Culture
Eat Your Way Around the World in Knoxville This Month
Knoxville is about to embark on a month-long international food and culture crawl, no passport required. Beginning this weekend and stretching into mid-September, a veritable United Nations of events is headed our way: Irish Fest on...
Sights, Sounds & Smells From Kuumba Festival’s Return to Chilhowee Park
I can’t think of many local festivals with more seniority than 37-years-young Kuumba Festival, aside from Dogwood Arts Festival (founded in 1961) and Knoxville Greek Fest (1977). Perhaps the Tennessee Valley Fair and the City’s Fourth...
The Eight Great: August’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...
The Art of Looking: ‘Reflection: Between Surface & Self’ Opens Friday at Lilienthal Gallery
What if a mirror wasn’t interested in telling you the truth? That question lies at the heart of Reflection: Between Surface and Self, a new exhibition opening this Friday, July 17, at Lilienthal Gallery. Featuring work...
Business
Breaking Bread, Part III: K Brew Bakery Opens on Broadway (& More!)
Get bread-y, folks! It took me a hot minute to circle back — development news happens — but I’m finally here with the third and final chapter of our series on Knoxville’s newest local bakeries. After...
Breaking Bread, Part II: KoPita Bakery Honors Three Generations of Family Tradition
It’s a beautiful thing to wake up one morning with full commitment to one thing and one thing only: dialing in a pleasant three-part series about bread. Is there other important news out there probably breaking...
Breaking Bread, Part I: SoKno Sourdough Opens Storefront
Life is short, and fresh-baked bread is one of its great pleasures. One of the few hills I’ll die on is that there’s simply no reason to settle for bad bread, the sort with zero personality...
Knoxville’s Tech Moment Has Arrived. Now What?
Knoxville has a world-class national laboratory just up the road, a flagship research university in its backyard, one of the nation’s largest public power providers, companies doing cutting-edge work, and a startup scene that has gone...
Development
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...
Kerbela Site Development Might Not Be a Done Deal Yet
After four trips before the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission, Birmingham-based developer CR Endeavors finally won approval — by the skin of its teeth — on Thursday for its proposed 217-unit redevelopment of the Kerbela Temple site. ...
AJ Building Developer Says Work Could Begin Next Month
Few downtown buildings have spent more time in Knoxville’s collective “any day now” file than the Andrew Johnson Building. The historic Gay Street landmark has been slated for redevelopment for years, with plans revised, deadlines extended...
One-Way or Another: A Proposed Change for Union Avenue
The City of Knoxville is considering converting the 500 block of Union Avenue from two-way to one-way traffic, a relatively simple change on paper: some paint, signs and a rearrangement of curbside space. Inside the lobby...
Events
10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: August 16-25
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: August 9-18
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: August 2-11
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: July 26-Aug. 4
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
New Old City Passport Makes Exploring (Even More) Rewarding
The Old City is a ridiculously charming treasure in the downtown landscape: gorgeous old buildings, local businesses and that vintage-urban je ne sais quoi you can’t manufacture from scratch. The year and a half since Covenant...
Paws What You’re Doing: It’s Election Day!
In lieu of today’s regularly scheduled programming, we’re issuing a gentle but fur-m civic reminder: It’s Election Day in Knox County! Today’s story is democracy. The cat meme is merely here to lure you in, as...
Dine & Drink Out to Support Nourish Knoxville
Foodie alert! It’s Restaurant Week 2026. Thirty of our favorite local purveyors of food and drink are plating up specially crafted menu items today through Sunday, Aug. 9, with 20% of the proceeds donated to Nourish...
Reporting Live from the Uneventful Rollout of Market Square’s DORA Pilot Program
As of last Friday, you can openly drink beer anywhere on Market Square without so much as a furtive glance over your shoulder. A pilot program has made Market Square a temporary Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area...