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28th Annual Fantasy of Trees

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 3, 2013

I think my family started attending the Fantasy of Trees around twenty-five years ago. Through personal experience we’d come to greatly appreciate the people at Children’s Hospital and we were happy to support any event that...

Thanksgiving, Lights, Action

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 2, 2013

Urban Girl, Urban Daughter and Urban Father, Thanksgiving, Downtown Knoxville, November 2013 It seems to go faster every year. Time in general, of course, but also the duration of any event. We want the next event...

The Downtown Week Ahead (December 1 – December 7, 2013

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 1, 2013

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...

Knoxville Walking Tours: Bringing the Past to Life

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 27, 2013

I’ve been trying to get together with Laura Still for quite some time to tag along on one of her walking tours. I’ve known Laura, mostly from a distance for years through the Knoxville Writer’s Guild...

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (Plus Sundry Happy Parties)

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 26, 2013

Sometimes the news just needs to be good. There are so many battles to fight. Fort Sanders seems to falling before our very eyes as Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center seeks to destroy three more...

New Business: Smoky Mountain Vintage Lumber (plus a Christmas Twist)

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 25, 2013

I first mentioned Bryce Caldwell in an article last summer about a business headed by Nina Ash, called Green Ash Design. At the time, Bryce told me he had a young business that he planned...

The Downtown Week Ahead (November 24 – November 30, 2013)

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 24, 2013

If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...

Busting Some Ghosts in the City: Haunted Knoxville Ghost Tour

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 22, 2013

It was a dark and stormy night . . . Actually, it was pretty well lighted on Market Square when we gathered and there was a light rain that soon stopped, but the night had...

A Portrait of a Friend: Flossie McNabb, Union Avenue Books and the Heart for our City

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 21, 2013

I think it was around 1995 when I first met Flossie McNabb, currently owner of Union Avenue Books. I’d wandered into Davis-Kidd Bookstore after seeing a notice there would be a discussion there of Faulkner’s Sound...

What did We Learn at the Downtown Summit?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 20, 2013

News of a downtown summit spread quickly through downtown residents and business owners. For the last couple of weeks it has consumed many a sidewalk conversation. Who would be included? Whose perspective would be heard? Would...

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28th Annual Fantasy of Trees

Thanksgiving, Lights, Action

The Downtown Week Ahead (December 1 – December 7, 2013

Knoxville Walking Tours: Bringing the Past to Life

Knox Heritage Fantastic Fifteen (Plus Sundry Happy Parties)

New Business: Smoky Mountain Vintage Lumber (plus a Christmas Twist)

The Downtown Week Ahead (November 24 – November 30, 2013)

Busting Some Ghosts in the City: Haunted Knoxville Ghost Tour

A Portrait of a Friend: Flossie McNabb, Union Avenue Books and the Heart for our City

What did We Learn at the Downtown Summit?

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville