Rhythm n Blooms 2015: Day One
What an amazing weekend of great music. I can’t imagine the odds against a city our size having just one of the two excellent music festivals we’ve enjoyed in the last couple of weeks, let alone...
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Big Ears: Day 2 and 3 and Wrap-up
This was my first time to go all the way through three days with Big Ears. I have to say it’s really as amazing as you’ve heard from your avant-garde friends. Concerned I might be out...
Big Ears 2015: Day One
The best advice I saw tweeted during the first day of the festival was to forget about the music you can’t hear and focus on what you are hearing. Very good advice. Consider that the first evening...
A Small Window into Big Ears
I’ve studied my schedule for Big Ears and begun the process of acquainting myself with the artists. There are familiar faces and sounds: Kronos Quartet serves as the glue for this year’s festival, collaborating with numerous...
Raising a Glass to George Barber and Restoring His Final Home
One hundred years ago last month, George and Laura Barber died within nine days of each other while living in a small home in Parkridge. A snow-delayed dinner party was held in that home last week...
Pieces of our Heritage: Bijou Jubilee 2015 and Tennessee Shines
This Saturday night at the Bijou Theatre Scott Miller and the Commonwealth will take the stage for the annual Jubilee. It’s an annual celebration of the building once slated for demolition, the salvation of which ultimately...
Is Knoxville Cuisine Improving? Which are the Best Downtown Restaurants?
We’ve had numerous debates about food in Knoxville over the years I’ve written about downtown. I generally write about restaurants that open, and while I’m spreading the word more than I’m reviewing them, I generally find...
Go! Contemporary Dance Works
I’ve been a fan of Go! Contemporary Dance Works via free performances I’ve run into over the years. One of my favorite encounters included an unexpected performance outside the French Market a couple of years ago. Always...
Photographs of Knoxville Like You’ve Never Seen
Last October on an ominous Sunday afternoon, with storm clouds building, I took a long walk around downtown taking photographs of the sites covered in the ULI report. Hustle as I might, the clouds broke open...
Knoxville Opera Presents “Carmen” (and does some pretty cool things on the side)
Knoxville Opera allowed me to view their final dress rehearsal in the Tennessee Theatre Wednesday night. I wasn’t alone, as I was joined by several hundred students from surrounding schools and many of their parents. The...