Stories

Researched narratives from Knoxville’s past
A Couple of Moments From Big Ears—the Festival That’s Changing Knoxville
April 5, 2016
It was, more than ever before, a festival of tips on smartphone apps. Attendees got alerts about surprise performances and sold-out shows. The tip I got was strictly analog,...
Knoxville’s History of Musical Surprises
March 31, 2016
Compiled by Jack Neely for the Knoxville History Project The Big Ears Festival is full of surprises. So is Knoxville’s musical history. Here are just a few. In the 1880s,...
Our Man in Havana: James Agee’s One Drink at Sloppy Joe’s
March 30, 2016
Everybody’s going to Havana these days. Obama, the Rolling Stones, half of my chums in Knoxville. I’ve always wanted to see Havana, myself. Cuba doesn’t intersect with...
Our Coliseum Dilemma Stirs Memories of Otis Redding and the Eagles
March 23, 2016
This column would be more popular if I just gave in and renamed it Concerts We Have Known. After I wrote about the Civic Coliseum dilemma several weeks ago, I heard from a whole...
Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon Highlights Knoxville’s History of Footraces
March 23, 2016
The Covenant Knoxville Marathon has been held every spring since 2005, and the event reflects Knoxville’s relatively short but impressive history in the world of running....
A Farewell to Knoxville Artist Robert Birdwell, One of the Knoxville Seven
March 17, 2016
Six weeks ago I attended the opening of the Knoxville Museum of Art’s Knoxville Seven show. Still hanging, it’s a show devoted to seven brash young artists who, from the late...
St. Patrick’s Day in Knoxville
March 10, 2016
St. Patrick’s Day is an old holiday in Knoxville. Irish immigrants and their families have played a major role in Knoxville history. Several of the city’s early founders...
The Mercury, and Knoxville’s Tradition of Independent Journalism, Needs Your Help
March 2, 2016
I don’t know how many of our readers are aware of it, but the Knoxville Mercury is unprecedented in the history of American journalism. If this works, and with your help...
Magnolia Avenue’s History
February 25, 2016
Compiled by Jack Neely for the Knoxville History Project. Today, Magnolia Avenue has hundreds of magnolia trees, but it was named for a woman. Magnolia Bryan Branner (1829-1907)...


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