Tag Archives: John Gill

Knoxville community welcomes new campus leader

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Cynthia Moxley

Beverly Davenport, UT-Knoxville’s new chancellor, charmed more than 200 Knoxville business and community leaders recently with her enthusiasm and openness at a reception held in her honor at the Knoxville Convention Center. Costs of the reception were paid for entirely … Continue reading →

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Shhh: Dale Dickey ‘might’ be in a Super Bowl ad

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Cynthia Moxley

(1/28/17 UPDATE: See bottom of this post for a fun update on this earlier story.) Knoxville-born actress Dale Dickey was in town from Los Angeles recently to take care of a few issues surrounding the estate of her late mother, … Continue reading →

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Clarence Brown in ‘Black and White’

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Cynthia Moxley

The Clarence Brown Theatre this year took the theme for its annual fundraising gala from Truman Capote’s famous 1966 Black and White Ball held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. This one, however, was held at the Jackson … Continue reading →

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Oceana was the catch of the trip

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Cynthia Moxley

For Alan and me, going to New York is mainly about two things: going to plays and going to restaurants. With a museum and gallery or two thrown in for good measure. Of course we have our favorite restaurants. Alan’s … Continue reading →

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Clarence Brown Theatre played it perfectly

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Cynthia Moxley

Nearly 40 Knoxvillians bundled up last week and, shrugging off the predicted rain and freezing temperatures, set out for an annual trek to New York City. Four plays in four days and a vow to only eat at restaurants we … Continue reading →

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Cheers to the Coffee Club!

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Cynthia Moxley

When members of the venerable Coffee Club, who have been meeting at least weekly in downtown Knoxville since the 1930s, looked at their bank account record the other day, they noticed they had a tidy little sum saved up.

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Knoxville welcomes banner hire in Rick Barnes

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Cynthia Moxley

I know it’s football all the time right now as the countdown draws close to kickoff of the gridiron season. But for one day last week, thoughts turned to basketball as the business community hosted a reception to welcome Rick Barnes, … Continue reading →

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Blossoms, biofuels and bearded irises

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Cynthia Moxley

I pass by the UT Gardens on Neyland Drive several times a week coming and going from downtown Knoxville to parts west. They are mostly a blur to me. But once a year, we attend a fantastic fundraiser there that … Continue reading →

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Venerable Coffee Club starts 2014 with new tradition

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Cynthia Moxley

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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