April 15, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 16

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SPECIAL REPORT
Fables of the Reconstruction
A Coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq. A special Association of Alternative Newsweeklies report by Jason Vest.

COVER STORY
A Film Strip
In the not-so-distant past, movie theaters were a fixture of downtown Knoxville. Jack Neely recounts the history of cinema on Gay Street and anticipates a return deemed necessary for the renewed success of our center city.

FEATURE
Lowbrow Art
In the pre-Internet age, band flyers were plastered upon the telephone poles that line Cumberland Avenue. John Sewell talks with Chad Pelton about his upcoming exhibit, Refuse, that makes an argument for ephemera as a legitimate art form.

Citybeat
Barry Henderson examines the city’s pending deal to build a parking garage with retail and residential space on Walnut Street, completing the second phase of Market Square renovations, and Joe Tarr takes a guided botanical walk through Krutch Park.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND • LETTERS •

Opinion
Joe Sullivan discusses a likely city tax increase with Mayor Bill Haslam in Insights, Barry Henderson hails the second coming of the Gay Street Bridge in Editorial, and Jack Neely investigates the tenuous connection between Knoxville and Maestro Gioacchino Rossini in Secret History.

A&E
Lloyd Babbit lends an ear to singer-songwriter David Wilcox and an eye to the multitalented Frank Schaeffer, while Paige M. Travis reviews the Clarence Brown Theatre production of To Kill a Mockingbird.
• EYE ON THE SCENE • CALENDAR • SPOTLIGHTS •

Movie Guru
Clint Casey reviews The Girl Next Door.
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Midpoint by Stephanie Piper
New Health by Wendy Smith
Sports by John Clendenon
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

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