First Friday or First Weekend?
I hate for a blog to come across like a list, but I’m afraid this one might. There is so much going on this weekend downtown that I’m not sure where to start. Some of it...
Photographs Waiting for a Blog to Happen
Weather reporter Cheryl Scott on Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 I’ve done this before, usually toward the end of a month when it becomes apparent that certain photographs, while fun, good or otherwise interesting, simply...
Mayors, Mayors, We Got Mayors, Yes We Do
Faith Coalition Event for AIDS education, Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 Market Square for most of its history has served as a forum for many different and widely divergent groups desiring to express a message of...
It’s Cold, It’s Spring and Knoxville is about to Explode
Sculpture on Gay Street, Knoxville Just when we thought we’d moved past winter, it has re-emerged from its lair. It was just cold and damp enough this weekend in the city, that short sleeve shirts didn’t...
Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! I’m not sure why.
Image via Wikipedia Are you? I mean, I’m happy for the Irish and I suspect I have a little Irish back in my own ancestry, but why do we all wear the green and go for...
Blue Coast Burrito is Open!
Open for Business – Blue Coast Burrito, Knoxville, March 24, 2011 In what promises to be a season of full of openings, Blue Coast Burrito became the first new business to open its doors. It’s an...
Friday Night in the Art of the City: Keegan Luttrell at the Emporium
First Friday, Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 I’m startled to realize I’ve got one more post about First Friday from March and just next week we have another First Friday. Where did the month go? So,...
This is Why I Live in the City
Actually, this won’t be a manifesto listing all the reasons, complications and negotiations involved in a decision that big, but I just had the kind of night that can’t be had outside a city. Maybe specifically...
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at the Bijou
Bijou, Knoxville, March 2011 Special thanks for this blog goes out to Kevin who encouraged me to listen to Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and to Don who insisted this would likely be a group I...
It’s art. It’s a gift to the street. Get it?
Beginnings of a Cynthia Market Painting Another Cynthia Beginning around the corner from the first I’ve recently enjoyed watching Cynthia Markert create new works on the street. I haven’t actually watched her so much as watched...
What We Need Downtown
This certainly won’t be an exhaustive list of what we need downtown. In this post I’ll highlight three things that have come to my attention (again) recently. Their absence in the current state of downtown doesn’t preclude happiness or make...
Signs of Spring
Japanese Magnolias in Krutch Park, Knoxville, March 2011 Spring hasn’t officially arrived, but the signs of its approach are all around the city. I even spotted actual landscaping in The History of Country Music Park (AKA...
Business Bits and Bites
The Ultimate Corporate Businessman surveys the square. There are, as always, a number of little pieces of business developments. Of course, Nama seems to be doing very well since its move and Blue Coast...
Poetry Night at the Laurel Theater
I really enjoy poetry. I realize that’s not true for everyone. I’ll admit I came to it through the back door: music lyrics. I realized by the time I was in high school that I loved...