Those who love being surprised by discoveries of Knoxville’s past will want to gravitate to the East Tennessee Historical Society on Sunday afternoon for a glimpse into “Knoxville Christmas History in Print, Photo & Film,” a program assembled by the Knoxville History Project and Knox County Public Library’s Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound.
‘Gathering Light’, Works by Beauford Delaney, Opens at KMA
In an article from the Knoxville Mercury in 2016, Jack Neely wrote this about painter Beauford Delaney: “Beauford Delaney (1901-1979) is the best-known artist who ever lived in Knoxville.” That statement is inarguably true, but sadly requires some qualification. Although born…
A New Weekly For Knoxville: ‘The Knoxville Mercury’
The demise of the newsweekly Metro Pulse at the hands of its parent company, E.W. Scripps, two months ago, was painful for both its staff and its Knoxville readership. For many—and there is actual evidence to support this—Metro Pulse was the…
Do Arts Define a City?
Do arts define a city? Or does a city define its arts? Before you think that these questions smack of some naïve academic exercise for bored undergraduates, there is a point to be made here—one that my colleague Jack Neely…