Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
How can a place have a personality? How can a place be organic?
He doesn’t know the answers to that. But Jack Neely knows that Market Square has those qualities.
Neely, Knoxville’s unofficial historian, made those observations Wednesday night at a book-launching party for his new paperback, “Market Square: A History of the Most Democratic Place on [...]
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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 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 July 20th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Every year around this time, a little drama plays out at Kendrick Place, the downtown condo development near Chesapeake’s restaurant.
It pits neighbor against neighbor and even has a life hanging in the balance. The life of a controversial pear tree.
Here’s the problem. For a long time - some think from around 1982 when the historic [...]
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Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
As Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam stumps across the state on his campaign to be the next Tennessee governor, he says there are two things people say to him all the time:
How good is the football team going to be?
I remember Knoxville because I celebrated (pick one) an engagement, anniversary or graduation at Regas restaurant.
It’s easy [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
One of downtown Knoxville’s most familiar sights - lawyer Dennis McCarthy walking his adorable beagle, Lily - is about to be just a memory. Dennis and his wife, Judy, are leaving downtown to move to a farmhouse in Loudon County.
Although they have owned the farmhouse for quite awhile, the McCarthys have lived and worked downtown [...]
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Posted on June 15th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
“Leave your cell phones on because they don’t work here anyway! Isn’t it wonderful?”
“Apply an extra layer of sunscreen - even if you just put some on.”
“Drink some water - even if you’re not thirsty!”
Welcome to what we affectionately referred to this weekend as “Bonnaroo Light” - the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert at Cades Cove [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Knoxville said goodbye to Kristopher Kendrick Wednesday night with a packed funeral at downtown’s St. John’s Cathedral featuring an array of Knoxville notables. Kristopher would have loved it.
Sharon Pryse eulogized Kendrick as a “great neighbor.” He lived in her guest house for years before moving into the former Dulin Gallery of Art, which is next door to her on Kingston Pike. She described how he supported her during the illness and death of her first husband and how he buried her beloved dog when the dog drowned. Although he rarely accepted her invitations to dinner, she said he readily agreed to come for weekend breakfasts at 6 a.m. “I look forward to being your neighbor again in heaven,” she concluded.
Kendrick’s best friend, Jane Bailey, whom Kendrick referred to as his
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Posted on April 24th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
At the end of Knox Heritage’s Patrons’ Party at Dorothy and Caesar Stair’s stunning Hilltop Farm Thursday night, a beautiful rainbow appeared over the Tennessee River. It was so appropriate.
The party itself was perfection. Food prepared by the non-profit’s board of directors was plentiful and delicious. Among the offerings: mini barbecue sandwiches, miniature artichoke quiches, [...]
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