Knoxville Mama's
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We welcome local and reciprocal links, so please tell us about your local website of interest to mothers, mothers-to-be, families, and birth professionals
For more arts in the Knoxville area:
WUOT Arts Calendar http://sunsite.utk.edu/wuot/calendar.htm
Saturday Market on
Market Square
from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. features the works of local
artists, artisans and growers. Painting, photography, sculpture, jewelry and
pottery are all on display, as well as flowers and produce.
upcoming events
Here
is a
listing of Knoxville area events we can recommend highly!
Join
the discussion on community development of Downtown Knoxville by
joining the
KNOXVILLE COMMUNITY FOOD CO-OP
GO CHECK THEM OUT--LESS THAN A MILE FROM DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE AT 937 NORTH BROADWAY BETWEEN GILL AND GLENWOOD!
The Knoxville Community Food Cooperative is a member-owned, not-for-profit whole food store operating according to the Rochdale principles of cooperative business practice. We seek to offer a broad range of products that are environmentally sound and not produced or marketed in ways that exploit workers or consumers. LOTS of products especially for pregnant ladies, and for their families...
For more information, speak to executive director, Jacki Arthur, or any staffer!
Yes, you can have the Sunday NYT delivered to your front door right on time to read with coffee in the morning!
Knoxville's favorite historian
and columnist, Jack Neely, has several books published---a wonderful
introduction to our town, and a good source of stories to tell the kids as
you find yourself stuck in Knoxville traffic! Link to Amazon.com or
buy at a local bookseller...and check out our other book
recommendations.
New Book:
Knoxville's Secret History
www.historicknoxville.com/neely/
www.knoxlib.org/programs/neely.htm
Library Lagniappe
The Rothrock Café at Lawson McGhee Library hosts a series of programs called "Library Lagniappe" on most Thursday nights at 6:00.
What’s a “lagniappe” (lan-yap)? It’s a Creole word meaning “a gift” or “something extra.”
All pages made with 100% post-consumer electrons!
Tennessee Recycling Coalition Online
and Knoxville Recycling Coalition online
with
a list of drop
off centers for all recyclable material...
and a great set of recycling links for everything from old tennis shoes to styrofoam peanuts...
KRC is home to the world's only Purple Paper Eater! Our Office Paper Collection Program is a mature program of reclaiming office waste. KRC collects around three tons of paper daily from businesses in Knoxville, Knox County and Oak Ridge. The Coalition charges a small fee for service. To sign up, call 525-9694.
Cell phone & Ink Jet Cartridge Recycling KRC is now collecting cell phones (working and non-working) for reyccling. The phones are refurbished and sent overseas. This is a fund raiser for KRC so if you have a phone you would like to donate please call 525-9694. KRC also collects Lexmark, HP, Canon and Xerox ink jet cartridges for recycling.
Yee-Haw Industries specializes in original art-like products-- from letterpress posters promoting special events, music acts, and theatre shows to handmade, woodcut, fine art prints. Our work is custom-to-order, designed, set, and pressed by hand.
413 South Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37902
Ph: 865.522.1812
Fax: 865.524.8897
Healthy Resources
Health care facilities
Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee, www.baptistoneword.org/
Covenant Health,
www.covenanthealth.com/home.cfm , with information on their
facilities at Ft. Sanders Regional,
Park West,
Loudon County,
Sevier County, and
Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge.
East Tennessee Children's Hospital www.etch.com/ the only comprehensive regional pediatric facility in East TN. Their website has good resources, including an online health library page. Check out the calendar page...
Interfaith
Health Clinic,
www.korrnet.org/ihc/
Knox County Health Department www.knoxcountyhealth.org
TennCare Links:
www.state.tn.us/tenncare/healthplanlinks.html
John Deere Health, www.johndeerehealth.com
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN, www.bcbst.com (Blue Care and TennSelect)
Preferred Health Partnership (PHP), www.phpcompanies.com (PHP TennCare)
family and child social services
Black Children's Institute of Tennessee (BCIT), www.bcitn.org Based in Nashville, the only statewide African American children's advocacy group in the country, BCIT's mission is to make children’s problems and needs the subject of intense thought, debate, and action by all policy and decision makers, the news media, and the public and to influence public policies and budget decisions to improve the quality of life for Tennessee’s vulnerable children and their families.
