Featured Knoxville Photo
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This photo of Knoxville artist Chris McAdoo was taken as he reclined in front of one of his recent paintings, which have mostly focused on his love of East Tennessee rivers and waterways.
Read more about Chris and his art here.
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Quick Knoxville Facts
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| Three of the Top Five privately-held companies in the State of Tennessee are located in Knoxville.
Ranking in the order listed at numbers 2, 3 and 4, they are:
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Featured Knoxville Organization
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| The Arts and Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville
The mission of the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville is to serve and support a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions by assuring their creative, financial, and operational well being. The Arts & Culture Alliance provides leadership and advocacy that establishes and maintains the success of the arts and cultural environment of greater Knoxville, as well as providing for a strong climate for cultural and economic interaction between the arts and the community as a whole.
What does the Alliance do?
The Alliance unites, strengthens, and promotes local arts and culture by focusing its activities on Advocacy, Service, and Education.
Visit the Knox Arts and Culture Alliance website.
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Featured Knoxville Business
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| Pratt's Country Store is a thriving mom and pop grocery in North-Knoxville's Fountain City.
Our review mentions a few of the goodies that you can find there during this peak growing season, and some of the staples, too.
Though we no longer live in North Knoxville, we still go out of our way to shop at Pratt's. The locally-grown groceries, plants and hospitality are so good, we just love to go back!
Read the full article at KnoxvilleBusiness.com
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This Month in Knoxville History
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- August 8: The birthday of James White on this day in 1747, James White was the founder of White's Fort in 1786, which later became Knoxville.
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Knoxville Entertainment
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| Boo! at the Zoo is a spooky good time
October 13, 2005 - Knoxville's largest Halloween event is back and it's bigger than ever. The 19th annual Boo! at the Zoo presented by U.S. Cellular® is eight nights of safe and spooky fun set for Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 20-23 and 27-30, from 5:30-8 p.m. at Knoxville Zoo.
| Read the City of Knoxville's press release for Boo at the Zoo
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Neighborhoods and Communities
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| Island Home is an older South Knoxville neighborhood with many beautiful examples of Arts and Crafts and other older architecture styles from the 1930s.
It is located just a few blocks from the Tennessee River, adjacent to Ijam's Nature Center.
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