Inside of Knoxville

Alley Appreciation: The Journey Becomes the Destination

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 21, 2023

(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by guest writer Luke Frazier who is new to Knoxville and continues to explore downtown spots in a fresh way. Today he discusses Strong Alley, which was first beautified by a...

Hair (the Musical) Comes to Clarence Brown Theatre

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 20, 2023

She asks me why I’m just a hairy guy I’m hairy noon and night Hell that’s a fright I’m hairy high and low Don’t ask me why Don’t know It’s not for lack of bread Like...

Hundreds Gather to Protest Gun Violence and Laws in the State

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 19, 2023

A protest on Market Square yesterday drew between four hundred and five hundred people expressing their anger at Tennessee’s gun laws and the violence that our state repeatedly experiences. The impetus for the most recent protest...

A Wonderful New Home for an Equally Wonderful Family

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 17, 2023

Last December I introduced you to the Johnsons, Alvin and Jeanine, who seemed destined to a life as tenants, without much hope of buying a home. They moved to Knoxville in 2020 and she took a...

Downtown Knoxville 10 Day Planner (4/16 – 4/25/2023)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 16, 2023

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead time that the list can be...

South High a Step Closer to Conversion to Drug Treatment Facility; Other Dover Properties in Flux

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 14, 2023

(Ed. Note and Full Disclosure: I am the caretaker for my uncle. He is 86-years-old and has serious dementia. I brought him to Knoxville from his native Mobile, Alabama in 2018, when we realized he could...

71 South Restaurant Opens at Baker Creek Bottoms

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 11, 2023

It was eight months ago that Ryan Steffy and the ownership group announced that a new restaurant, 71 South (which is the official designation for James White Parkway, which officially terminates near the entrance to the...

Nick Moran Purchases A Third Downtown Business: Bat ‘N Rouge

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 10, 2023

I first mentioned Nick when, during the heart of the pandemic, he opened Riverside Tattoo at Central and Depot. That was September of 2020 and the business thrived. Just this past May he announced the coming...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/9 – 4/18/2023)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 9, 2023

If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead time that the list can be...

2023 Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 6, 2023

There are basically two moments to photograph the drawings from the annual Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk: the evening it ends or the morning after. In the first case, it is maddening to fight the crowds, but...

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Alley Appreciation: The Journey Becomes the Destination

Hair (the Musical) Comes to Clarence Brown Theatre

Hundreds Gather to Protest Gun Violence and Laws in the State

A Wonderful New Home for an Equally Wonderful Family

Downtown Knoxville 10 Day Planner (4/16 – 4/25/2023)

South High a Step Closer to Conversion to Drug Treatment Facility; Other Dover Properties in Flux

71 South Restaurant Opens at Baker Creek Bottoms

Nick Moran Purchases A Third Downtown Business: Bat ‘N Rouge

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/9 – 4/18/2023)

2023 Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk

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