Arts & Culture

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

WDVX began broadcasting in 1997 from a trailer in a campground in Norris, Tennessee, about 18 miles northeast of Knoxville.

Over the Top
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Over the Top

The new Glocker Building is well on its way to a 2008 opening in Knoxville. This and more in the Summer 2007 installment of UTopics.

Late Night, Now Daily
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Late Night, Now Daily

Gina Brown is in the Big Apple, where she happily works as the production coordinator for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Jazz for Justice
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Jazz for Justice

In Northern Uganda, where children have long been traumatized by war, there is a group who call themselves "University of Tennessee girls."

Worth the Coming Home
The Last Word

Worth the Coming Home

SENATE LAWYER BECOMES UNPAID SMOKIES MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST! I fully expected to see this newspaper headline.

Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News
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Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News

A book about butterflies, solving the mystery of The Big Bopper's death, a fat camp for pets, and other stories.

Miss Tennessee, An Emmy Winner, and a Katrina Update
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Miss Tennessee, An Emmy Winner, and a Katrina Update

Blair Pancake won the Miss Tennessee title, and UT Chattanooga alumnus Leslie Jordan won an Emmy.

Cafe Dismay
The Last Word

Cafe Dismay

When did coffee become a fashion statement? Plain old Folger's in a bottom-of-the-line Procter Silex is soooo yesterday.