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Tennessee Theatre Expands into Neighboring Building at 612 South Gay Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 5, 2024

The Tennessee Theatre holds a spot in Knoxville’s heart like few other landmarks. As it approaches its 100th birthday (it will turn 96 this year), it enters an expansion project that will serve to make the...

Hamilton Makes Huge Economic Impact on the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 3, 2023

(Ed. Note: These photographs were taken with my cellphone since cameras were not allowed at the production. The first two were taken with my old cell phone, while the last was taken with my new cellphone...

Checking In With Becky Hancock and the Tennessee Theatre

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 27, 2020

I spoke with Becky Hancock, Executive Director of the Tennessee Theatre. I asked if she would talk us through those early days when they realized this would be a significant event, through what transpired over the...

Tennessee Theatre Announces 90th Anniversary Events

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 23, 2018

It’s unlikely there is a citizen alive in Knoxville who remembers a time without the Tennessee Theatre anchoring the 600 block of Gay Street. Its official birthday is October 1, 1928 and big plans are afoot...

The Historic Tennessee Theatre Relights Its Marquee and Signature Blade Sign

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 1, 2016

The long story of the Tennessee Theatre continues and, happily, most of the recent chapters have been happy ones. Originally built as a movie palace, it opened its doors on October 1, 1928 with a showing...

TN Theatre Celebrates: Open House, Tours and A New Book

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 13, 2015

Ten years ago tomorrow, January 14, 2005, the Tennessee Theatre opened its doors on a new era. Closed for the restoration that brought its appearance back to an opulence most Knoxville citizens could not remember –...

Latest on the Farragut Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 12, 2015

Just less than a year ago the old Farragut Hotel building was part of our local conversation. Developers from California-based Halo Hospitality Group had an option to purchase and said they intended to return the hotel...

The Tennessee Theatre: A Look Behind the Scenes

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 28, 2014

In the late 1970s when downtown Knoxville, as many urban areas around the country, was in decline, it became clear the Tennessee Theatre would no longer be a viable first-run movie house. The action was all...

Becky Hancock

Tennessee Theatre Expands into Neighboring Building at 612 South Gay Street

Hamilton Makes Huge Economic Impact on the City

Checking In With Becky Hancock and the Tennessee Theatre

Tennessee Theatre Announces 90th Anniversary Events

The Historic Tennessee Theatre Relights Its Marquee and Signature Blade Sign

TN Theatre Celebrates: Open House, Tours and A New Book

Latest on the Farragut Building

The Tennessee Theatre: A Look Behind the Scenes

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Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville

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