Culture
Christmas Windows in the City, A Second Look
I’m leaving you with another round of Christmas windows in the city. I hope you find joy and peace in however you decide to celebrate. I hope everyone celebrates safely. I’ll put out a weekly planner...
Christmas Windows in the City, A First Look
For those of you who have missed them, here’s a look at some of the beautiful windows and a few other sites around downtown. Enjoy the photos and I’ll put out another group later this week....
Finding a Little Christmas Cheer Around Town
The kids are out of school and plans for the season may have been disrupted a bit. We may not be going over the hills to grandma’s house. The grown-ups, who don’t necessarily get an extended...
Deadhead Miles: Knoxville Scenes from Alan Arkin’s Forgotten Road Movie
Guest post by Paul F. Brown, a freelance content writer in Knoxville, specializing in higher education marketing, history, and business. He is the author of Rufus: James Agee in Tennessee, and may be contacted through his...
Business
New Lounge, The Vault, Opens in the Former Holston Bank Vault
There are some projects that impress me and there are others that blow my mind. This would be one of the later. I first toured the space in 2014 and it looked nothing like a potential...
Vida Opens at 531 South Gay Street
Vida, the most recent restaurant by Lori and Jim Klonaris offers an oasis of elegance on the bottom floor of the historic Holston Building at 531 South Gay Street. The space, which has been vacant for...
Autonomous Water Taxis Coming to Knoxville’s Tennessee River?
Buffalo Automation, a company founded in 2015 in Buffalo, New York, is exploring the opportunity to launch the world’s first automated water taxi — a self driving boat — on the Tennessee River at Volunteer Landing....
Christmas Windows in the City, A Second Look
I’m leaving you with another round of Christmas windows in the city. I hope you find joy and peace in however you decide to celebrate. I hope everyone celebrates safely. I’ll put out a weekly planner...
Development
Jackson Avenue Ramps Open as the New Year Begins
The Jackson Avenue Ramps were built 100 years ago. In that time they have had major repairs only once as a result of a TDOT determination a portion was unsafe in 2009. The first meeting to...
Plans and Timeline for Redevelopment of the AJ Building Come into Focus
After several years of fits and starts and false-starts, it appears the Andrew Johnson Building — now to be known as the AJ — will finally be brought into a use more fitting for the current...
Baseball Appears to be Headed for Downtown Knoxville
It appears almost a certainty that Knoxville will, once again, have a minor league baseball team. While there remains a possibility something could go awry, with both the Knoxville City Council and the Knox County Commission...
Knoxville Joins Tennessee RiverTowns Program with the Tennessee RiverLine Partnership
I first told you about the project last September. A passion project for University of Tennessee Associate Professor Brad Collett, The Tennessee RiverLine Partnership explores the potential of the Tennessee River as a massive public space,...
Events
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/10 – 1/19/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/3 – 1/12/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/26/2020 – 1/5/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/20 – 12/29/2020)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
Life
COVID-19: 1/15/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS)
I’m not a movie person, in general, though I do have a few movies I love. I cannot name actors or actresses and even the ones I do know, I generally only recognize them periodically in...
COVID-19: 1/14/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, Health Department Briefing)
The fog has been beautiful the last two mornings if you did not have to get out in a car. I have gotten used to the delightful privilege of not having to do so the last...
Board of Health Meeting 1/13/2021
The meeting began with the public forum, which included the following speakers. Robert Weed: Owner of Just One More Bar and Grill spoke against the the 10 pm curfew and said it limits the rights of...
COVID-19: 1/13/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS)
Welcome to the middle of the week. It’s hard to deny the political cloud hanging over the country in the wake of last week’s attack on the capitol, this week’s impeachment activity and the threats of...