Calendar of Events
Friday, September 15, 2023
Friends of the Knox County Library: Author Lauren Groff
Category: Literature, spoken word, writing
Author Lauren Groff to speak at East Tennesse History Center, 601 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 on September 15 at 7:00PM.
Friends of the Library is excited to partner with Union Ave Books to bring Lauren Groff, three-time National Book Award finalist and celebrated author of Matrix and Fates and Furies, to Knoxville.
On Friday, September 15, Groff will present her newest book The Vaster Wilds, answer questions, and sign books. The event will start at 7:00 pm at the East Tennessee History Center. The Vaster Wilds is about a spirited girl who escapes her life as a servant in colonial Jamestown, taking nothing with her as she tries to survive alone in the wilderness.
Tickets for the event are $35 and include a copy of The Vaster Wilds. Tickets are available at ventbrite.com/e/an-author-event-featuring-lauren-groff-tickets
Friends of the Knox County Public Library: 865-215-8775 or www.knoxfriends.org/
Clarence Brown Theatre: Murder on the Orient Express
Category: Literature, spoken word, writing and Theatre
By Agatha Christie
Clarence Brown Theatre
September 6 – 24, 2023
The story you are about to witness is one of romance and tragedy, primal murder, and the urge for revenge! Wax your mustache and hop on board the Orient Express for a ride you won’t soon forget! A snowdrift has halted the train in its tracks…with a killer onboard. Over the next 48 hours, Hercule Poirot must find the villain before he or she strikes again. Back by popular demand!
Clarence Brown Theatre, 1714 Andy Holt Ave on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. For information/tickets: 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com
