Urban Mystery Picture #3
Well, for two weeks in a row the Urban Mystery Picture has been identified within hours of its posting. Will that be the case for a third week in a row? After this group of pictures...
Sundown in the City Returns with a Twang
Sundown Entrance on Union Avenue First, for those of you who were breathlessly anticipating my Chattanooga/Knoxville thoughts, I’m sorry, we’re going to have to put that on hold for the next couple of days. I’ll get back...
Chattanooga, Part One: Conference on Southern Literature
Picture Courtesy of Destination 360 “Wait a minute,” you may be saying. “I thought this was a blog about Knoxville! I want my money back!” Well, that’s an understandable reaction for some of my more recent readers....
Knoxville Idol Brings a Different Crowd Downtown
A crowd gathers for Knoxville’s version of American Idol, April 2011 What in the world is Knoxville Idol? I didn’t know, either, until a recent Friday night when Market Square came alive with a slightly different...
Odd and End Shoutouts
A great friend of mine from the area, Judy DiGregorio, as warm and funny a person as you’d ever want to meet, early this year released a recording of her reading her humorous memories and observations was...
Dogwood Arts Continues: Market Square Art Fair
What I think of as the primary Dogwood Arts Festival event took place this weekend downtown. It is actually only one piece of many as the festival expands in many directions. This portion focuses on art...
Rhythm and Blooms on the Cheap
Robinella and the CC String Band, Knoxville, 2011 Rhythm and Blooms is a part of the Dogwood Arts Festival and given that it involves music and downtown, any reader of this blog would reasonably expect that...
Urban Mystery Picture #2
Let’s start with the winner of the Innaugural Urban Mystery Picture contest. First, the picture: I thought it would remain a mystery until I revealed the answer after time expired. I was way wrong. David Evola,...
WDVX Fund Drive, James McMurtry and a Big City Wedding
Big Country’s Empty Bottle, WDVX Spring Fundraiser, Knoxville, 2011 I recently attended an extended, Saturday version of the Blue Plate Special in conjunction with WDVX and their spring fund drive. If you don’t know, WDVX is...
Walk Along the River, Sweet Lullaby
The dog screamed, “Can you come get me already?” for ten minutes. When the weather is nice I try to wind my way down to the river. It’s a little different walk than most routes around the...