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My Favorite Blogs
- Inside of Knoxville Downtown dweller “The Urban Guy” makes this blog his full-time job. 0
- Instapundit Legendary blog of law professor Glenn Reynolds on technology & freedom. 0
- JackLail.com Blog of Jack Lail, director of innovation at the Knoxville News Sentinel. 0
- KnoxViews Admittedly liberal-leaning community space about Knox issues. 0
- Southern Foodways Alliance Southern food all the time! 0
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Category Archives: Media
Conductor’s Circle dinner: “Just a thank you.”
As thank yous go, you could do worse than a steak dinner and beautiful music on a Sunday evening. That’s what the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s “Conductor’s Circle” dinner is all about. “It is literally a thank you,” explained Rachel Ford, … Continue reading
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Kids get shoes, school supplies — and smiles!
About 6,000 people packed Caswell Park on Saturday for the Knoxville Area Urban League’s annual “Shoes for School” event, which provided local children with new shoes and school supplies and connected families with valuable community resources. The back-to-school bash — … Continue reading
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Tom Jester: ‘Call me when you’re serious.’
Ad man Tom Jester’s business card had a drawing of a jester’s hat on it. The slogan on the card? “Call me when you’re serious.” I always loved that. Jester’s celebration of life was held last week and it was … Continue reading
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Susan Packard’s lessons we need to heed
I went to a party last week that was two years in the making. Not because it was so fancy or ornate. Quite the contrary. It was warm and cozy. But, two years ago, when Mary Ellen Brewington heard that … Continue reading
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Cindy McConkey: ‘Playing in the big leagues now’
Cindy McConkey, groundbreaking sportswriter, public relations professional and non-profit manager, passed away at age 58 last month after a four-year battle with biliary liver cancer. An avid athlete and outdoor enthusiast, she commented proudly to her husband just 10 days … Continue reading
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Blackberry, Lonesome Dove beckon writers to return
It would be foolish not to believe that a huge part of the draw of the annual Southern Food Writing Conference is the chance to have dinner at acclaimed Blackberry Farm in nearby Walland, Tennessee. And this is a mutually … Continue reading
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Food writing conference whets visitors’ appetites
The Southern Food Writing Conference always brings a bevy of heavy hitters in the journalism and cookbook writing world to Knoxville and this year’s conference, held here earlier this month, was no exception. Writers and editors from Better Homes & … Continue reading
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