Why I Left Austin for Knoxville
(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by new contributing writer Robert Farago, who introduces himself as . . . A media maven since the tender age of 13, Robert Farago began his professional career as a videotape...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner
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First First Friday
(Ed. Note: Today’s article is written by new contributing writer Matt Hollingsworth. Matt, a Knoxville native and Farragut resident, has written local interest articles for Farragut Life, Monroe Life, and McMinn Life, as well as science...
MarbleCity Vapor Opens on Gay Street
Marble City Vapor opened at 714 South Gay Street a couple of months ago, making the third hemp/THCA business to open there in the last couple of years. I met with co-owner Hapep Abuzahra (his partner,...
Initial Big Ears 2025 Line Up Announced: Tickets on Sale Thursday
It may seem like the time to think about football and beautiful leaves. If you like to plan ahead you may already be onto Christmas. But brace yourself: It’s time to get set for Big Ears...
2024 Asian Festival Draws Massive Crowds on a Perfect Day
The 2024 Asian Festival has come and gone and will be remembered for the first time a small charge was added ($3) for attendance, for the best weather ever for the festival (and it will be...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/8 – 9/17/2024)
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Clarence Brown Theatre Presents “Knoxville”
James Agee’s A Death in the Family, published in 1957, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1958. Set primarily at Agee’s boyhood home in the Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville, the book struck a chord with themes about...
One Hundred Eighty Mixed Income Affordable Homes Added to the Downtown Area
Last week a ribbon cutting was held at First Creek at Austin to celebrate the opening of Phase Two of the development. First Creek at Austin, located a short walk from the new stadium, the Old...
The Vol Club Pops Up Downtown (and it will be back!)
A commercial space, added to ground floor of the Cal Johnson Building at 301 State Street (a block off Gay Street behind Chivo) has been used by The Vol Club, the UT NIL collective operated by...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/1 – 9/14/2024)
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The Henley Bridge Lights Up in Orange and White (For the First Time in Six Years)
Remember when the lights lining the Henley Bridge used to shine in a range of colors celebrating all manner of events? I’ll always remember the night they turned purple in honor of Prince. But six years...
It’s Official: Our New Multi-Use Stadium is now Covenant Health Park
Members of the press gathered at the new multi-use stadium yesterday for a meeting with officials from all parties involved in the stadium, along with officials from Covenant Health. The purpose was to make official the...
Harris Rally on Market Square Attracts Large Crowd
A rally took place last Saturday on Market Square with the focus of electing Kamala Harris as the next U.S. president. Many of the themes from the Democratic convention, which ended just two days earlier, were...