Benefiting from the success of the Covid-19 vaccinations, the Knoxville visual arts and performance scene is not only re-opening, but feels like the metaphorical coiled spring ready to throw its full energy into a new season. Organizations like Knoxville Symphony…
It’s Live! Flying Anvil Theatre Announces New 2021 Season
Having limited itself to the struggle of “virtual” productions since the spring of 2020, the Flying Anvil Theatre has announced its return to a live performance schedule for the remainder of 2021. Making the announcement via a teaser video on…
Knoxville Opera To Offer A 7-Hour Musical Theatre Marathon on Saturday
Crowds of thousands enjoying musical performances in the fresh air of downtown Knoxville had been a springtime treat for years from Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair. Usually scheduled for late April/early May, the Festival was yet another unfortunate…
Review: Marble City Opera Delivers a Fabulous ‘Tosca’
BY ALAN SHERROD When I previewed the first-ever performance by the fledgling Marble City Opera in a Metro Pulse article in 2013, the concept of a chamber opera company that performed in mostly non-theatrical spaces seemed to be just…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: UT Downtown Gallery, Emporium Center, Knoxville Children’s Theatre, Knoxville Opera
Marble City Opera Sells Out Its Three-Performance Run of Tosca In what has to be a show of both audience hunger for music and theatre, and optimism for a reinvigorated arts scene in Knoxville, Marble City Opera has indicated that…
Clarence Brown Theatre Artistic Director Calvin MacLean Announces Retirement
The University of Tennessee Theatre Department and the Clarence Brown Theatre have announced that Theatre Department Head and CBT Producing Artistic Director Calvin MacLean will be retiring August 1, 2021, after 15 years in the position. During MacLean’s tenure, the…
Preview: Marble City Opera Returns to St. John’s Cathedral for Puccini’s ‘Tosca’
BY ALAN SHERROD Marble City Opera — Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 413 Cumberland Ave, Downtown Knoxville  • Thursday, June 3 | Friday, June 4 | Saturday, June 5 | 7:30 PM • Tickets and Information …
Review: KSO Wraps Four Month Season, Looks to the Future, with Torke’s ‘Sky’ and Beethoven
BY ALAN SHERROD Although Isaac Newton probably wasn’t thinking about performers and performances when he developed his First Law of Motion, that Law of Inertia has certainly demonstrated its truth in the music world over the last year—a body…
KMA’s Growing Collection Gives Birth to Two New Exhibitions
On Friday, May 21, the Knoxville Museum of Art will open two new exhibitions, both featuring diverse works from the museum’s own collection. Viewing Knoxville and its environs over the last century through the artistic lens is A View of…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: May 18, 2021
In the middle of May in any normal year, the arts season would be winding down with the pomp and circumstance of finale concerts and exhibitions attracting those surrendering to bare arms, summer colors, and a hiatus until September. Truly,…