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What is Historic Preservation?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 21, 2014

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 11, 2014

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 10, 2014

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 7, 2014

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 28, 2014

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

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 27, 2014

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?

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 20, 2014

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...

Urban Churchill Ghosts

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 9, 2014

The title is a mash-up because the day was a mash-up. It’s the kind of juxtaposition that enriches an urban environment and sometimes leads me to connections I wouldn’t otherwise make. Days like this past Tuesday...

Old Gray Cemetery 14th Annual Lantern and Carriage Tour

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 30, 2014

Some weekends in this city just carry too much action. I wrote about the Hola Festival yesterday. Just a bit outside of downtown Greek Fest has been working their Mediterranean magic for years and the two...

Hola Festival 2014: A Feast for the Senses

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 29, 2014

I’ve made no secret in the past of my love of the Hola Festival. As is the case for several other festivals, it brings a mix of people to downtown who aren’t usually as prevalent. It’s...

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Culture

What is Historic Preservation?

TaTas the Talk of the Town and More on the Feminine Form

Art, Comedy and a Little Bit More

Scruffy City Comedy Festival Highlights a Busy Downtown Weekend

Parkridge Home Tour 2014, Part Two

An Afternoon of Beautiful Homes in Parkridge, Part 1 of 2

What Does It Take to Get Knoxville Riled? Metro Pulse?

Urban Churchill Ghosts

Old Gray Cemetery 14th Annual Lantern and Carriage Tour

Hola Festival 2014: A Feast for the Senses

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