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CIVICS
Worker Safety Memorial Walk and Candlelight Ceremony
Social justice activists and labor advocates will meet on Henley Street in front of Church Street United Methodist Church and march to Volunteer Landing underneath the Henley Bridge in memory of workers killed on the job in Tennessee in 2011, including two workers who died working on the reconstruction of the Henley Bridge.
Henley Street • 5 p.m.
MUSIC AND CULTURE
The award-winning novelist will discuss her 2003 novel Evidence of Things Unseen, set in East Tennessee during the early years of the 20th century.
East Tennessee History Center (601 S. Gay St.) • 7 p.m. • Free
The local comedy troupe has been providing improv laughs since the 1990s.
Sidesplitters Comedy Club (9246 Park West Boulevard) • 8 p.m. • $5
Portland, Ore., singer/songwriter Langhorne Slim earned comparisons to the Avett Brothers, Ray LaMontagne, and Josh Ritter with his 2009 album, Be Set Free.
The Square Room (4 Market Square) • 8 p.m. • $12
Foot-tappin', old-time jug music.
The Well (4620 Kingston Pike) • 9 p.m. • Free • 21 and up
The Drink and Draw Social Club
Pretty much what the title says--beer, art supplies, and a DJ. What more could you want?
Pilot Light (106 E. Jackson Ave.) • Free • 18 and up
ON THE HORIZON
THURSDAY, JAN. 26
MiM0SA
The Valarium (112 Ramsey St.) • $16 • 18 and up
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