Pride Month: Knoxville Proud
This week marks the end of Pride Month for 2018. Last week Knoxville celebrated our Pride Parade and Festival downtown and it was a wonderful event that highlighted the absolute best that this city has to...
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The US Pro Road National Championships Made for an Exciting Sunday in Knoxville
As much fun as the criterium offered on Friday night, the main event in cycling waited for Sunday in downtown Knoxville. The crowds were solid, but unspectacular, but they grew through the day. As was the...
Men’s and Women’s USA Cycling Pro Criterium 2018 Photos and Results
You’ll have to pardon me if I linger over this past weekend’s cycling events. The weekend was jam-packed, with Gay Street closed on Friday evening for the first national championship US Pro Cycling Criterium for men...
Pride Month: Sharing Art and Culture
In recent years the LGBTQ community has seen a massive rise in visibility in the media. Where remaining closeted was once crucial to the success of someone’s career there is now a large and growing population...
Pride Month: Knoxville’s History with LGBT Hate Crimes
*This is the third installment of a month-long series addressing different topics related to Pride Month, presented by guest writer Oren Yarbrough. You can find part one here and part two here. You cannot discuss the...
Pride month: Past & Present Knoxville LGBT Gathering Places
(This is a second in a series of articles about Pride and Knoxville’s LGBTQ communities by guest writer Oren Yarbrough) If you walk up to someone in Knoxville and ask where the nearest gay bar is...
Knox Pride Month: An Introduction and History Lesson
*Today we welcome guest writer and local architect, Oren Yarbrough. Oren will explore several topics related to Pride Month over the next weeks. Here’s Oren: Today is the first day of June and the official beginning...
Marcus Hall Discusses His Rise, Fall and Return to Marc Nelson Denim
It’s been an emotional journey for Marcus Hall. After a run as the poster-boy for Knoxville success, filled with charm, good looks and a seemingly thriving business, all while being hailed for bringing denim manufacturing back...
Open Streets and Long Table Dinner Tell a Knoxville Story
It’s one of those days in the city that goes a long way toward encapsulating who we are. There are events every day, of course, and all of them combined create a narrative that shows our...
Centro Hispano and Claudia Caballero Quietly Work to Improve the Community
It’s a bit chaotic to the eye when you enter the Centro Hispano headquarters off Sutherland. The view of the city skyline outside is traded for people scurrying about, mingling Spanish and English as needed or...