December 16, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 51
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COVER STORY
Unconventional Holidays
MP staffers get into the holiday spirit by checking out alternative celebrations. Paige M. Travis goes back in time to a Traditional Christmas Fete. Molly Kincaid explores the observance of Kwanzaa, the African-American “first fruit” celebration. Mike Gibson jettisons traditional Christian Christmas in favor of an even more traditional pagan Yule. And Barry Henderson recounts his bizarre holiday getaway in Tunisia.
Citybeat
This week:
An American Indian burial ground is threatened in Sevier County, where Ellen Mallernee finds that the state missed out on its purchase, and the Corner Lounge; a North Knoxville institution, is getting set to reopen early next year, Barry Henderson reports.
Plus: Seven Days and Street Talk.
• EAR TO THE GROUND
• LETTERS •
Opinion
An Editorial
praises the three state high school football champions from Knox and Blount Counties,
Joe Sullivan
critiques Mayor Bill Haslam’s first year in office and his plans for downtown development
in Insights,
Jack Neely
turns the pages of Knoxville’s Christmas 1904
in Secret History,
and Frank Cagle
offers a clear remedy for TennCare
in Frank Talk.
A&E
Leslie Wylie chats with Bain Mattox,
Julia Watts brings us The Stupidest Angel in Pulp,
and Heather Joyner Spica looks in on the Dog and Cat Show in Artbeat.
• EYE ON THE SCENE
• CALENDAR
• SPOTLIGHTS •
Movie Guru
Molly Kincaid reviews Kinsey.
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• PAST & FUTURE •
Columns
Urban Renewal by Matt Edens
Secret History by Jack Neely
Frank Talk by Frank Cagle
Sports by Tony Basilio
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd
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