Knoxville Symphony Pops with a Side of Jazz
So, Friday night was a blur of music. Saturday the pace slowed a bit for me, but the range of music stretched pretty far. I dropped by Market Square earlier in the day to see the...
A Friday Night in Knoxville: Blues to Spoken Word, Hip Hop, Indie and Jazz
Wayne Bledsoe recently wrote of a night in Knoxville in which he heard an incredible range of music and declared this a golden era for our local music scene. His suggestion was to get out and...
Making Knoxville Better: Dale’s Fried Pies and Rita’s Ice
Happily, last week I had a bit of a vacation from my real job, which allowed me to write a few longer, more involved pieces and actually have the time to sit for conversations with some...
Photographs of Knoxville, Mid March 2013
The blog has been pretty word heavy this week and pretty centered on development and business. I know many of you actually read what I write, even when it’s a rather long piece and many...
A Look Inside the Arnstein Building
I’ve probably been asked as much about the Arnstein Building as I have about any other location downtown. With its on-again, off-again, back on-again flirtation with Urban Outfitters and its prominent location bordering both Market Square...
A Conversation with Buzz Goss and Jeffrey Nash About Marble Alley and Downtown Knoxville
I sent an e-mail to Buzz Goss asking for an interview to which he readily agreed and we sat down together at Sapphire. I found him to be open, direct and passionate. Later in our conversation...
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Sets Opening Date – Apartments in 36 Market Square Soon to Follow
It seems like years since the clever sign, “Coming Spoon,” went up in the window at 36 Market Square. Very close to a year ago the news broke that Orange Leaf Yogurt would occupy the retail...
Coffee and Chocolate Set to Open a Second Downtown Location
It didn’t take long for interest to emerge in 416 W. Clinch Avenue. As I noted last week, Le Parigo, which changed to icafe at the beginning of the year, had officially closed. Cedric, the long-term...
Musicians, Writers and the Metropulse Best of Knoxville Poll
I took this photograph of this small brass ensemble on Market Square last week. It was cold enough to freeze lips to metal and no tip hat presented itself. I asked about that and they made...
Images from the City, March 2013
As I’ve done from time to time, today I’ve got a few images that never found a place in a blog post, but which I’d like to pass on with a few thoughts sprinkled in. Most...