After two months, Jennifer Dancu started to feel the creeping panic set in. The COVID-19 pandemic brought her business to a screeching halt. The thought occurred to her that she …
Beaetta Prater: Love thy neighbor
Most people call her Miss Bea. However you address longtime Five Points resident Beaetta Prater, the first things to understand about her are her faith in God and her commitment …
Latino Awards fundraiser goes virtual
Centro Hispano de East Tennessee, a Knoxville-based nonprofit that serves the Latino community throughout East Tennessee, will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a virtual iteration of its popular annual Latino …
Meghan O’Brien: Back home again
It took a few years before a young Meghan O’Brien landed in a place she could call “home.” Her itinerant childhood with her U. S. Air Force colonel father eventually …
Kevin Jeske-Polyak: The long strange trip
When Kevin Jeske-Polyak moved to South Knoxville, he didn’t have a neighborhood. So, he created one and the Southside Waterfront Association (SWFT) to go with it. The neighborhood is comprised …
Pandemic prescription: Laughing through
In a blink, September has arrived, and the end of a challenging 2020 looms ahead. It also means Halloween is just around the corner, which weighs heavily on Jeff Johnson, …
Knoxville writer co-creates Netflix hit series, releases new novel
By all accounts, 2020 has been a crazy year. For Knoxville-based author and screenwriter Shannon Burke, it’s also been crazy busy. In addition to co-creating the Netflix hit “Outer Banks,” …
Muna Rodriguez: Hosting triathlon Saturday
If you want to know how to pull off a public event in these trying times, ask Muna Rodriguez. Rodriguez is a certified race director and co-owner of Personal Best …