Category Archives: Art

Home makeover turns Ashes into extreme partiers

Joan and Victor Ashe, Knoxville’s longest-serving mayor and former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, clearly are enjoying their newly renovated home on Kingston Pike. How can you tell? Well, for one thing, in the space of 10 days this month they … Continue reading

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What’s behind that wall?

I’m sure you’ve noticed the interesting serpentine brick wall on the north side of Kingston Pike near the Sequoyah Hills neighborhood. Ever wonder what’s behind it? The folks at Knox Heritage decided to show their biggest patrons exactly that. In … Continue reading

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Wishing our buddy Ted Smith a happy birthday – and learning how to avoid kidney stones!

Last Friday was the end of a stress-filled week. Alan and I had been out of town at a conference three of the days and we had, of course, been trying to cram everything into the remaining two days of … Continue reading

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Yay! The salad days are back!

Although the Market Square Farmers’ Market doesn’t officially open until this week, several of the regular farmers showed up this past Saturday to give us a kind of “sneak peek.” The weather was iffy, which was unfortunate because it also … Continue reading

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Get to Market Square for Dogwood food, art, fun!

In my 32 years in Knoxville, I’ve never seen a better Dogwood Arts Festival Art Fair on Market Square. This year, the art is as good as it’s ever been and the food and entertainment have been elevated many levels. A … Continue reading

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Easter trees? Yep. This’ll get you in the mood!

Her son says that if you think Julia Shiflett is “over the top” when it comes to Easter, you should see her at Christmas! Seriously? Julia Shiflett and her husband, George, last weekend opened their spacious home on Madison Lane … Continue reading

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Visiting some Knox expatriates in sunny Naples

This past weekend, Alan and I decided to make a whirlwind trip to Naples, Florida, to visit some Knoxville friends who have taken up residence there. Just wanted to put up this quick post to let everyone know how Wanda … Continue reading

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Lunch with TV’s Lisa Ling, a homeless women’s choir, and the most beautiful birds you’ve ever seen

The first annual luncheon celebration for the newly created Women’s Fund of East Tennessee was a sell-out earlier this month — even though no invitations actually went out. In fact, a group of female movers and shakers has quietly been

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A perfect Friday: art, friends, caviar & wine

As my friend Dawn Ford remarked recently, “It’s great to eat caviar and drink wine in the middle of the afternoon.” Especially if the day is your birthday and you are at Blackberry Farm with a bunch of nice folks … 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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