The Art of Food (Trucks)
It seems pretty simple: There are people who want to provide great mobile food to the city. There are other people who want to pay money to eat their food. Put them together and everyone’s happy,...
Singer/Songwriter Open Mics Downtown
I think the reason I’ve avoided open mic nights for singer/songwriters is the same reason I’ve avoided comedy shows until recently: I hate to see someone bomb. It makes me uncomfortable to see someone else who...
First Friday Fun in Downtown Knoxville, March 2014
As I’ve done before, I’ll let the photographs carry most of the weight for First Friday. It was one of those nights I’ve experienced before in which I was dragging about and not real sure about...
Did Our Treble Clef Explode?
Many of us remember the treble clef sculpture that used to reside in Country Music Park on what used to be the 200 block of Gay Street at Summit Hill. I’ve mentioned it before to a...
The Downtown Knoxville Week Ahead (3/9 – 3/15/2014)
If you see an event I’ve missed and you’d like to plug, please comment below or e-mail me (knoxvilleurbanguy@gmail.com) and I’ll try to add it. The list may, accordingly, be expanded through the week. Staying true...
Where are we? Where are we going?
Those were the basic questions discussed by a group of around 130 people last night at the Standard on Jackson Avenue at the first meeting of the Downtown Urban Design Forum. Buzz Goss, one of the...
Downtown Development News You Might Have Missed
It’s been while since I did one of my make-up columns. These are news items reported elsewhere which I haven’t mentioned on this blog. I didn’t break the news and after it had been reported by...
Downtown Knoxville Properties – and More
I have several things today, including what I think are a couple of significant upgrades to your experience – one immediate and one which will play out over the next months. I also have a request....
Mardi Growl 2014, Part 2
Happy Mardi Gras, everybody! I hope you all survived the blizzard yesterday. The latest and greatest technology still hasn’t given us the ability to very accurately predict nature. Hopefully, that was the last fit of a...
Mardi Growl 2014, Part 1
OK, here’s the deal. I was finally able to attend Mardi Growl. Usually I have a conflict with work on this day each year, but it worked out this time. What did I learn? I’ll give...