The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/17 – 5/29/2015)
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...
Plans and a Look Inside the John H. Daniel Building
It’s really a set of three buildings which have long been internally connected. The oldest is 124 West Jackson which is distinguished by its more ornamental facade. As Knoxville’s economy shifted from mills to the manufacture...
More Little Changes in the City
While I listed a half-dozen and one changes just last week, there are a number of others worth mentioning. I suspect this may become a regular feature as so many changes are happening and I can’t...
Want to Rappel From a Downtown Building? Here’s Your Chance!
We’ve talked in this space about rappelling from parking garages. In particular, we’ve talked about rappelling from the Walnut Street Garage (the new one). This is close. Canadian company with a US division Over the Edge, in...
Legalize It: First Marijuana Rally on Market Square
In a reflection of how overwhelmed I’ve become with festivals, events and general information about downtown the last few weeks, I’ve been sitting on the story of the Knoxville Cannabis Hemp Rally held on Market Square for...
Ronald McDonald House Celebrates 30 Years of Service
A weekend without a downtown festival. What would I do with myself? I could have ventured out to Vestival, which I’m sure was a lot of fun just over the river. We actually spent a good...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/10 – 5/22/2015)
If you want to be certain to be 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 FB...
A Half-Dozen and One Changes Happening in the City
I feel we’ve reached one of those points where I need to catch everyone up on a large number of changes happening around the city. These aren’t things that would necessarily make headlines themselves – some...
Director Correctly Predicts Outdoor KnoxFest’s Success
While I covered the Rossini Festival weekend-before-last, I asked Heidi Hornick to cover Outdoor Fest which is an important event emphasizing the great outdoor activities available immediately in the downtown area. It’s really important to get...
End of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemorated in Knoxville
As I walked through Krutch Park last Saturday on my way to a delightful discussion of downtown with a small group of parishioners at the First Presbyterian Church, I passed a friend among the gathering groups...