Alternative photography and/or time-based media is the subject for Obscura II, an exhibition hosted by the Big Camera and A1LabArts, set for showing at the Emporium, January 3-31, 2020. Entrants should note the following requirements and the delivery deadlines of…
Review: UT Opera Theatre Sparkles With ‘The Elixir of Love’
By Alan Sherrod Throughout its 187 year history, Gaetano Donizetti’s bel canto comedy The Elixir of Love (L’elisir d’amore) has remained high on the list of most-performed operas worldwide. This popularity comes at a price, though, as opera companies…
The Iconic Patti Smith Part of Big Ears 2020 Lineup Expansion
As expected, the lineup for the Big Ears Festival 2020 is growing—and with some very, very notable names that are already creating additional excitement. Big Ears is announcing that rock icon, writer, poet and photographer Patti Smith will join the festival…
This Weekend: UT Opera Theatre – Donizetti’s ‘The Elixir of Love’
Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love University of Tennessee Opera Theatre Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street • Friday, November 8, 8:00 PM • Saturday, November 9, 2:30 AND 8:00 PM • Sunday, November 10, 2:30 PM Directed by James…
Review in Brief: Timeless Tales Mark KSO’s “Peter and the Wolf” Chamber Classics
By Alan Sherrod All four of the works on Sunday afternoon’s Chamber Classics Series concert by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra came from the tonal side of the 20th Century, but each of the works seem to possess an ineffable…
Review: CBT’s ‘Exit, Pursued By A Bear’ Is Sweet Revenge
By Alan Sherrod How does a work of theatre confront the issue of domestic abuse but at the same time walk the fine line between painful tragedy and unseemly comedy? For playwright Lauren Gunderson, the solution was to construct…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s ‘Madama Butterfly’
By Alan Sherrod Based on the published history, Knoxville Opera has offered a production of Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 Madama Butterfly every eight years or so—on average—since the company was founded in 1978. Its sixth one was performed this past…
This Weekend: Knoxville Opera Returns to Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’
Knoxville Opera’s Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville Friday, October 25, 7:30 PM Sunday, October 27, 2:30 PM Tickets and Information By Alan Sherrod Giacomo Puccini, opera’s master of melodrama, was inspired…
Review: Natasha Paremski and KSO Find a Show-Stopper in Grieg’s Piano Concerto
By Alan Sherrod There is both an art and a logic to the program arrangement of concerts, a fact that this weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks audience apparently appreciated. While symphonies are generally saved for the end due to…
