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Culture

Bats, Booze & Bad Decisions in Knoxville Opera’s ‘Die Fledermaus’

Leslie Bateman·October 23, 2026

Just in time for Halloween, Knoxville Opera is presenting Die Fledermaus, which translates from German to The Bat. Spooky? Not so much. The bat in question is actually a guy who once had to do the...

Au Bon Coin, A Dopo Join 2026 MICHELIN Guide American South

Leslie Bateman·October 22, 2026

Sorry/not sorry for the double-header of stories this morning, but I know how proud Knoxville is of its burgeoning culinary scene and this news is hot off the presses! At a ceremony in Nashville last night,...

Community School of the Arts Begins a New Chapter After 34 Years

Leslie Bateman·October 22, 2026

It’s Tuesday afternoon, and little snatches of music drift through the otherwise quiet halls of Church Street United Methodist: a piano melody that starts out haltingly but gradually finds its footing, the bright tinkling of triangles...

Fall Film Forecast: A Preview of Upcoming Screenings, Festivals & More

Leslie Bateman·October 21, 2026

Film lovers, it’s your season! The rest of Knoxville can frolic in pumpkin patches and watch football. Some of us have a lot of sitting in the dark to do. Speaking of which, no, I haven’t...

Business

Old Sevier Market Is Officially Open for Business

Leslie Bateman·October 12, 2026

I live in South Knoxville and few things give me less pleasure than shopping at the “SoKnoKro” on Chapman Highway. I say this as someone whose previous neighborhood grocer was the Fellini Kroger, pre-renovation. The bar...

One Knox Filming in Studio A, Big Slate Media's Marble City Studios, October 2026, Courtesy Big Slate Media

Big Slate’s Big Move to Marble City Studios on North Broadway

K.W. Leonard·October 8, 2026

Anyone driving North on Broadway has probably noticed changes to the HP Video building at 1200 North Broadway (across the street from K Brew) and wondered what was happening inside the 34-year old production institution. As...

House of Strays Opens Today, Bringing Cocktails, Theater & a Little Bit of Mischief to the Old City

Heather Ryerson·October 7, 2026

When AJ Tierney sat down with me to talk about opening House of Strays, I couldn’t wait to tell her story. Her inspiration, Josephine Baker, an actress and spy from the 1920s, and her love and...

Hot Mustard to High Tech: A Vicarious Report from 865 Fest

Leslie Bateman·October 2, 2026

Quantum computing, agricultural drones and hot mustard walked into a room in West Knoxville. There’s no punchline here, just a surprisingly broad cross-section of people trying to turn their ideas into businesses. 865 Fest, formerly known...

Development

A Fresh Perspective Comes Upriver to Knoxville in Eric Myers

Leslie Bateman·October 19, 2026

Knoxville has long had a fascination with Chattanooga. We’re both Tennessee River cities, and for decades we’ve watched with interest as our neighbor to the south reimagined its downtown and riverfront. We marveled at Chattanooga’s aquarium,...

Old Sevier District Updates, Part 2: Development, Business & the Kerbela Appeal Decision

Leslie Bateman·October 14, 2026

Good morning and welcome back to what has apparently become South Knoxville Week here at Inside of Knoxville! Where were we? Ah yes. On Monday I wrote about the opening of Old Sevier Market; Tuesday we...

Old Sevier District Updates, Part 1: Construction, Connections & Kerbela

Leslie Bateman·October 13, 2026

Yesterday’s story about Old Sevier Market’s long-anticipated opening gave me the itch to catch you up on the rest of the Old Sevier District, from Regal on the west to River’s Edge apartments on the east....

Gay Street’s Huge, Historic Clayton’s Furniture Building Is Up for Grabs

Leslie Bateman·September 28, 2026

The Clayton’s Wholesale Furniture storefront at 517 N. Gay Street is so familiar that I mostly pass it without a second thought. I have a vague memory of trailing my parents through it as a child...

Events

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Oct. 25-Nov. 3

Scott McNutt·October 25, 2026

Welcome to the 10-Day Planner! If you want your event included, please create a Facebook event, invite editor Leslie Wylie Bateman via the “invite” button on the event page, and it will be included. We need...

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: October 18-27

Scott McNutt·October 18, 2026

Welcome to the 10-Day Planner! If you want your event included, please create a Facebook event, invite editor Leslie Wylie Bateman via the “invite” button on the event page, and it will be included. We need...

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: October 11-20

Scott McNutt·October 11, 2026

Welcome to the 10-Day Planner! If you want your event included, please create a Facebook event, invite editor Leslie Wylie Bateman via the “invite” button on the event page, and it will be included. We need...

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: October 4-13

Scott McNutt·October 4, 2026

Welcome to the 10-Day Planner! If you want your event included, please create a Facebook event, invite editor Leslie Wylie Bateman via the “invite” button on the event page, and it will be included. We need...

Life

Haunted Water Dive Team, Courtesy Haunted Water

Haunted Water Dive Team Explores the Depths for the Paranormal

K.W. Leonard·October 27, 2026

Rick Molchan is a skeptic about the world of the paranormal, so how did he become the head of Knoxville-based Haunted Water Dive Team, an organization investigating the otherworldly under the water line? Molchan told me...

Your Personalized Halloween Week Planner + IOK Pumpkin Contest!

Leslie Bateman·October 26, 2026

First things first, I’ve decided to use the considerable power and influence of my local media empire to launch a new civic tradition: Inside of Knoxville’s inaugural pumpkin-carving contest! Send photos of your creatively carved pumpkins...

Taking Out the Tennessee River’s Trash

Leslie Bateman·October 20, 2026

An abandoned boat seems like a particularly rude thing to leave in a river. A refrigerator is a close second. Both were among the approximately 4,490 pounds of trash removed from Knoxville’s waterways last Friday by...

Citizen Historian Offers Tools to Preserve Knoxville’s Personal & Community Stories

Leslie Bateman·October 15, 2026

What would someone researching Knoxville a hundred years from now learn from the things you’ve kept? Or someone simply trying to understand your life? I think about the Rubbermaid bin in our basement marked “sentimental,” a...

KnoxWire

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UT Arboretum Society Presents ’10 Years Later: What We Can Learn from the Gatlinburg Wildfires’

Press Release·October 25, 2026

On November 28, 2016, winds of up to 80 mph carried burning embers from the Chimney Tops 2 wildfire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park into Gatlinburg and surrounding communities. The embers ignited drought-parched vegetation, spreading...

UT Press Announces ‘Just Keep Jumping: The Memoir of Doug Dickey’

Press Release·October 25, 2026

The University of Tennessee Press is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of “Just Keep Jumping: The Memoir of Doug Dickey,” available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. Richly illustrated with...

RED Gallery Presents ‘Inner Landscape’ Curated by Josh Collins, Cherry East

Press Release·October 23, 2026

Inner Landscape blends narratives of past, present, and future identity. A space derivative exhibition viewing the landscape from bottom to top, creating a rising of Appalachian spirit through the use of sound, movement, and nuanced forms. Iriamu,...

KCDC’s Ben Bentley Earns National Professional of the Year Award

Press Release·October 22, 2026

Ben Bentley, executive director and CEO of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), has earned an Outstanding Professional of the Year award from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). Bentley received the award on...