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Metro Pulse Picks Up Awards from the ETSPJ
Last night, Knoxville's media elite gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel for the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists' Golden Press Card Awards. Which is...Read More Published 04/30/2011 at 10:10 AM 0 comments
The Weekend Plan-It: April 29-May 1
The Daily Fact: May Day!WEEKEND PICKSSocial Justice and the University9 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Howard Baker Center, UT campus. Free.Scholars including Frances Fox Piven...Read More Published 04/29/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, April 28
The Daily Fact: My little brother is 30 today. Happy birthday, kid!CIVIXCity Council: Hillside/Ridgetop Protection Workshop5 p.m., Main Assembly Room, City County BuildingJust days after County...Read More Published 04/28/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, April 27
The Daily Fact: Für EliseCIVIXKnox County Board of Education2-5 p.m., Capital Mark Bank and Trust, 551 W. Main St.Uh-oh, looks like one of those navel-gazing...Read More Published 04/27/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, April 26
The Daily Fact: 25 years ago...CIVIXDebating Afghanistan7 p.m., Howard H. Baker Center, UT campus. Free.The Tennessee Debate Society will argue the merits of U.S. engagement...Read More Published 04/26/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
TIME Picks Up "Don't Say Gay" Story
So, if TIME has picked up the story on Stacey Campfield's "Don't Say Gay" bill's success, guess it's official...Bill May Ban Teachers From Discussing Homosexuality...Read More Published 04/25/2011 at 11:51 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, April 25
The Daily Fact: Birth of La Marseillaise.CIVIXKnox County Commission2 p.m., Main Assembly Room, City County BuildingOn the monthly agenda: So how 'bout that Ridgetop/Hillside Protection...Read More Published 04/25/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Photo Gallery: Randy Houser at Sundown in the City
Photographer Eric Gebhart captures the scene at this year's first Sundown in the City, with JC and the Dirty Smokers and Randy Houser. See the...Read More Published 04/22/2011 at 4:55 PM 0 comments
Dissident Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei in the News, and at KMA
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, whose first U.S. solo exhibit outside of New York is stopping next month at the Knoxville Museum of Art, has...Read More Published 04/22/2011 at 2:42 PM 0 comments
The Cottontail Plan-It: April 22-24
The Daily Fact: Extry Extry!WEEKEND PICKSWDVX Blue Plate SpecialNoon-4 p.m. Friday, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.A special extended version of the daily showcase, featuring Mandolin Orange,...Read More Published 04/22/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Oh, Marilyn! When We Think What Could Have Been ...
Maybe you realized you were just too WASPy to be the mayor of a hillbilly town like Knoxville. Maybe you thought you were just too...Read More Published 04/21/2011 at 5:18 PM 0 comments
And She's Out! Or, In! Or, You Know...
City Councilwoman Marilyn Roddy made it official just minutes ago, announcing in Halls that she is dropping out of contention for Knoxville mayor in order...Read More Published 04/21/2011 at 3:18 PM 0 comments
Roddy Announcement Coming at 3
City Councilwoman Marilyn Roddy is going to announce her political intentions this afternoon, in a news conference at 3 p.m. at the Halls Senior Center....Read More Published 04/21/2011 at 2:30 PM 0 comments
Recycling the Fun and Easy Way: Sign Up Now
This week's issue looks at where all of our daily refuse goes: garbage, sewage, and recycling. It's gross but fascinating! And the now the city's...Read More Published 04/21/2011 at 2:23 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, April 21
The Daily Fact: Sam Houston attacks.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Arthur AlligoodNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Sandy-voiced Nashville guitar-and-song man.Randy Houser with J.C. and the Dirty Smokers7...Read More Published 04/21/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Stacey Watch: Stacey's Gay Payola!
