Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2019
Well, that was big. The entire weekend seemed to carry massive crowds, starting with First Friday, then the Chalk Walk and great weather on Saturday, followed by a Sunday night with sidewalks on Gay Street crowded...
Culture
Carpetbag Theatre: 50 Years Under Knoxville’s Radar, Five Decades on a National Stage
Quick: Name the oldest Knoxville organization you’ve heard of, but really don’t know much about. The Carpetbag Theatre might be a contestant for most of us. What other local organization has been around for half-a-century and,...
Ken Burns Brings His Country Music Roadshow to Knoxville: An Interview
Ken Burns has tackled a wide range of subjects in his decorated career of producing documentaries. Best known for perhaps a handful, such as ‘The Civil War,” “Jazz” and “Baseball,” he’s produced roughly forty films on...
Big Ears 2019: The Ending
I got Saturday underway feeling pretty good and excited about the lineup. I started the day at The Standard with a beautiful show by Wadada Leo Smith, presenting “Reflections and Meditations on Monk. Sublime and beautiful,...
Big Ears 2019: The Beginning
You know something good is going to happen when a double rainbow appears behind the Sunsphere during the opening ceremonies for Big Ears 2019 last Thursday afternoon. That was the view from the Knoxville Museum of...
Artist Mark Carson English Shares His Artistic Vision with Knoxville and Big Ears
Mark Carson English, an artist of international caliber, has returned to Knoxville after a circuitous journey that leaves him questioning if he has a home, though this is clearly his hometown an he’s quite fond of...
Artist Kara Lockmiller Responds to Big Ears
Area artists and others are responding to the all-encompassing presence of Big Ears in downtown Knoxville. Most notably, Funny Ears Fringe Festival has been running for several years, now, at Preservation Pub and Scruffy City Hall....
Found Sound Nation Brings Mosaic to Big Ears
Boundaries and intersections. They fascinate us. Where does one thing begin and another end? Are the demarcations rigid or fluid? Are they real or simply a human attempt to organize and understand a world which doesn’t...
Magnolia: Whispers from History and Conversations for the Present
William Faulkner in Requem for a Nun said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” The quote is instructive today as the United States deals with its past on many fronts. A nation whose past...
Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces the 2019 Orchid Awards
Each year Keep Knoxville Beautiful recognizes several categories of efforts to improve and make our city more beautiful. Orchid Awards are given in seven different categories, including Redesign/Reuse, Outdoor Space, Community Garden, New Architecture, Public Art,...