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Nestful of Knoxvillians help The Swag open 40th season
The Swag over near Waynesville, North Carolina, opened for its 40th season last weekend with a lot of familiar faces — including ours! Owned by Knoxville residents Annie and David Colquitt, the mountain resort which consistently ranks in Conde Nast … Continue reading
Filed under: Food, Music, Travel
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Debating the staff of life: free bread with dinner?
My husband is a bread lover. Raised in North Knoxville, Alan Carmichael says his family had bread at every meal: biscuits, cornbread, dinner rolls — or just sliced store-bought white bread stacked on a plate in the center of the … Continue reading
Filed under: Business, Food, Knoxville
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Warm memories of last dinner at Blackberry Farm
When news came yesterday that Blackberry Farm and Blackberry Mountain will reopen on May 14, it made me wistful for the last dinner we had there. It was for the sponsors of the Knoxville Museum of Art’s annual L’Amour du … Continue reading
Filed under: Events, Food
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Girl Scout cookies: an important excuse for a party. (And you still can nab some!)
The sale of Girl Scout cookies provides 70 percent of the entire budget of the local Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians every year. So, you can imagine what a blow it was when the coronavirus forced the organization to … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Events, Food, Knoxville, Uncategorized
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L’Amour du Vin 2020: Back when we could have fun!
It hasn’t been that long — it actually was just earlier this month — but it seems like an eternity ago. The Knoxville Museum of Art hosted what was one of the last big social occasions many Knoxvillians would attend: … Continue reading
Wine, food and ‘donuts behaving badly!’
The Knoxville Museum of Art’s hugely successful L’Amour du Vin fundraiser has come and gone (more on that in a later post), but one of my favorite parts of the whole weekend every year is what’s called the “Artist’s Luncheon.” … Continue reading
Filed under: Art, Events, Food
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Jason Drotar: a sweet sommelier looking for love
Hello, everybody. I think this is the longest I’ve gone without posting in the 10-plus years of writing the Blue Streak. Sorry about that. The fact is, I still have a more than full-time job in the public relations field … Continue reading
Filed under: Food
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Players dazzle with diverse culinary, musical talents
When the Knoxville Symphony performs at one of our beautiful downtown theaters, the musicians seem to effortlessly harmonize and form one cohesive voice. But, actually, the Knoxville Symphony is a very diverse group of individuals. The members hail from nine … Continue reading
Opera airs anguish and artistry of Beauford Delaney
The season of Beauford Delaney continues in Knoxville, this time with a gripping locally produced opera performed by the Marble City Opera last Friday and Saturday to a full house at Beck Cultural Exchange Center. The one-hour world premiere tells … Continue reading
Filed under: Events, Food, Knoxville, Music
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Witnessing ‘the cleaning ballet’
“It’s the most amazing thing,” raved my friend Gay Lyons. “You’ve just got to see it!” My friend Laura Cole was incredulous, as well. “You mean you’ve never seen it?” she asked. What the heck were they talking about? Gay … Continue reading
Filed under: Downtown, Food, Knoxville
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