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Clarence Brown Theatre Announces New Season: A Conversation with Artistic Director Kenneth Martin

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 2, 2024

Clarence Brown Theatre has announced its upcoming season even as this one winds down. Kenneth Martin joined the UT Theatre Department and Clarence Brown almost two years ago and the concluding season was hist...

Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens 2024 (Part Two)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 1, 2024

This is a continuation of the Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens which was held this past weekend. If you missed the first part, check it out here. In this portion we’ll look...

Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens (Part One)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 1, 2024

This past weekend offered so much in the way of downtown and near-downtown fun, that I’m still putting it out on Wednesday. One of our favorite events of the year, the Fourth and Gill Tour of...

Dogwood Arts Festival 2024

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 30, 2024

The three-day Dogwood Arts Festival held court in downtown Knoxville this past weekend on the World’s Fair Performance Lawn. Just the walk from the center of downtown to and from the festival revealed a Knoxville so...

Mayor Kincannon Details New Budget, Outlines Priorities

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 29, 2024

On Friday, at the Amphitheater on the World’s Fair Park, Mayor Kincannon presented her proposed $461.6 million budget for the next year and with it set out a list of priorities. She framed it as a...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/28 – 5/7/2024)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 28, 2024

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

Building at 125 East Jackson Avenue Demolished

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 24, 2024

The buildings which once housed NV, The Bowery, Blue Cats and other bars in the 1990s and early 2000s have been torn down. Further back the buildings or part of them had served as a strip...

The 2024 Rossini Festival Fills the Downtown Knoxville Air With Music

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 22, 2024

Music around every corner greeted the crowds that came to downtown Knoxville this weekend. Knoxville Opera‘s Rossini Festival, which has previously taken over Gay Street, now sends its vibes out from the side streets. Stretching from...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/21 – 4/30/2024)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 21, 2024

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

New Residential Project, City Summit, Presented to Design Review Board

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 18, 2024

As Design Review Board meetings tend to go, the one this week featured some very significant developments for downtown. I previously covered the one at Hill and Locust, but a second was also presented. The two...

Large Riverfront Tower Project is Back (The Design Review Board Reacts)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 18, 2024

The idea has gone through several owners and iterations, but the general theme remains the same: To build a large residential tower just off the Henley Bridge on a relatively small, seriously sloped parcel of ground....

A Sneak Peek at the Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Gardens

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 17, 2024

The annual Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Gardens is just around the corner (April 28, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, tickets here) and, as always it promises to offer a glimpse into life in...

Positively Living Continues Helping the City (and You Can Help Them)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 16, 2024

Positively Living, founded in 1996 to serve those living with HIV, continues to serve many of our friends and neighbors in Knoxville and, in 2018 launched Choice Health Network in order to serve even more people....

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/14 – 4/23/2024)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 14, 2024

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...

Clarence Brown Theatre Announces New Season: A Conversation with Artistic Director Kenneth Martin

Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens 2024 (Part Two)

Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens (Part One)

Dogwood Arts Festival 2024

Mayor Kincannon Details New Budget, Outlines Priorities

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/28 – 5/7/2024)

Building at 125 East Jackson Avenue Demolished

The 2024 Rossini Festival Fills the Downtown Knoxville Air With Music

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/21 – 4/30/2024)

New Residential Project, City Summit, Presented to Design Review Board

Large Riverfront Tower Project is Back (The Design Review Board Reacts)

A Sneak Peek at the Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Gardens

Positively Living Continues Helping the City (and You Can Help Them)

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/14 – 4/23/2024)

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Nov. 15-24

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2026

Ghost Walking the 200 Block of Gay Street, Part 2: Sweeping Changes in the 1970s

And the 2026 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Awards Go To …

Among the Trees of Old Gray Cemetery with W. Jim Cortese