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The US Pro Road National Championships Made for an Exciting Sunday in Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 27, 2018

As much fun as the criterium offered on Friday night, the main event in cycling waited for Sunday in downtown Knoxville. The crowds were solid, but unspectacular, but they grew through the day. As was the...

Men’s and Women’s USA Cycling Pro Criterium 2018 Photos and Results

Knoxville Urban Guy·June 26, 2018

You’ll have to pardon me if I linger over this past weekend’s cycling events. The weekend was jam-packed, with Gay Street closed on Friday evening for the first national championship US Pro Cycling Criterium for men...

So What Makes Christmas in the City a Top Twenty Tourism Event?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 16, 2017

While I haven’t run a poll, I think it is safe to assume that every city in the U.S. has holiday celebrations of various sorts starting this time of year. No doubt many of them are...

Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 14, 2017

This past summer as the Urban Clan drove around the wild west, we stopped over in Missoula, Montana. I snapped a photo though the car window as I drove (don’t do this at home, children) of...

Bike Boat Brew and Bark – And That Doesn’t Come Close to Covering It

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 18, 2017

It’s really almost too big to wrap my head around for a small article. Knoxville is known for many things and we aspire to be known by others. Cycling, water sports, craft breweries and being dog...

Urban Guy Takes a Ride in a (Semi) Autonomous Vehicle (AKA Driverless Car)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 12, 2017

I recently took a field trip, thanks to Visit Knoxville, outside my normal habitat of downtown, in order to take a ride in Olli, the autonomous vehicle developed by Local Motors. The current version is a...

The Tennessean, Knoxville’s New Luxury Hotel, Officially Opens

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 5, 2017

In its soft opening last weekend, Nicholas Cazana, president of the company which owns the property, said The Tennessean Hotel was filled to capacity giving his new staff a good sample of what they anticipate will be...

USA Cycling National Championships Coming to Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 16, 2017

In a great coup for Visit Knoxville and the Visit Knoxville Sports Commission, the USA Cycling Pro Road and Time Trial National Championships will be held in Knoxville, with courses starting and ending in the Old...

Give a Piece of Knoxville Music History For Christmas: Arthur Q. Smith Honored

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 21, 2016

I’m sure more than a few of you are looking for that perfect, last minute Christmas gift. I’m also sure many of you love Knoxville as much as I do and like to support local writers...

Let’s Get Outside and Celebrate Who We Are: Bike, Boat, Brew and Bark

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 25, 2016

I’ve heard several discussions recently about our identity or identities as a city. Are we the home of the Vols? The guardians of the Sunsphere? We’ll always be those things, for sure, but we’ve got so...

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The US Pro Road National Championships Made for an Exciting Sunday in Knoxville

Men’s and Women’s USA Cycling Pro Criterium 2018 Photos and Results

So What Makes Christmas in the City a Top Twenty Tourism Event?

Downtown Art Wraps by the Knoxville History Project Appear Around the City

Bike Boat Brew and Bark – And That Doesn’t Come Close to Covering It

Urban Guy Takes a Ride in a (Semi) Autonomous Vehicle (AKA Driverless Car)

The Tennessean, Knoxville’s New Luxury Hotel, Officially Opens

USA Cycling National Championships Coming to Knoxville

Give a Piece of Knoxville Music History For Christmas: Arthur Q. Smith Honored

Let’s Get Outside and Celebrate Who We Are: Bike, Boat, Brew and Bark

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