Culture
Lilienthal Gallery Celebrates Spring Exhibition with Splashes of Color and a Great Vibe
Vibe, the latest exhibition at Lilienthal Gallery, 23 Emory Place, opened last week and will run through August. Featuring “textile, thread, and color,” the exhibition virtually explodes with color. A grand opening, held last Friday, encouraged...
Figaro Gets Married This Weekend at the Bijou – You’re Invited
Tonight and Sunday afternoon, Knoxville Opera presents “The Marriage of Figaro,” at the Bijou Theatre. A few tickets remain for each performance. The performance offers what has been a rare opportunity in recent memory for audience...
Alley Appreciation: The Journey Becomes the Destination
(Ed. Note: Today’s article is by guest writer Luke Frazier who is new to Knoxville and continues to explore downtown spots in a fresh way. Today he discusses Strong Alley, which was first beautified by a...
Hair (the Musical) Comes to Clarence Brown Theatre
She asks me why I’m just a hairy guy I’m hairy noon and night Hell that’s a fright I’m hairy high and low Don’t ask me why Don’t know It’s not for lack of bread Like...
Business
Ebony and Ivory Brewing Celebrates Grand Opening
(Written by Contributing Writer, Heather Ryerson) April 29 marked a milestone for the Ebony and Ivory Brewing duo of Chico Dupas and Mitchell Russell, celebrating their Grand Opening. We first introduced these friends to you in...
KEC Celebrates 10 Years of Service to Knoxville
Today’s article is written by Contributing Writer, Heather Ryerson Knoxville Entrepreneur Center opened its doors in 2013 as a business accelerator to support and help sustain entrepreneurs through programming, classes, mentoring, and education on reaching financial...
71 South Restaurant Opens at Baker Creek Bottoms
It was eight months ago that Ryan Steffy and the ownership group announced that a new restaurant, 71 South (which is the official designation for James White Parkway, which officially terminates near the entrance to the...
Development
Announcing Kern’s Bakery Vendors!
Lengthy development projects offer few guarantees. Projections change, delays impact opening dates, and construction finds prompt design changes. In the case of Kern’s Bakery, we see all of this as well as changes in some vendors...
Progress: Kern’s Bakery Experience is Full Steam Ahead
We first brought you the news of Kern’s Bakery reinvention in 2019. This multi-use market, food hall, and entertainment venue has raised eyebrows since. With multiple delays, pandemic shutdown, supply chain issues, permitting, weather, surprise construction...
Caswell Manor Opens Providing Permanent Supportive Housing
The need for housing in Knoxville at all economic levels is a reality. Available apartments and homes for purchase are rapidly taken as the city grows. Inevitably, it is the most economically and otherwise vulnerable who...
Stadium-Adjacent Yardley Flats Apartments Announced
Yesterday, via press release, Third Base Residential announced the development of Yardley Flats, a new apartment complex which includes 233 new homes and will be situated roughly along left field in the new baseball stadium. Comprised...
Events
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/7 – 5/16/2023)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead time that the list can be...
Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens 2023, Part Two
(If you missed the first article in this two part series, you’ll find it here. We’ll start the second portion of my tour with 1122 Luttrell Street, built as an identical home to 1104 Luttrell Street...
Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens 2023, Part One
The 33rd annual Four and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens was on display this past Sunday. As if on cue, the flowers bloomed, the sun shined, and the crowds came. Maybe the biggest crowds...
Dogwood Arts Festival 2023
Knoxville’s signature festival, The Dogwood Arts Festival, bloomed on the World’s Fair Park Performance Lawn this past weekend. The annual festival, which has been a spring rite in one form or another in Knoxville since 1961,...
Life
A Weekend in the City
Sometimes we get swept up into the city on a weekend with activities planned and unplanned and the article I’d planned for Monday doesn’t come together. It happened this weekend and it reminds me why I...
Mayor Presents State of the City and Budget Priorities 2023
As has been the tradition in Knoxville, Mayor Kincannon presented her State of the City address yesterday, along with highlights of her proposed budget for the next year. Held in the Western Heights community, the chosen...
Hundreds Gather to Protest Gun Violence and Laws in the State
A protest on Market Square yesterday drew between four hundred and five hundred people expressing their anger at Tennessee’s gun laws and the violence that our state repeatedly experiences. The impetus for the most recent protest...
A Wonderful New Home for an Equally Wonderful Family
Last December I introduced you to the Johnsons, Alvin and Jeanine, who seemed destined to a life as tenants, without much hope of buying a home. They moved to Knoxville in 2020 and she took a...