Last year when the Market Square Farmers’ Market opened, it seemed as if the only things available were lettuces and green onions. But this year is entirely different. From beautiful strawberries and broccoli to delicious jams and breads, you literally could feed your family from the bounty of local farmers. And it’s still April.
The [...]

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I’m certain you have heard of the Red Hat Society. With 20,000 chapters and 70,000 members, it would be hard not to have. Founded in 1997, it’s the largest women’s social group in the world, according to a recent report on CBS News. (Click here to see that report.)
But have you heard of the Fabulous [...]

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One of the best things about the Knoxville Symphony League’s Elegant Dining events is that you get to see places you might not otherwise visit. On a beautiful Sunday earlier this month, the place was the Reserve at Bluebird Hill near Lenoir City.

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Up until this year, Oysterfest, a fundraiser benefiting Child Help Tennessee, always has been held on the same night as Center Stage, another fundraiser benefiting Children’s Hospital. That has been a particular shame because, not only are they both fun events benefiting worthy causes, but they are both benefiting children’s causes.
This year for the first [...]

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It’s 38 steps around Gay Lyons’ kitchen. It’s 630 steps around the unoccupied space on the 3rd floor of the historic Miller’s Building downtown. It’s about 500 steps around Market Square, depending on how far you go on the TVA end.
Why do I know this? Because for six weeks recently, some friends from Moxley Carmichael [...]

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Using just Facebook and phone calls, WBIR-TV’s news anchor Robin Wilhoit and promotions director Julie Morris coordinated a fun-filled station reunion party last Saturday at Barley’s in the Old City. More than 100 folks — most with ties to our city’s leading news station — showed up for the low-key bash. It was such an [...]

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Just a quick little post to tell everyone how great the Market Square Art Fair is this year! I’ve been there twice today to buy things and I think I’m going back to pick up just one more thing I admired and can’t live without. Hope it’s still there!
My strong advice is to go there [...]

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More than 700 well-clad (and well-heeled!) folks packed the Knoxville Convention Center last Saturday for Center Stage, the annual big benefit for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. Tickets were $300 each to see veteran 1980s rockers Huey Lewis and the News. After an elegant cocktail hour and a fantastic meal of filet mignon and scalloped potatoes [...]

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As charming as former University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley was at a $250-per-ticket fundraiser in Sequoyah Hills last week (see previous post), he was even more engaging at a much cheaper-ticket event the following evening at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. More than 150 garden lovers showed up to buy copies of [...]

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Legendary University of Georgia football coach and athletic director, Vince Dooley — also the father of UT football coach Derek Dooley — is in town to visit the Knoxville Botanical Garden tonight and sign copies of his new book about gardening.
But last night, he was guest of honor at a $250-per-ticket fundraiser to benefit the [...]

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