Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/8 – 4/17/2018)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Events
What do Thomas Jefferson, Washington D.C., and East Tennessee have in common?
(Written by Guest Writer Richard Allen Foster, AIA, LEED AP, 2018 President, AIA East Tennessee, Director of Design, Lewis Group Architects) The first answer is East Tennessee Pink Marble. It was quarried right here in our...
Rhythm n Blooms Looms: An Interview with Lilly Hiatt
Rhythm n Blooms descends on the Old City in downtown Knoxville this Friday and runs three days, ending late Sunday night. During those three days, festival goers will be exposed to more good music than any...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (4/1 – 4/10/2018)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Big Ears 2018, Part Two
Twenty-one hours in I had seen one happening, two films and eleven shows. It was time to slow down a bit and take stock of the overall event. Each seems to have it’s own personality and...
Big Ears 2018, Part One
I’ll hit you up with a couple of parts to this sprawling, multi-day musical journey. It’s impossible to cover it all or to take it all in. By the end of the four days, it’s almost...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/25 – 4/3/2018)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Welcome to Big Ears: A Guide to Knoxville’s Changes Since Last You Visited!
A year ago I welcomed our Big Ears guests back to an entirely different city, pointing out the amazing changes that had happened in our downtown area since the last time they’d visited. I was shocked...
The Women in Jazz Jam Festival 2018 – A Quick Glance
It seems that every year I have scheduling conflicts that prevent me from attending most, if not all of the Women in Jazz Jam Festival produced by Kelle Jolly. This year was no exception, but I...
Knoxville Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in Style
It’s interesting: Knoxville has a tremendous Irish heritage. According to a recent book, Knoxville: Holidays and Festivals, written by Jack Neely and published by the Knoxville History Project, the group held an important place in local leadership:...