Llamas in the City
No, this is not the title to a children’s book. It’s not a joke or some clever double entendre. Weekend before last there were actual, honest-to-god llamas running around on the World’s Fair Park. And not...
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Last Chance: Jackson Avenue Redevelopment – What Should Happen?
So many of you guys (my great readers) have intense passion about our topic, that I often get lengthy comments or sometimes emails. I really appreciate them. Often they are well thought out and a bit...
2014 Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, Part Two
There’s not much more to say about the Chalk Walk beyond what I said yesterday, but this seemed like a good chance to respond to some of yesterday’s comments. I always appreciate comments. I know from...
2014 Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, Part One
This is the time of year for festivals, many of which are smaller portions of the Dogwood Arts Festival. It’s hard to keep up with it all with only one article a day, so sometimes I...
The 2014 Rossini Festival Fills Gay Street and Beyond
I paced myself a little better this weekend, lying low on Friday night, facing the taxman on Sunday. In between, however, downtown Knoxville was a complete circus. With tens of thousands expected for the Rossini Festival...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (4/13 – 4/19/2014)
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...
CitiFid-O is Open at 429 Union Avenue: Here’s a Look Inside
It’s hard to believe it was just over six weeks ago when I first told you about the plans to open CitiFid-O. In an incredibly short amount of time Paul and Terri Karlsson have transformed the vacated...
Oh, And it was First Friday, too
How could First Friday be secondary to anything else? I remember before I moved downtown about five years ago, that First Friday was the one likely event to bring the family and freinds downtown on a...
Rhythm n’ Blooms 2014, Day Three
The final day of the festival was perfect in several ways. First, Urban Woman accompanied me and, honestly, we haven’t see each other so much lately, so that was nice. Additionally, friends surrounded us and that’s...
Rhythm and Blooms 2014, Day Two
After some family time in the morning, along with covering some other events which I’ll get to later, I walked to the Old City for the second round of music. I talked to Chyna Brackeen, who...