May June 2023

Summer has begun, and with the kids out of school and some fine Southern weather out your door, everyone is in need of something new to explore. Poke around online and you’ll surely find no shortage of great vacation ideas, but for those…
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How a vacation led to a new mission for KSO musician Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2007 rewarded Gary Sperl with a brand new passion in life. The principal clarinetist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Sperl visited Tanzania…
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A small town amid mountain vistas The Sevier County side of the Smokies can have the outlet malls, the fudge shops, the waterslides, and the mini golf courses. On the other side of the Smokies, in Highlands, NC, the emphasis is on…
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Prior to his service as a Seabee during the Second World War, my uncle Jay was quite the prankster. I’ve oft envisioned him scouring the family farm fields on the Jefferson/Hamblen county line, glass jar in hand, filling it with any…
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The Knoxville Museum of Art is closed for a six week period as it prepares for an expanded version of “Higher Ground: A Center of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee”. The museum’s flagship permanent exhibit, “Higher Ground” showcases pieces…
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Hometown Heroes:Why Knoxville teacher Ernie Roberts spends so much time volunteering Ernie Roberts’s list of community involvement reads like a roster of Knoxville’s nonprofits: He’s taken Key Club members from Bearden High School to…
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A Farm for All in Knoxville My Happy Place Since I was a girl, RiverView Family Farm has always been my happy place. Hay season brings back so many memories from my childhood. The sounds of the rake and baler moving…
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Prepped for Opportunity, Driven by Success By Alpesh Patel of Kana Hotel Group Building a Brand My career in hospitality began in New York, where I attended Cornell and worked as a hospitality consultant at Ernst & Young.…
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What's in a name? 87 Years of Service to TN By Matt McGarry One might wonder, as Shakespeare did in Romeo and Juliet: What’s in a name? Well, the partners at Wallace Real Estate have given that quite a bit of thought lately. Ask…
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Planning Ahead Can Make all the Difference With summer just around the corner, many of us look forward to enjoying hot days and cold drinks. However, after a long day at the lake, pool, or golf course, it’s easy to lose track of how…
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