I first encountered Brian Griffin sometime in the mid-to-late 1990s. I belonged to a Southern Literature Book Group led by Flossie McNabb at Davis Kidd Bookstore in west Knoxville where we read Brian’s recent book of...
(Today’s article is by Inside of Knoxville Intern, Alexa-Marie Melendez. Her adventures are from March first Friday. The exhibitions she visited remain available for your pleasure — art doesn’t just happen on First Friday!) I moved...
(Today’s article is by Insideofknoxville.com intern Alexa-Marie Melendez) USA TODAY’s 10Best provides readers with experiential content that aims to help travelers and adventurers alike by aiding them in the discovery of new destinations and events. It...
As many great things do, it started with a Girl Scout and a problem to solve. Teenager Mia Warren’s friend Campbell Rutherford has been visually impaired since birth, only seeing light. Having visited museums with Campbell,...
Set on 44 acres of beautifully landscaped history, the Knoxville Botanical Gardens and Arboretum (KBGA) sits patiently waiting to be discovered by the many Knoxvillians and tourists who simply don’t know it’s there. The new CEO, Sharon Moore,...
When you think about favorite breakfast treats, I’m willing to bet that doughnuts make the top three for most people. Opening tomorrow at 300 W. Magnolia Ave. is the newest place to get that doughnut fix! Parlor...
A walk through the new Kerns Food Hall reveals enough bars to keep the thirstiest patron libated. Each of the bars currently open has something in common (along with a few differences): They are all operated...
Just last August, I reported that Melanie LaFoy opened Potluck Café. The French-inspired restaurant served casseroles with Melanie’s own creativity bringing the old idea more up-to-date. Located at 1328 North Broadway in a small slice of...
The buildings which once housed NV, The Bowery, Blue Cats and other bars in the 1990s and early 2000s have been torn down. Further back the buildings or part of them had served as a strip...
As Design Review Board meetings tend to go, the one this week featured some very significant developments for downtown. I previously covered the one at Hill and Locust, but a second was also presented. The two...
The idea has gone through several owners and iterations, but the general theme remains the same: To build a large residential tower just off the Henley Bridge on a relatively small, seriously sloped parcel of ground....
Get ready for the loooooooong anticipated opening of Kern’s Food Hall this Saturday. Has the wait been worth it? Look at the pictures and I think you’ll agree lots of attention have been paid to details...
Music around every corner greeted the crowds that came to downtown Knoxville this weekend. Knoxville Opera‘s Rossini Festival, which has previously taken over Gay Street, now sends its vibes out from the side streets. Stretching from...
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
Saturday marked the first celebration of a new street fair in Happy Holler on N. Central St. I took my three girls to check it and several other Saturday events out. I’m a sucker for a...
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
The annual Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Gardens is just around the corner (April 28, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, tickets here) and, as always it promises to offer a glimpse into life in...
Positively Living, founded in 1996 to serve those living with HIV, continues to serve many of our friends and neighbors in Knoxville and, in 2018 launched Choice Health Network in order to serve even more people....
What do New York City and San Antonio, TX, have in common? Besides being on Travel & Leisure’s top 15 cities to see in the US for multiple years, I visited them both last month. The Ryerson’s took...
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer and relatively recent Knoxville transplant Luke Frazier.) Soon after I moved to Knoxville a friend told me I wasn’t in the real South. He said I was in the...