Tom Mattingly, a former city of Knoxville employee before joining the UT Sports Information Office for 18 years (1987 to 2005), has for the past four years written a Sunday column and daily blog for the News Sentinel. Both are called “The Vol Historian” — and, naturally, that’s what Mattingly also has come to be [...]

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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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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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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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To celebrate the great time we are having in our new offices in the historic Miller’s Department Store building at 445 S. Gay Street, we made “coming back to Miller’s” the theme of our annual mid-winter client party this year.
The invitation had historic photos from Miller’s in its heyday. And we chose the time setting [...]

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Marilyn Monroe greeted guests as we arrived Sunday evening at Dawn and Richard Ford’s house for the Academy Awards party. When the door opened, “Ryan Sequins” appeared with a microphone to interview everyone on the red carpet that had been rolled out. That pretty much set the stage for the evening.
The folks gathered were members [...]

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Last year, I went to this great event by myself and had a really fun time. This year, my husband Alan went too and after experiencing it — and seeing the dancers’ outfits — he’s ready to buy tickets for next year! And our neighbor, Bart, who joined us, says he’s ready to sign up [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait until Restaurant Week! That is a first-ever event in Knoxville set for Feb. 27 through March 4. During that time, about 30 high-profile Knoxville restaurants will offer fixed price meals — three courses for either $25 or $35 — and donate $5 per meal to Second [...]

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Some of us were trying to schedule a small meeting at the Knoxville Convention Center a couple of weeks ago and the only available space there was the office of Mary Bogert, the center’s general manager. “I apologize, but every single room in the building is in use,” Bogert explained. “It’s a good problem to [...]

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Well, they’re not wimps, that’s for sure!
Nineteen great (and brave) guys offered themselves up for auction last night to raise money for Friends of Literacy. “Guys That Give,” the first annual bachelor auction for Friends, was a rip-roaring success. All the guys were “sold” to very competitive ladies for prices up to $500. Each bachelor came with [...]

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