Make birding more accessible

Carol EvansOur Town Outdoors

Birdability presents Because Birding is for Everybody and Every Body, on Thursday, May 27, beginning at 7 p.m. The free virtual event will be presented via Zoom. Birdability is a …

Concerts at Halls and Concord

Mike DonilaOur Town Outdoors

Our Second Saturday Concert Series will return this summer and we have the bands booked but we just have to finalize some details and get the contracts signed!
After that, you …

Summer movies at Ijams

Amber ParkerOur Town Outdoors

Ijams Nature Center and Central Cinema will welcome back movie lovers to the lawn for the 2021 Movies Under the Stars, presented by Cherokee Distributing Co. and Sierra Nevada Brewing …

The land endures

Sandra ClarkOur Town Outdoors

When the Gondolier Restaurant opened in Halls, customers overwhelmed the parking lot. Kroger, a considerable distance from Gondolier, nevertheless had cars towed if a Gondolier customer parked on Kroger land.
It …

West Knox: Calloway Ridge Trailhead

Sandra ClarkOur Town Outdoors

Knox County officials will officially open the Calloway Ridge Trailhead today (5/11) with a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. The Trailhead is just west of the Northshore Drive roundabout with …

East Knoxville: New greenway ahead

Sandra ClarkOur Town Outdoors

Design work will soon begin on a new 2-mile greenway in East Knoxville that will connect Harriet Tubman Park with the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum.
The greenway will skirt Austin …