Ojas Beauty Opens at 525 Union Avenue
Karla Albritton has opened Ojas Beauty at 525 Union Avenue. She has taken the lease from Hannah Easterly, who opened Wild Lavender at the location almost six years ago and has recently decided to move to...
The Family Justice Center Celebrates Fifteen Years (And Could Use Your Help)
Just over the hill from downtown, the Family Justice Center has been helping families in the city since 2006, thanks to an initiative first promoted by the Bush administration. Our center was one of the first...
Restaurants Announced for Marble City Market Food Hall
The initial set of restaurants set to open this August in the Marble City Market Food Hall at Regas Square have been announced by HHQ, the management group handling the project. Focused on offering a range...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/16 – 5/25/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 5/14/2021 Update (International, National, State, and Local)
Most trends continue to be encouraging this week, though progress fighting the pandemic is uneven across the globe. If nothing else, the contrast, certainly in the U.S., between now and where we were heading last year...
Mayor Kincannon Discusses Downtown
The Downtown Knoxville Alliance invited Mayor Kincannon to address downtown residents via Zoom at their quarterly resident’s meeting. For about an hour she answered questions and shared thoughts about the state and future of downtown. She...
Christopher Robin Arts Opens at 418 South Gay Street
New downtown businesses have opened in a steady stream during the pandemic. In the case of Christopher Robin Arts, owned by husband and wife, photographer Chris Rohwer and oil painter Robin Rohwer, the business had operated...
A Conversation with Cynthia Markert at Mauzy Broadway Studio
I met Cynthia Markert at her pop-up studio, Mauzy Broadway Pop-up Salon at 130 West Jackson Avenue (next to Robin Easter Design). The pop-up art gallery, featuring works by Markert and her neighbor, friend, and local...
A White Wedding in a Global Pandemic: An Urban Story
Christopher Deal and Brandon Pratt have been together for a decade and they always assumed they would get married and be together forever. That the story of their wedding would ultimately involve a global pandemic,...
Tailgate Closes at 23 Market Square
On March 21st, Tailgate on Market Square closed its doors for good. The store opened in October 2016 and seemed perfectly suited to fill a niche for UT-related sportswear in the downtown market. The location was...