11th Annual Dylan Bash Draws a Large, Happy Crowd
The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash is one of those rare times of the year when I allow myself to take a First Friday and just settle in for an event I love, though there are often...
Culture
Baby Let Me Take You on a Blues Cruise
It’s a pity that more people don’t utilize our river. Don’t get me wrong – it is utilized and maybe more so now than ever. People are boating, paddleboarding and, yes, even fishing. By all accounts...
Knoxville Author Pamela Schoenewaldt Publishes Third Novel
Pamela lived for ten years in a small town outside Naples, Italy. Her short stories have appeared in literary magazines in England, France, Italy and the United States. Her play, “Espresso con mia madre” (Espresso with...
2015 Children’s Festival of Reading is Great Fun for the Everyone
That reading is an essential skill to be encouraged in our culture, I hope is a point on which we all agree. Unfortunately, I fear it is an endangered practice. I’m afraid, frequently, most adults read...
End of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Commemorated in Knoxville
As I walked through Krutch Park last Saturday on my way to a delightful discussion of downtown with a small group of parishioners at the First Presbyterian Church, I passed a friend among the gathering groups...
City People Home Tour 2015, Part Two
We’ll start the second half of the revue of the tour with one of my favorite homes in the city, in one of my favorite buildings. The Holston was one of the first to be converted...
City People Home Tour 2015, Part One
So many things are happening downtown just on the weekends, that it’s hard to keep up. The City People Home Tour is one of the most important, in my opinion. It gives a wide audience the...
Farmers’ Market and Civil War Commemorations for Your Weekend
I’ll bet when you read about the City People Home Tour yesterday you thought, “That sounds like a fun downtown weekend,” and you were right. Then maybe you looked at the events listing at the top of...
Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes, Part Two
We started and ended our tour of the neighborhood at the Central United Methodist Church. I didn’t include it in the first article, both because we saw it last and because I wasn’t happy with my...
Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes 2015, Part One
Yet another event that seemed doomed by the weather forecast turned out beautifully. Urban Woman and I love touring historic homes and were happy the weather provided an opportunity to walk the level, well laid-out tour...