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2016 Scruffy City Comedy Festival Lineup Announced

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 15, 2016

The third annual Scruffy City Comedy Festival will take place the first weekend in November and today I have the first release of the lineup for the third annual festival. I have to thank festival organizer...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/14 – 8/23/2016)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 14, 2016

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...

Flour Head Bakery (and Brewery) Coming to Central Street

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 12, 2016

Tomato Head, co-owned by Mahasti Vafaie and Scott Partin, has long been a staple of downtown. Eventually, the couple opened another Tomato Head restaurant in Maryville, then moved it to west Knoxville. Subsequently, the kitchen at...

ETCDC Home Tour 2016 Highlights Outdoor Spaces

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 10, 2016

As I noted last week, the East Tennessee Community Design Center hosted a home tour which included a wide range of home styles, sizes and floor plans. The unifying theme of this year’s tour was outdoor...

Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain Opens This Week

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 8, 2016

I had a Facebook conversation recently in which one participant opined, “If only we had a pharmacy downtown, we’d be closer to having a real downtown.” Well, we’ve had a pharmacy downtown since last October. Not...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/7 – 8/16/2016)

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 7, 2016

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...

Jack Neely Offers Series on Knoxville History at Church Street United Methodist Church

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 5, 2016

Many of us greatly enjoy the columns and various lectures and walking tours led by Jack Neely. Starting Sunday you’ll have a chance to hear him speak for an hour each week for four weeks. It’s...

Farewell to My Friend Carole Borges

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 4, 2016

Sometimes people come along who become so much a part of our lives it becomes hard to imagine the community without them. These people touch us in so many ways and enrich our lives to the point...

A Downtown Knoxville Summer Summary?

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 3, 2016

Temperatures outside hover in the nineties and the humidity seems to hang somewhere between swamp and sauna levels. Summer certainly doesn’t seem to be near finished. The calendar states very clearly that we remain short of...

TRU Dog Network Becomes a Non-Profit, Hosts Photography Exhibit

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 1, 2016

Most people who know her can remember the first time they met Tinah Utsman. The first time for me was summer of 2010 at a Knox Heritage Summer Supper at Kendrick Place. It was as if...

2016 Scruffy City Comedy Festival Lineup Announced

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/14 – 8/23/2016)

Flour Head Bakery (and Brewery) Coming to Central Street

ETCDC Home Tour 2016 Highlights Outdoor Spaces

Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain Opens This Week

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/7 – 8/16/2016)

Jack Neely Offers Series on Knoxville History at Church Street United Methodist Church

Farewell to My Friend Carole Borges

A Downtown Knoxville Summer Summary?

TRU Dog Network Becomes a Non-Profit, Hosts Photography Exhibit

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Announcing Kern’s Bakery Vendors!

Lilienthal Gallery Celebrates Spring Exhibition with Splashes of Color and a Great Vibe

Progress: Kern’s Bakery Experience is Full Steam Ahead

A Weekend in the City