For the past 11 years, we have been celebrating News Year’s Eve with two other couples: Richard and Dawn Ford and Jackie and Ray Fisher. Sometimes we go out to eat, sometimes we go to a party, and sometimes we watch the ball drop at Market Square.
This year we did all three. And we saw [...]

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We were all a little worried when we heard the historic L&N Station at World’s Fair Park was going to be transformed into a school. Why? Because it had become the traditional venue for one of the most fun parties of the year: Knox Heritage’s Cocktails at the Station. (Click here to see a report [...]

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Boyd’s Jig and Reel, the new Scottish pub in the Old City, packed in the crowds on its grand opening night last Friday from the ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. until the wee hours of Saturday morning. How do I know this? I was there at the ribbon cutting and back again with Alan as [...]

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Let the good times roll — every year! The Mardi Gras themed Summer Supper fundraiser benefiting Knox Heritage last Friday was such a rousing success that the non-profit preservation group has decided to make it an annual event.
Here’s what happened. About 80 guests and 40 host committee members gathered in the courtyard of Kendrick Place [...]

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I truly don’t think that headline is an exaggeration. It was the most expensive ($300 per person) of all the Summer Suppers in Knox Heritage’s series of dinner fundraisers — and it was worth every penny.
It was held last month at the historic Lyons View Pike home of Sandy and Kreis Beall, a recently remodeled [...]

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What’s the best way to reward the biggest donors to the Knoxville Botanical Garden? Why a garden party, of course! In one of the best gardens in Knoxville.

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We stepped back in time Saturday night and, although the evening was lovely, the experience made us so grateful to live in the modern day rather than in Knoxville circa the late 1700s.
The occasion was part of the Summer Supper series benefiting Knox Heritage and it involved cocktails

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Give a bunch of grown-ups some candy cigarettes and a few martinis. Throw in a Playboy bunny and a cigarette girl for good measure. And what do you get? One heck of a great party!
The occasion was one of Knox Heritage’s acclaimed Summer Suppers, a series of theme-driven parties set in private homes and [...]

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That statement, coming from downtown developer David Dewhirst, seems like the understatement of the century! Dewhirst has made a career of restoring old buildings — and he’s been a major part of transforming downtown Knoxville in the process.
For the second year in a row,

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If you are like me, you will find the fact that Bill Landry of WBIR’s “Heartland Series,” has written a book based on “Heartland” stories is very good news indeed. Titled, “Appalachian Tales and Heartland Adventures,” it contains, Landry said, “100 stories and 300 pages.” It is due out in September — in plenty of [...]

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