Inside of Knoxville

Knox County Joint Mental Health Workshop Offers Information, Few Answers

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 12, 2022

That there is a national, state, and local mental health crisis is a subject of wide-spread agreement. What produced the crisis, how to navigate the crisis, and how to get people the help they need is...

Old City Java Has Reopened: Catching Up With Co-Owner Shaun Parrish

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 11, 2022

When last I checked in with either Shaun or Meg Parrish, owners of Wild Love Bake House and Old City Java, was November 2020. The two made the difficult decision to close their third location, Pearl...

After a Bitter Division, Can There Be Reconciliation?

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 10, 2022

Imagine a bitterly divided country. Each side demonizes and dehumanizes the other. Relationships are lost over political, social, and humanitarian views. Elections are close and bitter. Ultimately, an insurrection foments that threatens the very heart of...

It’s Spring and Life Returns to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 9, 2022

It’s not that we’ve been dead, exactly. Even through the last three years, downtown has maintained much of the momentum that we’ve become accustomed to. Businesses have opened, new development has been announced, but something has...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/8-5/17/2022)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 8, 2022

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...

State and Local COVID-19 Cases and Death by Month

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 6, 2022

Here’s a look at where we are at the state and local level by month, something that I started early in the pandemic at the request of a reader. It provides an easier way to see...

TDOT Talks EV Infrastructure

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 5, 2022

In a sign that actions taken in Washington do eventually impact our lives, TDOT is holding a series of public meetings across the state to discuss the coming investment in electric vehicle infrastructure. The funding in...

Olde Virden’s Food Market Closing

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 4, 2022

Sometimes it’s best to take a quick step back when you realize the path ahead doesn’t look so promising. Just seven months after opening, Allyson and Chris Virden have decided to close the doors to their...

Arrowmont Establishes a Gallery in Downtown Knoxville (In Subterranean Gay Street)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 3, 2022

In what could be seen as a merging of a mystery and an unknown for many of us, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, located on a thirteen-acre campus in downtown Gatlinburg since 1912, has opened...

Rossini Festival Returns on a Beautiful Spring Day

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 2, 2022

Through howling winds and driving rainstorms, and now through a pandemic, Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival has persisted over the years. It got a well-deserved beautiful day for 2022 in a slightly different footprint than its traditional...

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Knox County Joint Mental Health Workshop Offers Information, Few Answers

Old City Java Has Reopened: Catching Up With Co-Owner Shaun Parrish

After a Bitter Division, Can There Be Reconciliation?

It’s Spring and Life Returns to Downtown

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/8-5/17/2022)

State and Local COVID-19 Cases and Death by Month

TDOT Talks EV Infrastructure

Olde Virden’s Food Market Closing

Arrowmont Establishes a Gallery in Downtown Knoxville (In Subterranean Gay Street)

Rossini Festival Returns on a Beautiful Spring Day

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