Inside of Mobile Mardi Gras 2020
Happy Mardi Gras, y’all! I’m slow getting this one out as I recover from a wonderful three days in my hometown for the oldest Mardi Gras on the continent (1703 for those keeping score at home),...
Culture
A Downtown Amenity for Children Hiding in Plain Sight
While it might look quiet on the outside, if you enter the Lawson McGhee Library, take a sharp left and walk down a flight of stairs, it’s likely on any given day that you’ll encounter a...
Knoxville Area Musician, Memphis Willcox, Records New Album, Video
“God has sent me angels,” he said as we sat down for a caffeine fueled two-and-a-half-hour verbal torrent sometimes careening into stream of consciousness as the threads of the story threatened to snap. After we...
“Raft” Has Its World Premier at Broadway Academy of Performing Arts
A new play, “Raft,” written by UTK alums Carolyn Thomas and Harrison Young, is having its full-stage debut at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts. Directed by Ashley Freitag and presented by the Tennessee Stage Company...
A Preview of Knoxville Opera’s Production of “Romeo and Juliet”
What better production on a Valentine’s Day weekend than with Knoxville Opera for a work based on the Shakespeare play that features instant love, passionate love, and forbidden love? While the ending might not inspire the...
LAZ Art Gallery Opens at 108 East Jackson Avenue
Lauren Lazarus recently opened the latest in a growing list of galleries in the Old City. Located at 108 East Jackson, it is adjacent to the gallery and studio recently opened by Mark Carson English. The...
A Preview of “Blithe Spirit” Presented by Clarence Brown Theatre
Clarence Brown Theatre continues its season with Noël Coward’s comedy “Blithe Spirit,” directed by Sharon Ott. Debuted in London in 1941, it ran for a record 1,997 performances and then followed with a successful run on...
Big Ears Announces New Managing Director, Carpetbag Theatre Announces New Executive Director
As of this weekend, the Big Ears Festival (March 26 – 29) added Aaron Greenwald as Managing Director. Expected to play a large role in the “evolution and growth of the festival,” Greenwald brings years of...
Waynestock 2020: Good Music, Good Vibes, Good Works
Another edition of Waynestock has come and gone. This marks the 10th annual event and, as always, very good music was found at every turn. The array of talent in this city borders on ridiculous. The...
Good Food and Music
Years ago Waylon Jennings expressed his opinion about what makes life worth living in his great song “Luckenbach, Texas.” I’d say good friends and family first, without a question. Close behind that, for me, would be...