Culture
Walker Antonio Explores Masculinity & the Subconscious at Lilienthal Gallery
What do men do with all those feelings they’re supposedly not having? Walker Antonio paints them. The 25-year-old U.S.-born Filipino-American artist described himself as a “straight Southern male,” a description supported by his liberal use of...
The Great Eight: October’s Can’t-Miss Arts & Culture Events
“The Eight Great” is our curated list of calendar highlights presented monthly with Hellmouth Magazine, a nonprofit arts organization dedicated to publishing quality cultural commentary. Vol. 2 is out now! Check it out: Website | Instagram...
New Cameo Sessions Event Premieres at the Tennessee Theatre’s 612 Building
The Tennessee Theatre’s 612 Building expansion has enhanced my theater-going experience in so many ways. I often slide upstairs to the new Osborne lounge for a pre-show cup of coffee and snack while watching the bustle...
Sitting with Hedda: Inside Knoxville Theatre Club’s Enthralling ‘Hedda Gabler’
Last week was a deep dive into theater for me. Five separate productions were all staged in the past seven days, a telling number about the growth of theater in Knoxville. I pushed myself and attended...
Business
Big Slate’s Big Move to Marble City Studios on North Broadway
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
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
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...
Brand New Music Venue The 808 Comes Out Swinging on Sevier Avenue
Editor’s note: There’s been an air of mystery around The 808, a new South Knox music venue in the former Drunk Church space at, you guessed it, 808 Sevier Ave. It’s coming out swinging starting with...
Development
Gay Street’s Huge, Historic Clayton’s Furniture Building Is Up for Grabs
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...
What’s Next for the Former Public Safety Building Site?
Community input meetings are not generally where I go looking for a good time with a second-grader. And yet! There we were last Saturday at 800 Howard Baker Jr. Ave., having a genuinely excellent time imagining...
From Cal Johnson’s Lone Tree Saloon to Today’s Lone Tree Pass
I recently had an opportunity to tour Lone Tree Pass with Megan Hatcher Rhodes, just as the fences came down and opened the sidewalk at the 200 block of Gay St. that have impeded pedestrian traffic...
Embassy Suites Plans 2nd Floor Public Balcony Extension + $2.5M Rooftop Event Space
Pardon me for spamming you with multiple stories today, but our editorial calendar is overbooked and I’ve got a fun bit of news to share. The Embassy Suites by Hilton Knoxville Downtown is planning not only...
Events
10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: October 4-13
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: Sept. 27-Oct. 6
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: September 20-29
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: Sept. 13-22
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
Die, Die My Darling: No Peace in Life or Death for Christa Pike
Editor’s note: As I publish this, sometime after 2 a.m. on Thursday, Christa Pike’s condition remains unclear. Earlier this evening I stopped writing to watch a live-streamed press conference, a partial recap of which is available...
Annual Shaking of the Inside of Knoxville Tip Jar
In an effort to not bury the lede, which I’m prone to do, IOK NEEDS your support: Donate | Advertise. And now, the part wherein I get sentimental: I cannot believe it’s been 16 months since...
The Day We Marched For Dolly
When Rachel Milford called just hours after Dolly Parton’s passing, I knew why. I was downtown, in my feelings at the Strong Alley mural that was quickly becoming a memorial. Rachel leads the community-based arts nonprofit...
United Way of Greater Knoxville Gives 105 Local Nonprofits a Boost
There are always many more stories to write in a week than I have the hours in the day (or, more often than not, the night) to write them. Here’s some belated good news: United Way...
KnoxWire
A curated community newswire
New Art Walk & Walking Trail Topic of Garden Club Meeting
The new SoKno Rail Trail and Art Walk will be the topic of Chapman Highway Garden Club’s monthly meeting Thursday, Oct. 15. Legacy Parks Foundation Executive Director Carol Evans will discuss the progress of the 3.8-mile...
Knox SOUP Announces New Name, Nov. 5 Community Dinner & Call for Project Proposals
Knoxville SOUP is now Knox SOUP, a name that better reflects the organization’s commitment to supporting community-driven projects throughout Knox County. The organization has always welcomed proposals from across the county, and the updated name makes...
‘Hand + Hue: Echoes of Impressionism’ Opens Nov. 6 at Lilienthal Gallery
On November 6th, from 5–8 PM, Lilienthal Gallery invites Knoxville to an exciting new exhibition, Hand + Hue: Echoes of Impressionism. Our artistic landscape is filled with echoes from every past generation’s stylistic elements. Breaking out...
One Knox Clinches Playoffs with Rivalry Win
Nearly a year ago at Covenant Health Park, Nico Rosamilia turned in a performance on a championship stage that led One Knoxville SC to lifting the USL League One trophy and, for himself, Most Valuable Player...