for 3 sessions includes art supplies and yummy snacks.

Space is limited to 15 participants--please RSVP at lunacreates.com/sketch-club the Friday before to save your spot!

Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival brings four acclaimed storytellers - Sheila Arnold, Elizabeth Ellis, Josh Goforth and Bil Lepp - to Oak Ridge for seven programs June 5-6. The festival offers two 35-minute "Tastes of the Tales" with one teller, one 1776 historic character presentation, and programs with three tellers at 7 p.m. June 5, and 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. June 6. The June 6 evening program will combine stories and music with the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, celebrating America's 250 birthday at a different location, the Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. Bil Lepp will host a Homegrown Tellers Contest at 1:30 p.m. June 6, giving the audience a chance to vote on their favorite tellers.

A family gathering and show of antique and unique automobiles. Free barbecue and refreshments served. Local candidates will be speaking and responding to your questions.

Join us in welcoming SoKno Sourdough for a beginner-friendly introduction to sourdough starters. Participants will learn the basics of maintaining a starter, including feeding, discard, and helpful tips and tricks. Guests will also have the opportunity to ask questions throughout the workshop. Each participant will leave with their own jar of sourdough starter, a small bag of flour to take home, and a basic loaf recipe to begin their sourdough journey at home!

On Saturday, June 6th, 2025, at 5:30pm join your friends and neighbors at the ‘Birthplace of Tennessee’ for our annual

Martinis at the Mansion garden party. We are opening the historic houses on our site and our gardens of the

Blount Mansion and Craighead-Jackson House for this special event.

There will be cocktails and wine served in the garden in addition to grazing tables.

Tickets are all inclusive! $100.00 per person

RSVP to info@blountmansion.org

Tickets at https://blount-mansion.square.site

The Technical Society of Knoxville is hosting Bing Cao, president of Z18 Engineering, who will address luncheon guests on a novel technology that her company developed. This technology uses recyclable magnetic nanoparticles (RMNPs) to remove PFAS in water systems.

Student Orientation Session for newly enrolled students: We'll cover everything you need to know for a great start, including Academics, Attendance, Dress Code, and our Learning Management System. We'll also give you a tour of the campus and classrooms so you know exactly where you're going, and we'll help you set up your new laptop. We try to have some fun, too!

Opened in 2015, the Ross Medical Education Center Knoxville campus is located just about a mile from the intersection of I-75 and I-140, right off of Kingston Pike in the Windsor Square shopping center.

Keep Knoxville Beautiful is partnering with Corona for a litter cleanup and glass recycling event!

It will be on Wednesday, June 10th from 4pm-6pm at Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria. Attendees will have the opportunity to bring glass that they would like to recycle and pick up trash from the surrounding roads. The event is drop in, so come anytime from 4pm-6pm to drop off glass or pick up trash!

Volunteers and glass recyclers will receive $1 off Corona beers at Barley’s!

Thank you to our sponsor Corona and for support from Fourth and Glass, Barley's Taproom and Pizzeria, and 121 Tech Hub!

Please contact KKB at programs@keepknoxvillebeautiful.org or (865) 521-6957 with any questions you may have.

Sign up here: https://app.betterunite.com/keepknoxvillebeautiful-coronacleanupandglassrecycling2026

New Food Pantry now available to neighborhood and surrounding areas twice a month. Every 2nd Thursday of each month we will be giving away non-perishable goods and personal care items. On the 4th Thursday of each month we will be serving a hot meal.