The Bob Dylan Birthday Bash is one of those rare times of the year when I allow myself to take a First Friday and just settle in for an event I love, though there are often...
What a great weekend. The Dogwood Arts Festival on Market Square is one the entire urban family circles on our calendar months ahead of time. With a wide array of arts, from photographs and paintings...
One of the best events of the spring, the annual Chalk Walk turns Market Square into a colorful, vibrant center of artistic activity for a full spring day. It’s fun to see the drawings early in...
A second above street-level business has opened on Market Square. It’s hard to believe, but it’s been over a year-and-a-half since I wrote about the opening of Coldstream Market upstairs at 34 Market Square, just above Earthbound...
It’s become a tradition for me to walk about in the snow each winter and take photographs of downtown Knoxville. The twist this year was that our initial snow wasn’t a snow at all, but was...
Recently a friend asked about the inscriptions written in granite on Market Square. She’d looked at them and found them wanting. Focusing on the three primary, and larger, quotes on the square she noted that they...
In a way it seems it has been around forever, but for the last ten years, in one form or another, a celebration has been held to honor the birthday of Bob Dylan who turned 73...
Some things just don’t happen in the suburbs – or in rural areas. I’ll grant that maybe the statement could be reversed, but it’s someone else’s job to highlight the unique in those settings. Today I’ll...
Residents of downtown Knoxville might be forgiven if they suffer from a little festival fatigue this time of year. We’ve had Earthfest, Outdoorfest, the Dogwood Arts Festival, the Rhythm and Blooms Festival and the Rossini Festival....
What could be better than a laid-back Tuesday or Thursday night on Market Square when the weather is good? People-watching is always great on the square and with multiple choices of patios offering food and drink,...