An Editorial extols the Tennessee Theatre schedule for 2005; Frank Cagle comments on Knox County Jails’ overcrowding problem in Frank Talk; Joe Sullivan reports on Knoxville’s job growth in the past year in Insights; Matt Edens’ Commentary ponders the possible tenants for the “big white elephants” (vacant buildings) in the downtown area.
Citybeat
Clint Casey gets the scoop on the proposals responding to the city’s recent RFP for the future of the World’s Fair Park site, including the Candy Factory and the nearby Victorian houses. The plans range from the colossal–building luxury condos, a charter school, and a bed & breakfast–to the minimalist; Ellen Mallernee talks with the Salvation Army about their annual holiday fund drive and the loss of Target stores as a solicitation point.
Tellico Dam Revisited
November marked the 25-year anniversary of the construction of the Tellico Dam, TVA’s last large-scale dam project. Jack Neely scrutinizes the outcomes of the controversial undertaking in terms of economic, cultural, ecological, and residential development in the last few decades.
The Invisible Power of Radio
Paige M. Travis goes out to lunch with Matt Shafer Powell and discovers that after spending most of his professional career in radio—and the past two years as WUOT’s news director—he still gets excited by the kind of stories that make for “driveway moments.”
news & views
4 incoming mail 7 editorial 8 insights 9 frank talk10 secret history
arts & entertainment
26 music—Henry Gibson28 platters29 artbeat31 backstage—The Lion in Winter33 2004 gift guide49 movie guru—Ocean’s Twelve movie blurbs.........50 movie times..........5153 calendar
final frontiers
62 restaurant guide66 sports67 new health68 click ‘n’ clack 70 news of the weird71 free will astrology72 classifieds77 crossword77 life in hell