Posted on August 28th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
A tasteless “Amos and Andy” type delivery of a joke at Tuesday’s meeting has caused one member of Knoxville’s oldest Rotary club to resign and many others to express concern.
Members say that at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting, long-time member Joe Johnson told a joke from the podium about fighter Mike Tyson and used in [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Television and film actress Dale Dickey made a quick decision when she got a call from Cal MacLean, the artistic director of Knoxville’s Clarence Brown Theatre, asking if she wanted to return to her hometown to play the role of Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
“I never in my life thought I would be [...]
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Posted on August 24th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
You hear the same things over and over about Wallace Baumann. He was a fascinating conversationalist and a meticulous dresser. He knew everything about Knoxville’s history. He loved music and movies. He was a great friend. And he liked his bacon crisp.
Wallace Baumann died this month at the age of 84 following a very serious lung operation. [...]
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Posted on August 18th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
A group of friends chipped in together Saturday to come up with the $75,000 winning bid for an evening with country music superstar Dolly Parton. Ten folks will get to tour Parton’s famed “Tennessee Mountain Home” in Sevier County and dine on barbecue. Gatlinburg Realtors Sabrina Taylor and Tabitha Hall then will stay the night [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Having a professional symphony orchestra in a town provides a lot more benefits than just a few scheduled concerts. A weekend in Knoxville last month drove that point home for me.
On Friday, Alan and I went to see one of our favorite groups, The Johnson Swingtet, perform at Alive After Five, the popular concert [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Michael Ginsburg picked up his black flute and began playing the haunting theme to the “Heartland Series” clear and sweet. Thousands of folks sweating it out in 94-degree heat at the Museum of Appalachia Saturday fell into a reverent hush. The melody was sad and lonely and it seemed to hang in the air.
The atmosphere [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Sometimes the best things in the fridge are the leftovers. Let’s hope it’s the same way with blog posts! Here are some random things we found when rummaging around our notebooks.
Get a load of the great dress Allison Burchett is wearing in this photo from the Front Page Follies evening at the downtown Marriott last [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
It’s like a clean New York. Maybe a little more manageable and a little more friendly. I guess you could say it’s New York Lite.
Alan and I just got back from Chicago, and we loved it. I’d been there before. To the airport, of course, and to our client U.S. Cellular’s offices. But they are [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
On a wall in Phyllis Nichols’ office at the Knoxville Area Urban League is a frame containing a paycheck stub and a one dollar bill.
They are not hers, but those of a woman she met at the inner city Walter P. Taylor public housing development in 1994. “She was the first person I ever [...]
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