Additional Big Ears 2023 Coverage: Big Ears 2023: Wading In Big Ears 2023: Many Rivers to Cross Big Ears Festival and the People Who Love It Leslie Flanagan Blew My Big Ears Out There is often...
Various performing arts series were truncated or eliminated in 2020. As we entered 2021 the virus was at its peak and predicting when people might be able to gather was perilous when planning a living room...
We have certain expectations of different kinds of people and groups. Sure, sometimes they are misguided preconceptions, but generally certain groups or tastes don’t mix much. Do you think of wine snobs flocking to hockey games?...
We wait for this festival for so long, it’s kind of hard to believe when it passes the halfway mark and we know it’s fading. Fatigue assures us that it has, indeed, been a solid two...
Well, that was an interesting week. The weather took center-stage as institutions, businesses and events scrambled to avoid the falling snowflakes. As usual, some predictions of snow didn’t pan out, some did and sometimes the snow...
As has been the case in the past, Knoxville Opera was kind enough to let me attend their dress rehearsal for the upcoming performances of their latest production. “Mefistofele,” will be presented Friday night at 8:00...
What could be better than a laid-back Tuesday or Thursday night on Market Square when the weather is good? People-watching is always great on the square and with multiple choices of patios offering food and drink,...
Two great music series are up and running on Market Square. One is returning and the other making its debut this year. The first is the Jazz on the Square Series on Tuesday night from 8:00...
So, Friday night was a blur of music. Saturday the pace slowed a bit for me, but the range of music stretched pretty far. I dropped by Market Square earlier in the day to see the...
In my effort to expand my downtown horizons to include events which would normally be outside my typical experience, I’ve attended a performance of Knoxville Opera and a performance of the Broadway at the Tennessee series,...