Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/29 – 8/7/2018)
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...
Cal Johnson Building to be Restored
It’s been a long journey for this building which was built by former slave and Knoxville’s first black millionaire, Cal Johnson. Listed in recent years as one of the most endangered, its future has been the...
Eddie’s Health Shoppe to Open a Downtown Location
When I interviewed Kelley and Eddie Reymond last May about their beautiful home at the Ely Building downtown, Eddie said something that stuck with me. He said he wanted to not only live downtown, but to...
Taking a Break from the City: A Trip to Cades Cove
Sometimes all of us need a break from the neighborhood, even if that neighborhood is an exciting place we really enjoy. As much as I love downtown Knoxville, I find myself needing that little escape. A...
Magnolia Avenue Streetscapes Project Set to Begin Soon (Plus Some Fun Cumberland Avenue Info)
August 9 at 10:00 AM, ground will be broken marking the start of phase one of the Magnolia Avenue Streetscapes Project. Work is expected to begin immediately after and is anticipated to require close to a...
Tennessee Theatre Announces 90th Anniversary Events
It’s unlikely there is a citizen alive in Knoxville who remembers a time without the Tennessee Theatre anchoring the 600 block of Gay Street. Its official birthday is October 1, 1928 and big plans are afoot...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/22 – 7/31/2018)
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...
What in the World is a Scrappalachian Metal Work?
Gregory Tune’s business is, perhaps, an unlikely one. Located at 141 West Anderson (less than a block west of the heart of Happy Holler), you know something funky must be happening here when you see the...
The Proposed “T at Riverfront” Grows from Nineteen Stories to Twenty-Six
Is the skyscraper back in vogue? If the current version of the proposed “T at Riverfront,” is constructed, it would be the second tallest building (by stories) in the city behind the First Tennessee Plaza. Its...
South Knox Healing Arts Opens at New Location
Evelyn Barnette moved her South Knox Healing Arts into a space inside The Bees Knees Hairdressing Salon at 1133 Sevier Avenue across from Alliance Brewing Company. It’s a continuation of her commitment to a lifelong interest in...