Birdhouse Cafe
Interesting piece on the owner of the Birdhouse Cafe in South Knoxville
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/feb/21/jessica-boling-woman-leaves-fashion-runway-to/
Old North couple’s home in Dwell
UT architecture professors Tricia Stuth and Tedd Shelton have had their Old North Knoxville home featured in the March edition of Dwell magazine. Check out more details about their very cool Gill Avenue house on their blog here.
Central Flats and Taps opening in Happy Holler
A new neighborhood pub/pizza shop called Central Flats and Taps is coming soon to Downtown North in the former Veg-O-Rama space on N. Central – check out Josh Flory’s article about it here.
Eat Play Live Knoxville Conference – save the date!
The Knox County Health Department is sponsoring a conference on Saturday, March 10 at the new L&N STEM Academy that is focused on real ways we can get healthier right here in Knoxville. There will be three areas of focus at the conference: 1) Grow Food Yourself – Options for Your Space, 2) Outdoor Action – Active Neighborhoods and Safer Streets, and 3) Farm to Fork – Local Farm Choices. Eat Play Live Knoxville will be from 8:15am-2pm and light breakfast and lunch will be served. For more information and to sign up, go here in early February.
Three Rivers Market Coop Discount Days!
Mark your calendars! Members of Three Rivers Market food coop can take 10% off their entire purchase any one day between January 12-15. Knoxvillager thinks this is a great time to stock up on all of those granola-making supplies!
Beardsley Farm Snow Day 2012!
This year has been a little unusual weather-wise — Knoxvillager has been known to go sockless even in the last week — but Beardsley Farm’s usually aptly-named annual fundraiser, Snow Day, is in 11 days. Join everyone at Barley’s Taproom on January 20 at 7pm for live music and a soup contest featuring local restaurants such as Harry’s Deli, Bistro at the Bijou, The Plaid Apron, Just Ripe and reigning champion Coolato Gelato. But the highlight of the evening might just be the 2nd Annual Beard Pageant! Last year Snow Day raised 20% of Beardley’s budget, so come out, have a beer and support urban farming here in Knoxville. More info on Beardsley and Snow Day 2012 here.
Looking for that rare piece of hardwood? Jeffries Fine Lumber has it.
The Knoxville News Sentinel had a good article about Jeffries Fine Hardwood located in South Knoxville. Jeffries is a great place to find rough cut boards of almost any species. You will pay for the convenience, but if you need something specific you will have a hard time getting it anywhere else. Knoxville is lucky to have these stocks so close. Read the Sentinel article here and if you need direction check out a map of their location here.
The Neighborhood Center, a.k.a. The Birdhouse
If you haven’t heard about it already, The Neighborhood Center is a community center also known as The Birdhouse, and it’s located at 800 N. Fourth Avenue in Fourth and Gill (actually, literally at the corner of Fourth and Gill). Every first Saturday they have an art opening, every Monday there is a movie night, and they occasionally host community group meetings. Get more information, including a calendar of events, here.
Old North Knoxville Holiday Home Tour
The 2011 Historic Old North Knoxville Home tour is showcasing 11 beautiful homes in the Old North Knoxville neighborhood the first weekend in December. It is sure to be a great event and we hope to see you there! More info on homes on the tour and tickets here.
Learn more about the Urban Land Scouts
Beginning this month, Three Rivers Market will be hosting a series of ten meetings about the Knoxville-based Urban Land Scouts, bringing awareness to the practice of observing the land on which we live. Download a pdf with all the meeting dates and details on the class fees here, and check out general info on the Urban Land Scouts here and here.
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