Mardi Growl 2018
The eleventh annual Mardi Growl event has come and gone, once more. For many of us downtown if feels like the introduction to spring – albeit usually a chilly one. For me, it’s my little taste...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/4 – 3/13/2018)
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...
Is Knoxville’s Coffee Community about to “Bloom?”
What do Providence, Rhode Island, Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles California and Knoxville have in common? It could be a major coffee event. It’s been a while since I talked about coffee in Knoxville, other...
2018 Downtown Knoxville Festival Guide!
It’s that time of year, again, and, as usual, definitions of when festival season starts and what constitutes a festival will continue to bedevil the effort to make any kind of coherent list. With hot weather...
After Multiple Strokes, Local Artist Chris Cornett Returns (and Could Use Your Help)
Just over five years ago I first encountered the art of Chris Cornett. The challenging nature of the works and the striking use of color captivated me at once. I took my first photograph of his...
Riverwalk at the Bridges (Baptist Hospital Site): The Latest
It’s another example of projects that take much longer than planned, often for multiple reasons, but do eventually come to fruition. It’s easy to dismiss ideas and plans that have been long discussed as no longer...
The Breadshed Cafe Closing March 3
Everything comes to an end, and after about three years, Kymberle Kaser has announced that time has come for the Breadshed Cafe. As with any momentous decision regarding an effort to which you’ve devoted your life,...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/25 – 3/6/2018)
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...
A Brief Post on “The Post,” And Random Related Ruminations
Just in case you are worried, no, I’m not going to attempt become a film critic. I actually see very few movies, never seeming to have the time or quite enough interest, particularly in what passes...
Turandot Offers Drama, Beauty and Puccini’s Final Music
Knoxville Opera performs Puccini’s final opera (it was completed by Franco Alfano after the Puccini’s unexpected death) Friday night at 7:30 PM and Sunday afternoon at 2:30 PM. The performances will be in the Knoxville Civic...