The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/11 – 9/20/2016)
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...
The Knoxville Community Darkroom Hopes to Come to Downtown
If there’s one thing that drives Lisa Flanary to distraction, it is probably the question that came to your mind when you read the headline: “Why do we need a darkroom? Nobody uses film, anymore.” She...
Chef Joseph Lenn Opens J.C. Holdway at 501 Union Avenue
It’s been a long time coming. It was just over a year ago I profiled chef Joseph Lenn, at that time the only James Beard Award winning chef in the state of Tennessee. After his stint...
RedBooth: The Old City Business Behind the Business
Roy McKinnon welcomed me into the beautiful office of RedBooth Group at 111 E. Jackson, Suite 203. The company, operated by Roy and his partner Sherry Wood is located to the rear of the building which...
Theatre Knoxville Downtown Commemorates 15th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks with Special Production
When she saw it, she knew what she had to do. Courtney Woolard, browsing through piles of books at the Friends of the Library book sale found a script in the discard pile. Titled, “The...
Knoxville May Be Ready for Some (European) Football!
It seems a stretch, doesn’t it? Knoxville is Big Orange Country: End of story. After the football games we all watched this past few days, however, it might be a perfect time for more than a...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (9/4 – 9/13/2016)
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...
Clarence Brown’s Production of “Violet” Marks the Beginning of the 2016-17 Season
Clarence Brown Theatre begins its fall season with a production of “Violet,” with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by Brian Crawley. Based on the short story, The Ugliest Pilgrim by the excellent writer, Doris Betts....
The Historic Tennessee Theatre Relights Its Marquee and Signature Blade Sign
The long story of the Tennessee Theatre continues and, happily, most of the recent chapters have been happy ones. Originally built as a movie palace, it opened its doors on October 1, 1928 with a showing...
“The Revival” Offered for Lease at 825 Locust Street
“The Revival” has opened at 825 Locust Street, Suite 103. The residential unit is available for short-term lease as an event space or for single or multi-night stays ($500 a day, $600 a day with a...