OK, even by the normally kooky standards of Sen. Stacey Campfield, this is pretty nuts. Apparently, Del Shores, noted gay playwright/producer/actor/etc., got wind of Stacey's...Read More Published 04/20/2011 at 9:08 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, April 20
The Daily Fact: The story of 420.CIVIXFuture of Nuclear EnergyNoon, East Tennessee History Center. Free.Harold Denton of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will discuss the ramifications...Read More Published 04/20/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, April 19
The Daily Fact: Happy Bicycle DayCIVIXGasland6:30 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church. Free.A screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary about controversial natural-gas drilling.Knoxville City Council7 p.m.,...Read More Published 04/19/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, April 18
The Daily Fact: It's a Borgia birthday.CIVIXKnox County Commission2 p.m., Main Assembly Room, City County BuildingThe monthly work session before next week's meeting. On the...Read More Published 04/18/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Wine Stuck in Liquor Stores for Another Year (or Three)
After last year's elections swept in a bevy of fresh faces in the state legislature, supporters of wine sales in grocery stores thought that...Read More Published 04/15/2011 at 12:54 PM 0 comments
The Weekend Plan-It: April 15-17
The Daily Fact: Happy birthday, LDV.WEEKEND PICKSMarket Square Art Fair10 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Market Square.The "arts" part of the...Read More Published 04/15/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Defending the Honor (and Songwriting) of John Bean
Randy Neal at KnoxViews has posted a spirited defense of Sen. Jamie Woodson's bill to declare John Bean's "Tennessee" a state song. The late Bean emerged as one...Read More Published 04/14/2011 at 11:02 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, April 14
The Daily Fact: Black Sunday.CIVIXMetropolitan Planning Commission1:30 p.m., Main Assembly Room, City County BuildingOn the agenda: the East County Sector Plan (again), the MPC budget.CULTCHAWDVX...Read More Published 04/14/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, April 13
The Daily Fact: The "day freedom died."CIVIXHilltop/Ridgeside Plan Workshop8 a.m., Main Assembly Room, City County BuildingKnox County Commission will hold yet another workshop on the...Read More Published 04/13/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Jazz for Justice Screens Ugandan Breakdancing Documentary, With Appearance by Richard "Crazy Legs" Colòn
Possibly the coolest event of the week just popped into our in-box, too late for this week's issue: a screening of the documentary Bouncing Cats...Read More Published 04/12/2011 at 5:42 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, April 12
The Daily Fact: 1, 2, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock...CIVIX25 Percent7 p.m., Howard Baker Center, UT campus. Free.A documentary about women serving in Afghanistan's parliament, with...Read More Published 04/12/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Mayoral Money Race Heats Up
With the next round of financial disclosures for Knoxville mayoral candidates due today, contenders Marilyn Roddy, Mark Padgett, Madeline Rogero and Ivan Harmon have released reports...Read More Published 04/11/2011 at 4:17 PM 0 comments
New Knox Homeless Report Issued
So is Knoxville really a magnet for the Southeast's homeless? That's one of the claims repeated by aginners who oppose expanding local homeless services--and according...Read More Published 04/11/2011 at 12:01 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, April 11
The Daily Fact: Happy Boring Day!CIVIXHomelessness Meeting6 p.m., United Way, 1301 Hannah Ave.A monthly meeting of the new homelessness task force, now dubbed Compassion Knoxville,...Read More Published 04/11/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Weekend Plan-It: April 8-10
The Daily Fact: Well, it's good that settled that, isn't it?WEEKEND PICKSRossini FestivalAll weekend, downtown KnoxvilleThe 2011 edition of Knoxville's least likely festival includes performances...Read More Published 04/08/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Breaking the Silence Rally Apr. 15
Breaking the Silence will be April 15, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the Knoxville World's Fair Amphitheater. The goal is to celebrate another National...Read More Published 04/07/2011 at 11:14 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, April 7
The Daily Fact: RFC 1 is 42.CIVIXEnergy Efficiency for a Sustainable Future7 p.m., Howard H. Baker Center, UT campus. Free.Dr. Marilyn Brown of Georgia Tech...Read More Published 04/07/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Some 'Compassion' for the Homeless
The recently-formed citizens' task force on homelessness has a new name and another meeting scheduled: The group will now be known as Compassion Knoxville, and...Read More Published 04/06/2011 at 3:36 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, April 6
The Daily Fact: Happy birthday, Hag.CIVIXKnox County Board of Education5 p.m., Main Assembly Room, City County BuildingOn the monthly agenda: Das Budget.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special:...Read More Published 04/05/2011 at 1:02 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, April 5
(Did you know you can subscribe to The Daily Plan-It and get it delivered straight to your e-mail every morning? All the day's events, plus...Read More Published 04/05/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Photo Gallery: Rhythm N' Blooms 2011
Photographer Eric Gebhart dropped in on last weekend's Rhythm N' Blooms Festival to capture the Robinella and the CCstringband reunion on Market Square, plus the...Read More Published 04/04/2011 at 2:12 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, April 4
The Daily Fact: Argonia, Kan., did something 124 years ago that Knoxville might get around to this year.CIVIXKnox County Board of Education5 p.m., 1st Floor,...Read More Published 04/04/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Race That Eats Its Young
The Knoxville Marathon is happening this weekend. It's a great event, and everybody taking part deserves respect for the time and effort involved in training...Read More Published 04/01/2011 at 3:17 PM 0 comments
The Foolish Plan-It: Weekend Edition, April 1-3
The Daily Fact: Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made!WEEKEND PICKSRhythm n' Blooms Music FestivalAll weekend, assorted venues. Festival pass $44, day pass $22.The second edition of...Read More Published 04/01/2011 at 8:00 AM 0 comments

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