Dogwood Arts Chalk Walk 2017
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...
Culture
Big Ears 2017, Part Two
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
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...
What Makes a City Happy? Healthy? Smart? Here’s Your Answer (Sort of)!
Those are the questions, aren’t they? If we had smart cities with happy and healthy citizens, we’d have unlocked the secret to many of our problems. So how do we do that in a general sense?...
Recognizing a City’s Beauty
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...
A Downtown Building Finds a New Purpose; A Downtown Institution Plans Move
Unless you’ve had a car repaired there – and many people have over the years – you’d not likely be familiar with the building at 213 E. Fifth Avenue. Should you have reason to drive east...
A Weekend Rich in Diverse Entertainment
We entered the weekend fresh off the excellent performance of La Bohème by Knoxville Opera. Urban Girl’s first opera, it set a high bar. With various rounds of illness and school closings, Urban Girl got to...
Knoxville Opera Presents La Bohème
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...
Waynestock Seven Highlights the Weekend with Hugs and Great Music
Waynestock started six years ago as a tip of the hat to Wayne Bledsoe who had recently lost his son. Wayne had done so much to help the local music community and they wanted to give...
Outside Mullingar Opens Tonight at the Clarence Brown Theatre
The second half of the 2016/2017 season at Clarence Brown Theatre opens tonight with “Outside Mullingar.” Billed as a romantic comedy, the play is directed by Kate Buckley and was written by John Patrick Shanley. In it’s...