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The Dogwood Arts Festival Fills Downtown with Beauty and Fun

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 2, 2017

It’s sort of like the grand finale of a fireworks show. We’ll have more festivals as the summer and fall move along, but the most intense portion of festival season has come and gone and it...

A Market Square Business Leaves, Another Downtown Business Takes Its Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 13, 2017

A number of you have noticed that Local Motors has left downtown and its 11 Market Square Address. Both when I first wrote about their opening and when I wrote about their retail re-boot, a number...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/22/2016 – 1/31/2017)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2017

If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...

Porcelain and Glass: Toilets and Garbage

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 27, 2016

Unlikely topics for an article, perhaps, but each have a current application to what’s happening in the city, though one will likely be welcomed by downtown visitors and the other will not likely be welcomed by...

Scott West’s, The Crook Books: Volume One, “Good Intentioned Bad Guys” to be Released Friday

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 30, 2016

You’ve likely never read a book quite like this one (pre-order here). If you know Scott West, co-owner and operator of Preservation Pub, Scruffy City Hall and Market House Cafe, that doesn’t surprise you. Written during...

National Election Protests Spread to Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 15, 2016

There’s a lot of raw emotion around the country. It’s a perhaps toxic mix of anger, betrayal, ecstasy, triumph, righteous indignation and confusion. Just less than half the country feels a major point has been made...

Signs of Winter, Holidays and the Season to Come

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 3, 2016

Yesterday, as I pulled on my parka, buttoned up, pulled on the hood and stepped outside, the freezing temperatures stung me like a hard accusation. As my breath curled and furled around me, freezing to my...

Busy Weekend Overwhelms Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 30, 2016

It’s hard to imagine that all the following happened in downtown this weekend: Rappelling off the Langley Building, Dragonboat Races in the Tennessee River, Moonlight Paddleboard Racing in the same river, a history lecture by Jack...

Is Knoxville the “Boulder of the East?”

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 26, 2016

I’ve heard about Boulder, Colorado since sometime in the 1970s. In the 1960s it became a gathering point for some members of the counter-culture and I had friends who moved there a few years later. They...

The Impeccable Pig Closes on Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 19, 2016

It’s been a while since I reported a closing on Market Square. Since a spate of closures around the end of 2014, I don’t think a single business on the square has called it quits. Coldstream...

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The Dogwood Arts Festival Fills Downtown with Beauty and Fun

A Market Square Business Leaves, Another Downtown Business Takes Its Place

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/22/2016 – 1/31/2017)

Porcelain and Glass: Toilets and Garbage

Scott West’s, The Crook Books: Volume One, “Good Intentioned Bad Guys” to be Released Friday

National Election Protests Spread to Knoxville

Signs of Winter, Holidays and the Season to Come

Busy Weekend Overwhelms Downtown Knoxville

Is Knoxville the “Boulder of the East?”

The Impeccable Pig Closes on Market Square

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

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