Local Books For Christmas Gifts
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...
Culture
Who’s on First? Knoxville’s Post-Metro Pulse Independent Landscape
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
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...
What is Historic Preservation?
The 2014 version of the Knox Heritage Preservation Awards took place last night in the Bijou Theatre. The setting itself is significant because our city’s modern preservation efforts first coalesced around the effort to preserve the...
TaTas the Talk of the Town and More on the Feminine Form
This is a big week for tatas around town. One big event this past Friday will be followed by another on Friday of this week. I ran into a friend during my rounds on First Friday...
Art, Comedy and a Little Bit More
What you are looking at today are a few of the spots I stopped along the way on Friday night. Crowds seemed oddly sparse, though some of the places I stopped had very big crowds. I’m...
Scruffy City Comedy Festival Highlights a Busy Downtown Weekend
If you like comedy, the only place to be this weekend is downtown. The festival started last night with the finals for the Rocky Top Comedy Contest in Scruffy City Hall. Eleven contestants squared off –...
Parkridge Home Tour 2014, Part Two
Here’s the second round of photographs from the excellent tour of Parkridge homes. I’ve had as much fun editing them as I had taking the tour, although it was a bit painful trimming the 115 photos...
An Afternoon of Beautiful Homes in Parkridge, Part 1 of 2
The weekend was as beautiful as could be hoped for in late October in Knoxville. In other words, it was picture perfect. The dilemma was in choosing which events to pursue. Of course there was a...
What Does It Take to Get Knoxville Riled? Metro Pulse?
This weekend marked the rally to support Metro Pulse and/or protest the actions of Scripps to cease its publication and layoff all its employees. Since the announcement last Wednesday passions have run high across the city...