Big Ears 2022: The Fun Keeps Rolling
In a joyful way, I’d say the outside world disappeared for me on Friday. For all the world, that ten hours of music on Thursday felt like the weekend had started. Friday seemed like it must...
Big Ears Festival 2022: The Festival Begins
(Ed. Note: This is the first of a series of articles I’ll put out about the festival. I will put them out as quickly as I can edit photographs and say a few words about the...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/27- 4/5/2022)
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...
Community Conversation Set for Monday
I wrote my first article for this venture on June 1, 2010. I wrote my first article centered on a homeless person just five days later. It was in my fifth month that I started a...
Stockyard Lofts to Open Soon: 152 New Homes for Downtown
New construction, as opposed to renovating our great, older buildings, is still relatively new in downtown Knoxville. When I first introduced Stockyard Lofts, in July 2017, Marble Alley had been open less than two years. As...
Emory Place Galleries Prepare to Open: More Businesses Coming
It was just over three months ago that I wrote about the general plans for Emory Place and the properties purchased by Break Emory, LLC. One gallery was planned and options were available for related businesses...
Former NV Nightclub and Bowery Buildings Sold, Development Continues
Just over 2 1/2 years ago I reported the former NV Nightclub and Bowery buildings would be redeveloped by Tim Hill. That project was slowed by a range of obstacles: The front façade of NV had...
Board Game Days Returning to the Old City
A series of Board Game Days, organized by then downtown resident Conner Cole, were held at Awaken Coffee in the time leading up to the pandemic. After being on hold, they are returning for their 7th...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/20-3/29/2022)
Sunday, March 20 Downtown Knoxville Vendors In-Store Service Hours / Outdoor Dining Options / Take-Out and Curbside Delivery Hours Ellen Reid Soundwalk (featuring Kronos Quartet) in Ijams Nature Center, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm (daily through...
State and Local COVID-19 Cases and Deaths By Month
This may seem a bit delayed for a report that only goes through the end of February, but consider that as recently as Wednesday, the Knox County Health Department was adjusting death numbers for last month....