It's been more than a decade since you could drive through Knox County on Interstate 40 without hitting at least one construction zone. But for all the delays and traffic jams caused by the road work, is anything being accomplished? Matthew T. Everett puts his rubber to the road to find out what exactly they're doing out there and when (if ever) they'll be done.

Matthew T. Everett sorts out the onions and apples in a controversy over the East Knox Farmers' Market, and Joe Tarr reports on plans to cut down trees in Krutch Park.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan dips into the state's tobacco settlement money in Insights, Scott McNutt doubles his (dis)pleasure with advertisers in Snarls, and Jack Neely pays tribute to Duke Ellington's last Knoxville bandstand in Secret History.

Instead of staying home next Wednesday to watch Ken Burns' documentary about jazz history, you can come out to see one of the greatest modern players live in concert: trumpeter Dave Douglas. Winner of Downbeat's Artist of the Year award and other honors, Douglas is pushing the music in several directions at once. John Sewell listens in.

Old-time music singer Cary Fridley tells Joe Tarr why she loves that stuff in the Music Feature. Eye on the Scene checks out new tunes by The American Plague and Greg Siedschlag. Jesse Fox Mayshark lends an appreciative ear to photographer Eric L. Smith's musical exhibition in Artbeat. Jeanne McDonald hopes she'll never need The Worst Case Scenario Survivor Handbook in Pulp.

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