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LiLienthal Gallery to Open Soon at Emory Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 8, 2022

Ilana Lilienthal has Lilienthal Gallery ready to open, pending a final issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the space. Located at 23 Emory Place in one of a string of buildings Ilana and her family...

Dewhirst Properties Purchases Greyhound Bus Station: A Conversation with Mark Heinz

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 6, 2022

Dewhirst Properties recently purchased the Greyhound Bus Station at 100 East Magnolia. It’s another signal that much of the focus of downtown development is moving to the north and east. Residential development now sits across the...

Opening Season of Knoxville Smokies Delayed to 2025

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 5, 2022

While the original target had been for baseball to begin in downtown Knoxville spring 2024, reality has forced a delay to the spring and summer season of 2025. To anyone reading current events, the reasons won’t...

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2022 Returns to Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 4, 2022

After distanced events the previous two years, the Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk returned to downtown Knoxville. With a footprint that extended further down Market Street, the event was decompressed a bit from previous years. The crowd...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/3-4/12/2022)

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 3, 2022

The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead...

Plans Updated and Changed for the AJ Building

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 1, 2022

What a saga the redevelopment of the Andrew Johnson Building has been. In 2017, the contract for purchase and development plan was agreed upon by Knox County and BNA associates. Knox County Schools, which had housed...

Pivot Point Fine Art Gallery Celebrates with Grand Opening

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 31, 2022

Pivot Point Gallery at 15 Emory Place will open its doors at 6:00 pm on Friday night for the first time. The stunning gallery, representing thirty local, regional, and national artists, is the creation of...

Big Ears 2022: Coda

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 30, 2022

Should you have stumbled onto this article without reading the others, the series began with Big Ears Festival 2022: The Festival Begins, followed by The Fun Keeps Rolling, and Poets and Parties. The final day of...

Big Ears 2022: Poets and Parties

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 29, 2022

Day three of the Big Ears Festival can be the day that fatigue sets in. I’d spent 22 of the last 48 hours listening to music, walking nearly 11 miles in the process. But I was...

Better Nature Solutions Making Knoxville a Better Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 29, 2022

My guest writer today is Dr. Elizabeth Hamilton, owner of Better Nature Solutions. I asked her to tell us about her company and why its cause is important to the city. It was edited for brevity...

LiLienthal Gallery to Open Soon at Emory Place

Dewhirst Properties Purchases Greyhound Bus Station: A Conversation with Mark Heinz

Opening Season of Knoxville Smokies Delayed to 2025

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2022 Returns to Downtown

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/3-4/12/2022)

Plans Updated and Changed for the AJ Building

Pivot Point Fine Art Gallery Celebrates with Grand Opening

Big Ears 2022: Coda

Big Ears 2022: Poets and Parties

Better Nature Solutions Making Knoxville a Better Place

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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