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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...

Big Ears Sets a Big Weekend

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 31, 2014

I’ll admit I was a little discouraged and pretty much put the event out of my mind. I’d asked for press credentials to the Big Ears Music Festival and didn’t get a response of any kind....

A Tale of Two Movies

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 16, 2013

I saw a couple of movies this past week. There are a couple of things which are very strange about this fact. One is that I very, very rarely go out to a movie. I find...

Black Lillies CD Release Party at the Tennessee Theatre

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 25, 2013

Knoxville continues to enjoy lovely spring weather: rain, wind, clouds, warm then cold temperatures and sporadic snow. It’s the kind of spring that makes you want to stay inside where it’s warm, which is what a...

Broadway at the Tennessee: West Side Story

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 24, 2013

Last fall I wrote a blog post about the fact that we all have different versions of Knoxville that we love. The city I describe on this blog may be quite different from the one you...

Late Summer Images of Knoxville, 2012

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 28, 2012

I’m still working my way through a back log of photographs I like, but for which I never found the right blog. Several of these rank among my recent favorites. Hopefully you’ll like some of them,...

Knoxville Opera Presents Die Fledermaus: An Opera Virgin’s Report

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 1, 2012

If you had no background in popular music and you heard your first song, how hard would that be to describe? If you’d never read a book and you picked up a random literary work, what...

Tennessee Theatre

The Tennessee Theatre: A Look Behind the Scenes

Big Ears Sets a Big Weekend

A Tale of Two Movies

Black Lillies CD Release Party at the Tennessee Theatre

Broadway at the Tennessee: West Side Story

Late Summer Images of Knoxville, 2012

Knoxville Opera Presents Die Fledermaus: An Opera Virgin’s Report

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

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