May’s Events!
Every Monday
8:45pm -10:45pm
Birdhouse Walk-in Theater
Free movie and popcorn
Every Tuesday
7:30pm
UBS: Hands Off Appalachia!
Local activists meet and organize to oppose the funding of mountaintop removal coal mining by UBS, a Swiss-owned wealth management company.
Every Wednesday
6pm – 8pm
Improv Comedy Class
Almost Every Saturday
11am – 3pm
Community Garden Work Day
Wednesday May 1rd
6pm – 9pm
“Formlove Exhibition” closing reception
Artist Roger Gregg closes out his April Exhibit of painting and mixed media
Friday May 3rd
6pm – 10pm
“CREATEive Listening” Exhibition Opening
Paintings by artists Reid Hartsell and Katie Parmalee. Each painting was inspired by a favorite song, translated into a visual representation using either specific lyrics or ‘feeling the vibe’.
Music by Persona La Ave
Sunday May 5th
2pm-4pm
Class: Loving Your Liver W/Spring Vegetables
Medicinal properties of a variety of seasonal vegetables that help detoxify, regenerate, and nourish our livers.
$20 (includes handout and food)
RSVP at reclaimingyourroots@gmail.com
Friday May 10th
8pm – 12am
Music: Minor Nine / Asphalt Cowboy / Omega Down
Local Rock
$5
Friday May 17th
8:30pm – 10pm
Screening: “Rothstein’s First Assignment”
Independent film about Eugenics in modern Virginia
Q&A with Filmmaker afterward
Saturday May 18th
2pm – 1am
Birdhousearoo!
An all day fundraiser event at the Birdhouse featuring all types of entertainment. From Music, to comedy, even some face painting for the kiddos, plus were going to have a fish fry and a dunking booth! There’s going to be an awesome raffle for some sweet prizes!
2:15 – 2:45 – Ten Foot Grave
3:15 – 3:45 – Coalition of Benevolence
4:15 – 4:45 – Rot Iron
5:15 – 5:45 – Tree Tops
6:15 – 6:45 – Lines Taking Shape
7:15 – 7:45 – Mobility Chief
8:15 – 8:45 – Casey’s Trunk
9:15 – 9:45 – Sidecar Symposium
10:00 – 10:15 – Jeff Blank
10:30 – 11:05 – Black Atticus
11:30 – 12:05 – Crumbsnatchers
12:30 – ??? – Maps Need Reading
Cost: $10
Thursday May 23rd
7pm – 9pm
Class: Making Medicinal Tinctures
The art of making tinctures with alcohol, vinegar, and glycerine, and everyone will get to take home their own alcohol-based tincture. There will be a variety of herbs to choose from including garlic, dandelion root, red clover, and more, and we will discuss the medicinal properties of these plants as we make medicine.
$27 (includes handout and 8 oz tincture)
RSVP at reclaimingyourroots@gmail.com
Friday May 24th
7:00pm
Musical: “Fixing a Hole”
A musical written by Reid Hartsell for his Bearden High School ‘Senior Project’, Fixing A Hole uses the music from the eponymous album ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ to tell the story of Billy Shears, a young man who is unhappy in his daily routine and seeks something more fulfilling by joining a hippie commune.
FREE!
Saturday May 25th
8pm – 11pm
Music: Ghost of Machu Picchu
Local Rock
$5
Sunday May 26th
2pm – 4pm
Class: Healing Illness Through the Gut W/Medicinal Herbs
Discussion of the role our digestive health plays in our overall physical, mental, and emotional wellness and explain the connection between gut inflammation and many modern illnesses (autism, depression, autoimmune conditions, etc). Everyone will get to make and take home their own gut-healing herbal tea blend.
Cost: $25 (includes handout and herbal tea blend)
RSVP at reclaimingyourroots@gmail.com
7pm – 9pm
Drag Bingo
What’s better than bingo? Bingo at the birdhouse with a caller in drag!
$3 a card
WHAT’S THIS BIRDHOUSE THING?
The Birdhouse, a project of the Neighborhood Center, is an open community space in the historic 4th and Gill Neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee.
The Birdhouse is an all volunteer-run effort, incorporated with the State of Tennessee and fiscally sponsored through Community Shares of Knoxville.
This project, funded only by the people, is a completely unique enterprize where the whole region comes together to create, build, eat, garden, dance, learn, share and organize with and for each other.
Currently, we are actively raising funds for the repair and upkeep of the building; an 1880′s Victorian-era home.
Our mission is to provide a community-operated and organized venue in the interest of fortification and preservation of community space, The Neighborhood Center provides venue for the building and strengthening of the 4th and Gill neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee. The overall goal of this project is the preservation, renovation and viable operation of the building known as the 4th and Gill Neighborhood Center. We partner with the residents of the community in providing community space where active skill sharing, DIY workshops, gardening, participatory media production, historical documentation, and artistic creation, performance and exhibition can contribute to the life of the immediate community and the general public.
You can find information on our Regular Programming, Events Schedule and our Volunteer Needs in the menu bar (or by clicking on appropriate hyperlink)