Community Mediation Center, www.korrnet.org/mediate/
Court-Appointed Special Advocate program--everyday
people who are appointed by judges to advocate for the best interests of
abused and neglected children. A CASA volunteer stays with each child until
he or she is placed into a safe, permanent and nurturing home. To donate, find out more, or volunteer, call 329-3399 in Knoxville or visit the National
CASA website at
www.nationalcasa.org
Child and Family Services of East Tennessee www.child-family.org/index.htm
Disability Resource Center, http://www.korrnet.org/drc/ The Disability Resource Center is a non-profit organization run for and BY people with disabilities. It is a community based, non-residential program of services designed to assist people with disabilities gain independence and to assist the community in the elimination of barriers to independence
March of Dimes of East Tennessee, www.korrnet.org/modetn/
Tennessee Department of Human Services, www.state.tn.us/youth/
Tennessee
Health Care Campaign, www.thcc2.org
Non-Profit Community Resources
Community Shares, www.korrnet.org/cshares/ The mission of Community Shares is to support social change organizations in Tennessee in order to promote a more just and caring community.
Highlander
Center, www.hrec.org,
959 Highlander Way · New
Market, TN 37820 · (865) 933-3443, has
been active in Appalachia and the South since its founding in 1932 as the
Highlander Folk School. Throughout its 69 year history, the Highlander
Center has been dedicated to eliminating poverty and winning the right to
genuine and meaningful democratic participation for all people. In pursuit
of this goal, Highlander provides support to grassroots individuals and
organizations working to address the profound inequities that are so deeply
rooted in the political and economic structures and culture of Southern
communities. They host a wonderful summer youth camp in July
(contact: Linda Anderson).
Fun and Educational Resources
Arts Organizations
African American
Appalachian Arts (AAAA),
www.korrnet.org/aaaa/Main1.html AAAA has charge of four big
projects in our area: the Kuumba Festival, ARTREACH (Art Resources for
the Education of African Culture and History), the Haley Heritage Square in
Morningside Heights, and the Kuumba Watoto dancers and drummers.
Arts Council, www.korrnet.org/knoxarts/ , located in the Candy Factory, near the KMA.
Beck Cultural Exchange Center, www.korrnet.org/beckcec/ Founded in 1975 in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Beck Center provides opportunities for cultural exchange with the preservation and exhibition of the achievements of African-Americans in Knoxville, specifically in East Tennessee.
Jubilee Community Arts/Laurel Theater,
www.korrnet.org/jca/
Jubilee Community Arts
1538 Laurel Avenue, at the Laurel Theater on the corner of 16th & Laurel.
(865) 522-5851
jubilee@korrnet.org Look
for concerts and other productions. The church is also available as a
place to hold private meetings and events, with a seating capacity of 220.
Museums
Knoxville Museum
of Art (KMA), www.knoxart.org/
East Tennessee History Center -
www.east-tennessee-history.org, free to the public, open Monday
through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture - http://sunsite.utk.edu/ewing_galleryThe Ewing Gallery is located at 1715 Volunteer Boulevard on the UT campus and is open free to the publc. Fall - Spring Semesters: 8:30am-8:00pm, Monday-Thursday; 8:30am-4:30pm, Friday; 1-4:00pm, Sunday.
Farragut Folklife Museum - www.farraguttn.com/museum/index.htm
Ijams
Nature Center -- www.ijams.org
Knoxville Zoo -
www.knoxville-zoo.org
Frank H. McClung
Museum - http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu
located on the UTK campus, near the Student Services Bldg, open to the
public, M-Sat, 9-5; Sunday, 1-5.
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame - www.wbhof.com
Theatre & film
Actor's Co-op, www.w3street.com/actors_coop/
Bijou Theatre, www.bijoutheatre.com/
The Carpetbag Theater, www.korrnet.org/carpetbag/
Oak
Ridge Playhouse, now playing for almost 60 years...
www.orplayhouse.com
Dance
Circle Modern
Dance,
www.korrnet.org/circle/
The Kuumba
Watoto Dance Company
www.korrnet.org/aaaa/Art1.html This troupe is a shining
star in the area, composed of dancers and drummers, and a part of AAAA's
ARTREACH program. The name means "creative children" in Swahili!
