Culture

Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2017

Knoxville Urban Guy·
Each year I write about the Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk, I’m tempted to say the art is better than it’s ever been. Looking at the art included here (and that not included), it’s easy to see...

Big Ears 2017, Part Two

Knoxville Urban Guy·
We wait for this festival for so long, it’s kind of hard to believe when it passes the halfway mark and we know it’s fading. Fatigue assures us that it has, indeed, been a solid two...

Big Ears 2017, Part One

Knoxville Urban Guy·
I spoke to someone who didn’t attend Big Ears and felt it was simply too much to imagine and to which she might see an entry point. While I made some suggestions for next year, I...

Recognizing a City’s Beauty

Knoxville Urban Guy·
Last night Keep Knoxville Beautiful held its annual Orchid Awards at the Standard. The awards have honored Knoxville’s most beautiful properties since 1979. The organization was founded in 1978 to help cleaning up the city in...

Knoxville Opera Presents La Bohème

Knoxville Urban Guy·
Originally performed in 1896 in Turin, and conducted by Toscanini, La bohème was not an immediate success. Both audience reception and critical notices were tepid, but the opera grew in popularity to become one of the...
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