Urban Mystery Picture #9 Winner
Regular readers might have noticed that I broke a trend by not naming this post, “Urban Mystery Picture #10.” The reason for this break from pattern is that as part of the reduction in posts over the...
"Summer Time, Time and the Living is Easy"
It is summer, once more, and I’m going to take the opportunity to slow the pace down a bit for myself. It is widely reported that over a million blogs have been abandoned after one post...
First Friday: The Rest of the Story
500 Block of Union Avenue, First Friday, June 2011 To be fair to all the people and businesses who planned something special last Friday, I should probably call this post, “A Tiny Bit of the Rest of...
First Friday, Part One: Seventh Annual Bob Dylan Birthday Bash
This was a bit of a different First Friday for me. I missed the art galleries and ate at home, both of which are rare in my usual M.O. The primary reason was the Dylan Bash...
Jazz on the Square
Jazz on the Square, Knoxville, June 2011 Tonight: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (and the next three Tuesday nights)Greg Tardy – tenor saxophone, Vance Thompson – trumpet, Keith Brown – piano, Taylor Coker – bass and...
It’s My City, What Are You Doing Here?
Bicyclist on Market Square Did you bristle a bit when you saw that headline? Did you think, “Urban Guy has really lost it now. He’s become a megalomaniac?” Well, no. All of you who read me regularly,...
Jonny Lang and Megan McCormick Blister Sundown
Megan McCormick and band at Sundown in the City, Knoxville This week’s edition of Sundown in the City was quite different from either of the last two. While Better Than Ezra seemed to attract a young,...
Urban Mystery Picture #9, #9, #9 (Beatles joke, sorry)
Well, I continue to be mystified by the photographs that mystify the Urban Nation and those that are simple. I figured the one I posted two weeks ago would be difficult, and Chad figured it out...
2011 Children’s Festival of Reading
Children’s Festival of Reading, World’s Fair Park, Knoxville Drama in Amphitheater, Children’s Festival of Reading, Knoxville Friends of the Library, Children’s Festival of Reading, Knoxville Knoxville has a world-class children’s reading festival sponsored each May in World’s Fair...
Openings and Happenings – You Better Pay Attention
Fashions now available at Reruns in the Daylight Building This is an exciting time downtown. Today featured not one, but two business openings: Reruns completed their move to the Daylight Building and Union Avenue Books, after many...