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2025 Old North Knoxville Victorian Holiday Home Tour, Part I

Leslie Bateman·December 16, 2025

It’s a time-burnished Inside of Knoxville tradition to recap the Old North Knoxville Victorian Holiday Home Tour; we’ve covered it most years since 2012. (See the bottom of this post for links to previous coverage, including...

Tour de Lights 2025 Was Bigger & Brighter Than Ever

Leslie Bateman·December 15, 2025

Now in its 19th inception, Tour de Lights is a downtown Knoxville holiday staple. This year’s edition, co-presented by Visit Knoxville and Bike Walk Knoxville, took place on Saturday with festivities throughout the afternoon and into...

MHM’s 60th Anniversary Marks a New Era for a 100-Year-Old Industrial Icon

Leslie Bateman·December 11, 2025

It’s no secret that the Sanitary Laundry Building has long been one of those “what if” projects, the kind that sparked imagination but never quite found the right champion. Anyone with half an imagination could see...

Downtown Updates: Vintage Cal, Tennessee Theatre’s 612 Building, Riverview Tower, U.S. Bank Building & Old City Streetscapes

Leslie Bateman·December 10, 2025

Development can be a slow-moving train but lately I feel like I’ve been running just to keep up. Between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, I attended an open house for the South Waterfront Down River Master...

A First Look at the South Waterfront ‘Down River’ Master Plan

Leslie Bateman·December 10, 2025

Community members piled into the Kerbela Temple (which is still on the market, for anyone keeping score) on Monday evening for an open house hosted by the South Knoxville Neighborhood & Business Coalition. There, the South...

Aaron Thompson & Jessica King Announce New Hospitality Concept for Former RALA Space

Leslie Bateman·December 9, 2025

Last week we lamented the news that RALA, the long-running local art and gift shop at 112 West Jackson Ave., will move its business online at the end of the year. This week, we get to...

Artsclamation! Continues Today at The Standard

Leslie Bateman·December 6, 2025

A long-running East Tennessee art tradition is getting a fresh dose of downtown energy this year. Artsclamation!, the annual fine-art sale benefiting Peninsula, moved to The Standard on Jackson Avenue for its 2025 event. The sale...

Your Ultimate 2025 Downtown-ish Holiday Calendar

Leslie Bateman·December 2, 2025

I am not a big planner-ahead-er type human. As an enneagram 7, I suffer from chronic FOMO and feel most at ease when I ain’t committed to nothin’—which is why Inside of Knoxville’s calendar model suits...

Lights, Tree, Action: Knoxville Holiday Season Begins + Your Long Weekend Guide

Leslie Bateman·November 28, 2025

With Thanksgiving leftovers tucked neatly into their little Tupperware coffins, our collective consciousness shifts to the next big event on the cultural calendar. It’s officially Christmas in the City! Or Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, Festivus … however...

2025 Old North Knoxville Victorian Holiday Home Tour, Part I

Tour de Lights 2025 Was Bigger & Brighter Than Ever

MHM’s 60th Anniversary Marks a New Era for a 100-Year-Old Industrial Icon

Downtown Updates: Vintage Cal, Tennessee Theatre’s 612 Building, Riverview Tower, U.S. Bank Building & Old City Streetscapes

A First Look at the South Waterfront ‘Down River’ Master Plan

Aaron Thompson & Jessica King Announce New Hospitality Concept for Former RALA Space

Artsclamation! Continues Today at The Standard

Your Ultimate 2025 Downtown-ish Holiday Calendar

Lights, Tree, Action: Knoxville Holiday Season Begins + Your Long Weekend Guide

Downtown Knoxville Alliance Finds a New Home in The Emporium in an Evolving Center City

Hold My Beer: Axle Ribbon-Cutting + Assorted Updates from Downtown North & Happy Holler

Knoxville’s Favorite Holiday Ghost Story, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ Returns to Clarence Brown Theatre

Big Ears Announces Daily Schedule + New Venue(s)

Relive UT Football History at Vintage Vols Night at Xul, in Support of TAMIS

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Nov. 15-24

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2026

Ghost Walking the 200 Block of Gay Street, Part 2: Sweeping Changes in the 1970s

And the 2026 Keep Knoxville Beautiful Orchid Awards Go To …

Among the Trees of Old Gray Cemetery with W. Jim Cortese