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See
JUL
30
Open-water river swim
6 PM · Suttree Landing Park
JUL
30
Merry Wives — pay-what-you-can
7:30 PM · Ijams Park
JUL
31
Back to School Bash
11 AM–3 PM · Kern's
JUL
31
Brian Clay Gruuv Series
7 PM · Kern's
JUL
31
Andrew Broschart at Trailhead
Trailhead Beer Market · 1317 Island Home Ave
AUG
1
Tree ID workshop
9:30 AM · Ijams Park
AUG
1
EcoArt: Ecosystem Explorers
3 PM · Ijams Park
AUG
2
Bird Banding
7:30 AM · Ijams Park
AUG
13
Kerbela hearing (ARC)
The bluff gets its date
Kern'sFriSatSun

Back to school at Kern's — a bash, a supply drive, and jazz all weekend

Friday the food hall throws summer a send-off with inflatables and a school-supply drive, then hands the weekend to the jazz players.

Fri Jul 31
Back to School Bash · 11 AM–3 PM
Bring
School supplies — drive benefits Feed the Children
Music
Brian Clay Gruuv Fri 7 PM · Sky Hatcher Trio Sat 6 PM · Jason Ellis Sun 1 PM
Where
Kern's, 2201 Kern's Rising Way
Summer's last inflatable

School starts back soon, and Kern's is marking the occasion the right way: a Back to School Bash on Friday from eleven to three, with inflatables, an activity table, face painting — and a school-supply drive with Feed the Children, so toss a pack of pencils or a box of crayons in the car and send a kid into August properly armed.

Then, the jazz

Then the weekend turns to jazz. Brian Clay's high-energy Gruuv Series takes the stage Friday from seven to ten, the Sky Hatcher Jazz Trio — out of UT's jazz program — plays Saturday at six, and Jason Ellis winds it down easy Sunday afternoon, one to four. Bounce house by day, jazz by night: the food hall contains multitudes.

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