Stories

Researched narratives from Knoxville’s past
Kings Alley
September 30, 2015
Whenever we talk about black history, we have to admit that there are large parts of it that are off limits to us. Before the civil-rights era, black lives were rarely chronicled...
Louie Bluie Festival Celebrates the Legacy of Eclectic Musician Howard Armstrong
September 24, 2015
The annual Louie Bluie Festival is held each year at Cove Lake State Park, about 30 miles north of Knoxville off I-75, but it celebrates the legacy of a musician who kept...
Metro Pulse’s Online Archives Vanish Overnight
September 23, 2015
We’d been wondering when this shoe might fall. Last week we learned that someone associated with the Journal Media Group, the News Sentinel’s corporate owner, disconnected...
Knox Heritage’s Critical Role in Saving Knoxville’s Historic Buildings
September 17, 2015
Without preservationist organization Knox Heritage, the city of Knoxville would lack many of its now-familiar landmarks. The nonprofit began in 1974 as a group of volunteers...
Documentation: Nina Simone, and From Paper to Pixels
September 16, 2015
The new documentary about Nina Simone is making the rounds. It may not ever reach local theaters (it’s a Netflix production, available for streaming), but several weeks...
Bruce McCamish’s Facebook-Famous Photos Give a New Perspective on Knoxville
September 16, 2015
Bruce McCamish draws second glances when he’s raising an expensive camera several fathoms above his head on a busy downtown street corner. The slender telescoping pole he uses...
Knox County Public Library Foundation’s Ambitious Paper to Pixels Project
September 11, 2015
The Knox County Public Library Foundation is taking on its most ambitious project: to digitize all the copies of one Knoxville newspaper from 1922 to 1990. Why digitize a newspaper?...
Keith Bellows, 1951-2015
September 9, 2015
In the wake of his sudden death Saturday before last, dozens of travel-writing professionals have been hailing Keith Bellows as a giant in the industry: “brilliant, a creative...
The Birth of Tennessee Football
September 3, 2015
Knoxville was not always crazy about football. Although college football is most popular in the Southeast, the new sport, which evolved in the Northeast in the 25 years after...


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