Waynestock 2018
This year’s Knoxville-flavored two-night version of a musical feast and love-fest has come and gone and it was another good one. In the eight iteration of the festival, Knoxville’s music and music community, once again, was...
Culture
A Challenging Tale, “Alabama Story,” Opens at the Clarence Brown Theatre
While Alabama Story (currently being staged by Clarence Brown Theatre) playwright Kenneth Jones refers to the setting for his play as the “deep south of the imagination,” for those of us familiar with the deep south – and...
Beautifully Renovated 804 West Hill Avenue Offers a Rare New Residence in the City
A thin thread connects yesterday’s article about the Mechanics Bank and Trust Building and today’s article about a renovated home in the Maplehurst section of downtown. As it happens, when the bank president, Thomas O’Connor was...
Exploring One of Gay Street’s Most Beautiful and Interesting Buildings: The Mechanics Bank and Trust Building
If you’ve slowed down a bit to consider the various buildings lining Gay Street, you’ve no doubt noticed 612 South Gay. The inscription on the front gives its name: The Mechanics Bank and Trust Building. Even...
Big Ears 2018 Announces Daily Lineups and More
There’s really no way to predict who will agree to play the Big Ears Festival one year to the next. From an unlimited pool of international musicians, the possibilities are simply too big. We’ve come to...
Knoxville Has a Theater District? A Brief History of Knoxville’s Theaters: Part Four of Four
Here is the final part of Oren Yarbrough’s four part series on Knoxville’s rich history with theatres. If you haven’t already done so, please check out the first three (Part One, Part Two, Part Three). It’s...
Knoxville has a Theater District? A brief history of Knoxville’s Theaters: Part Three of Four
As promised last week, here is the continuation of a look at Knoxville’s Theater District by local writer and architect, Oren Yarbrough. If you missed the first two parts, please do yourself a favor and check...
Happy New Year – With a Little Help from the Black Lillies
This one’s going to be short and sweet. I simply want to wish each of you a Happy New Year and serve up a side of the wonderful Black Lillies show last night at the Bijou....
Knoxville has a Theater District? A brief history of Knoxville’s Theaters: Part Two of Four
This is a continuation of a four-part series on Knoxville’s Theatre District written by guest writer Oren Yarbrough, Architectural Intern with DIA. (Part One, Part Three, Part Four) Here’s Oren: Ironically, the location of today’s “Theatre...
Knoxville has a Theater District? A brief history of Knoxville’s Theaters: Part One of Four
*This is the first in a four-part series about Knoxville’s theaters, written by Oren Yarbrough, Architect Intern with DIA and author of the popular recent articles on the AT&T building. Two will run this week and...