BY ALAN SHERROD When the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s appearance in the Kennedy Center’s SHIFT Festival was cancelled last March due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the energy in Knoxville’s classical music scene quickly evaporated. As the remainder of the…
Virtual-ness: CBT Offers ‘The Open Hand … revisited’ — On-Demand
BY ALAN SHERROD When Rob Caisley’s The Open Hand ran at Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre in April 2016, it was already in a category of its own. The play had been commissioned specifically for MFA Acting students and…
Week 28 of Free Metropolitan Opera Streams – Puccini Week
The weekly themes continue in the Metropolitan Opera’s series of of free nightly streams of performances from their archives. This week features Giacomo Puccini operas including Tosca, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. A different streaming begins each evening at…
Virtual-ness: Performances to Catch This Month
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on lives and livelihoods, the performance world has nobly clung to possibly its only avenue—virtual performances. Here are a few virtual opportunities available for audiences in Knoxville and beyond… • • • …
September Emporium Exhibitions Opening on Friday
The isolation brought on by the need for safety during the pandemic battle has made it all too easy to break normal routines. However, it is possible to get an infusion of art and still stay safe by adhering to…
Themes Dominate Weeks 25 and 26 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 31 – September 13
Following last week’s all-Verdi series, the Metropolitan Opera continues its series of of free nightly streams of performances from their archives with two more theme weeks. This week (August 31 – September 6) will feature 20th and 21st Century works,…
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Delays New Season Until February 2021
BY ALAN SHERROD Although the Knoxville summer of 2020 has been mostly temperate, weatherwise, there has been enough socio-political heat and angst across the nation to fill a decade or two. And, just at the time when there are…
Week 24 of Free Met Opera Streams: August 24 – 30
Week 24 is an all-Verdi Extravaganza Week at the Metropolitan Opera‘s series of free nightly streams of performances from their archives. A different streaming begins each evening at 7:30 PM from the Met Opera website and is available for 23…
New Video for Robert Cray’s ‘This Man’
The week’s news makes Robert Cray’s “This Man” totally relevant. Rolling Stone offers: ““With the Republican National Convention this week, there’s no better question to ask than the one Cray poses here: “Who is this man in our house?” “We…
Big Ears Festival To Open ‘SITES & SOUNDS’ on Friday with R.B. Morris — Live From the Bijou Theatre
All over the U.S., it is a time of struggle for artists and arts organizations — a struggle to balance the need to continue the creative energy of live performance, with the absolute requirement for safety in the face of…
