Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/11-7/20/2021)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
Announcing All Seasons (or at least quite a few of them)
Various performing arts series were truncated or eliminated in 2020. As we entered 2021 the virus was at its peak and predicting when people might be able to gather was perilous when planning a living room...
Big Ears Evolves and Grows: A Conversation with Ashley Capps
At the pivotal moment in March 2020, just before we understood that the world was about to be quite different for an extended period of time, the annual Big Ears festival was ready to explode onto...
Fat Tuesday Opens at 417 South Gay Street
Downtown has its second New Orleans based business (the other is Ruby Sunshine) with the opening of Fat Tuesday at 417 South Gay Street. Located in a portion of the Kress Building, it is also the...
Here Come the Guns . . .
Guns are a fact of life in the United States. The U.S. has more guns per capita than any other country in the world at 120.5 per 100 citizens, or almost 400,000,000 guns. Second place is...
Proper Popcorn Opens on Market Square
As first reported here in April, Proper Popcorn, whose original location is in west Knoxville, had it sights set on a Market Square location. That plan became a reality on Thursday of last week, when it...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner 7/4-7/13/2021
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
Axle Logistics Hosts Ribbon Cutting, Celebrates Rapid Growth
In September 2019 I introduced you to Axle Logistics, a company founded by friends Jon Clay and Drew Johnson. The two grew up together in south Knoxville, graduating from South Doyle High School. They founded Axle...
Fruit Jar Alley Opens on Market Square
Just a few months after the closure of Tailgate at 23 Market Square, the space was taken this weekend by the third location of Fruit Jar Alley. Founded in 2017 by Allison Manes, the first location...
Knoxville-Based Kombucha Company Frog Juice Plans Growth
Could Knoxville-produced Frog Juice Kombucha be the next big thing? The owners of Frog Juice are making plans to see how big it can become. Found at numerous downtown and near downtown businesses, such as Eddie’s...