It has been an interesting month, with notable highs and lows, as well as surprises along the way. When I started writing I feared having no readers. Now I’m humbled to realize I have so many. This was the third...

Saber-Toothed Tiger on Market Square I called these “Homeless Images” last month, but later realized that could mean images of homeless people, which I sometimes include. To avoid confusion, I’ve changed the name this month. These...

It’s been a couple of days since I posted. I’m trying to pace myself a bit better, but also, a major event hit Knoxville this weekend and some days I’m in the middle of doing and,...

While considering today’s post I realized how lucky I am to be able to see these sculptures everyday for months. There aren’t many places where such a thing would happen and most certainly all of them...

   I don’t usually use this space to promote upcoming events. Typically I report on the events I’ve happened upon or attended on purpose. Usually it’s more of the former. I’m going to use this space today...

I haven’t taken the time to talk about one of the most conspicuous installations downtown. These are the several dozen sculptures displayed in various places around the area, but concentrated downtown, that were placed as part of the...

Of course, given my penchant for anything cheap and musical, the Indie Grrls Fest was a perfect way to spend my weekend, but one of the things I love about the city is that everybody is...

Former YMCA: Crown Court Condos Here is another of those little things that are easy to pass by without tuning in. Several things make this little oddity easy to miss: It’s on Locust Street, which isn’t the...

Knoxville was the chosen city for this year’s annual Indie Grrl festival. In its third year and looking for a city to call home, hopefully the search has ended. Karen Reynolds, local songwriter and host of...

Image via Wikipedia General Burnside from the American Civil War is most known outside of Knoxville for his famous sideburns. Inside Knoxville he was better known for taking over the town during the war and holding...

I recently mentioned the wonderful “Cradle of Country Music (Walking) Tour,” and provided a link that, it turns out did no more than mention that there was such a thing and that it might be retrieved at...

Friday, July 30 (I know I’m going back a couple of weeks, but so much has been happening!), offered yet another great day for music downtown. Mary Gauthier was in town for a joint show with...

I’m having a hard time transitioning from the scenes of this weekend’s neo-Nazi march back into the fun and positive vibration I most often feel downtown. Sometimes a thing comes along that is so powerful in...

It’s been twenty-four hours since, hopefully, the last of our unwanted guests left town. The day was exhausting both physically and mentally. In some respects, even though I was face-to-face with the reality, it was still...