Inside of Knoxville

A Look Inside the Candoro Marble Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 28, 2021

The Candoro Marble building, located at 4450 Candora Avenue, just off Maryville Pike in south Knoxville, served as a showroom and offices for the Candoro Marble Company. Built in 1923, the building is now on the...

Pandemic Memorial Added to the World’s Fair Park

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 24, 2021

Knoxville has a new mural, located in the World’s Fair Park and painted by nationally acclaimed artist Kelsey Montague. Designed to commemorate those who were lost to COVID-19 and the suffering experienced by many, she said,...

A Conversation with Cynthia Markert at Mauzy Broadway Studio

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 12, 2021

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...

Dogwood Arts Festival Returns (Carefully)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 26, 2021

When I learned earlier this year that the Dogwood Arts Festival would return to a live setting, I had mixed feelings. Picturing past festivals, it was hard for me to imagine holding the event in the...

Knoxville Poet Laureate Rhea Carmon Introduces Poetry in Motion

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 6, 2021

April is National Poetry Month and as a part of the celebration, Knoxville’s Poet Laureate, Rhea Carmon, in conjunction with the City of Knoxville and Knoxville Area Transit, is introducing Poetry in Motion. Carmon read some...

Big Ears Festival Returns in 2022; Big Ears Music Returns in April

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2021

For many downtown restaurants, hotels and other businesses, the weekend the Big Ears Festival comes to town is their biggest of the year. 20,000 tickets were sold to the festival in in 2019, with fans and...

Moon Taxi to Perform on the World’s Fair Performance Lawn

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 17, 2021

The World’s Fair Performance Lawn, prepared at considerable expense by the city and ready for use in late 2019, has not seen a major performance since its completion. The pandemic hit just a few months after...

Dogwood Arts: Evolving and Learning Through a Pandemic

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 11, 2021

I recently spoke with Sherry Jenkins, Executive Director of Dogwood Arts. I asked if she would take me through the last year at Dogwood Arts and speak to where the organization is after a year of...

Knoxville Native John Kelley Has Second Work Acquired by the Knoxville Museum of Art

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 19, 2021

I recently had a conversation with John Kelley, a Knoxville and New York artist. We spoke by phone, he from what he calls his southern studio, the home he grew up in and inherited from his...

Cal Johnson Park Basketball Court: A Splash of Color for the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 25, 2021

The Orchid Awards, which I wrote about last week, prompted me to tune in to a couple of projects I had not spotlighted. Cal Johnson Recreation Center, at 507 Hall of Fame Drive, received an infusion...

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Culture

A Look Inside the Candoro Marble Building

Pandemic Memorial Added to the World’s Fair Park

A Conversation with Cynthia Markert at Mauzy Broadway Studio

Dogwood Arts Festival Returns (Carefully)

Knoxville Poet Laureate Rhea Carmon Introduces Poetry in Motion

Big Ears Festival Returns in 2022; Big Ears Music Returns in April

Moon Taxi to Perform on the World’s Fair Performance Lawn

Dogwood Arts: Evolving and Learning Through a Pandemic

Knoxville Native John Kelley Has Second Work Acquired by the Knoxville Museum of Art

Cal Johnson Park Basketball Court: A Splash of Color for the City

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