Category Archives: Benefits
People watchin’s as much fun as “eatin’ them wangs”: Knoxville’s Big Kahuna Wing Festival
This is a repost on June 20, 2014, the date of the second annual Big Kahuna Wing Festival. Here’s the original post from last year. Today’s festival promises to be even bigger and just as hot as the one last … Continue reading
Art for KARM at Strata-G Jubilee
Anytime art and food are paired for an evening to benefit a worthy recipient, you can count us in! And so it was that when Knoxville artist Mike Berry emailed an invitation to attend Strata-G Jubilee at the Emporium on … Continue reading
Books and Buttercream at The Great Cake Bake
If there’s anything near and dear to the heart of a former English teacher (that would be me), it’s a celebration of books and the joy of reading. So when I heard that Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library would send a … Continue reading
Hot Time, Good Cause: Red, White, and Rock for Red Cross
No one planning Red, White, and Rock, the Knoxville Area Red Cross fundraiser, could have predicted the heat. In fact, not even the weatherman could see it coming! With over 100-degree weather and an outdoor setting at Knoxville’s Cherokee Plaza, … Continue reading
Art DeTour 4: Fountain City Art
Not all of the Dogwood Arts Festival Art DeTours are held in the homes and studios of artists. The Fountain City Art Center – about a block past the Duck Pond on Hotel Avenue in Knoxville– opened its doors, too, so … Continue reading
Art DeTour 3: Highland Pottery
You see, my love of Lisa Kurtz’s pottery began at the Webb School ArtXtravaganza when this drippy brown, ragged edge piece beckoned . . . again and again and again. Believe me, I resisted. I told Lisa I was looking for … Continue reading
ARTitude: Furniture with an Attitude
You never know how one Facebook post can highlight your whole weekend, but that’s how we found out about ARTitude: Furniture with an Attitude, an evening of food, friends, and furniture! Artist and interior decorator of This Is It Interior Design, Morena … Continue reading
