Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/22 – 12/31/2019)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
A Market Square Business Closes: A Look At the Empty Spaces on the Square
Market Square has long been seen as the epicenter of downtown Knoxville’s redevelopment and resurgence. The idea has emerged that Market Square is the core from which other development emanates. Still, it hasn’t been that many...
Shopping Locally, Giving Locally
As the last weekend before Christmas approaches, it’s a good time to remember that many local businesses, as well as local charities, have their annual success determined by what happens in the next few days. A...
Next Level Brewing Company Opens at 700 North Broadway
Next Level Brewing Company held a soft opening this past weekend to large crowds and they officially opened for business last night. I visited early on a cold Tuesday night and found a beautiful space, highlighted...
Broadway Market Reopens at 900 East Hill Avenue
It’s been a circuitous journey for the “little market that could.” It started at 1328 North Broadway two-and-a-half years ago. The business moved just a few doors down almost a year later to 1322 Broadway, before...
Knoxville Christmas Parade 2019, Part Two
As promised, here’s a second round of photographs from this year’s Christmas Parade. I’ll just leave it to the photographs on this round. Hint: This batch ends with a fat guy with a white beard....
Knoxville Christmas Parade 2019, Part One
Due to the personal situation I’ve encountered in recent weeks, I haven’t written nearly as much about downtown Knoxville Christmas celebrations this year. Traditionally our family has enjoyed the Fantasy of Trees, the Lighting of the...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (12/15 – 12/24/2019)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
“Knoxville Mermaid” Serves Up Secret Knoxville
Eleanor Scott and Adam Pernell Deal have produced an excellent new picture book, “Knoxville Mermaid,” worth consideration for a spot beneath the Christmas Tree. Deal’s illustrations are compelling and complex, while Scott’s narrative, simple as a...
Standard Knitting Mill May Be Redeveloped After All
It’s had a long, tortured journey. According to Knox Heritage, Standard Knitting Mill was founded in 1900 with about 50 employees. By the 1930s it employed over 4,000 and at one point it produced a million...