Rhythm and Blooms 2014 Kicked off Friday Night
Was it strange not to have your morning dose of Inside of Knoxville? I realized the normal schedule would have to be altered when I woke up at 12:30 AM this morning with my head on...
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The Downtown Week Ahead (4/6 – 4/12/2014)
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...
What is the Vision for the Jackson Corridor?
That was the question on the table(s) last night as about seventy-five people gathered at the city’s invitation to discuss the topic. Rick Emmett and Bill Lyons provided an introduction to the night’s activity-based program and...
Small Changes and Big Chances for Downtown Knoxville
Changes are often so subtle or gradual that we don’t notice them at first. Taken together they can make a real difference in the environment around us which, in this case, is a city. The path...
The Knoxville Marathon 2014
It’s been years since I ran much farther than from the parking garage to my downtown home and I only do that if it’s raining. The twenty yards leaves me breathless. But for some reason, my...
Business News: A Pending Opening, A Closure and a Hiatus
Business news seems to be popping up all of a sudden. Maybe spring is the time to open a business or close one. Of the three businesses up for discussion today, only one has a clear...
Big Ears Sets a Big Weekend
I’ll admit I was a little discouraged and pretty much put the event out of my mind. I’d asked for press credentials to the Big Ears Music Festival and didn’t get a response of any kind....
The Downtown Week Ahead (3/30 – 4/5/2014)
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...
Fifteen Friday Photographs
I’m going to ease into the weekend with my Friday fifteen. If there is a theme to these photographs, it might be that spring is peaking out from under the covers just a little bit at...
Is Gay Street Really All That?
It seems like a heretical question, doesn’t it? Everybody loves Gay Street, right? It’s the best we have to offer. It was just a couple of years ago that the American Planning Association named it one...