Inside of Knoxville

We’re All Making Choices

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 15, 2017

This past Sunday, in what has become an almost regular event, another rally was held on Market Square. The rally, organized literally overnight, was held in response to the white supremacist and white nationalist marches in...

A Tour of Recent Downtown Art Additions

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 4, 2017

It’s easy to fall into patterns as you walk around downtown. Many people stick to the area around Market Square and the nearby portion of Gay Street. The Old City is the hang out for others....

Real News, Fake News, Media Matters, and Journalism

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 24, 2017

And where are we? In 2017 more information is available to more people than ever before in history. Information is power, right? Do you feel powerful? Do you feel more informed than ever in your lifetime?...

Help Pick the People’s Choice Sculpture (and hunt for Waldo while you’re at it)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 19, 2017

Every spring one of the most exciting parts of downtown’s re-emergence from the cold, hard reality of winter is the fact that colorful, often whimsical and sometimes beautiful or moving sculptures begin to spring up on...

Art Market Gallery: Downtown Jewel Hiding in Plain Sight Celebrates 35 Years

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 12, 2017

The 400 block of Gay Street is probably the most active block in downtown Knoxville that isn’t called Market Square. If you asked downtown visitors to name the businesses they frequent off Market Square, many would...

Central Cinema Brings Independent and Classic Films to Happy Holler: Location Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 7, 2017

Happy Holler will get a bit more happy in the future as Central Cinema, a one screen small theater will debut in the former home of a string of theaters from nearly a hundred years...

Important Murals Restored, Music History Mural Returns

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 23, 2017

There’s been a lot of action going on in the Old City recently. The streets – first Central and now Jackson – remain in a state of upheaval that will result in buried and modernized utilities,...

An (Not So) Ordinary Couple

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 19, 2017

Like many couples, they found each other and fell in love. Unlike so many, their relationship has lasted through the decades as they have pursued happiness together. Along the way, they longed to marry, but could...

Is Boulder the “Knoxville of the West?”

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 16, 2017

Lest anyone prepare to blast me for blasphemy before finishing the first paragraph, let me point out that I’m referencing an article I wrote just over a year ago: “Is Knoxville the “Boulder of the East?”...

Knoxville College: Endangered and Haunting

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 2, 2017

I promised I would get back to Knoxville College. When I first set out to write about the Knox Heritage Fragile Fifteen, I intended to include Knoxville College with the others. I know I’ve photographed it...

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Culture

We’re All Making Choices

A Tour of Recent Downtown Art Additions

Real News, Fake News, Media Matters, and Journalism

Help Pick the People’s Choice Sculpture (and hunt for Waldo while you’re at it)

Art Market Gallery: Downtown Jewel Hiding in Plain Sight Celebrates 35 Years

Central Cinema Brings Independent and Classic Films to Happy Holler: Location Announced

Important Murals Restored, Music History Mural Returns

An (Not So) Ordinary Couple

Is Boulder the “Knoxville of the West?”

Knoxville College: Endangered and Haunting

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