He was born to one of Knoxville's wealthiest families, but Gordon Bonnyman Jr. has devoted his life to Tennessee's most disadvantaged people. Joe Tarr finds out why the son of a coal magnate is one of the most respected and feared men in Nashville.

Jesse Fox Mayshark assesses the prospects of Nine Counties One Vision, Joe Tarr finds high heating prices are freezing some people's assets, and Matthew T. Everett takes some cues from the East Tennessee Film Commission.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan takes a red pencil to Superintendent Charles Lindsey in Insights, Stephanie Piper remembers a woman who taught her to talk in Midpoint, and Jack Neely takes us back to the days when Knoxville journalists carried sidearms in Secret History.

When Shay Youngblood set out to write a theatrical adaptation of a children's book called Amazing Grace, she didn't anticipate how well the story would travel. Adrienne Martini talks to the playwright as Oak Ridge Playhouse prepares to stage her work.

Jesse Fox Mayshark puts in a call to eclectic folk-poet Tom House in the Music Feature, while in Eye on the Scene, Emma Poptart gets an offer she can't refuse—from Apelife. We lend an ear to new ones by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The Sea & Cake, and Indigo Girl Amy Ray in Platters, and Adrienne Martini lets down her hair with neo-feminist sci-fi from Rebecca Ore and Nancy Springer in Pulp. Plus, Ally Carte indulges some Yankee nostalgia at Friendly's in Restaurant Rover.

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