Inside of Knoxville

Fungi Fans, Rejoice: 4th Annual Knoxville Mushroom Festival Returns

Leslie Bateman·May 30, 2025

It started as a niche event with modest expectations: “I figured we’d get maybe three dozen people,” says Ryan Herrmann, longtime retail manager at Everything Mushrooms. “And like 300 showed up. People drove from around the...

A Peek Inside YWCA at the Halfway Point of Its Epic Renovation

Leslie Bateman·May 19, 2025

The downtown YWCA Nancy J. Land Center was built 100 years ago, exactly. Prior to that, YWCA Knoxville & the Tennessee Valley—founded in 1899, making it one of the oldest organizations in the region—was housed in...

Three Family-Friendly Festivals to Hit Up This Weekend

Leslie Bateman·May 16, 2025

Our 6-year-old knows what’s up the moment the industrial-sized backpack hits the kitchen table. Mom’s in go-mode, aggressively stuffing it with granola bars, juice boxes, mini sunscreen tubes, ponchos, enough wet wipes to sanitize a small...

Outlandish AF: Knoxville’s Outdoor Scene Comes Alive at Ijams

Leslie Bateman·May 2, 2025

There’s adventure—and then there’s Knoxville adventure. The kind you can stumble into five minutes from downtown, where trailheads meet river bends and rocky overlooks. This evening and all day tomorrow (May 2–3), Knoxville’s outdoor epicenter will...

Goal(s): One Knox + State of the City Address

Leslie Bateman·April 28, 2025

On Saturday night One Knox and FC Tulsa ended regulation tied 2-2, but One Knox came out on top with a 4-2 win in penalty kicks in its first-ever game at Covenant Health Park. And they...

From ‘Top-Down’ to ‘Hands-On’: The Evolution of Community Design in Knoxville

Leslie Bateman·April 25, 2025

It’s Thursday night and the buzz of conversation rises above the clinking of pint glasses at Alliance Brewing Company on Sevier Avenue. Teams huddle around tables with maps and magic markers. This is DESIGNSLAM!, a rapidfire...

Opera Out Loud: Rossini Festival Celebrates Arts For All, Y’all

Leslie Bateman·April 14, 2025

Knoxville Urban Guy, K.W. Leonard, Heather Ryerson and Tricia Bateman contributed photos to this story. Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival has come a far way from its early incarnations. It was conceived in 2002 as an Italian...

Inaugural Knoxville Book Festival Bookmarks Its Place

Leslie Bateman·April 8, 2025

‘Tis the season! It’s April and there was A LOT happening downtown this half-gorgeous weekend, from the Dogwood Arts Festival Chalk Walk to the Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon to a large demonstration flanking Henley Street and...

Big Ears Through the Kaleidoscope, Part Two

Leslie Bateman·April 2, 2025

And we’re back! Read my part one here and Alan’s part one here. His part two will be along this afternoon. Saturday, March 28: Big Little Ears Thomas, our 5-year-old, is in a bad mood. He...

Big Ears Through the Kaleidoscope, Part One

Leslie Bateman·April 1, 2025

We got this little toy kaleidoscope from the Knoxville Museum of Arts’s Museum Shop a few months ago. As our 5-year-old Thomas played around with it, the wonderful shopkeeper Vicki Wyric told us about an artist...

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Fungi Fans, Rejoice: 4th Annual Knoxville Mushroom Festival Returns

A Peek Inside YWCA at the Halfway Point of Its Epic Renovation

Three Family-Friendly Festivals to Hit Up This Weekend

Outlandish AF: Knoxville’s Outdoor Scene Comes Alive at Ijams

Goal(s): One Knox + State of the City Address

From ‘Top-Down’ to ‘Hands-On’: The Evolution of Community Design in Knoxville

Opera Out Loud: Rossini Festival Celebrates Arts For All, Y’all

Inaugural Knoxville Book Festival Bookmarks Its Place

Big Ears Through the Kaleidoscope, Part Two

Big Ears Through the Kaleidoscope, Part One

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville