(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) I’ve been to at least twenty five Blue Plate Special performances, the live radio show that WDVX puts on inside the Visit...
This weekend Knoxville Opera presents three performances of Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon, a unique spin on the Cinderella story. The opera offers a great opportunity for those who may have never tried the opera or who want...
Clarence Brown Theatre has announced its upcoming season even as this one winds down. Kenneth Martin joined the UT Theatre Department and Clarence Brown almost two years ago and the concluding season was hist...
2020 marked an important milestone in our nation’s history, and it was anchored here in East TN. That milestone was the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment. The Woman Suffrage movement had been...
Fans of great Mexican-American food have reason to celebrate as Chismoso (It means gossip. They want you to visit, hence, no televisions.) opens at 131 South Gay Street offering cocktails and comida (meals for the non-Spanish...
It’s only been a few months since space at 125 South Central Street became vacant with the departure of Honeymouth leather goods, which operated there for over four years. Even as Georgia was announcing that her...
Fiori Bar and Lounge is a new concept by Jesse Vose and Corey Vose. Together, they have curated an intimate and cozy space that encourages you to sit and stay awhile. Their travels inspire them, and...
Set on 44 acres of beautifully landscaped history, the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum (KBGA) sits patiently waiting to be discovered by the many Knoxvillians and tourists who simply don’t know it’s there. The new CEO, Sharon Moore,...
All signs indicate that the announced completion of the stadium in time for next year’s baseball season is right on track. The construction site changes so quickly it can be startling. And sometimes unexpected. One of...
The first time I wrote about Axle Logistics, in September 2019 (you’ll find the full back-story there), owners and co-founders Drew Johnson and Jon Clay were rightfully proud of the growth their company had experienced and...
The buildings which once housed NV, The Bowery, Blue Cats and other bars in the 1990s and early 2000s have been torn down. Further back the buildings or part of them had served as a strip...
As Design Review Board meetings tend to go, the one this week featured some very significant developments for downtown. I previously covered the one at Hill and Locust, but a second was also presented. The two...
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
The three-day Dogwood Arts Festival held court in downtown Knoxville this past weekend on the World’s Fair Performance Lawn. Just the walk from the center of downtown to and from the festival revealed a Knoxville so...
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
Music around every corner greeted the crowds that came to downtown Knoxville this weekend. Knoxville Opera‘s Rossini Festival, which has previously taken over Gay Street, now sends its vibes out from the side streets. Stretching from...
This is a continuation of the Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens which was held this past weekend. If you missed the first part, check it out here. In this portion we’ll look...
This past weekend offered so much in the way of downtown and near-downtown fun, that I’m still putting it out on Wednesday. One of our favorite events of the year, the Fourth and Gill Tour of...
On Friday, at the Amphitheater on the World’s Fair Park, Mayor Kincannon presented her proposed $461.6 million budget for the next year and with it set out a list of priorities. She framed it as a...
The annual Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Gardens is just around the corner (April 28, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, tickets here) and, as always it promises to offer a glimpse into life in...