Knoxville Museum of Art Organized by the Mint Museum of Charlotte, North Carolina, and opening at the Knoxville Museum of Art on Friday, August 20, Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum focuses on the art of collage, the assembly of…
Twas the Week Before Christmas: Last Call for Seasonal Theatre and Music
The Winter Solstice comes this Saturday evening, so while we are relatively ice and snow free, check out some of Knoxville’s secular seasonal entertainments in their final performances. As of this writing, tickets are still available for all of these,…
Review: A Remarkable ‘All in the Timing’ at Theatre Knoxville Downtown
By Alan Sherrod Comedy—they are fond of saying—is all in the timing. Yes—in addition to trapeze artistry and knowing when to cut an avocado—comedy demands timing. Such is the premise behind David Ives’ collection of six short comic plays,…
Review: ‘The Man From Earth’ at Theatre Knoxville Downtown
By Alan Sherrod If you like your theatrical dramas with a bit of intriguing debate, you’ll want to check out Theatre Knoxville Downtown’s latest, The Man From Earth by Jerome Bixby, which opened last weekend and runs through June…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: A New Footprint for Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival Adds To A Busy Weekend
For the last 17 years, Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair has grown and evolved from an event aimed mostly at opera-goers, into a multi-genre, multi-stage festival of performances, artisans, and food that attracts a diverse cross-section of Knoxvillians.…
Review: Theatre Knoxville Downtown Opens In New Digs With ‘One Slight Hitch’
By Alan Sherrod It wasn’t “just another op’nin’ of another show” for Theatre Knoxville Downtown and their production of Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch on Friday evening. While gallery hoppers were making their way around downtown Knoxville and the…
Theatre Knoxville Downtown Begins Its Second Act And Revives a Lonely Corner
By Alan Sherrod Urban renewal—if one can still use that term today with a straight face—has not been kind to 800 South Central Street. A mere two blocks east of the bustle of Gay Street, and on the now…
Monday Arts Miscellany – September 3
The fall arts season has traditionally started with Labor Day, so here we are. This week, add in First Friday and you have a wide range of enlightenments and diversions. Here are a few highlights. THEATRE The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra…
Monday Arts Miscellany – August 27
One can feel September sneaking furtive glances at us as August stubbornly hangs on a few more days. All will be different next week—patches of urban concrete and suburban grass, accustomed to basking in the early morning sun, may find…
Review: A Different Sort of Holmes and Watson in ‘Sherlock’s Last Case’ at Theatre Knoxville Downtown
Theatre Knoxville Downtown presents ‘Sherlock’s Last Case’ by Charles Marowitz