Hosts for Knoxville’s First PechaKucha Crowd at PechaKucha, West Jackson Workshops, Knoxville, February 2011 I had read the descriptions of PechaKucha and I understood that people would make presentations regarding their creative endeavors and that they would...

Well, it turns out I wouldn’t be, but I wouldn’t have known that myself until a couple of days ago. A special shout-out goes to one of my alert readers (which is not to imply you...

Maybe on the face of it, it sounds like a silly question. How can winter be worse downtown? Further, aren’t temperatures a usually a couple of degrees warmer in the concrete jungle? Well, the question came...

One of the themes often sounded when people talk about cities is the high previlence of crime and danger to one’s person. Particularly discussed is muggings and murders. Even locally, whenever a crime is reported to...

Market Square now has very few vacancies. I count two: 15 Market Square, which housed Abode until just before the end of the year and 30 Market Square. Hopefully, 15 will be occupied soon enough, but...

Just when it seems safe to say that the business comings and goings have been covered for a while, new developments present themselves in bunches. Some of these businesses have been mentioned before, but there is...

These are a few of the sights around the city recently. It’s funny how I can walk past something dozens of times and see it, but not really see it for what it is. The camel...

Pamela Schoenewaldt spoke to a full house at the Laurel Theater, reading from her novel, When We Were Strangers, released just last week by Harper Collins. Already it is garnering positive reviews from such sources as Publisher’s...

Sunshine, Short Sleeves and one Cool Bell, Market Square, Knoxville, January 2011 Young Couples, Strollers and a Warm January Day, Knoxville 2011 If Saturday was a nice day, Sunday was even better. Temperatures that struggled to...

Market Square on a warm January Day, Knoxville 2011 There was more going on this weekend than music, of course. Downtown and all of east Tennessee was beset by a wonderful, if transitory, warming. People all over...