Status Serigraph Opens on Jackson Avenue
I’ve noticed a thread of sorts through the young entrepreneurs I’ve met over the last year or more. They are passionate about what they do. They are willing to work impossibly hard hours to make their...
Artist Alley Revamp Project – Java Alley
As I promised, yesterday, here is a view of another alley project undertaken by the Artist Alley Revamp Project. This alley project represents an expansion of the previous work into another section of town and a...
Strong Alley Art Project
The Artist Alley Revamp Project entered a second phase this spring. I wrote about it pretty extensively last fall, so if you missed that, start here, go here and end here. Much of the art I documented...
Two Blocks, Two Buildings, Two Different Outcomes
Two buildings caught my attention recently. They are only about a block and a half apart, but they seem destined to quite different futures. One may be a treasure, the other maybe not so much. In...
Pecha Kucha, July 2013
Pecha Kucha occurs quarterly, which would seem to give me plenty of notice, but somehow it slips up on my all the time. Confounding the surprise factor is the fact that the event changes venue almost...
The Downtown Week Ahead (July 28 – August 2, 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...
Urban Guy Does the News
Or does the news do Urban Guy? Last week I had the pleasure of having Emily Stroud and Brian Holt interview me for yesterday’s episode of WBIR’s “Alive at Five at Four.” The idea came from...
Here’s the Heart of the City on a Wednesday Night
About 8:30 last night Urban Woman decided I should walk to Market Square to secure some yogurt from Orange Leaf. I didn’t object. As always happens when I leave home without my camera – something that...
Visit Knoxville Launches a New Campaign to Promote the City
In the past any discussion of bringing out-of-town guests into our city, seemed to focus on conventions or sports. Some of the conventions I’ve seen come through Knoxville while I’ve lived downtown have been...
Change is a Good Thing – If It Doesn’t Kill Us
So, if you look closely, you may notice changes to the website today. The biggest change is that the name of the website is no longer “Stuck Inside of Knoxville.” I really liked the name but,...