Ellis is a reference librarian at Lawson McGhee Library, and also coordinator for the library’s Brown Bag Green Book series.

Stephen M. Dupree is one of 24 bachelors being auctioned to benefit the Friends of Literacy.

Susan Fowlkes is the Knox County Health Department’s clinical nutrition director and lead on its diabetes management classes open to the public.

Erin Bicknese: "I guess in our culture there are so many things you’re told you can’t do, told, 'Thank goodness we have factories for that.' But you can learn if you try and you’ll get so much out of it."

As director of the Shannonham Singers, Martha Keith Farrelly will lead this all-volunteer senior citizens chorus when they present a choral suite, “The Blue and the Gray,” at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church.

For our first issue of the year, we asked a random sampling of Knoxville personalities a timely question: Do you have any predictions for Knoxville in 2012?

Trying to pick my favorite Street Talk subjects from any given year is like expecting me to choose a favorite child—each one’s my favorite the week their interview runs. I always have some quotes I find especially memorable, though, and ...

Annelle Ferguson: "We’re just frustrated decorators and architects. It’s kind of a joke of mine about most miniature artisans."

Jeff Gubitz is the executive director of the Knoxville Jewish Alliance, one of four groups presenting Knoxville’s fifth annual Menorah Madness on Dec. 26.

Gay Lyons: "At least one supper each summer, tomato pie is served."

With her husband Steve, Tracy Foster helped found a local group, Project Being There, which aims to expand opportunities for orphans in Vietnam.

Higginbotham will direct the new Enough! volunteer program at the YWCA Knoxville. Volunteers will answer phones, observe court proceedings, help educate the community, and help victims of domestic violence create individualized safety plans, understand their rights, navigate the legal system—particularly ...

Noland will present a free lecture, “Stellar Evolution and Mass Confusion,” this weekend as part of the stargazing series held at Marble Springs, the historic home of Gov. John Sevier.

As general manager of Knoxville’s Mast General Store, Jim Richards oversees its Share the Warmth program, now through Nov. 30, which is co-sponsored by Columbia Sportswear and benefits the homeless.

Lara Duren: "I am the unicorn."