Arts + Culture

Dogwood Arts Festival Keeps Knoxville Blooming

Cultivating Creativity and Economic Growth in our Little Maker City Article by Chelsea Babin | Photography by Jared Worsham Photography, Cora Wagoner and Eli Johnson Celebrate spring in our Maker City with the 65th annual Dogwood Arts Festival. A beloved Knoxville tradition, the festival is renowned for showcasing the city's beautiful dogwood blooms, alongside hundreds of talented artists and local makers. With a 70-year legacy in East Tennessee, Dogwood Arts champions the art, culture and...

Finance + Legal Services

Investing and The Simplicity of Incentives

Article by Eric Foster, CFP®, CPA | Photography by Ben Finch, Eric Foster, CFP®, CPA Like many things, you can make investing complicated. Understanding financial ratios, a myriad of products and stock prices that swing with every new tariff threat can seem a bit much. But let’s not overcomplicate it—investing is just a system of incentives dressed up in a suit and tie. Investors throw money at companies because they think those companies will make even more of it. The executives? They’re...

Local Services

Second Harvest Hosts Planned Giving Lunch and Learn

Article by Knoxville City Lifestyle Staff | Photography by Josie Fellers Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee, along with the A.R. Johnson Legacy Society and PYA Waltman Capital, hosted a Planned Giving Lunch and Learn focused on the power of thoughtful philanthropy. The event brought guests together to discuss how strategic charitable giving helps organizations like Second Harvest build sustainable support networks, strengthen core services and respond quickly to emerging needs across...

Education

The Bijou's Second Balcony:

A New Book Highlights the African American Experience at Knoxville’s Historic Theater Article by Paul James and Jack Neely | Photography by Shawn Poynter, Eli Johnson, Andy Vinson, McClung Historical Collection Late last year, the nonprofit Knoxville History Project published a new book for the Bijou Theatre, The Second Balcony: The African American Experience at the Bijou Theatre. Researched and written by Jack Neely with the assistance of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center, this project is...