Tag: Market Square

  • 100 Reasons to Stay in Knoxville. Or, 11 really, really good ones.

    Travis Gray’s good-natured goodbye to KnoxVegas in this week’s Metro Pulse story “100 Reasons to Leave Knoxville” got us thinking about all of the reasons why we stick around. Is it the kudzu? Traffic on Kingston Pike? The views from House Mountain? It’s hard to pick just one so here are a few close to…

  • Call for Entries – Tomato Head’s 2015 Exhibit Calendar

    Tell your friends that we’re accepting submissions for our 2015 exhibit calendar. Send a CD including 5-10 images with a brief bio, artist statement, and sizes of each piece of work submitted c/o Tomato Head Exhibits Committee Bethann DeGrow 1710 Jefferson Avenue Knoxville, TN 37917 or bethann@degrow.com. Submissions are due October 25.

  • The Moore Family Folk Art – Catch! – A Three State Junk Art Tour

    Alan and his daughters Isabella (age 13) and Emma (age 11) have been creating their iconic bottle cap fish for their junk art tour they call “Catch!” – inspired by their two home states of Florida and Colorado. Recently the Moore’s went “paintless” in their folk art bringing all the color to their work through…

  • FREE art from The Moore Family Folk Art!

    FREE art from The Moore Family Folk Art! Enter now and you could win this “30A Beach Blonde Ale” folk art fish made from 30A bottle caps! This $1,000 piece measures 42″ x 22″ and we’re giving it away to one random fan on July 9th. To find out more about the Moores and their recycled…

  • Loving Spoonful

    We believe in the power of community. Supporting our neighbors is part of our responsibility not only as business people but also as citizens of our city. As such, The Tomato Head is committed to teaming up with East Tennessee organizations to enrich the lives of the less fortunate in our community. We ask you…

  • July Loving Spoonful Fundraisers for the Clarence Brown Theatre.

    Celebrate the 40th Anniversary Season of the Clarence Brown Theatre by joining us for these special fundraisers throughout July. The funds raised will be directed back into providing a cultural resource for both the University of Tennessee and the East Tennessee community. A portion of the proceeds generated at each event goes directly to the…

  • Be inspired by our national parks this summer.

    The See America Project has only made stops in New York, San Francisco, and Bahrain, and this summer, both Tomato Head locations will host the exhibit during June and July. It’s a crowd-sourced project from Creative Action Network and National Parks Conservation Association inspired by the See America posters from the New Deal era, which have been re-imagined for the 21st…

  • March Loving Spoonful Fundraisers for Junior Achievement

    Thank you to everyone that came out in February for the launch of our charitable giving program Loving Spoonful. With your help, we raised $610 for WUTK. In March, we’re partnering with Junior Achievement of East Tennessee and Highland Brewing Company from Asheville, NC. Why Junior Achievement? “We like the fit between Junior Achievement and…

  • Market Square Renovation Update

    We have an update on the Market Square renovation. Beginning on Monday, our dining room will enter the final stage of renovation. Yay!  With that awesome development come some changes to our table service. The main dining room will be closed Monday through Friday. But don’t worry, you’ll be able to dine on our patio…

  • Raise your forks and pint glasses in support of WUTK this February.

    The Tomato Head is introducing Loving Spoonful. It’s our new charitable donation program that is a partnership between our restaurant, regional craft breweries and East Tennessee nonprofits. We’re excited to launch our new program in February with proceeds benefiting one of Knoxville’s biggest supporters of local culture and a valuable independent voice – WUTK 90.3…