So, imagine you travel to a country on another continent. You have great experiences and take many photographs, including some of interesting people on the street. You show the photographs to a few of your friends once...

I don’t always give advance notice on events, preferring in most cases to talk about how they were after the fact. There are other sites which cover upcoming events and I generally leave it to them....

Live Chicken, Market Square, Knoxville When was the last time live chickens could be seen on Market Square? It sounds like a question perfectly suited for Jack Neely. I’m not sure when that historic event happened, but...

I’ve recently written about some of the major summer events and openings such as Bella Luna and The Market. Those followed spring openings for Just Ripe, Jackson Avenue Market and Union Avenue Books as well as...

All-electric Nissan Leaf, Knoxville Nissan Leaf parked on Walnut Street Downtown Knoxville has its first Nissan Leaf. I’m pretty sure Mr. John Craig, local developer and Knox Heritage board member is parking the first of these...

While in London this summer I happened upon an angry crowd. I couldn’t make out the entire chant they shouted in unison, but the last part was “fuck the police.” There were several policemen standing in...

A reproduction of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London 2011 I truly believe that a culture can be measured by its arts. A culture that highly values literature, painting, photography, sculpting and music of every kind is more highly...

Buskers and Dancers on Market Square Matt at Downtown Wine pours free samples, Gay Street, Knoxville My biggest complaint against First Friday is that it ends too early. With most events starting at 7:00 and most...

Still rowdy after all these days. Good Monday morning. The weekend was crammed full of fun happenings downtown, but I’ll have to post First Friday photos and story-lines tomorrow. Today I wanted to follow up on...

It’s approximately 115 degrees out and it’s Friday night. What are you going to do? Give in to the heat or say, “No, I’m all about the city, heat be damned!” I trust you are a...