While the city has been consumed by Christmas since before Halloween, businesses have been sprucing up, moving, closing and quietly preparing to open. New Nama Sign on Truck on Gay Street Nama sign being unloaded at new...

Jay, Robinella, Van, Sarah and Griffin, Latitude 35, Knoxville, December 2010 In the middle of the Christmas hubbub a small concert was held downstairs at Latitude 35. Hopefully it will be the beginning of a new...

“I’ve seen the bridge and the bridge is longAnd they built it high and they built it strongStrong enough to hold the weight of timeLong enough to leave some of us behind.” “The Bridge” Lyrics by...

As I mentioned, my choice to bring in the New Year was to attend the Dirty Guv’nah’s concert at the Bijou. I’m sure there were other great places to be in Knoxville, but this one proved...

It’s time to say goodbye to the year ending and hello to a new one. I hope you are saying goodbye to a good year. If not, at least there is the looming new year full...

Strollstice Group holds candles and sings, Market Square, Knoxville Recently I donned my coat and hat ready for an evening of pictures on the street. It was the night of the Tour de Lights and the...

Still Moving, Market Street, Knoxville, December 2010 I usually have a few random images that haven’t found a home. I keep running into this truck around town. It is marvelous that is still able to move about...

One of the little secrets about downtown to the people who aren’t involved is that there is a lot of action in the streets around midnight on Christmas Eve. Just after midnight is when a number...

So Christmas has come and gone, once again. What is it like to experience Christmas in the city? Of course, like anywhere, that depends on the person you ask. For everyone downtown, it’s pretty quiet. The...

This will be my final post until after Christmas. I may actually skip a few days while I spend time with my family. I hope you each have a wonderful holiday however you celebrate it. I...

As always, Knoxville enjoys an embarrassment of riches in the musical arena. This Christmas season has given us at least three new disks featuring local artists. You can’t go wrong with any of the three, so...

Santa and his Rudolph, Tour de Lights, Knoxville, December 2010 To avoid the Christmas spirit in downtown Knoxville, you must be determined to revel in your inner Scrooge. From Christmas Wrestlers to gorgeous lights, we’ve got...

Print from Rala This is not going to be an exhaustive give guide like you might find in Metropulse. I do think it is worth mentioning, however, that great shopping is waiting for you downtown –...

Tony Lawson, Knoxville Music Icon Those blessed bad weather days just kept coming last week and, for me, that meant a daily trek through the ice or snow to WDVX studios on Gay Street for the...