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Make Room: ‘Her’ Opens at Lilienthal Gallery, Showcasing Women Who Take Up Space

Leslie Bateman·November 7, 2025

Ilana Lilienthal, of Lilienthal Gallery, is easy to spot in a crowd. Across the foyer of the Knoxville Museum of Art, I see her, looking tonight like art itself: asymmetrical, architectural, cinematic. It’s the annual Keep...

Dogwood Arts Unveils New Signature Event: Knoxwalls Murals & Music Festival

Leslie Bateman·November 6, 2025

Dogwood Arts is adding a new entry to its growing list of community art traditions. The first Knoxwalls Murals & Music Festival will take place Saturday, May 30, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in...

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2025

Leslie Bateman·November 5, 2025

FILM FEST KNOX returns Nov. 6-9, transforming the Regal Riviera into a showcase of independent film. Now in its third year running, the festival features three full days of film programming as well as regional and...

Tribute to Dr. Bill Snyder, Tennessee Theatre, October 2025

Mighty Musical Monday & a Tribute to Dr. Bill Snyder

K.W. Leonard·November 3, 2025

If you are downtown today around noon, stop by the Tennessee Theatre for the latest Mighty Musical Monday. Founder Dr. Bill Snyder passed away on September 23; Urban Guy interviewed Dr. Snyder in 2018 on the...

Can Sworn Enemies Form a Family? The Story Behind ‘Atomic Lullaby’

Linda Parsons·October 30, 2025

A free staged reading of Atomic Lullaby, a play by Knoxville Poet Laureate Linda Parsons, will take place this Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. at River & Rail Theatre (111 State St.). Kevin Collins directs...

The Improvisational Life of Todd Steed

Leslie Bateman·October 27, 2025

Todd Steed is cleaning out his office. This Friday will be his final day as WUOT 91.9 FM’s program director, as well as longtime host of evening jazz show Improvisations, after 27 years of service to...

Knoxville Opera Presents ‘Carmen,’ the Original Bad Romance

Leslie Bateman·October 23, 2025

Knoxville Opera presents two performances of Georges Bizet’s Carmen this weekend, on Friday night and Sunday afternoon. The four-act opera is iconic in all the ways: banger after banger — even if you know nothing about...

From the Four Pennies to a Rockin’ 90th Birthday Party: An interview with John Myers

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 17, 2025

A dizzying 90-year journey that began in the tri-cities, intersected with the streets of downtown Knoxville in the 1940s, and took a detour through Motown Records, finds its way to a celebration tomorrow and you are...

Big Ears’ ‘Knoxville Broadcast’ Invites the City to Listen Differently

Leslie Bateman·October 16, 2025

It’s Wednesday morning, and composer Lisa Bielawa is leading a group of middle school band students around World’s Fair Park. In one hand she holds a megaphone, in the other a clutch of papers mapping all...

Waymakers, Not Gatekeepers: How a Knoxville-Led Collective Is Rewriting Arts Funding in Appalachia

Leslie Bateman·October 14, 2025

If your nonprofit friends look tired, they are. Priorities in big-box philanthropy shift. Funding can evaporate overnight. “DEI” has become a dirty word. Most don’t have a six-figure development department. And gatekeeping is real, especially if...

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Culture

Make Room: ‘Her’ Opens at Lilienthal Gallery, Showcasing Women Who Take Up Space

Dogwood Arts Unveils New Signature Event: Knoxwalls Murals & Music Festival

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2025

Mighty Musical Monday & a Tribute to Dr. Bill Snyder

Can Sworn Enemies Form a Family? The Story Behind ‘Atomic Lullaby’

The Improvisational Life of Todd Steed

Knoxville Opera Presents ‘Carmen,’ the Original Bad Romance

From the Four Pennies to a Rockin’ 90th Birthday Party: An interview with John Myers

Big Ears’ ‘Knoxville Broadcast’ Invites the City to Listen Differently

Waymakers, Not Gatekeepers: How a Knoxville-Led Collective Is Rewriting Arts Funding in Appalachia

Major News for Knoxville: Women’s Suffrage Museum Coming to 706 Gay Street

Dogwood Arts Unveils New Signature Event: Knoxwalls Murals & Music Festival

Your Field Guide to FILM FEST KNOX 2025

Kennedy Concepts Announces Gay Street Projects (Former Babalu & Frothy Monkey); Mimosas Grand Opening

Mighty Musical Monday & a Tribute to Dr. Bill Snyder