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Category Archives: Downtown
90th anniversary cocktail party: the bees’ knees!
“Party Prohibition style!” the invitation said. And a sold-out crowd threw on their pearls and feather boas and shelled out a bunch of clams to do just that! It was not your average night in downtown Knoxville as folks in … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Food, Historic preservation, Knoxville, Music, Theater
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The Pat Summitt Suite: beautiful and beneficial
When the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team comes to Knoxville in February to play the Lady Vols, the Gamecocks’ head coach, Dawn Staley, will stay in the new Pat Summitt Suite at The Tennessean Personal Luxury Hotel downtown. … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Travel
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Dinner club our way — and thoughts on variations
So, some friends and we have started a dinner club. We have done some research on how to do it “right” and have discovered, thankfully, that there is no “right” way! So, we’ll tell you what we are doing and … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Food, Knoxville
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Rebel Kitchen rocks refined rations
Rebel Kitchen opens today at 5:30 at 108 W. Jackson Ave., in Knoxville’s Old City. Our recommendation to you: go as soon as you possibly can! Alan and I attended a soft opening on Saturday night with our friends Bill … Continue reading
Filed under: Business, Downtown, Food, Knoxville
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Celebrating a Knoxville artist who loved New York
“Joseph Delaney: On the Move” is a little trip to the hurly-burly street life of New York City — and it’s right here near downtown Knoxville. Delaney, the younger brother of better known artist Beauford Delaney, was born in Knoxville … Continue reading
Filed under: Art, Downtown, Events, Knoxville
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Tomato Jam a smash!
So, the second annual Tomato Jam was this past Sunday and the 10 cocktails I tasted (yep, 10!) were fabulous, as was the VIP brunch by Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro of OliBea. The event benefited Nourish Knoxville, the organization that oversees … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Food, Knoxville
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Coach Pruitt scores with Knox leaders
With the University of Tennessee football season starting in about a month, you can feel the excitement growing in the Knoxville air with each passing day. I see more people wearing orange. And I definitely hear more discussion of the … Continue reading
Clarence Brown Theatre Gala kicks up its boots!
One of the best things about the Clarence Brown Theatre’s annual gala fundraiser is getting to see the great theatrical talent that Knoxville produces. Last year, it was thespian Dale Dickey who received the Clarence Brown’s Artistic Achievement Award at … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Food, Knoxville, Theater, Uncategorized
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‘Knockouts of Knoxville’ = provocative provisions
What’s a good gourmet meal without a few gonads? In this case, sea urchin gonads, which also are known as uni. The occasion for this innovation was this past Monday when the “Knockouts of Knoxville” — arguably our town’s four … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Food, Knoxville
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Ken Burns: U.S. needs ‘less pluribus; more unum’
Historian Ken Burns was in Knoxville recently, appearing on behalf of the East Tennessee Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law. The $300 per seat dinner at the downtown Hilton featuring Gov. Bill Haslam interviewing Burns was … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Journalism, Knoxville, Media
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