Tennessee
Children's Dance Ensemble,
www.korrnet.org/tcde/
Music
Alive After 5, For more information about Alive After Five or to receive a schedule of events, please call Mike Gill, Alive After Five Coordinator, at (865) 525-6101 x229, or email him at mgill@kmaonline.org.
AC Entertainment Concertwire, http://concertwire.com
Knoxville Opera Company,
www.knoxvilleopera.com
Literary arts
Knoxville Writers
Guild,
http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/
Haley Heritage Square, www.korrnet.org/aaaa/Haley1.html , a project of AAAA, is a beautiful spot to contemplate the world, up on a hill (Morningside Heights) just east of downtown Knoxville. Children enjoy sitting in the lap of a bigger-than-life bronze sculpture of Knoxville's Alex Haley.
Library resources, storytelling, film
Knox County Public Libraries Online, www.knoxlib.org/ , especially the Kids Stuff page, where all the film program times and story times are listed for all branches.
Best of all---Free Parking to visit the wonderful Downtown Library!
Local History
East Tennessee Historical Society, www.east-tennessee-history.org, located at 600 Market Street, downtown Knoxville; From April 8 through September 2, 2002, When the World Came to Knoxville: The 1982 World's Fair in the ETHS Museum.
"Secret History" articles by Jack Neely, www.historicknoxville.com/neely/ , worth it to print out and read these back issues of MetroPulse's secret historian, Jack Neely!
Armstrong-Lockett House - www.korrnet.org/cresbend
Blount Mansion - www.blountmansion.org
Mabry-Hazen
House - www.korrnet.org/mabry,
1711 Dandridge Avenue, just a little further east on Summit Hill...Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Old Gray Cemetery - www.korrnet.org/oldgray
Education
schools
Knox County Schools Online, http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/schools.htm
From Korrnet, a series of available listings (not all inclusive) on local schools:
<<Local Colleges and Universities
The
Preschool Cooperative of Knoxville,
www.korrnet.org/pck/
is a not-for-profit,
parent-owned and operated organization providing a high quality preschool
and school-age program. Located in the Tennessee Unitarian Universalist
Church on Kingston Pike.
Outdoor, athletic, and movement resources for children and adults
Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area
Camp Montvale (Downtown YMCA),
has an excellent summer camp for children 8 and up, located in beautiful
Happy Valley near Maryville. Site has a downloadable application form,
for which you will need acrobat reader.
Great Smokey
Mountains National Park,
www.nps.gov/grsm/
Great Smoky Mountains Institute
Hiking In The Smokies, with llamas! (commercial site)
Ijams Nature Center, www.ijams.org
Knoxville Blades (adults' & children's fencing), www.geocities.com/knoxfencing/
Smokies Baseball Team www.smokiesbaseball.com, schedule and a neat countdown 'til opening pitch, as well as lots of baseball links.
Tennessee State Parks
list,
www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/
Whitewater Rafting on the Ocoee River
Knoxville Zoological Gardens, Do the Zoo and see the lion cubs, the bugs, the African elephants, Sweet Potato the baby rhino, but sign up for their email newsletter.
East Tennessee Discovery Center
Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org
Local Information & Internet Resources
MetroPulse, www.metropulse.com , online version of Knoxville's well-read weekly paper, at newsstands all over town on each Thursday.
Knoxville Oak Ridge Regional Network,
www.korrnet.org,
a great resource for finding many nonprofit
organizations in our area. Organized by subject and also
alphabetically by organization name.
Hellbender
Press,
www.hellbenderpress.com Knoxville's own environmental
press, with publication quarterly.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel Online
Local public radio station,
WUOT-FM, 91.9,
carrying our announcement during Morning Edition (6-9am), at noon, and
during All Things Considered (4-6pm)
Esper, www.esper.com , a locally-based internet service provider, Esper has provided our Center with webhosting and email accounts.
