Subtle Clutch is the Buzz Downtown
A few weeks ago, as I walked through Market Square on a mission, I stopped in my tracks beside Tupelo Honey. A group of very young men played acoustic instruments and sang like crazy. They sang...
Knoxville in the National Press: Are We “Jaunty?”
I’m not sure “jaunty” is a word the average person walking across Market Square could define. It’s sort of an antiquated term and doesn’t really flow off the lips in casual conversation. Dictionary.com defines it as...
Visit Knoxville Mural Unveiled (and unscaffolded)
Officially unveiled this past Friday, the mural on the side of the Visit Knoxville building has been taking form for some weeks. Conceived by Bobbie Crews and rendered by Bobbie Crews, Ken Britton, Walt Fieldsa, Curtis...
Walk? Don’t Walk? Get Run Over?
I traveled to Nashville recently and, as is often the case for me, I think about Knoxville in the context of the city I’m visiting. I walked extensively in Nashville, just as I walk extensively in...
The Downtown Week Ahead (August 4 – 10)
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...
Status Serigraph Opens on Jackson Avenue
I’ve noticed a thread of sorts through the young entrepreneurs I’ve met over the last year or more. They are passionate about what they do. They are willing to work impossibly hard hours to make their...
Artist Alley Revamp Project – Java Alley
As I promised, yesterday, here is a view of another alley project undertaken by the Artist Alley Revamp Project. This alley project represents an expansion of the previous work into another section of town and a...
Strong Alley Art Project
The Artist Alley Revamp Project entered a second phase this spring. I wrote about it pretty extensively last fall, so if you missed that, start here, go here and end here. Much of the art I documented...
Two Blocks, Two Buildings, Two Different Outcomes
Two buildings caught my attention recently. They are only about a block and a half apart, but they seem destined to quite different futures. One may be a treasure, the other maybe not so much. In...
Pecha Kucha, July 2013
Pecha Kucha occurs quarterly, which would seem to give me plenty of notice, but somehow it slips up on my all the time. Confounding the surprise factor is the fact that the event changes venue almost...