Coury Turczyn

• Knoxville Hair Stylist Aims to Start Product Line Published 05/22/2013 at 3:13 p.m.

  Benjamin Miller, a hair stylist at LOX Salon in the Old City, believes that a strong sense of confidence can begin with a good look.

• Q&A: Todd Steed Talks About His New Album of Songs Written in China Published 05/15/2013 at 10:55 a.m.

  Knoxville icon Todd Steed’s new album, Songs on a Stick, is a collaboration between Steed and his old friend Owen Davis. The songs were all written while Steed and Davis were in China, where they taught last summer.

• Studio Ghibli’s Torch Is Not Quite Passed Yet With 'From Up on Poppy Hill' Published 05/08/2013 at 10:35 a.m.

  From Up on Poppy Hill is a fine film. But it’s not a great one.

• SouthFest Aims to Give South Knoxville a Boost Published 04/10/2013 at 11:26 a.m. 1 Comment

  Call it the mother of all cash mobs, aka Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s DIY economic booster program for South Knoxville.

• Help Flying Anvil Theatre Go to Charleston Published 04/10/2013 at 10:56 a.m.

  Co-founded by Jayne Morgan and Staci Swedeen, Flying Anvil Theatre is Knoxville’s newest tiny theater company—but it recently got a big honor: an invitation to present Swedeen’s Pardon Me For Living: A Biting Comedy at the 2013 Piccolo Spoleto Festival.

• A Knox Blog for Natural Wonders Published 04/03/2013 at 9:03 a.m.

  Spring is here. Finally. Maybe. And DJ Wilson’s Meander Mountain blog is a fine way to warm up to the new season.

• Two New Film Festivals Announced for 2013 Published 03/27/2013 at 10:27 a.m.

  Two longstanding local film festivals are revamping themselves into much larger events this year—and, although they’ll each be covering different cinematic terrain, and are completely unrelated, their names are rather similar. In separate announcements this week, two teams of organizers ...

• Spa Fon! Fantagraphics Does the World a Favor and Publishes Affordable Reprints of Classic EC Comics Published 03/20/2013 at 10:10 a.m.

  There are lots of important works in the history of comics. But there are just a few comics that are absolutely vital to understanding America’s cultural history. A new series of reprints from Fantagraphics spotlights what is possibly the most ...

• We Must Support a New, Mobile Pie-Making Facility for Knoxville Published 03/20/2013 at 9:46 a.m. 1 Comment

  I love pie.

• A Blog That Fuses Art and Food and Deadlines Published 03/13/2013 at 3:02 p.m.

  Okay, so artist R.L. Gibson’s “food-themed art blog” isn’t Knoxville-based per se (she lives in Gatlinburg), but we’ll still claim it (just like the Smokies).

• Boxie Pets by Rachel Travis Published 11/24/2010 at 11:20 a.m.

  Here it is: The absolutely perfect gift for anyone who loves their pets. Local artist Rachel Travis’ Boxie Pets are custom, hand-painted portraits on 4-inch square “boxes” that are an inch-and-a-half deep.

• Best Book Store: McKay Used Books, CDs, Movies & More Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  Just try to get a parking space on a Saturday at McKay, then prepare yourself to enter the Old Media Thunderdome as combatants vie for deals on books, CDs, DVDs, and video games.

• Best Chef: Bruce Bogartz Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  While his Southern-style flavors are huge, his restaurant location for RouXbarb is what you’d call “intimate.”

• Best Italian: Naples Italian Restaurant Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  Naples also offers the kind of Italian restaurant atmosphere that you usually only see in movies set in Italian restaurants.

• Best Store We Wish Was From Knoxville: Mast General Store Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  Surely, you think, this Knoxville institution must have occupied its Gay Street address since the turn of the century. (The previous one.) Mast General Store is as Knoxvillian as the Dogwood Arts Festival, or Market Square, or the Sunsphere.

• Best Sushi: Nama Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  Who knew that Knoxville by way of Nama would become such an innovator in the sushi arts?

• Best Local Website: Metropulse.com Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  We’re going to assume you’re just being polite, voting for the site that was hosting this very same readers’ poll.

• Best Bakery: Magpies Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  In the field of cupcake experimentation, it’s difficult to resist Magpies.

• Best Ribs: Calhoun’s Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  The challengers are multiplying, but Calhoun's stays on top.

• Best Yoga Studio: The Glowing Body Published 05/12/2010 at 5 p.m.

  With its world-class studio, its Round-Rug concert series, and its Glowing Bowl food service, the Glowing Body yoga studio has very quickly become a community fixture, drawing the yoga faithful from all over town to the Happy Holler environs.

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