Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters UT’s Clarence Brown Theatre in the Carousel Theatre Previews: Wednesday and Thursday, September 27 and 28, at 7:30 PM Opening Night: Friday evening, September 29, at 7:30 PM Continues through October 15 (Schedule, information and tickets)…
Review – Knoxville Theatre Club’s ‘Cindy & Ella’ – A Dustbowl Gothic Tale
Although the title may conjure up images of the happily-ever-after romantic Disney version of the Cinderella fairytale, Knoxville Theatre Club’s production of Cindy & Ella goes in a much different, much darker direction. In fact, an appropriate sub-title to this…
Review – KSO’s ‘Knoxville Postcards’ Paints the Past, Rejoices in the Future
As I threaded my way along the bustling sidewalks of downtown amid the intoxicating sounds and smells of the warm evening, headed for the Tennessee Theatre and the opening performances of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-18 season, I realized the…
Preview – ‘Viva l’Italia’: UT Symphony Opens Season With ‘Fountains of Rome’
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra: “Viva l’Italia!” Conductor: James Fellenbaum Respighi: Fountains of Rome Albinoni: Adagio in G minor Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien 4:00 PM, Sunday, September 24, James R. Cox Auditorium, UT Campus FREE One of the joys of following…
Author Kirstin Valdez Quade at UT’s ‘Writers in the Library’-Sept. 25
Kirstin Valdez Quade had been on my reading list for months earlier this year, so I was delighted to find her short story, “Christina the Astonishing (1150-1224)” in a New Yorker this past July. (New Yorker, July 24, 2017). I’m…
Preview, KSO Explores Local Connections in Season Opener: ‘Knoxville Postcards’
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Knoxville Postcards Aram Demirjian, conductor R.B. Morris, narrator Schachter: Overture to Knoxville (with UT Brass Ensemble) Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (with soprano Joélle Harvey) Aaron Copland: Suite from The Tender Land ( with Carson-Newman A Capella…
Recital Review in Brief: ‘Geoffrey Herd and Friends’ at UTSOM
Even with the advantage of history, it’s hard to imagine that Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op 25, would have ever generated uncertainty or puzzlement in anyone. It’s said that Clara Schumann had slight misgivings about the work,…
2017 Knoxville Film Festival At Regal Downtown West Sep. 15-17
(Above: Winners from the 2016 Knoxville Film Festival) Now in its 14th year, the Knoxville Film Festival has grown from its previous incarnation as the Secret City Film Festival into a major event for local cinephiles, both filmmakers and film-goers.…
September Events At the UT School of Music
Without doubt, the greatest bang-for-the-buck in Knoxville’s music scene often flies under the radar of Knoxville concertgoers — the University of Tennessee School of Music’s Guest Artist and Faculty recital series. The events roll on like clockwork when school is…
Review: CBT’s ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ – An Ensemble Tour de Force
There is no greater example in literature of the boundlessness of childhood imagination than the story of Peter Pan. Created in a number of vehicles by J.M. Barrie including his 1904 play, Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow…
