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Name: Spinning Yarns with Sam Venable and Charlie Daniel
Start: 2024-05-08T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-08T13:15:00-04:00
Location: East Tennessee History Center

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Spinning Yarns with Sam Venable and Charlie Daniel

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:15pm

East Tennessee History Center

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Join humorist Sam Venable and cartoonist Charlie Daniel, Knoxville News Sentinel legends, as they spin yarns from their latest collaboration "Naked Dining Is Not on My Menu and Oth

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"A most tolerant little town: the explosive beginning of school desegregation" by Rachel Louise Martin

All Over the Page - A Most Tolerant Little Town

Monday, May 13, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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All Over the Page is a monthly evening book discussion group for adults, with a guest facilitator.

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This month we will be discussing A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation by Rachel Louise Martin. The discussion will be facilitated by Ch

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Children's Festival of Reading 2024

Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 10:00am - 3:00pm

Off Site

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Join us for an adventurous day in World's Fair Park celebrating books, authors, and the literary arts. Snap a selfie with a character, sing along in the music tent, be amazed in th

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Daytime Docs Film Series - Meet the Patels

Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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Daytime Docs is a monthly film series featuring documentaries that bring awareness to diverse perspectives and life experiences through the power of visual storytelling. I

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"Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President" book cover

All Over the Page - Destiny of the Republic

Monday, June 10, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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All Over the Page is a monthly evening book discussion group for adults, with a guest facilitator.

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This month we will be discussing Destiny of the Republic: a tale of madness, medicine and the murder of a president by Candice Millard. The discussion will be facilitated by E

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Downtown Walking Tour: Anne Armstrong's 1890's Knoxville

Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm

Lawson McGhee Library

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Anne Armstrong’s 1890’s Knoxville: In her recently released memoir, Of Time and Knoxville, Armstrong remembers the 1890’s Knoxville of her youth, a city that en

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Daytime Docs Film Series - Stories We Tell

Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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Daytime Docs is a monthly film series featuring documentaries that bring awareness to diverse perspectives and life experiences through the power of visual storytelling.

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All Over the Page - The Martian

Monday, July 8, 2024 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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All Over the Page is a monthly evening book discussion group for adults, with a guest facilitator.

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This month we will be discussing The Martian by Andy Weir. The discussion will be facilitated by Mik Burns. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first

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Daytime Docs Film Series - My Beautiful Stutter

Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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Daytime Docs is a monthly film series featuring documentaries that bring awareness to diverse perspectives and life experiences through the power of visual storytelling.

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cover of Roller Girl with illustration of young girl racing forward in roller skates, knee pads, and helmet

Graphic Novel Fun

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Lawson McGhee Library meeting room at Lawson McGhee Library

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Come talk about your favorite graphic novels and learn how to create your own.

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