Friday Tidbits: Gay Street Bridge Funding and More
Lots of news bits slip out and around the city every day. We deliver some of them in full-length stories, while others fit better in a list of sorts. Early this month several hit that fit...
Life
Low Meadow Farms Offers Backcountry Experience in Downtown’s Backyard
Happy First Day of Spring! The daffodils are blooming, the air is perfectly lukewarm, and we’re collectively emerging from our winter dens. You rub your eyes and there it is again, like clockwork – nature! –...
A Conversation with Barbara Swineford, UTK’s Carribelle Carousel the Clown and Much More
If you were a child visiting UTK’s Carousel Children’s Theatre in the late 1960s and early 1970s, you may remember a clown balancing a dragonfly on your nose or leading you in a song. When I...
10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do at the Downtown Library
In our household, which includes a kindergartener, we burn through at least 14 library books a week (because my squirrelbrain can’t stand reading any bedtime book more than once). Let’s lowball it and say each book...
Baseball: Promotions, Parking, and Ticket Info
It’s almost professional baseball time in Tennessee. The Knoxville Smokies will see the first ball of the season and the first ever in their new stadium tossed in just under five short weeks. Rampant baseball fever...
Knox Forest School Hosts Benefit with Ben Sollee
I heard about this event last week and immediately had lots of questions. First, what the heck is Knox Forest School and how did I not know that such an interesting thing was happening right under...
Introduction Knoxville Is a Crash Course in Civic Engagement
Every great city needs people who know what’s going on, who care about their neighbors, and who are willing to step up when it counts. Knoxville is growing fast, and as much as we all love...
Ghostwalking the Gas-lit Streets of Knoxville: As dark as 40 black cats in the bottom of a well
(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by Paul James, Director of Publishing and Development for the Knoxville History Project.) It’s far too easy to take for granted the casual flick of a light switch. One hundred and...
The Changes to Downtown Parking Set to Begin
“Don’t follow leaders, watch the parkin’ meters!” ∼ Bob Dylan Last November I detailed the Kincannon administration’s parking plan which came in response to the parking report commissioned by the city government. The plan called for...
Centro Hispano: New Headquarters, New Challenges
Seven years have passed since I first interviewed Claudia Caballero and learned of the work of Centro Hispano. In that time, many things have changed for the group, while others have remained constant. The central mission...