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Who knows where Urban Guy will turn up? I recently found myself in Auburn, Alabama. I’ve been there a few times before, but it was always in the fall and I was always wearing colors that...

Regular readers might have noticed that I broke a trend by not naming this post, “Urban Mystery Picture #10.” The reason for this break from pattern is that as part of the reduction in posts over the...

It is summer, once more, and I’m going to take the opportunity to slow the pace down a bit for myself. It is widely reported that over a million blogs have been abandoned after one post...

500 Block of Union Avenue, First Friday, June 2011 To be fair to all the people and businesses who planned something special last Friday, I should probably call this post, “A Tiny Bit of the Rest of...

This was a bit of a different First Friday for me. I missed the art galleries and ate at home, both of which are rare in my usual M.O. The primary reason was the Dylan Bash...

Jazz on the Square, Knoxville, June 2011 Tonight: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (and the next three Tuesday nights)Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone, Vance Thompson – trumpet, Keith Brown – piano, Taylor Coker – bass and...

Bicyclist on Market Square Did you bristle a bit when you saw that headline? Did you think, “Urban Guy has really lost it now. He’s become a megalomaniac?” Well, no. All of you who read me regularly,...

Megan McCormick and band at Sundown in the City, Knoxville This week’s edition of Sundown in the City was quite different from either of the last two. While Better Than Ezra seemed to attract a young,...

Well, I continue to be mystified by the photographs that mystify the Urban Nation and those that are simple. I figured the one I posted two weeks ago would be difficult, and Chad figured it out...

Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville Drama in Amphitheater, Children’s Festival of Reading, Knoxville Friends of the Library, Children’s Festival of Reading, Knoxville Knoxville has a world-class children’s reading festival sponsored each May in World’s Fair...