Posts by Jack Neely

Author: Jack Neely

Jack Neely is the author of several books about his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. Jack’s books are available at Union Ave Books in downtown Knoxville.

This weekend is another in Knoxville's series of Open Streets events. Go to Sutherland Avenue on

Although Dogwood Arts Festival is practically a season more than an event—its calendar of

A number of folks at UT's History Department are excited about this, the biggest event of its kind

A century ago, Knoxvillians might have been pretty surprised to hear about a ‘dogwood festival’.

Knoxville was once famous for factory-made stuff, like socks, gauges, motorboats, T-shirts, and

The Bijou Theatre is 110 years old. It was finished in the Edwardian era, the final days of Teddy

For some reason, when we talk about Knoxville industry, we talk about textiles and nails and

Art Garfunkel is performing at the Bijou on Friday, Jan. 18. He performed there at least once

This New Year's Eve, you'll probably drink some champagne, perhaps too much of it, and, come

Historic Knoxville Christmas Tree courtesy of Knoxville History Project

We go downtown to look for

Author: Jack Neely

Open Streets: Sutherland

The Dawn of Dogwoodmania – Part 2

James K. Polk's Biggest Party Ever

The Dawn of Dogwoodmania – Part I

Knoxville's Makers

Happy Birthday, Bijou

Our Chocolate Factories: When Candy was a local industry

Art Garfunkel and the Everlys

Ringing Out the Old - How we celebrated New Year's Eve

Of Christmases Long, Long Ago

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