Plot your own pumpkin

Mary Pom ClaiborneOur Town Youth

With Halloween right around the corner, the library is chocked full of programs, storytimes and such. Get your creative juices flowing! Turn a pumpkin into a story-inspired character that will …

Home movie shows 1950 Vols vs Bama

Mary Pom ClaiborneFeature

Mary Pom Claiborne gave her space this week to Janine Winfree, assistant archivist from TAMIS, who wrote this summary. Here is a link to the film on Vimeo.
The third Saturday …

Knoxville boasts people of letters

Mary Pom ClaiborneOur Town Stories

I don’t know the literary heritage of other cities, but Knoxville seems to have an abundance of people of letters. Maybe it’s the deep shadows of Appalachia or the roaming …

TAMIS awarded $71,400 for film preservation

Mary Pom ClaiborneDowntown

In the days before the ubiquitous cell phone camera captured every small moment, home movies provided a unique eye on everyday life, which sometimes turned out to be significant historical …

It’s time for the Fair

Mary Pom ClaiborneEast Knox, Our Town Youth

It’s early September which means the Ferris Wheel and Matterhorn rides are about to spin at the Tennessee Valley Fair. The gates open this Friday for the 106th time (well, probably …

Sailing home with Read City

Mary Pom ClaiborneOur Town Youth

Land ho! We’ve been reading together as a community since January to meet our one-million hour Read City goal. So far, we’ve read more than 750,000 hours on this seafaring voyage: Oceans of …