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Marine life isn't usually what comes to mind when you think of East Tennessee. But maybe it should; two of the greatest public aquaria on the planet are within a short drive of Knoxville. Barry Henderson reviews and compares the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga and Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg.

If you're sick of the snow, just be glad you don't own a Knoxville restaurant, reports Bill Carey. Also, Jack Neely reviews all the changes being made by Knoxville Area Transit and concludes that there may not be a decent excuse to not ride the bus anymore.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.

While Bill Haslam may look like he's way ahead in the mayor's race, Joe Sullivan wonders whether his momentum might backfire in Insights. In a new column called View from a Broad, the England-bound Tamar Wilner finally gets to write about all the weird stuff people send to the Metro Pulse calendar editor. Jack Neely delves into the late Knoxville author Frances Hodgson Burnett's family, and finds that her mother hasn't been alone all these years, in Secret History.

Going along with this week's theme, the people moving into the Sterchi building may feel as if they're in a fish tank of sorts; downtown Knoxville's largest residential project in decades is being closely monitored by everyone who hopes other developments will follow. Jack Mauro tells us all the funny, odd, and unexpected things about life as one of the Sterchi's early residents.

Todd Rundgren has meant many things to many generations of people. John Sewell sits down with the great reinventor of himself in the Music Feature. Heather Joyner reviews the remarkably varied display at the Townsend Gallery by underwater, er, underground art group A1 in Artbeat. With the world going mad, it's a good time for an internationally oriented review in Platters, including works by Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias, French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, and a collection of music from Ghana and Nigeria. Peace. Giant Panda may sound like the name of your run-of-the-mill mega China buffet. But Connie Seuer was overwhelmed with ecstasy from orange beef and Kung Pao, in Restaurant Rover. Matt Edens reveals the perfect buy for the wealthy preservationist in Urban Renewal. Massimo Pigliucci ponders what a person needs to be happy in Rationally Speaking. CALENDAR * MOVIES

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