Photo op! (Celebrating the best Blue Streakers)
One of the easiest parties to plan every year is our annual (for the most part) Blue Streak party. This is a gathering to thank the photogenic folks who have been on The Blue Streak blog the most in...
View ArticleKnoxville is “Tyndall Town” now
More than 200 community and business leaders filled a big tent overlooking World’s Fair Park on a patio at the Knoxville Convention Center last week to welcome Donnie Tyndall, UT’s new men’s basketball...
View ArticleUrban League treads where needed most
School has started, and everybody wants new shoes for the occasion. New shoes make you feel special. They give you a great start and a fresh perspective on the new year and all the promise it holds....
View ArticleHow to launch EventCheck Knox? With a party!
Thank you to Maria Cornelius of Moxley Carmichael for writing this guest post for the Blue Streak. This also was posted on EventCheck Knox. -Cynthia Moxley EventCheck Knox officially launched with –...
View ArticleIt was a Time for dancing — and recognition
One of the best parties of the year is the Knoxville Area Urban League’s Equal Opportunity Awards Gala. Held the fourth Thursday of every October, it combines a serious mission — giving out the...
View ArticleSweetest addition arrived late to cookie exchange
This was the 11th year for our annual cookie exchange and, by now, it just wouldn’t seem like Christmas without it. Our spouses and families have come to look forward to it, and we know all the “rules”...
View ArticleStrings, scenes and splendor at Blackberry Farm
The timing couldn’t have been better. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s annual fundraiser at Blackberry Farm fell on a warm Sunday evening last month — right during a break in the frigid weather. It...
View ArticleThe sad reality of racism in Knoxville
I really thought we in Knoxville were making progress on this racism thing. But Sunday was a wake-up call about how far we still have to go. I have to admit I am disappointed and a little depressed. It...
View ArticleYou’ve got to eat a part of it, New York, New York
Whenever we return from New York, half our friends ask us what plays we saw. But the other half have just one burning question: Where did you eat? So, we took a few notes and a few pictures and here’s...
View ArticleEWA finds power in numbers for 35 years
Thirty-five years ago, I hate to say, women were almost invisible in the power structure of Knoxville. That’s when a handful of local professional women got together and formed a support group, of...
View ArticleKnoxville welcomes banner hire in Rick Barnes
I know it’s football all the time right now as the countdown draws close to kickoff of the gridiron season. But for one day last week, thoughts turned to basketball as the business community hosted a...
View Article‘Evening Under the Stars’ was stellar
Sometimes you just want to go to a great gathering that has swinging music, convivial friends and delicious food in a breathtaking setting. No silent auction. No live auction. No awards or long...
View ArticleAs Kool & The Gang would say: Celebrate!
The annual Knoxville Area Urban League Equal Opportunity Awards Gala is a jam-packed night. You have a general reception, a VIP reception for sponsors, the awards ceremony itself, dinner and then...
View ArticleAn unusual auction item? We’re game!
It was at the Front Page Follies this summer when auctioneer Bear Stephenson announced an item I thought sounded like fun. A game dinner prepared by News Sentinel columnist Sam Venable and his wife,...
View ArticleBlue Streakers take a ‘dive’
Because the Blue Streak would not be possible without the cooperation of hundreds (at least) of Knoxvillians who patiently stop in the middle of partying to pose for photos and chat at events, we like...
View ArticleInteresting, innovative Inuksuit
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision on my part. Something I’m not really supposed to do without consulting my business (and life) partner, Alan Carmichael. (I did get his buy-in later before it became...
View ArticleSymphony League dinner: wine, water and wow!
Wow, it’s great to know someone who owns a vineyard and winery! The Knoxville Symphony League discovered that very thing when Jenny and Randy Boyd donated four cases of their Serendipity Malbec,...
View ArticleFun, fireworks and fowl to celebrate Fourth
It’s summer and that means Knox Heritage’s uber popular Summer Suppers are in full swing. I love these things. They are great little (or big) parties put together by a creative host committee at a...
View Article‘The Final Season’ captures essence of Pat Summitt
I was lucky enough to receive one of the first copies of “The Final Season,” the new book about University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball Coach Pat Summitt’s last season coaching the legendary Lady...
View ArticleBidding for experience brings event to a boil
Since Alan and I downsized several years ago to a condo in downtown Knoxville, we have adopted a new strategy for all the charity auctions we attend. We don’t have much space to acquire more “stuff.”...
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