With incumbents booted out by term limits, a majority of the seats on Knoxville City Council are up for grabs this year. Who will fill them, and how much difference will they really make? Joe Sullivan surveys the field and picks out the front runners and possible spoilers. Plus, a look at who actually votes in Knoxville.

Matthew T. Everett sizes up the challenges ahead for new PNI director Terrence Carter, and Joe Tarr previews this week's governors' conference on air quality.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

Joe Sullivan considers the mayor's new batch of downtown proposals in Insights, Attica Scott reflects on her role in Color Conscious, and Jack Neely goes to the river and finds a lake (or vice versa) in Secret History.

You may have seen them on downtown street corners or at local concerts, handing out bumper stickers and magazines and encouraging you to rethink your life. They're the Zendiks, and they'd really like to talk to you. Really. Joe Tarr took them up on the invitation and visited their farm in Western North Carolina.

Matthew T. Everett knocks a few back with George Jones in the Music Feature, while Eye on the Scene gets strange with Shaken Babies. Heather Joyner saws some logs at KMA's woody Beyond the Frame exhibit in Artbeat. We listen to 'em so you don't have to: new discs from Missy Misdemeanor Elliott, R.E.M. and Joe Henry, in Platters. It's barbecue season, and Ally Carte finds that the only thing to fear at Spooky's is eating way too much in Restaurant Rover.

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