Walls for Women
With 2020 marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote, DMA-events reached out to Convention and Visitors Bureaus throughout the state to…
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Posts from: July 2020
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame to Induct David Stern
The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors announced the induction of David Stern with the Class of 2021 on ABC during the WNBA game between Los Angeles and Phoenix. The Class of 2020 was…
Read More >Shakespeare on the Square Presents a Very Different Season
A funny thing happened on the way to Shakespeare On The Square’s Thirtieth Anniversary Season – we cancelled it! But we heard so often and so longingly from so many people “but it isn’t summer in…
Read More >Upepo the African Lion Arrives at Zoo Knoxville via Air Mail
Knoxville, Tenn. (July 17, 2020) – Zoo Knoxville got a special delivery via air mail yesterday. Upepo, a five-year-old male African lion, arrived safely to his new home in Tennessee on Thursday…
Read More >Zoo Knoxville Offers New Summer Hours To Help You Beat The Heat
Beginning Monday, July 20, Zoo Knoxville is rolling out new summer hours to give guests the option to visit in the evening when the temperatures are cooler and the animals more active. During Summer…
Read More >Mural Program Expands with Wall Avenue Project
July 13, 2020 [ Knoxville, Tennessee ]— Work is scheduled to complete today on a new 12x50 foot mural titled “Windows to the Smokies” by Megan Lingerfelt on the side of the Lerner Lofts building in…
Read More >8th Annual Big Kahuna Wing Festival Canceled due to Covid
It is with a heavy heart that we announce that Knoxville’s largest annual chicken wing festival – the Big Kahuna Wing Festival, originally scheduled for Sunday, September 6th at World’s Fair Park in…
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