Faith Coalition Event for AIDS education, Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 Market Square for most of its history has served as a forum for many different and widely divergent groups desiring to express a message of...

Sculpture on Gay Street, Knoxville Just when we thought we’d moved past winter, it has re-emerged from its lair. It was just cold and damp enough this weekend in the city, that short sleeve shirts didn’t...

Image via Wikipedia Are you? I mean, I’m happy for the Irish and I suspect I have a little Irish back in my own ancestry, but why do we all wear the green and go for...

Open for Business – Blue Coast Burrito, Knoxville, March 24, 2011 In what promises to be a season of full of openings, Blue Coast Burrito became the first new business to open its doors. It’s an...

First Friday, Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 I’m startled to realize I’ve got one more post about First Friday from March and just next week we have another First Friday. Where did the month go? So,...

Actually, this won’t be a manifesto listing all the reasons, complications and negotiations involved in a decision that big, but I just had the kind of night that can’t be had outside a city. Maybe specifically...

Bijou, Knoxville, March 2011 Special thanks for this blog goes out to Kevin who encouraged me to listen to Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and to Don who insisted this would likely be a group I...

Beginnings of a Cynthia Market Painting Another Cynthia Beginning around the corner from the first I’ve recently enjoyed watching Cynthia Markert create new works on the street. I haven’t actually watched her so much as watched...

This certainly won’t be an exhaustive list of what we need downtown. In this post I’ll highlight three things that have come to my attention (again) recently. Their absence in the current state of downtown doesn’t preclude happiness or make...

Japanese Magnolias in Krutch Park, Knoxville, March 2011 Spring hasn’t officially arrived, but the signs of its approach are all around the city. I even spotted actual landscaping in The History of Country Music Park (AKA...