Monthly Archives: February 2012

Dancing – and raising $87K for Children’s Hospital

Lord, the costumes were hot this year at Dancing with the Knoxville Stars, an annual fundraiser for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. The top winner for raising the most money was Renita Stinnett, pictured here. The top dance winner was Jay … Continue reading

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The progressive dinner strategy continues

In our never-ending attempt to get everyone we like to move downtown, seven of us center city dwellers staged yet another in our series of progressive downtown dinners. Thanks to a previous progressive dinner, we successfully seduced Bruce and Monique … Continue reading

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Ashley Capps on becoming a concert producer, what makes Bonnaroo special, and his fave acts there

So you’ve heard and read and seen on TV so much about the Bonnaroo music festival, right? You know that music promoter Ashley Capps of Knoxville is the “father” of Bonnaroo, of course. But wouldn’t you like to ask a … Continue reading

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City Council’s tune: “Love Will Keep Us Together”

I know this is one of those posts that has the real potential to come back to haunt me if things go south. But right now, the members of Knoxville City Council are on a love-induced high. I’m not kidding. … Continue reading

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Knoxville Restaurant Week offers great food and great deals for a great cause. We’re in!

Having the news conference kicking off Knoxville Restaurant Week at Ruth’s Chris Steak House served as inspiration for Alan and me to sign up for our first Restaurant Week outing of 2012. We already have made our reservations to return … Continue reading

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Blackberry Farm teams with Knoxville Symphony for over-the-top evening of food, wine and music

At a special gathering, Sam Beall, the proprietor of world-famous Blackberry Farm, a culinary treasure located just 30 minutes from downtown Knoxville, told the assembled music fans last weekend that this was Blackberry’s way of connecting with and giving back … Continue reading

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