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Memorial Day Weekend in Knoxville: The World Visits, a Trip Back in Time, a Castle Opens and more

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 31, 2016

I hope each of you had a great holiday weekend. There were so many really cool things happening around downtown that it’s hard to cover it all. I enjoyed time with my family and I hope...

Is Knoxville the “Boulder of the East?”

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 26, 2016

I’ve heard about Boulder, Colorado since sometime in the 1970s. In the 1960s it became a gathering point for some members of the counter-culture and I had friends who moved there a few years later. They...

Saturday Sounds: BB King Tribute Concert

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 21, 2016

Let’s get back to music this week with a fun show at Relix Theatre Thursday night. BB King died just about a year ago and I missed a tribute concert held afterward at Relix Theatre and...

Saturday Sounds: The Sound of Silence

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 14, 2016

It may seem an odd topic for a column devoted to sound, but it’s been on my mind a recently. It started with Big Ears. I spent a lot of the weekend considering sound. I heard...

Saturday Sounds: Ben Sollee at Scruffy City Hall

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 7, 2016

There aren’t very many things that will have Urban Woman up late at night. Whereas I’m getting started somewhere around 10:00 PM, she’s generally been asleep for hours. So what could possibly have her awake and...

Preservation Isn’t Just About Buildings and It’s Never Finished

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 5, 2016

When thinking about preservation, we tend to think about historic buildings, or maybe a pristine and unique natural area. We also are tempted to consider some of these places as having been preserved. The implication...

Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square, 2016

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 2, 2016

It’s a downtown highlight every year. The fine arts displayed at of the highest quality, the music is excellent and the air is filled with exciting sounds and smells. Our whole family loves it and we...

Saturday Sounds: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 30, 2016

The recent Tennessee Theatre show featuring Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals with opener Christopher Paul Stelling sold out the venue. Most of the crowd had been seated when Mr. Stelling made his entrance in a...

Fourth and Gill 2016 Tour of Homes

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 26, 2016

The 2016 Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes could not have had nicer weather. Urban Woman and I got there not long after it started to find that it was already flooded with participants. I’ve...

Rossini Festival 2016

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 25, 2016

I’ll share a few words today and hit you with photographs that tell the story much better in any case. The day was a perfect day with a few clouds in the morning, then blue skies...

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Memorial Day Weekend in Knoxville: The World Visits, a Trip Back in Time, a Castle Opens and more

Is Knoxville the “Boulder of the East?”

Saturday Sounds: BB King Tribute Concert

Saturday Sounds: The Sound of Silence

Saturday Sounds: Ben Sollee at Scruffy City Hall

Preservation Isn’t Just About Buildings and It’s Never Finished

Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square, 2016

Saturday Sounds: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

Fourth and Gill 2016 Tour of Homes

Rossini Festival 2016

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