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African Dance Classes Come to Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 27, 2020

When Jamie McGowan arrived in Knoxville last August to assume her position as Director of Global Research at the University of Tennessee, she landed on a mission to find Knoxville’s African dance community. It wasn’t easy....

Southern Skies Music Festival, Waynestock and Another Semi-Music Related Bit

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2020

In the wake of the cancellation of Rhythm N’ Blooms, Dogwood Arts is producing a new festival that will be curated by The Dirty Guv’nahs. The new festival, promoted as the “inaugural” festival, will be presented...

“Knoxville Mermaid” Serves Up Secret Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 14, 2019

Eleanor Scott and Adam Pernell Deal have produced an excellent new picture book, “Knoxville Mermaid,” worth consideration for a spot beneath the Christmas Tree. Deal’s illustrations are compelling and complex, while Scott’s narrative, simple as a...

New Downtown Gallery, 214 Magnolia Has Grand Opening Tonight

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 22, 2019

It was a long and sometimes circuitous journey for owner Megan Stair, from her birth place in Indiana to her new gallery, 214 Magnolia (at 214 Magnolia Avenue!). As with many such journeys, each step of...

Old City Performing Arts Center Announces Indiegogo Campaign, Grand Opening, First Season for River & Rail

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 15, 2019

It’s been a year and a half since the announcement that River & Rail Theatre Company would open and operate the Old City Performing Arts Center at 111 State Street. After a large amount of work...

Rhythm N’ Blooms Unlikely to Happen Next Year (Or Ever?)

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 14, 2019

You may have seen this reported in Compass (subscribe if you haven’t), or elsewhere, but because it is significant news for downtown, I wanted to mention it in this space: At least a temporary end has...

An Interview with Tony Lawson as WDVX Celebrates 22 Years of Broadcasting Excellence

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 13, 2019

In the mid-nineties as my musical tastes increasingly diverged from popular music stations, I longed for another option. Having had strong ties to the radio stations of previous eras, I missed that bond. To be sure,...

Major Announcement from Big Ears: Patti Smith and Band

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 12, 2019

The Big Ears Festival, which will be held March 26-29, 2020 in downtown Knoxville, has announced additional artists to the lineup. The announcement includes one of the most surprising and exciting ever for the festival, and...

Madame Butterfly Presented By Knoxville Opera

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 24, 2019

Knoxville Opera begins its new season in the Tennessee Theatre with a production of Madame Butterfly. First produced in Milan, Italy, in 1904, the opera has gone from being not well received initially to one of...

Piano Damaged: Vandalism Ruled Out By Organizers (Updated Title to Reflect Most Recent Information)

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 22, 2019

It was such an optimistic idea: Artists would make their art on instruments that passersby could use to make more art. Conversations would start over music, people would be moved. More art on the street would...

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African Dance Classes Come to Downtown Knoxville

Southern Skies Music Festival, Waynestock and Another Semi-Music Related Bit

“Knoxville Mermaid” Serves Up Secret Knoxville

New Downtown Gallery, 214 Magnolia Has Grand Opening Tonight

Old City Performing Arts Center Announces Indiegogo Campaign, Grand Opening, First Season for River & Rail

Rhythm N’ Blooms Unlikely to Happen Next Year (Or Ever?)

An Interview with Tony Lawson as WDVX Celebrates 22 Years of Broadcasting Excellence

Major Announcement from Big Ears: Patti Smith and Band

Madame Butterfly Presented By Knoxville Opera

Piano Damaged: Vandalism Ruled Out By Organizers (Updated Title to Reflect Most Recent Information)

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