The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/25 – 11/03/2015)
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...
Saturday Sounds: Rayland Baxter and Grace Potter
Welcome to Saturday Sounds. This week features a recent concert at the Tennessee Theatre with Rayland Baxter and Grace Potter. Rayland brought a band – which isn’t always the case – and Grace left the Nocturnals...
Cholo Taqueria Coming to Gay Street
For months it’s seemed something has been happening in the Century Building in the ground-level space to the right. It turns out we’ll soon have a restaurant there, with a hoped for opening date of early...
The Central Collective Comes to Life – And Has an Open House
When I first wrote about the plans for 923 North Central Street, or as it is now known, “The Central Collective,” readers might have been easily forgiven for thinking the entire project was a fool’s errand....
Open Streets is This Sunday: Here’s What’s in Store
It seems like a long time since this idea first surfaced in Knoxville as a possibility, but really it’s come together quite quickly under the guidance of event coordinator Kelley Segars and the leadership of Caroline...
A Look at the Plans for Marble Alley, Phase II
Construction is still underway for phase one of Marble Alley and even a casual glance reveals it’s rapidly moving toward being ready to accept residents. The most recent estimate for move-in date is mid-December and 174...
The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/18 – 10/27/2015)
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...
Saturday Sounds: Humming House Set to Come to Secret Show
It’s been about five months since I told you about a series of “Secret Shows” sponsored by the Knoxville Music Warehouse. The idea, Kent Oglesby and Garrett Thomson told me at the time is that you...
Amazing New Condo and Retail Project Announced: Regas Square
We’ve talked so many times on this site about good urban development. There are a number of common features – which turn out to be not-so-common. We’d all like to see parking lots turning to buildings...
Back to the Future: Bar Marley Returns 10/21/2015
This is an article I’ve hoped to write for a long time. Over the last year it has seemed improbable. It started, for me, a year ago September when I wrote about the pending opening of...