Startup Culture is Alive and Well in Knoxville
There are so many slices of Knoxville. We may inhabit one and step into another two or three from time-to-time, but there are many of which we know not. My hunch is that most people living...
Madeline Rogero
“Open Streets” Comes to Knoxville in October!
Clearly, there were many of us who were taken with the idea of Gil Penalosa’s Ciclovia: The City of Knoxville and Bike Walk Knoxville have spearheaded an effort that will bring an “Open Streets” event to...
Hola Festival Dances Around the Rain
The Hola Festival is one of my favorite festivals of the year in downtown Knoxville. A wide range of Latin cultures are on display through delicious foods, flashy dancing, music and crafts. It’s one of the...
Too Many Historic Homes to Tour?
Well, in a manner of speaking that’s what I came away with from the Knox Heritage 2012 Preservation Awards and Annual Meeting, but I’ll get to that later. It’s a feel-good meeting attended by several hundred...
Dirty Guv’nahs Rock the City: CD Release Party on Market Square
By the time Madeline Rogero, America’s Coolest Mayor, stepped up on the stage with her grandson, Market Square had become an ocean of people. People stood on tops of buildings, looked out from windows and covered...
Some Nights You Just Have to Love This City
I’d intended to write about business today, but I’ll delay that until tomorrow. Today I need to express the complete wonder of last night in our city. Yesterday I encouraged everyone to come out to support...