Tag Archives: Cynthia Moxley

Venerable Coffee Club starts 2014 with new tradition

There wasn’t a big announcement or a news release. Very few people even know about it. But, in our little part of the social universe here in East Tennessee, the tectonic plates quietly shifted a little as 2013 came to … Continue reading

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Exquisite New Year’s Eve in East Tennessee

When the invitation to the New Year’s party arrived in the middle of summer, I knew it would not be an average evening. With the offer of hired drivers to pick up and return all the invited guests, I also … Continue reading

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Downtowners choose variety of Christmas styles

You can live downtown and still choose a unique style that’s perfect just for you and your family. One of my favorite things about downtown living is that each space is so unique. Some of us downtown dwellers participate in … Continue reading

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Convention Center swanks it up for holiday event

The swankiest nightclub with the best food in town on Tuesday night was at the Knoxville Convention Center as the center’s staff and vendors hosted an over-the-top holiday party to thank clients and friends. The theme, “Cocktails and UnCONVENTIONal Carols,” … Continue reading

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Sweet sensation of cookie exchanges

It is hard to believe that our annual holiday cookie exchange has been going on for 10 years! It all started because of some shows I saw that year on The Food Network, the cable TV network to which I … Continue reading

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New Orleans food: worth the trip, of course

When folks find out we have been to New Orleans on a Knoxville Museum of Art trip, they ask all about the art we saw, right? No. “Where did you eat?” is what they really want to know. As folks … Continue reading

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What does our museum want to be? Knox group considers that during trip to New Orleans

When the Knoxville Museum of Art‘s Collectors Circle members visited New Orleans last month, they got up close and personal tours of two very different museums in that city — the venerable New Orleans Museum of Art and the Ogden … Continue reading

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Not in the mood? This will get you there!

We interrupt this report on the Museum of Art trip to New Orleans to bring you — Christmas! Fantasy of Trees, the huge display of Christmas trees and all other things related to the holiday, continues through 6 p.m. today … Continue reading

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Havana heat: Hot night at the Copa

I have to hand it to the fun folks at the Knoxville Opera Guild: They are nothing if not flexible!

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National leader’s visit spotlights education, science

When National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial visited Knoxville recently, the local Urban League CEO, Phyllis Nichols, wanted to impress upon him that East Tennessee is more than just bluegrass music and Appalachian landscapes. (Not that there’s anything … Continue reading

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