This was a bit of a different First Friday for me. I missed the art galleries and ate at home, both of which are rare in my usual M.O. The primary reason was the Dylan Bash...
Jazz on the Square, Knoxville, June 2011 Tonight: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (and the next three Tuesday nights)Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone, Vance Thompson – trumpet, Keith Brown – piano, Taylor Coker – bass and...
Bicyclist on Market Square Did you bristle a bit when you saw that headline? Did you think, “Urban Guy has really lost it now. He’s become a megalomaniac?” Well, no. All of you who read me regularly,...
Megan McCormick and band at Sundown in the City, Knoxville This week’s edition of Sundown in the City was quite different from either of the last two. While Better Than Ezra seemed to attract a young,...
Well, I continue to be mystified by the photographs that mystify the Urban Nation and those that are simple. I figured the one I posted two weeks ago would be difficult, and Chad figured it out...
Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville Drama in Amphitheater, Children’s Festival of Reading, Knoxville Friends of the Library, Children’s Festival of Reading, Knoxville Knoxville has a world-class children’s reading festival sponsored each May in World’s Fair...
Fashions now available at Reruns in the Daylight Building This is an exciting time downtown. Today featured not one, but two business openings: Reruns completed their move to the Daylight Building and Union Avenue Books, after many...
It’s hard to believe: One year ago today I wrote a simple little post declaring my intention to document life in Knoxville. Like most blogs, I started with one reader: myself. Unlike most blogs, the story...
What kind of civilization would these people produce? I’ve always enjoyed watching the people at the concerts I attend. I sometimes speculate about what kind of world would evolve it everyone disappeared except the people at...
This past episode of Sundown found me with conflicting desires. I love Sundown in the City and generally enjoy it no matter who the artist happens to be. As I’d noted before (and as a result...