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The Maker City - Photography II

This monthly blog from The Maker City features a look at some of the Knoxville area’s outstanding makers – artists, crafters and custom builders. This month’s blog introduces three area makers who excel at the art of photography. Bruce McCamish of McCamish Photography How did you get…

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Cradle of Country Music Spotify Playlist

Bristol is known as the “Birthplace of Country Music”, today Nashville is home to the Country Music Hall of Fame and famous places where many artists made it big. Knoxville could be thought of a bridge between the very beginning and the growth we see today – a cradle, if you will – a place where…

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Birthplace of Tennessee?

How often do you think of Knoxville as the “Birthplace of Tennessee”? Whether you’ve heard that, or not, it’s one of our city’s distinctions. Many remember when a Gay Street plaque, now vanished, made that claim. It happened downtown, 225 years ago this winter. And it was no ordinary birth of a…

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