The handsome older buildings on Lake Ridge Drive, in the historic village of Concord, give lie to the idea that everything in West Knoxville is new, new, new. The red-brick …
Center to host Learn Bridge in a Day seminar
Bridge is easy to learn and challenging to master, says player and expert Jim Ricker. He leads games for beginning and intermediate players at the Knoxville Bridge Center at 7400 …
Arbital brings the world into her glass and mosaic art
Glass and mosaic artist Susan Watson Arbital was on a path to a different life when she took a hobby course in stained-glass crafting in her 20s. An accountant by …
Empty Cup coffeehouse promotes adoption
The comfort and the coffee draw people into The Empty Cup, a coffeehouse in the corner of a strip mall in Cedar Bluff, in a large storefront that once housed …
Artist Regina Tullock is in her element with lake-life images
When art photographer Regina Tullock was a child, the adults in her life paid close attention to the world around them. Her maternal grandmother was constantly capturing images with a …
New Vision takes healthy, personal approach to weight loss
New Vision Weight Loss Clinic in Karns is just steps away from a pizza place, a doughnut shop and a Chinese restaurant. When patients remark on this, clinic owner Holly …
Jim Costa finds life’s second act as an ESL tutor
Jim Costa’s career as a chemical engineer for Firestone and other companies took him all over the globe, from northern Africa to South America.
“I was very active,” Costa says, “hopping …
CASA volunteers put children first
On a recent cold, sunny morning on Division Street, a group of eight assembled early in Knox County Juvenile Court Judge Tim Irwin’s courtroom for a swearing-in as court-appointed special …