Culture
Bats, Booze & Bad Decisions in Knoxville Opera’s ‘Die Fledermaus’
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...
Community School of the Arts Begins a New Chapter After 34 Years
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
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...
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...
Business
Au Bon Coin, A Dopo Join 2026 MICHELIN Guide American South
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,...
Old Sevier Market Is Officially Open for Business
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...
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...
Development
A Fresh Perspective Comes Upriver to Knoxville in Eric Myers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Explores the Depths for the Paranormal
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!
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
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
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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2026 Covenant Health Big Kahuna Labor Day Festival Raises Over $45K for Charities
Following a landmark Labor Day weekend celebration, organizers of the 2026 Covenant Health Big Kahuna Labor Day Festival are proud to announce that the September 6th event raised more than $45,000 for local East Tennessee charities....
City Invests to Save Energy, Reduce Emissions
City Council this evening supported Mayor Indya Kincannon’s initiative to invest in energy savings while reducing carbon emissions. The investment is guaranteed to pay for itself over time. The Energy Savings Performance Contract with Trane U.S....
RAM Hosting Second Annual Telethon Live on Social Media
For more than 40 years, Remote Area Medical (RAM®), has been providing free, quality dental, vision, and medical care to those in need. On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, RAM will host our second annual live telethon...
Knoxville Named Host City for FIA World Rally Championship
Full details of America’s return to the FIA World Rally Championship have been confirmed, with next year’s Rally US set to deliver both a sporting spectacle and an unrivaled fan experience. On October 8, the FIA...