MUSE Knoxville: Present and Future
I mentioned earlier this week that the Children’s Festival of Reading seemed to have expanded its footprint. One of the tentacles that stretched out from the main area on the north lawn spread to the foot...
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Can Knoxville be a Cycling City? Would that be a good thing?
I’ve personally experienced more of the perils of being a pedestrian. If you let me get started, I can begin to sound downright anti-automobile, though I’m not. My point is always that in car vs. pedestrian...
New Business: Hops and Hollers is Hopping and Hollering
A few weeks ago I got a chance to drop into Hops and Hollers at 937 N. Central Street. The Craft Beer Store and Taproom opened the first weekend in April and really does seem to...
Children’s Festival of Reading Celebrates Ten Years
Sometimes there’s just too much going on downtown. Saturday marked not only the International Biscuit Festival, but the tenth anniversary of the Children’s Festival of Reading. Celebrating all the arts from illustrators to children’s entertainment, magic...
The International Biscuit Festival 2014: Biscuits Coming Out of Our Ears
It was a full biscuit kind of weekend. It started last Thursday for food writers and aspiring food writers with the Southern Food Writing Conference and continued through the Biscuit Bash on Friday night. The heart...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (5/18 – 5/24/2014)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Changes Coming to Jackson Avenue and the Old City
Preliminary, preliminary plans are in place for changes on Jackson Avenue. Rick Emmett hosted a meeting which included a presentation by Kassie Holmes of CDM Smith Engineering regarding plans for Jackson Avenue from the eastern end...
Sunsphere Observation Deck, Freshened Up and Re-opened
Images of the Sunsphere are ubiquitous in Knoxville. Visible from all along the western edge of downtown, while only 32 years old, it has become the iconic symbol of our city. It’s part campy curiosity and...
Clancy’s Optical on Gay Street is Now Clancy’s Tavern – And They are Open
Clancy’s Tavern and Whisky House officially opened yesterday. It was a soft opening, with a grand opening planned for sometime in June. Only it wasn’t very soft. It started when co-owner Danny Clancy opened the doors...
Knoxville in the Springtime: A Photo Essay
Before we head off into summer I wanted to post some photographs I’ve taken from this spring. The redbuds, dogwoods and various flowers were so pretty this spring that I couldn’t resist snapping a few as...