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The Daily Pulse: Summer Preserving Class, Saving Abel and the Art of Dying, and ZZ Top
| Posted May 21, 2013Good morning! We made it through Monday. So here's how you can celebrate that feat.Pete Lanctot will play for WDVX's Blue Plate Special today at noon in the visitor center with Dismal Creek. It's free to attend! Bring your lunch!This... Read more...
The Daily Pulse: Arrowmont Instructors' Art Show, Joy Kills Sorrow, and the Price is Right Live!
| Posted May 20, 2013Good morning. It's Monday. Which is tough, but take a look at what's going on around town today. Maybe that will make today easier to get through. Good luck.Teachers at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg will... Read more...
IBM's Smarter Cities Team Makes Recommendations to Lower Utility Bills
| Posted May 17, 2013When IBM's Smarter Cities consulting team came to Knoxville three weeks ago, they were asked to help design a plan to lower utility bills and help educate lower-income residents about how to weatherize their houses to achieve more affordable bills.... Read more...
The Weekend Plan-It: PAWS Among the Blooms, the Biscuit Festival, and Darius Rucker
| Posted May 17, 2013Woooo! We made it! Three cheers! And if you still don't have any weekend plans, we've got some suggestions.FRIDAYAndy Young will play for WDVX's Blue Plate Special at noon in the visitor center with the George Tisdale Band. As always,... Read more...
Music From This Week's Issue: May 16
| Posted May 16, 2013⢠In this week's issue, Jack Neely interviews University of Tennessee jazz instructor Greg Tardy, who just happens to be an internationally renowned sax player with a slew of acclaimed solo recordings and appearances on record with a who's who... Read more...
PSA: Bike to Work Day is Tomorrow; Free Coffee is Involved
| Posted May 16, 2013Hey, people with bikes who like to ride them! Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day, and there is free coffee everywhere.From 7:30-8:30 (yes, in the a.m.), there will be free coffee and biscuits on Market Square, courtesy of Trio Café... Read more...
The Daily Plan-It: Scruffy City Ramble, the Avett Brothers, and Robotic Pirate Monkey
| Posted May 16, 2013Good morning! Hey, it's almost the weekend! (If it's already the weekend for you, kindly keep that to yourself.) Hang in there and take a look at what you can get up to before and after happy hour.At noon, the... Read more...
Ladies and Gentlemen, Here are Your Fragile 15
| Posted May 15, 2013This morning, Knox Heritage announced its Fragile 15 list of vulnerable historic sites in the Kennedy-Baker-Walker-Sherrill House, which was once on the Fragile 15 list and has since been removed. It's currently being renovated by Bill and Katie Hodges, and should... Read more...
The Daily Plan-It: Books Sandwiched In, Dead Confederate, and Vitek
| Posted May 15, 2013Good morning! And happy hump day! (Anyone else have that ridiculous Fergie song stuck in their heads now?) We're halfway through the week! Check out what's going on today.From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Market Square Farmers Market will... Read more...
The Daily Plan-It: Backpacker Mag's Get Out More Team, 'The Climate Reality Project,' and JEFF the B
| Posted May 14, 2013Good morning! We made it through Monday! Gold stars for everyone. Here's what's going on around town today.At noon in the visitor center, Clark Paterson will play for WDVX's Blue Plate Special with W.B. Givens. It's free to attend! Bring... Read more...
