Making Movies, Making Murals
I recently had the opportunity (thanks to Scott West) to chat with Matt Shapira, film director, writer, and producer, as well as worldwide elephant muralist. Matt, best known as director of the 2020 movie The Swing...
Culture
Tennessee Theatre Featured Tonight on the Circle Network
Area residents can argue about most anything, from who should be the next quarterback at UT to politics and the relative import of billionaires launching themselves into space. But we agree on a few things. No...
New Concert Series Announced; New Downtown Concert Venue in 2022
Born & Raised Productions, which has produced several concert series in and around downtown, from Pretentious Glass to the Sunset on Central series, has announced The Outpost Outdoors Concert Series beginning September 10 and running through...
Announcing All Seasons (or at least quite a few of them)
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...
Big Ears Evolves and Grows: A Conversation with Ashley Capps
At the pivotal moment in March 2020, just before we understood that the world was about to be quite different for an extended period of time, the annual Big Ears festival was ready to explode onto...
Art in Public Places Adds New Sculptures to Krutch Park
Last year, the early spring delivery of sculptures to Krutch Park as part of the Art in Public Places program was delayed due to complications resulting from the pandemic. Dogwood Arts Director Sherry Jenkins told me...
The Hills are Alive . . .
Well, you know the rest. Music is popping up so fast around the city that perhaps we should hire Julie Andrews to promote it. I’m going to run through some of the musical events popping up...
A Look Inside the Candoro Marble Building
The Candoro Marble building, located at 4450 Candora Avenue, just off Maryville Pike in south Knoxville, served as a showroom and offices for the Candoro Marble Company. Built in 1923, the building is now on the...
Pandemic Memorial Added to the World’s Fair Park
Knoxville has a new mural, located in the World’s Fair Park and painted by nationally acclaimed artist Kelsey Montague. Designed to commemorate those who were lost to COVID-19 and the suffering experienced by many, she said,...
A Conversation with Cynthia Markert at Mauzy Broadway Studio
I met Cynthia Markert at her pop-up studio, Mauzy Broadway Pop-up Salon at 130 West Jackson Avenue (next to Robin Easter Design). The pop-up art gallery, featuring works by Markert and her neighbor, friend, and local...