Inside of Knoxville

Waynestock Starts Tonight. Love Music? Then Don’t Miss It.

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 29, 2015

It’s really pretty simple: If you love music and want to support local bands, there really isn’t a choice about where to be for the next three nights. Forget the good reasons I’ll list below to be...

Forget Winter – It’s (Almost) Festival Season: Rhythm N Blooms Coming Soon

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2015

Just as the spring day teased us yesterday – with unrealistic hopes for sunshine and warmth for the next few weeks – I’ll tease you with news of a wonderful spring festival. I love Rhythm N...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Tennessee Theatre

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 20, 2015

I love mash-ups of cultural elements not usually situated in close proximity, so to see African drummers, a jazz band, a symphony orchestra and slam poets all on the same stage is naturally going to grab...

TN Theatre Celebrates: Open House, Tours and A New Book

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 13, 2015

Ten years ago tomorrow, January 14, 2005, the Tennessee Theatre opened its doors on a new era. Closed for the restoration that brought its appearance back to an opulence most Knoxville citizens could not remember –...

Nourish Knoxville and the 2015 Winter Farmers’ Market

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 9, 2015

Like me, during your visits to the Market Square Farmers’ Market and other random times in the last year or so, you may have noticed references to Nourish Knoxville and wondered vaguely what that was all...

Brian Jobe and “Right Angle Reply (Tall Grasses)”

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 6, 2015

I first heard of artist Brian R. Jobe at the most recent Pecha Kucha. I’d like to say that I immediately understood what he was up to and recognized his genius but, honestly, that didn’t come...

Strollstice 2014

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 23, 2014

With all the dark, damp and cool weather it might have been easy to overlook the fact that Sunday was the shortest day of the year. Many of them have seemed short and dark and Sunday...

Local Books For Christmas Gifts

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 20, 2014

I don’t normally write an article for Saturday and I’ve certainly got enough going on to fill my time otherwise today, but I need to do a sort of “make up post.” See, I’d planned to...

Who’s on First? Knoxville’s Post-Metro Pulse Independent Landscape

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 12, 2014

Coury Turczyn introduces the Knoxville Mercury, East Tennessee History Center, Knoxville, December 2014 Since the day the news broke about the closure of Metro Pulse, Knoxville’s weekly (sort of) independent, I’ve been asked at least once...

Old North Victorian Holiday Home Tour 2014

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 9, 2014

If I was dissatisfied with yesterday’s photographs, I have to say I’m pretty satisfied with the ones you’ll see today. Yesterday I had to search for pictures to use, today I could have posted twice as...

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Culture

Waynestock Starts Tonight. Love Music? Then Don’t Miss It.

Forget Winter – It’s (Almost) Festival Season: Rhythm N Blooms Coming Soon

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at the Tennessee Theatre

TN Theatre Celebrates: Open House, Tours and A New Book

Nourish Knoxville and the 2015 Winter Farmers’ Market

Brian Jobe and “Right Angle Reply (Tall Grasses)”

Strollstice 2014

Local Books For Christmas Gifts

Who’s on First? Knoxville’s Post-Metro Pulse Independent Landscape

Old North Victorian Holiday Home Tour 2014

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