by design | Feb 24, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Several groups in the Knoxville area have been hard at work to bring the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron, America’s tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen, and their RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit mobile theater to town for family-friendly activities in April....
by design | Feb 23, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville Stomp – an unprecedented “Festival of Lost Music” –comes to downtown Knoxville the first weekend in May Headlined by Dom Flemons, the full lineup includes a diverse array of musicians, writers, scholars, and collectors The Knoxville Stomp, May...
by design | Feb 22, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Community leaders are coming together at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, February 23 at Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office, 1101 Liberty Street, to discuss modern day realities reflected in “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines. The public is invited...
by design | Feb 21, 2016 | The Daily Focus
The Knox County Health Department (KCHD) together with Smoke-Free Knoxville and the Community Health Council are joining a statewide effort to help tobacco users quit. Tennessee Quit Week, proclaimed by Governor Bill Haslam as Feb. 22 – 26, 2016, is a time to...
by design | Feb 20, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Burger King presented an $18,383 check to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital on Tuesday, February 16, 2016. The money was raised, with the help of Burger King customers, in just three weeks. Customers purchased $1 coupons to benefit Children’s Hospital, at 29...
by design | Feb 19, 2016 | The Daily Focus
Ranger Will Butler examines aquatic species with a student in the Parks As Classrooms program. KODAK, TN – Friends of the Smokies has received a $21,500 grant from the Richard Haiman National Parks Foundation to support the Parks As Classrooms program and to resupply...