Nama, 500 Block of Gay Street, Knoxville, February 2011 It is now official: Nama on the 100 block is closed. Practically an institution on that block, it began a migration up Gay Street during the extended renovations...

Dale Mackey discusses Social Media, Redeemer Church, Knoxville, February 2011 It had to happen eventually: I finally got some training in this blogging thing. Actually, the workshop, sponsored by the Knoxville Writer’s Guild and presented by Dale Mackey at...

I recently read Keeping the Bees Employed, a book of poetry, by R. B. Morris. By turns beautiful and painful, it is a book that I highly recommend. Most of you know that R.B. is a local musician,...

 L and N Station, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville, February 2011 I attended the open house at the L and N Station for the new Science Technology Engineering and Math school Tuesday night. I must have seen...

I doubt this is what Charlie Rich had in mind when he penned that song, but I’ve noticed what seems to be a shift in standard operating procedure for businesses completing renovations or moving into new...

But it is your downtown sidewalk I’d like to talk a bit about today. I’d planned to do a piece about the bizarre tapestry of surfaces that comprises the downtown sidewalks, but I’ll put that off for...

In a move that may or may not confuse the experts – though I’ll readily admit I’m stumped and surprised – the Graffiti Wall has returned. When the Great Wall of Graffiti met its demise months ago...

Hosts for Knoxville’s First PechaKucha Crowd at PechaKucha, West Jackson Workshops, Knoxville, February 2011 I had read the descriptions of PechaKucha and I understood that people would make presentations regarding their creative endeavors and that they would...

Well, it turns out I wouldn’t be, but I wouldn’t have known that myself until a couple of days ago. A special shout-out goes to one of my alert readers (which is not to imply you...

Maybe on the face of it, it sounds like a silly question. How can winter be worse downtown? Further, aren’t temperatures a usually a couple of degrees warmer in the concrete jungle? Well, the question came...