Burn Memorial Unveiled
Saturday was a hot and humid day in the city, with temperatures hovering in the 90s by afternoon. It was a perfect setting for a suffrage march, rally and the unveiling of the latest sculpture in...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/10 – 6/19/2018)
Sunday, June 10 Lightroom – Developing Your Creative Eye Workshop, Colby’s Photography, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, $150 Knoxcentric: TBA, WUTK (90.3), 10:00 AM Brunch & Browse! Central Filling Station, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM Jazz...
Pride month: Past & Present Knoxville LGBT Gathering Places
(This is a second in a series of articles about Pride and Knoxville’s LGBTQ communities by guest writer Oren Yarbrough) If you walk up to someone in Knoxville and ask where the nearest gay bar is...
Knoxville’s Craft Beer Community on Display for Craft Beer Week
Remember when craft beer was a novelty in Knoxville? Maybe all the way back ten years or so? Outside of a couple of local establishments, such as Downtown Grill and Brewery making beer for themselves, there...
Tako Taco: New Restaurant Announced for Downtown at the Mill and Mine
Chef Jesse Newmister announced the opening of his second restaurant in downtown Knoxville, as Tako Taco joins Kaizen, his original restaurant. While Kaizen has become one of the hottest restaurants in the city, Newmister is limited...
Business Updates and Changes, Plus New Unofficial and Slightly Twisted Walking Tours
Downtown in this era is a constant re-working of a giant jigsaw puzzle of shifting shapes. At the vortex of much of that change has been the West family and their various enterprises. Their businesses on...
Knoxville Throws a Block Party at Future Urban Gateway Park to Entice Input on its Design
(Article submitted by Guest Writer Lee Zimmerman) Manhattan has its central park. Vancouver boasts its Stanley Park. Other cities big and small take pride in green spaces that allow its denizens to take a respite from...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/3 – 6/12/2018)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Knox Pride Month: An Introduction and History Lesson
*Today we welcome guest writer and local architect, Oren Yarbrough. Oren will explore several topics related to Pride Month over the next weeks. Here’s Oren: Today is the first day of June and the official beginning...
A Business Re-locates, Plus a Couple of Updates
I dropped in on my friend Don DeVore who, with his wife, Lauren, owns Broadway Market. About a month ago, the business disappeared from it’s location and it threw more than a few people at first...