Knox Heritage opens can of beans (even for dessert)!
When Alan and I signed up to go to Knox Heritage's Summer Supper at the Bush Brothers canning plant in Chestnut Hill last weekend, we expected that we'd have beans as part of our dinner. But I never...
View ArticleEven puppy can’t steal the show from this cook
Here's a little tip for deciding which of Knox Heritage's many great Summer Suppers you want to attend each year. Of course, it's good to look for an interesting setting. And the date has to fit your...
View ArticleTwilight in the garden of good and evil
The last of Knox Heritage's fun "Summer Suppers" was one of the year's best! And it was held in one of the most historic places in Knoxville -- Old Gray Cemetery on Broadway. Established in 1850, Old...
View ArticleGrandiose ‘Gilded Age Gala’ greets 2018
Talk about an evening that had it all! That's what the folks at Knox Heritage aimed for more than a year ago when Kim Trent, the preservation organization's executive director, came up with the idea...
View ArticleGet hitched – and everything else – at the Mule Barn
The Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum is a 47-acre public garden in East Knoxville just two miles from downtown. If you've never been, you definitely need to go. Admission is free, and every...
View Article‘Suttree’s Knoxville’ provides sublime summer evening
It was a stunningly beautiful evening last week at Lakeshore Park when the Big Ears Festival presented "Suttree's Knoxville," a silent film accompanied by live music. The film chronicled Knoxville...
View ArticleLynne Fugate kicks off City Council re-election race with politically diverse...
If you stepped into the bright and noisy rooftop lounge at the downtown Hyatt Place hotel last night, you might have known you were at a political event -- if only by the number of politicians present....
View ArticleMardi Gras on Magnolia!
Kim Trent is an expert on Mardi Gras. She is from Mobile, where the first Mardi Gras was held. So, it was with great enthusiasm that I signed up to attend a Mardi Gras-themed Elegant Dining fundraiser...
View ArticleThe happiest party of the year!
Question: Do hats make people happy? Or do happy people wear hats? The answer really doesn't matter. The upshot is that Hats in Bloom, an annual fundraiser and hat sale benefiting the Knoxville...
View ArticleNourish Knoxville fetes friends with farm day!
This past Sunday, supporters of Nourish Knoxville, the non-profit organization that produces the local farmers' markets, among other things, held a sweet celebration at the fabulous Strong Stock Farm...
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