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Claude Walker ball park re-opening celebration

Posted on May 19, 2022May 21, 2022 by TheLight

  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

Posted on May 6, 2022May 20, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on May 6, 2022May 20, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on May 6, 2022May 20, 2022 by TheLight

(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

Posted on April 23, 2022July 26, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on April 10, 2022May 20, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on March 30, 2022September 8, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on March 26, 2022April 1, 2022 by TheLight

“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

Posted on October 3, 2021October 23, 2021 by TheLight

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

Posted on September 23, 2021March 16, 2022 by TheLight

  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

Posted on September 6, 2021October 23, 2021 by TheLight

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

Posted on September 5, 2021March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on September 2, 2021March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on September 2, 2021March 16, 2022 by TheLight

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

Posted on August 27, 2021March 16, 2022 by TheLight

      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

Posted on August 9, 2021August 21, 2021 by TheLight

                      KNOXVILLE, TN (August 7, 2021) – Hundreds of local children received new shoes and school supplies Saturday, Aug. 7, during the…

EVENTS JULY 7-8

Posted on August 7, 2021August 14, 2021 by TheLight

  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

Posted on August 6, 2021August 21, 2021 by TheLight

  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.

Posted on August 6, 2021August 21, 2021 by TheLight

                            KNOXVILLE, TN – This Saturday, Aug. 7, the Knoxville Area Urban League will host the 19th Annual “Shoes…

Storytelling Summit to Encourage Appalachian Future Leaders

Posted on August 5, 2021August 21, 2021 by TheLight

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

Posted on July 24, 2021August 10, 2021 by TheLight

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

Posted on July 12, 2021August 4, 2021 by TheLight

  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

Posted on June 18, 2021June 22, 2021 by TheLight

  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…

It’s First Friday Enjoy Safely Events thru June 11, 2021

Posted on June 4, 2021June 12, 2021 by TheLight

                     

A Sampling of things-to-do in East Tennessee Memorial weekend

Posted on May 28, 2021June 12, 2021 by TheLight

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