Stories

Researched narratives from Knoxville’s past
My life as a two-wheeled contrarian
June 22, 2017
I’m always out of step. In the ’80s, I was all about craft beer, berating Knoxville for its embarrassing dearth of ales of a hue and bite and alcohol content suitable...
Bearden’s Mini Movie Walk of Fame
June 22, 2017
On a beautiful evening recently, I went in search of Ingrid Bergman in the heart of Bearden. Among the boutiques, bistros, art stores and railroad tracks, I found her mark...
Marshal Andy’s secret: Our favorite cowboy got his start as a jazz singer
June 19, 2017
A while back, I got a surprising phone call from an old friend. I’d been writing some about some legendary jazz-era icons who I’d just learned, thanks to Papers to Pixels,...
The Origins of Knoxville Beer
June 19, 2017
Knoxville Brewfest highlights new beers, but our brewing tradition goes way back. Beer became popular here with the immigration of German and Irish immigrants in the mid-...
Nkechi Ajanaku, Farewell
June 8, 2017
Nkechi Ajanaku died last week at age 60. She was best known as the longtime director of Kuumba, Knoxville’s biggest annual African-American festival since its inception....
The Best Newspaper Reporter: Paul Y. Anderson on Phillips Avenue
June 1, 2017
Last week I wrote about the new Suttree Landing Park, and its surprising nod to a novel by Cormac McCarthy whose primary setting is a Knoxville underworld of riverside shantytowns...
Celebrate the 150th Birthday of Knoxville’s First Female Journalist
May 26, 2017
June 5 is the 150th birthday of Pattie Boyd (1867-1947). Although a woman named Elizabeth Roulsone became publisher of the Knoxville Gazette after her husband’s death in 1804,...
Cal Johnson’s First Speedway
May 25, 2017
Suttree Landing Park looks nautical, with little pocket lookouts for picnics or contemplation almost like jetties. Stand at one of these promontories on a Saturday afternoon...
A Mile of Magnolia: This Weekend’s Open Streets Showcases an Interesting Part of Town Some Avoid
May 18, 2017
Some suburbanites who know Magnolia Avenue only from vice reports in the news pronounce it with a shiver. It’s a butt of complacent cocktail-party jokes. Newcomers to town,...


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