Guests on a Cold Weekend: What to Do?
Urban Brother and Urban Niece hit town Thursday night. You might remember Thursday as the day we had snow showers in mid-November. They’ve come this way this time of year before and sometimes it has been...
Month: November 2014
The Downtown Knoxville Week (and a Day) Ahead (11/16 – 11/23/14)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Updated Plans for Baptist Hospital Site Revealed
A community meeting was held last night at Flenniken Landing in south Knoxville to discuss the plans, which include revisions, for the Baptist Hospital Site. Representatives of Blanchard Calhoun, including president Mark Senn and Davis Architects...
Neighborhood Reunification Through Highway Removal
Today Just John returns for a more macro view of the issues facing downtown infrastructure and design by taking on the highways that strangle the center city. The ideas in this section are very big. So...
Pecha Kucha from the Perspective of the Stage
I attended the first Pecha Kucha several years ago at the Jackson Avenue Workshops. I left feeling my intelligence was a bit below average and my creativity didn’t register on the graph. It would never have...
TaTas the Talk of the Town and More on the Feminine Form
This is a big week for tatas around town. One big event this past Friday will be followed by another on Friday of this week. I ran into a friend during my rounds on First Friday...
Art, Comedy and a Little Bit More
What you are looking at today are a few of the spots I stopped along the way on Friday night. Crowds seemed oddly sparse, though some of the places I stopped had very big crowds. I’m...
The Downtown Knoxville Week (and a day) Ahead: 11/9 – 11/16/14
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Scruffy City Comedy Festival Highlights a Busy Downtown Weekend
If you like comedy, the only place to be this weekend is downtown. The festival started last night with the finals for the Rocky Top Comedy Contest in Scruffy City Hall. Eleven contestants squared off –...
What to Do With Those U.S. Blues?
Another election has come and gone. I was about as disappointed as I expected to be, but many of my friends seemed more or less distraught. Maybe you were happy with all the results, so good...