BY ALAN SHERROD One year ago, it would have seemed weird and strange that watching and listening to a Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert via a video livestream on a television or computer monitor would feel like a victory. Yet,…
Wednesday Arts Miscellany: More at the Emporium and Knoxville Museum of Art
Yesterday, we mentioned the Emporium’s National Juried Exhibition of 2021, but there are other notable shows opening there on Friday, February 5, as well. • Dana Moody‘s intriguing architectural-cultural photographic studies: Havana: Behind the Façade (image from the show above)…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: KSO, the Emporium Center, and UT Downtown Gallery
It sometimes seems like a dream. Yes, there actually was a time when people went into theaters with other people and sat next to them while viewing and hearing creative expression from musicians, actors, and other artists on stage. While…
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Management, Musicians Reach Agreement for a Feb – May Season
BY ALAN SHERROD According to statistics recently offered by the National Endowment for the Arts, 52 percent of actors, 55 percent of dancers, and 27 percent of musicians have lost employment due to the shutdowns made necessary by the…
Streaming Holiday Treats, December 15 – 25
Here are some suggestions for your Holiday streaming entertainment — in no particular order. •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  • Clarence Brown Theatre/UT Department of Theatre Clarence Brown Theatre and the…
More Merry Arts Miscellany for December
The Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestras (KSYO) are offering a livestream virtual recital on Monday evening, December 7, at 7 PM. The winter recital will feature six ensembles of the Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra Chamber Music Program, plus finalists of the…
From 2016: “The Most Famous Reindeer of All”
BY ALAN SHERROD [This story was originally published in 2016] You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen, But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph the Red-Nosed…
Merry Miscellany: December Edition
Above: Jackson Avenue ramps nearing completion as iconic pavers are restored At the Emporium Center for First Friday, December 4 — The Arts & Culture Alliance opens its 2020 Members Show, an annual exhibition of local artists in the…
This Week: Marble City Opera Offers A Staged Version of Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’
BY ALAN SHERROD As the winter of 2020 begins to show its hand and taunt us mercilessly—a winter undeniably capable of dashing both our physical and socio-political hopes—we can perhaps identify with, and take consolation in, an equally arduous…
Week 32 of Free Metropolitan Opera Streams – Comedy Week
This week is Comedy Week for the Metropolitan Opera’s series of free nightly performance streamings from its archives. Naturally, Rossini is well represented, but you’ll also find the recent production of Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier and a 1992 production of Verdi’s…
