What’s that Sound in the Distance?
Have you ever had the experience of hearing music in the distance and realizing it isn’t your neighbor’s stereo or a distant boombox, but real, honest to goodness music played by live musicians? What did you...
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First Friday or First Weekend?
I hate for a blog to come across like a list, but I’m afraid this one might. There is so much going on this weekend downtown that I’m not sure where to start. Some of it...
Photographs Waiting for a Blog to Happen
Weather reporter Cheryl Scott on Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 I’ve done this before, usually toward the end of a month when it becomes apparent that certain photographs, while fun, good or otherwise interesting, simply...
Mayors, Mayors, We Got Mayors, Yes We Do
Faith Coalition Event for AIDS education, Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 Market Square for most of its history has served as a forum for many different and widely divergent groups desiring to express a message of...
It’s Cold, It’s Spring and Knoxville is about to Explode
Sculpture on Gay Street, Knoxville Just when we thought we’d moved past winter, it has re-emerged from its lair. It was just cold and damp enough this weekend in the city, that short sleeve shirts didn’t...
Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! I’m not sure why.
Image via Wikipedia Are you? I mean, I’m happy for the Irish and I suspect I have a little Irish back in my own ancestry, but why do we all wear the green and go for...
Blue Coast Burrito is Open!
Open for Business – Blue Coast Burrito, Knoxville, March 24, 2011 In what promises to be a season of full of openings, Blue Coast Burrito became the first new business to open its doors. It’s an...
Friday Night in the Art of the City: Keegan Luttrell at the Emporium
First Friday, Market Square, Knoxville, March 2011 I’m startled to realize I’ve got one more post about First Friday from March and just next week we have another First Friday. Where did the month go? So,...
This is Why I Live in the City
Actually, this won’t be a manifesto listing all the reasons, complications and negotiations involved in a decision that big, but I just had the kind of night that can’t be had outside a city. Maybe specifically...
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at the Bijou
Bijou, Knoxville, March 2011 Special thanks for this blog goes out to Kevin who encouraged me to listen to Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and to Don who insisted this would likely be a group I...