(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,...
Lilienthal Gallery in Emory Place features an exhibition by Israeli born, New York based photorealist artist Yigal Ozeri, opening tonight. The artist will be present in the gallery to discuss his works tonight and Saturday and...
Local favorite, Knoxville Soap Candle and Gifts will officially close its doors on April 20. The business started in Fountain City in 1999 under a slightly different name (Knoxville Soap Factory) nearly twenty-five years ago. Owner...
Melissa Lushbaugh, co-owner of South Made Marketing, didn’t pursue a business degree in college with the goal of one day owning her own marketing firm. No. She went to school to become an educator, and for ten...
A tenth birthday for a business more resembles a hundred years in a human lifetime. The average business ends after just eight-and-a-half years. This month, Taryn McLean and Caroline Smith celebrate their tenth anniversary with Help...
Rom Hamdard served as an interpreter to the Marines in Afghanistan for over ten years. He worked closely with Clinton, TN native and United States Marine Corp Infantryman, Travis Ervin while there. Ervin wrote in a moving...
A major building, at 222 N. Central Street, owned by Dewhirst Properties, has been sold to Thomas Boyd and Will Sims. Constructed in 1885, the 50,000 square foot building operated as a factory making White Lily...
Visit Knoxville, which operates the Sunsphere, announced this week that construction will begin next week on the second phase of their plans to improve the Sunsphere while adding to its functionality. The first phase of their...
Knoxville continues to leverage federal funding to complete projects inside the city. The latest represents one of the largest outlays of federal money to the tune of $41.6 million. The over-arching goal of the various plans...
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,...
(Today’s article is by regular contributor Luke Frazier) This weekend my neighborhood thrived in an atmosphere of cross-cultural understanding, unity of spirit, and joyous expression—all due to a band called Son Rompe Pera. They are the...
Every time I looked at the Big Ears 2024 schedule, I felt a weird mix of giddiness and exhaustion. The schedule was packed with incredible choices, but knowing I could only do so much guided my...
I didn’t see as many shows this year as I’ve seen in the past and that move a deliberate attempt to pace myself and really see and hear each great artist. It helped me not feel exhausted...
And the long journey begins. I’ll cram my coverage and photos into two articles, with a second to arrive this afternoon. We’ll have more coverage tomorrow, as Heather and Luke share their stories. No two 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...
(Today’s article is by recurring guest writer Luke Frazier. Luke and I share a love for Old City Java where we both often work and bump into each other. For a deep dive on owners Shaun...
This Saturday, February 24, from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm two local (one here, one in the Tri-Cities) non-profits will present what they are billing as a “Ukrainian Cultural Exchange” to the Emporium. KoloHub and Restore...