Wow! That was one expensive football!
The Evergreen Ball, a fundraiser for Friends of the Smokies, was held at Cherokee Country Club Feb. 12th after being postponed from its original date by inclement weather. Of course there was the usual...
View ArticleTrying out Food Network’s brand new wine line; Entwine set to arrive in...
Talk about a good idea — and the right folks to bring it to market! The folks at Food Network want to make wine more accessible to more people. They want to teach Americans how wine and food go...
View ArticleLes Trois Chefs: good eating for a good cause
If your idea of a good time is tasting course after sumptuous course prepared by three excellent chefs and paired with great wines by an expert, then a fundraiser called Les Trois Chefs is the event...
View ArticleBlossoms, biofuels and bearded irises
I pass by the UT Gardens on Neyland Drive several times a week coming and going from downtown Knoxville to parts west. They are mostly a blur to me. But once a year, we attend a fantastic fundraiser...
View ArticleA hopeful gathering to kick cancer’s butt
Michelle Henry took the microphone at the American Cancer Society’s recent Hope Gala at Cherokee Country Club and told about an exasperating visit her family once made to Six Flags Over Georgia in...
View ArticleSymphony Ball: In a League of its own
You don’t normally expect to see a bagpiper and cloggers at the elegant Knoxville Symphony Ball at Cherokee Country Club, but since the theme this year was “A Tennessee Christmas,” it seemed...
View ArticleUT Gardens honor major donor — and peonies!
The weather gods smiled upon the UT Gardens Gala, thank goodness, as several hundred supporters gathered to raise money and also raise a glass or two to Henry McIlwaine Jr., whose generosity will fund...
View ArticleSouthern Summer’s Night lights path to hope
For 20 years, Covenant Health’s Hope Center has been benefiting people and families coping with AIDS and HIV. For 14 of those years, Rick Fox and Ralph Cianelli have been throwing a huge fundraising...
View ArticleSecret garden steeped in Knoxville ‘her-story’
The folks at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum put together a touching and creative tribute to two special Knoxville women recently. During its popular annual Green Thumb Gala fundraiser,...
View ArticleThat bird didn’t fly, but wine was divine
I might not be the most adventurous eater you’ve ever met, but I do try to sample new things from time to time. Thanks to the wonderful Trust Fall dinners (click here and here and here and here), I...
View ArticleUT Gardens Gala: over-the-top food on a fun Friday
We go to a heck of a lot of events every year and sometimes they all kind of blend together. Very few stand out. But the UT Gardens Gala does. I’m not sure why, but there’s just something different...
View ArticleA hopeful gathering to kick cancer’s butt
Michelle Henry took the microphone at the American Cancer Society’s recent Hope Gala at Cherokee Country Club and told about an exasperating visit her family once made to Six Flags Over Georgia in...
View ArticleSymphony Ball: In a League of its own
You don’t normally expect to see a bagpiper and cloggers at the elegant Knoxville Symphony Ball at Cherokee Country Club, but since the theme this year was “A Tennessee Christmas,” it seemed...
View ArticleUT Gardens honor major donor — and peonies!
The weather gods smiled upon the UT Gardens Gala, thank goodness, as several hundred supporters gathered to raise money and also raise a glass or two to Henry McIlwaine Jr., whose generosity will fund...
View ArticleSouthern Summer’s Night lights path to hope
For 20 years, Covenant Health’s Hope Center has been benefiting people and families coping with AIDS and HIV. For 14 of those years, Rick Fox and Ralph Cianelli have been throwing a huge fundraising...
View ArticleSecret garden steeped in Knoxville ‘her-story’
The folks at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum put together a touching and creative tribute to two special Knoxville women recently. During its popular annual Green Thumb Gala fundraiser,...
View ArticleThat bird didn’t fly, but wine was divine
I might not be the most adventurous eater you’ve ever met, but I do try to sample new things from time to time. Thanks to the wonderful Trust Fall dinners (click here and here and here and here), I...
View ArticleUT Gardens Gala: over-the-top food on a fun Friday
We go to a heck of a lot of events every year and sometimes they all kind of blend together. Very few stand out. But the UT Gardens Gala does. I’m not sure why, but there’s just something different...
View ArticleL’Amour du Vin translates into success!
If you run into anybody on the board or staff of the Knoxville Museum of Art, please forgive them if they seem a little giddy. They deserve to be because they are coming off the most successful L’Amour...
View Article‘An Emerald Evening’ rakes in the green!
Congratulations to the Knoxville Symphony League for hosting its most successful Symphony Ball in recent history! Held this past Saturday at Cherokee Country Club with a St. Paddy’s Day theme, “An...
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