Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2026

Leslie Bateman·
FILM FEST KNOX is underway! Through Sunday, Nov. 15, the festival transforms downtown’s Regal Riviera into a showcase of independent film. Now in its fourth year, the festival features 17 feature films, 17 shorts, filmmaker Q&As,...

A First Look at the Future of Muse Knoxville

Leslie Bateman·
Rockets. Soaring climbing structures. Interactive waterways. Engineering challenges. Creative laboratories. More hands-on science than you can shake a Bunsen burner at. Last night, I got a glimpse of the future of Muse Knoxville, and y’all, it...

Inside KUB’s 100-Year-Old Water Castle

Leslie Bateman·
There’s a rather magnificent brick fortress on Riverside Drive that looks like UT’s iconic Ayres Hall’s slightly more industrial cousin. With its Gothic windows and imposing towers, it has the general appearance of a place where...

Taking Out the Tennessee River’s Trash

Leslie Bateman·
An abandoned boat seems like a particularly rude thing to leave in a river. A refrigerator is a close second. Both were among the approximately 4,490 pounds of trash removed from Knoxville’s waterways last Friday by...
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