BY ALAN SHERROD It would be nice if we could pretend that the past weekend was a normal one for classical music in Knoxville. The fact is, there was nothing normal about it. Knoxville was treated to an unusual…
Big Week for Knoxville Symphony Orchestra — 2023-24 Season Openings in Two Series
It rarely happens this way, but thanks to the whims of the calendar, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will be opening the 2023-24 season for two of its major series within a few days of each other. The KSO’s always-intriguing Chamber…
Big Ears 2024 Announces Headliners and Starting Line-Up
Big Ears has announced its headliners and lineups for the 2024 festival that will occupy downtown from Thursday, March 21 thru Sunday, March 24, 2024. Headliners include some big-name newbies and some old favorites. Herbie Hancock – Laurie Anderson –John…
Review: CBT’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Enjoys a Sensational Second Trip
BY ALAN SHERROD The show must go on, even when Covid deals out nasty surprises. Clarence Brown Theatre opened a snazzy production of Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express last September, only to…
Preview: CBT’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Builds Up Steam This Week
Murder on the Orient Express Based on the Agatha Christie novel—Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig Clarence Brown Theatre Previews on Wednesday and Thursday, September 6 and 7 with opening night on Friday, September 8; Runs through Sunday, September…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: The 2023-24 Arts Season Begins!
Although summer doesn’t end for another three weeks—and we have the hot, humid weather to prove it—there are major signs that the Fall music and arts season is upon us. Not only do we have First Friday this week, but…
KSO’s 2023-24 Season: A Q&A with Maestro Aram Demirjian
BY ALAN SHERROD With the sales of single tickets having begun for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season of concerts, Knoxville music lovers are now confronted with the reality of picking and choosing from the five series and the…
River & Rail Theatre Co. Announces Its 2023-24 Season of Plays
River & Rail Theatre Co.— operating in the Old City Performing Arts Center, 111 State Street— has announced its 2023-24 season of four plays. The company is also introducing Memberships to its theatre-goer experience. Memberships are available in several tiers…
August 16-20: KCPL’s Clarence Brown Film Festival
Knoxville’s performing arts scene crossed a threshold in the fall of 1970 when the Clarence Brown Theatre opened as a part of the University of Tennessee’s theatre program. With the subsequent creation of a LORT professional company as resident adjunct…
Marble City Opera Reveals Its 11th Season of Operas
Although it wasn’t really a secret—opera-goers and supporters had known for a while—Marble City Opera has officially announced its next season of productions plus a number of add-on concerts for 2023-2024. Like in the past, that new season contains new…