(As a follow-up to Leslie Bateman’s interview with KMA Executive Director Steven Matijcio, we’ll explore KMA’s new exhibition, “States of Becoming.”) What does it mean to leave one culture and enter another? If the cultures hold...
No art exists in isolation, neatly contained within a frame tacked to a gallery wall. It lives within a vast, intricate web of place, time and meaning that floats both ways, art influencing life and life...
It’s hard to believe it’s been fourteen years since the first Waynestock in 2011. I covered it then in two parts. A lot has changed since then — the stage moved from the end of the...
Knoxville Opera presents one of the most performed and beloved operas of all time with their production of La bohème. With shows tonight and Sunday at the Tennessee Theatre, audiences are promised a wild ride of emotions...
In recent years, South Knoxville waterfront development has surged. With the Rail to Trail and Sevier Avenue Streetscape projects along with the successful $24.7 million dollar RAISE grant for the pedestrian bridge, progress is happening from...
We have established before that I am not a beer drinker. I have a great appreciation for the craft but not so much for the flavor. (Although the PB&J Mixed Tape from Xul was a surprising...
Last March, when Beth MacDonald and her partners, after seven years of ownership, sold the building at 110 South Central Street, she faced a decision with her business. Bethie Lou’s Fabulous Gift Store, which had opened...
Tucked away at the end of Jackson Terminal is a studio/workshop that, while easy to miss if you’re not looking, is an incredible asset to the Maker community in Knoxville. When many shops were shuttering their...
In a hastily called press conference on Wednesday, Mayor Kincannon gave the anticipated Gay Street Bridge update that no one wanted to hear: The Gay Street Bridge will never again be open to vehicular traffic. While...
(Ed. Note: Yes, I know there is bridge news. The facts have largely been reported, but I hope to bring you a little something extra on that tomorrow.) We are a sporty town. Of course there’s...
On a recent sunny and warmish afternoon, I ventured out from the pile of blankets beneath which I’ve been hibernating to hike around Fort Dickerson Park. This 90-acre outpost of South Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness, hiding in...
There’s a lot to unpack, here. As I reported last September, River and Rail agreed to sell the building that had housed the Old City Performing Arts Center. That happened, but with a twist: the group...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by guest writer Paul James of the Knoxville History Project. Expect more Knoxville history from Paul in the coming months.) There are ghost walks and then there is ghost walking. It...
For the second year in a row we’ve gotten a significant snow in January. I’ll take it. In the early 1980s when I moved to Knoxville, multiple snows a year seemed normal. In recent years we’ve...
With over three hundred articles coming and going on the website each year, it is easy to miss a few each year. These ten might have been hard to miss as they were the most read...
Let’s take a minute before we look ahead into next year and consider the year that was. January gave us a powerful winter storm and several major stories. Downtown business and development news hardly slowed over...