September October 2022

As sure as the temperatures cool and every possible food and beverage becomes flavored with pumpkin spice, so too does October fill up with an array of East Tennessee festivals. Here are eight to add to the calendar.  Robert Tino Smoky…
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Amid the postgame tumult, after the crowd of 101,915 sang Rocky Top louder than ever, the UT players did something unusual. First a few, and then virtually the whole team jumped up onto the wall in front of the end zone seats to be with…
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This is the year that all tickets and parking passes to UT games at Neyland Stadium are digital. I successfully flashed my parking pass from my Apple Wallet at the 11th Street lot and walked past the Hill and toward the stadium. Under the…
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Each time you go out to dinner, what do you see in the menu? Delicious meals curated by a special talent in the kitchen? Or perhaps farmers and producers who spent months caring for the ingredients on that plate? For T.S. Strickland, he…
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Carrying on a Johnson City Legacy Each morning in his downtown office, Knoxville lawyer Marcos Garza sits at his desk contemplating how best he will serve his clients that day. It might mean listening intently as a new client talks…
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The Leading Edge in Pain Management It’s far from hyperbole to say that if you’re in need of help managing your pain, you won’t find more qualified physicians than Drs. Don and Mark Jones of Knoxville-based Pain Medicine of the…
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Visiting the mighty before they make their final—and unplanned—departure In the 1800s, naturalist William Bartram once remarked that you could swing from limb to limb from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River without ever…
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Has gentrification found its way to Knoxville? What usually goes up must instead stay the same. That’s as good a way as any to describe how some in Knoxville and around the country want to deal with “gentrification,” a subject that…
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No matter the season, getting off the beaten path and into the wilderness will heal your soul. We have set up our campsite, and I am helping my son Troupe with the evening’s firewood collection. We are in the Smoky Mountains for a few…
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Legacy Parks is making outdoor space accessible for all in East Tennessee Frank Harvey is a man on a mission. If his name does not ring a bell, then you probably are not a rock climber or been on the receiving end of his prosecutorial…
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