Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/23 – 3/4/2025)
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Mother Shop & Mother Bar to Open at 15 Emory Place
Jade Adams, owner of Oglewood Avenue, the popular plant shop in North Knoxville, has announced that she and fiancé Dylan Pacifico will soon open two new businesses at 15 Emory Place (former home of Pivot Point...
Rube Baily Barbershop Opens after Two Years of Being Open, Adds Barber
In May 2017 when I walked through the Old City to interview Zoran Stepanov about his new barbershop, E.D. Bailey, I expected to hear about cuts and write a simple story. Upon meeting Zoran, I quickly...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/16 – 2/25/2025)
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Gay Street Bridge Status Clarified; An Interview with Councilmember Smith
In a hastily called press conference on Wednesday, Mayor Kincannon gave the anticipated Gay Street Bridge update that no one wanted to hear: The Gay Street Bridge will never again be open to vehicular traffic. While...
Sports News: Baseball, Soccer, Fishing, Rock Climbing and . . . Fire Dancing?
(Ed. Note: Yes, I know there is bridge news. The facts have largely been reported, but I hope to bring you a little something extra on that tomorrow.) We are a sporty town. Of course there’s...
River and Rail Theatre Company Announces New Location: Here’s a Look
There’s a lot to unpack, here. As I reported last September, River and Rail agreed to sell the building that had housed the Old City Performing Arts Center. That happened, but with a twist: the group...
Park City Village Condos Coming to Magnolia Avenue
With the construction of the Covenant Health Park and its surrounding development, attention has turned to east Knoxville. In the past I’ve lightly covered the area, from the Parkridge Home Tours to Magnolia Streetscapes, and the...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/9 – 2/18/2025)
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“States of Becoming” Opens at KMA; A Personal Exploration of the African Diaspora
(As a follow-up to Leslie Bateman’s interview with KMA Executive Director Steven Matijcio, we’ll explore KMA’s new exhibition, “States of Becoming.”) What does it mean to leave one culture and enter another? If the cultures hold...
Downtown Development Updates, Part 3: Covenant Health Park (the stadium) and Axle
As discussed recently in the comment section here, it is a marker of the current pace of development that three installments are required to make room for all the photos. We’ll start with the Axle project,...
Waynestock 13 Offers Joy, Hope, and Healing – And a Lot of Great Music
It’s hard to believe it’s been fourteen years since the first Waynestock in 2011. I covered it then in two parts. A lot has changed since then — the stage moved from the end of the...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/2 – 2/11/2025)
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Knoxville Opera Presents La bohème (and another set of shows you should not miss this weekend)
Knoxville Opera presents one of the most performed and beloved operas of all time with their production of La bohème. With shows tonight and Sunday at the Tennessee Theatre, audiences are promised a wild ride of emotions...