A Knoxville News Sentinel article earlier this week confirmed that the State Street Garage is on pace to be completed in August, which was the original target date. Of course, Rick Emmett maintains a blog for...
Just when you think we are festivaled out downtown, here comes a couple more festivals, both major, both on the same weekend. There’s also a little show which I dearly love which will have its second-to-last...
The south isn’t generally known for its green initiatives or general concern for the environment. If asked more people would likely associate us with big, gas guzzling trucks, climate change denial, billboards and trash marring our...
Two great music series are up and running on Market Square. One is returning and the other making its debut this year. The first is the Jazz on the Square Series on Tuesday night from 8:00...
I can’t imagine a more perfect weekend in the city. For my money, this could be summer weather. I’ve only been to San Francisco and Paris one time each, so I realize this isn’t a fair...
I know some of you get a bit weary of all the music talk on this blog, but there is just too much great music going around to ignore it. Festival season has died down a...
Well, maybe not in the sense that they are walking down Gay Street, but in other ways there has been quite a bit of movement among downtown buildings in recent weeks. Virtually all of it has...
As nasty as last weekend was, there were little windows of dry moments, if not sunshine. First Friday got by unscathed and the first couple of hours of the Market Square Farmers’ Market remained dry. After...
Immigration reform has clearly picked up some energy since the elections. Whether Republicans are being pragmatic in order to be more competitive among minority voters or they genuinely are ready to re-assess the issue, the fact...
I’m not sure if it was that I coincidentally made a different kind of round this First Friday or if I often miss major swaths of the goings on about town, but it was the variety...