Inside of Knoxville

Carribell Carousel, Courtesy Barbara Swineford

A Conversation with Barbara Swineford, UTK’s Carribelle Carousel the Clown and Much More

K.W. Leonard·March 19, 2025

If you were a child visiting UTK’s Carousel Children’s Theatre in the late 1960s and early 1970s, you may remember a clown balancing a dragonfly on your nose or leading you in a song. When I...

The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, March, 2025

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra Celebrates 25 Years of Playing World-Class Jazz

K.W. Leonard·March 14, 2025

On April 15, 2025, the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra will celebrate a quarter century with its Silver Anniversary Concert. Vance Thompson, the orchestra’s Executive Director, recently reflected on the organization’s 25-year journey. Thompson, a native of East...

Violin Display, Violins of Hope, March, 2025

Violins of Hope Brings a Message of Hope As It Returns to Knoxville

K.W. Leonard·March 4, 2025

Violins of Hope returns to Knoxville this week for a month-long series of events aimed at educating the community about the Holocaust through the powerful stories of restored violins from Jewish Holocaust victims. The story of...

Revelers at Regency Ball, February, 2025

Regency Ball Transports Knoxville to the Early 19th Century

K.W. Leonard·February 26, 2025

On a recent, foggy Saturday evening, two Knoxville communities came together with the University of Tennessee English department to travel back in time to early 1800’s England. Just across World’s Fair Park, the University of Tennessee’s...

Matilda Production, Courtesy Knoxville Children's Theatre, Katherine Birkbeck Photographer

Who is Knoxville Children’s Theatre?

K.W. Leonard·February 20, 2025

As announced yesterday, Knoxville Children’s Theatre is purchasing The Foundry. As part of that story, I also chatted with Sien Moon, Executive Director of KCT, about the origins and mission of this 18 year program coming...

Knoxville Children's Theatre Rendering, Exterior Perspective, Courtesy McCarty Holsaple McCarty

Knoxville Children’s Theatre Purchases The Foundry; Moving to Downtown

K.W. Leonard·February 19, 2025

As one curtain closes on The Foundry at World’s Fair Park, another rises. In September, we reported on the closing of The Foundry after 32 years. For its next act, the Foundry will become the home...

Southside Garage Adds Two New Permanent Food Vendors

K.W. Leonard·February 5, 2025

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...

Livano Knoxville Entry Rendering, Courtesy Livano Knoxville

Livano Knoxville Opening 348 Residential Units on South Waterfront

K.W. Leonard·January 23, 2025

Rising across the Tennessee River from Neyland Stadium is Livano Knoxville, a large scale, multi-family residential development, set to open in March, 2025. Scanning back through the 2006 South Waterfront Vision Plan, residential development was identified...

Theatre Plaza View, Courtesy of Sanders Pace Architecture

A Look Inside the New Jenny Boyd Carousel Theatre Opening in 2025 to Continue A Legacy of Theatre in Knoxville

K.W. Leonard·January 9, 2025

When I began writing this article, I would casually mention the University of Tennessee’s Carousel Theatre to Knoxville natives, many of whom immediately shared their memories of it, recalling it as their first live theatre experience....

Santa Claus, WIVK 51st Annual Christmas Parade, December, 2024

Downtown Christmas Parade 2024 Continues Tradition of Bringing Holiday Spirit for Nearly a Century

K.W. Leonard·December 9, 2024

I have to agree with Harry Richman as he crooned the Harold Arlen tune back in 1932: I really do love a parade. Something about the intersection of music, art and pageantry grabbed my attention from...

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A Conversation with Barbara Swineford, UTK’s Carribelle Carousel the Clown and Much More

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra Celebrates 25 Years of Playing World-Class Jazz

Violins of Hope Brings a Message of Hope As It Returns to Knoxville

Regency Ball Transports Knoxville to the Early 19th Century

Who is Knoxville Children’s Theatre?

Knoxville Children’s Theatre Purchases The Foundry; Moving to Downtown

Southside Garage Adds Two New Permanent Food Vendors

Livano Knoxville Opening 348 Residential Units on South Waterfront

A Look Inside the New Jenny Boyd Carousel Theatre Opening in 2025 to Continue A Legacy of Theatre in Knoxville

Downtown Christmas Parade 2024 Continues Tradition of Bringing Holiday Spirit for Nearly a Century

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville