A friend of mine showed up on my doorstep earlier this month. She was fresh from a foray into the woods, carrying an old Kroger bag full of odd-shaped fungi that …
Old City Performance Venue Pilot Light Incorporates as a Nonprofit
The small independent-music venue Pilot Light, operating for 16 years in the red as a “for-loss community center” (as it is sometimes affectionately called by regulars), recently incorporated as an …
The Birdhouse Celebrates its 10th Anniversary, But It’s Been a Community Hub Much Longer
The Birdhouse is a two-story Victorian house at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Gill Street with an art gallery, meeting rooms, kitchen, library, studio spaces, the office of a …
A Taste of the Rural Life at Camp Grits
In July, I spent a night at Camp Grits, an unusual Airbnb near Cosby, Tenn, owned and operated by my friends Jim Clark and Primrose Coke. City life was getting …
Knoxville Architect George Barber’s Final Home
Check out our other stories in Abode, your guide to creative home design in Knoxville. The small two-story house at 1707 East Glenwood Ave. in Parkridge sits a little back …