COVID-19: 10/28/2020 (State, Local, UTK, KCS)
Halfway through the week and under a week until election day. How are you doing? Are you finding some joy along the way? I’m enjoying the fall color, which is shaping up to be beautiful in...
What Are Your 100 Things To Do In Knoxville Before You Die?
I’ve been tasked with listing 100 things to do in Knoxville before you die. I love my city, as you all know, but it’s an interesting exercise. It’s even more specific: I have to list twenty...
COVID-19: 10/27/2020 (State, Local, UTK, KCS, Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Good Tuesday! I hope you are can get outside and enjoy a bit of this gorgeous day. They will soon be in shorter supply. Many of you are getting out and voting and good on you!...
Xul Beer Company Set to Open This Week
Brad West, Bently Blackshear and Tara Thacker are ready to start offering their labor of many months. After well over a year of making plans, struggling through obstacles, including a pandemic, they are making beer and...
COVID-19: 10/26/2020 Update (International, National, State, Local, UTK and KCS)
I hope you found some time to enjoy yourself this weekend. I introduced the Urban Kids to “Groundhog Day” at the encouragement of a reader. They liked it, though the five-year-old questioned why Bill Murry and...
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,...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/25 – 11/3/2020)
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 –...
COVID-19: Special Message
This post will be short and there will be no photographs or fancy charts. Just me and you getting real about where we are. I’m growing very weary of all the arguments that the illness isn’t...
COVID-19: 10/23/2020 Update (State, Local, UTK, KCS, Including Today’s UTK Briefing)
It’s the weekend! Celebrate with a long walk or a good book. Check out the entertainment options listed in this morning’s article. We’d probably all be better off if we took the next week-and-a-half off social...
Entertainment, The Arts and a Little Spookiness
Here’s a quick look at just a few of your local entertainment options in the world of arts, which are coming up in the next few days. Consider supporting these creative attempts at keeping the arts...