Inside of Knoxville

Waymakers, Not Gatekeepers: How a Knoxville-Led Collective Is Rewriting Arts Funding in Appalachia

Leslie Bateman·October 14, 2025

If your nonprofit friends look tired, they are. Priorities in big-box philanthropy shift. Funding can evaporate overnight. “DEI” has become a dirty word. Most don’t have a six-figure development department. And gatekeeping is real, especially if...

ETCDC Celebration of Design: A Toast to 55 Years of Volunteer Impact

Leslie Bateman·October 13, 2025

For 55 years, the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC) has run on a simple engine: generous people giving their time and talent so great ideas can find their footing. On Wednesday, the annual Celebration of...

Visit Knoxville Unveils New Branding Campaign: ‘Calling the Curious’

Leslie Bateman·October 8, 2025

How do you brand a whole dang city? Tourism taglines are part marketing, part micro-poetry. At their best, they fuse so tightly with a place they become shorthand for it: think “What Happens Here, Stays Here”...

Real Good Kitchen Grows Its Mission With Magpies Acquisition + Real Good Gathering Invite!

Leslie Bateman·October 2, 2025

Some days, Real Good Kitchen is wall to wall with chefs, bakers and caterers hustling side by side. But on this early autumn afternoon, one baker from Mama Bear Sweet Treats has the whole place to...

Phase 3 Opens as First Creek at Austin Redefines Affordable Housing in Knoxville

Leslie Bateman·September 30, 2025

It’s June, and it’s the kind of hot that makes you wonder if the ice cream truck coming towards you is real or some kind of desert mirage. A young girl bursts out of her front...

Jennifer Montgomery Shares ‘Local Lore’ With Anyone Who Wants to Tag Along

Leslie Bateman·September 29, 2025

It’s Sunday evening, and a small crowd has gathered on the sidewalk of W. Jackson Avenue for a “Local Lore” walking tour led by Jennifer Montgomery. This edition, presented in partnership with Knox Heritage (where Jennifer...

City Announces Revised Emerald Youth Foundation Contract, Additional Chilhowee Park Investments

Leslie Bateman·September 24, 2025

This morning Mayor Indya Kincannon’s administration announced a revision of its purchase and development agreement with Emerald Youth Foundation, as well additional investments. The complete unedited news release is below: Working together, the City of Knoxville...

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Waymakers, Not Gatekeepers: How a Knoxville-Led Collective Is Rewriting Arts Funding in Appalachia

ETCDC Celebration of Design: A Toast to 55 Years of Volunteer Impact

Visit Knoxville Unveils New Branding Campaign: ‘Calling the Curious’

Real Good Kitchen Grows Its Mission With Magpies Acquisition + Real Good Gathering Invite!

Phase 3 Opens as First Creek at Austin Redefines Affordable Housing in Knoxville

Jennifer Montgomery Shares ‘Local Lore’ With Anyone Who Wants to Tag Along

City Announces Revised Emerald Youth Foundation Contract, Additional Chilhowee Park Investments

Park(ing) Day 2025: Turning Parking Spots Into Pop-Up Parks

A Conversation With Director Casey Sams About Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’

Knoxville SOUP: Serving Up Crowdsourced Microgrants for 15 Years

Ghost Walking the Streets of Knoxville: Prize Steers, Peddlers & Pool Halls

Urban Outposts: Mis Amores, a Literary Café with Latin Roots

10-Day Downtown-ish Planner: Nov. 16 – 25

Making Music in Knoxville

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