(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth.) Four times a year, the Knoxville Museum of Art hosts a new exhibit, and now through November 10th, guests can explore the abstract art of Jo...
Lilienthal Gallery, a place known for stretching artistic boundaries in East Tennessee, continues doing so with their current exhibition, “Street.” Debuting tonight for First Friday, the exhibition runs through December offering a new perspective on street...
In the nearly ten years of its existence, Founding Artistic Director Joshua Peterson says River and Rail Theatre has launched itself twice: Once in the beginning and again after the pandemic. In 2019 the group purchased...
The largest art project in the history of the city, Knox Walls at Emory Place is currently wrapping up and will be unveiled at Emory Place (behind the northwestern row of buildings) at next Friday’s First...
Otsu, the latest restaurant by Jesse Newmister and Margaret Stolfi opened in the Mill and Mine last week, bringing a new twist on Asian-fusion restaurant offering a generous menu of dumplings and other Japanese and pan-Asian...
(Today’s article is by contributing writer Robert Farago whose blog you can find here.) I’m not sure when I started smoking cigars, but I know when I’ll stop: when they pry a stogie from my cold,...
We reported back in May that Zack Roskop, founder of Knox Brew Hub and Knox Brew Tours, podcaster and chef for Fred Beans and Rice, had decided to step back from Knox Brew Tours and close...
The end of August saw some controversy as Kern Food Hall management rolled out (and then rolled back in) a new parking fee, leaving many with a bad taste in their mouth. Social media reflected the...
It was over eleven years ago I first wrote of the brothers Grace (Michael and Thomas) and their plans to convert an office building to apartments. The building, built around 1930, and owned by the brothers...
(Today’s article is written by contributing writer K.W. Leonard.) When the Tennessee Theatre opened in 1928, few likely envisioned the scope of the Theatre’s mission and purpose nearly 100 years later. As this vision expanded in...
For those present at last night’s City Council Meeting who have followed the ups and downs of the Hill and Locust tower development, not much new ground was covered. The project, for those who might have...
Last week a ribbon cutting was held at First Creek at Austin to celebrate the opening of Phase Two of the development. First Creek at Austin, located a short walk from the new stadium, the Old...
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 2024 Maker City Summit, with its theme “Make It: GROW,” recently brought together a diverse community of creators, entrepreneurs, and innovators at the Maker Exchange. The Maker City and the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center combine efforts...
The Pride Parade stepped off on Friday night on lovely Gay Street. Rains hit just a few minutes before the start, but stopped in time for the event. Last year a similar shower left a rainbow...
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 East Tennessee Community Design Center operates under the radar of most people in the sixteen counties they serve. The hundreds of people who have been involved in the projects they’ve helped get started know how...
(Today’s article is by contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth) It’s a bright, warm Saturday on Market Square, and the street is overflowing with more people than I’ve ever seen at West Town Mall or Turkey Creek. Recently,...
(Ed. Note: Today’s article is written by new contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth. Matt, a Knoxville native and Farragut resident, has written local interest articles for Farragut Life, Monroe Life, and McMinn Life, as well as science...
Remember when the lights lining the Henley Bridge used to shine in a range of colors celebrating all manner of events? I’ll always remember the night they turned purple in honor of Prince. But six years...