The momentum has slowed, but there's still movement in the redevelopment of Market Square, Joe Sullivan writes in Insights. Attica Scott discusses the marring of Black History Month by an ugly public confrontation in West Knoxville; and in Secret History, Jack Neely finds black Knoxville homeowners featured at Paris' 1900 International Exposition.
Citybeat
Joe Tarr reports on a controversial hotel proposal for the 11th Street side of Fort Sanders, and Jack Neely reports on Knoxville's fledgling anti-war movement.
Cover * TECHNOLOGY HERE AND NOW
The Internet blogger to beat all bloggers, with his running commentary on current issues and events, is Glen Reynolds, a UT law professor whose hobby has turned webheads around the globe. Katie Allison Granju gets Reynolds to explain his pop philosophies on an array of subjects and how his "Instapundit" got to be a cyber-phenomenon. Also, Bill Carey finds out that the car of the future may be the hybrid, which is already here; and Barry Henderson recounts progress with Digital Crossing, the two-year-old technology-facilitator experiment downtown.
Gamut * HELD OVER
In a seldom-visited cranny in the upper reaches of the Bijou Theatre, Jack Neely turns up poster evidence of that storied institution's prominence on the vaudeville circuit. He deciphers the mystery of some of those fragmenting posters with the help of accounts from then and now.
Music
If you thought the Roane County Ramblers had faded into country music's past, you might miss your best chance to see and hear their descendants reclaim the legacy.
Artbeat
Heather Joyner sorts through the career of esteemed local artist Richard Jolley, whose work in glass and other media is enjoying an extended run at the KMA.
Platters
A melange of sweet sounds from the late, ice-cool Aaliyah, the slick Solomon Burke, and the worldly Orchestra Baobab.
Movies
Adrienne Martini is left wondering whether Talk to Her really means to talk to her or is a tricky, cinematic guy thing. Movie Blurbs, pg. 24: The Metro Pulse movie blurbs: "Flood relief is currently available only through these...blub...blurbs!"ª
Spotlights
Robert Earl Keen inflicts his outlandish outlawry on the Tennessee Theatre, The Three Basses do an arts benefit at the Knoxville U-U Church, and Bela Fleck banjoes his way into the Tennessee Theatre.
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd
Crossword by Montford Manassas
Rationally Speaking by Massimo Pigliucci. What's the gay problem, anyway?
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