Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/31 – 6/9/2020)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 5/29/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
We’ve made it through what seems like the eleventh or twelfth week of May. June is just ahead, with the summer months looming. We know the summer and fall won’t find us fully back to normal,...
Find Your Books: Downtown Library, Union Avenue Books Open With New Twists (Plus a Weekend Recommendation!
Today the Lawson McGhee Library is open for business downtown, as well as seven other of the nineteen Knox County Public Library locations across the county. Each branch and the downtown library will open up to...
COVID-19: 5/28/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
I’ve had many conversations about the pandemic on Facebook in recent weeks. Conversations on social media can be frustrating and exhausting, but sometimes they are an illuminating window into how others think, where they find information...
Downtown Knoxville Through the Creative Eyes of David Denton
I’ve taken photographs during the pandemic to preserve some of the sights and scenes and I’ve shared some of them here. My friend, architect, downtown denizen and sometimes contributor to this site, David Denton has used...
COVID-19: 5/27/2020 Update (Including the Health Department Briefing)
Halfway through another week, I hope you are all safe and doing well. After a morning of checking in with friends and family, I’m running a bit behind getting started today, so I’m going to dive...
Checking In With Becky Hancock and the Tennessee Theatre
I spoke with Becky Hancock, Executive Director of the Tennessee Theatre. I asked if she would talk us through those early days when they realized this would be a significant event, through what transpired over the...
COVID-19: 5/26/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Later today the United States of America will report its 100,000 death due to COVID-19. The current number of 99,950 deaths due to an illness most of us had not heard of just five months ago...
Checking in with River and Rail and the Old City Performing Arts Center
While many businesses have developed clever ways to deliver some semblance of their services while on shutdown, others simply do not work with the restrictions we’ve had in place. As the restrictions are slowly removed, more...
COVID-19: 5/25/2020 Update
Happy Memorial Day! I hope you are finding a safe way to make the day memorable. Our celebration was the road trip, though we may do a little barbecue later and Urban Woman even made rumblings...