Inside of Knoxville

Arlo, Caverns, Not Those Caverns, Somewhere Deep in Tennessee

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 26, 2020

Sometimes you know what you know, you just don’t know that you don’t really know what you know. And so it was, just three weeks ago, or lifetimes in Corona speak, that Urban Daughter and I...

Big Ears 2020 Cancelled

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 11, 2020

It had started to feel inevitable, and now it is official. With the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic, to have a festival that drew people from all over the world seemed too in-congruent. The following...

Mardi Growl 2020: My Favorite Forty Photographs

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 9, 2020

Mardi Growl happened this past Saturday along Gay Street and the Urban family joined in the fun. It’s one of a number of happy downtown events that brings smiles all around, and it unofficially kicks off...

Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin and Knoxville’s Jim Crow Era Reconsidered

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 5, 2020

There are two must-see exhibitions currently open to the public in Knoxville centered around Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin, and the years after the civil war, leading up to recent history. “Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through...

2020 Festival Guide

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 2, 2020

It’s that time of year again, and, as usual, definitions of when Festival Season starts and what constitutes a festival will continue to bedevil the effort to make any kind of coherent list. I also tend...

Inside of Mobile Mardi Gras 2020

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 25, 2020

Happy Mardi Gras, y’all! I’m slow getting this one out as I recover from a wonderful three days in my hometown for the oldest Mardi Gras on the continent (1703 for those keeping score at home),...

A Downtown Amenity for Children Hiding in Plain Sight

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 20, 2020

While it might look quiet on the outside, if you enter the Lawson McGhee Library, take a sharp left and walk down a flight of stairs, it’s likely on any given day that you’ll encounter a...

Knoxville Area Musician, Memphis Willcox, Records New Album, Video

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 18, 2020

“God has sent me angels,” he said as we sat down for a caffeine fueled two-and-a-half-hour verbal torrent sometimes careening into stream of consciousness as the threads of the story threatened to snap. After we...

“Raft” Has Its World Premier at Broadway Academy of Performing Arts

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 17, 2020

A new play, “Raft,” written by UTK alums Carolyn Thomas and Harrison Young, is having its full-stage debut at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts. Directed by Ashley Freitag and presented by the Tennessee Stage Company...

A Preview of Knoxville Opera’s Production of “Romeo and Juliet”

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 13, 2020

What better production on a Valentine’s Day weekend than with Knoxville Opera for a work based on the Shakespeare play that features instant love, passionate love, and forbidden love? While the ending might not inspire the...

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Culture

Arlo, Caverns, Not Those Caverns, Somewhere Deep in Tennessee

Big Ears 2020 Cancelled

Mardi Growl 2020: My Favorite Forty Photographs

Beauford Delaney, James Baldwin and Knoxville’s Jim Crow Era Reconsidered

2020 Festival Guide

Inside of Mobile Mardi Gras 2020

A Downtown Amenity for Children Hiding in Plain Sight

Knoxville Area Musician, Memphis Willcox, Records New Album, Video

“Raft” Has Its World Premier at Broadway Academy of Performing Arts

A Preview of Knoxville Opera’s Production of “Romeo and Juliet”

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