Inside of Knoxville

Harris Rally on Market Square Attracts Large Crowd

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 28, 2024

A rally took place last Saturday on Market Square with the focus of electing Kamala Harris as the next U.S. president. Many of the themes from the Democratic convention, which ended just two days earlier, were...

Soccer is On for Downtown’s Smokies Stadium in 2025

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 27, 2024

It’s been clear for some time that the first pitch of the 2025 baseball season would be thrown from the mound inside the new multi-purpose stadium being constructed in downtown Knoxville. It has also been know...

Knox Heritage Announces Set of Endangered Buildings 2024

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 21, 2024

Each year, Knox Heritage announces their Fragile and Fading list to increase focus on some of our most endangered properties and to promote the support needed to preserve them for the next generation. While not all properties...

Not NPR or PBS . . . But Local Media Needs Your Support As Well

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2024

I first came to you during the pandemic when advertising had virtually come to a standstill. Up to that point, ads had allowed the website to remain free to anyone wishing to read it and I...

Moments Within Time

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 7, 2024

(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) There’s the thought that every day is really a lifetime in and of itself. We are born when we emerge from sleep,...

A Follow Up on Benny Smith and WUTK

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 19, 2024

Earlier this week I posted an article about Benny Smith suddenly being placed on leave from WUTK. Simultaneously shows, some of which had run for years, hosted by non-UT students or staff were canceled. No explanation...

Knoxville Ranks as one of CNN’s “Best Towns to Visit” (And they get a lot right!)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 16, 2024

Lists. Right? Continually pushed in front of us on social media, the lists range from the “GOAT” lists, to the best of every category imaginable. This includes, of course, cities. Best quality of life, best climate,...

Two Downtown Businesses Close, A Local Music Icon is Placed on Leave by UT

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 15, 2024

It can’t all be good news, can it? Sorry to start your Monday off on a negative note, but there are several unfortunate events that need to be acknowledged. We’ll get back to the positive news...

Farewell to Laith Keilany, A Friend of the City (and of everyone)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 5, 2024

I said earlier this week that I’d have two remembrances of people who made our city a better place. Today we remember Laith Keilany who, in addition to being a wonderful musician, was an even better...

A Farewell to Walt Fieldsa

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 1, 2024

One of the realities of writing about a city for fourteen years is that you get to meet a lot of people and come to see them as important parts of the city. They may never...

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Harris Rally on Market Square Attracts Large Crowd

Soccer is On for Downtown’s Smokies Stadium in 2025

Knox Heritage Announces Set of Endangered Buildings 2024

Not NPR or PBS . . . But Local Media Needs Your Support As Well

Moments Within Time

A Follow Up on Benny Smith and WUTK

Knoxville Ranks as one of CNN’s “Best Towns to Visit” (And they get a lot right!)

Two Downtown Businesses Close, A Local Music Icon is Placed on Leave by UT

Farewell to Laith Keilany, A Friend of the City (and of everyone)

A Farewell to Walt Fieldsa

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