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If you thought the process of memorizing lines for an entire play is a testament to the mental acuity of actors, get ready to experience the ultimate test of on-stage stamina with TKD’s production of ...
For over 10 years, River & Rail Theatre has been a fixture in the Knoxville arts community, bringing together both local and national talent to tell stories about our city, its people, and its history ...
I f one needed any more evidence as to the raw popularity of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, they had only to wade through the diverse crowd in the Tennessee Theatre lobby and partake of the Knoxville ...
The University of Tennessee Opera Theatre is presenting Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Bijou Theatre in a double-cast run of four performances—evening performances on Friday and ...
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra wrapped up its 2024-25 Chamber Classics season at the Bijou Theatre on Sunday in rather spectacular fashion. The concert was sold out, proving not only that Antonio ...
and blow into it with all my living breath. we have become beautiful without even knowing it. – from “Nightclub” by Billy Collins I don’t know about you and yours, but a big part of my cohort went ...
Equal parts existentialism and comically whimsical narrative, Philip Dawkins’ Failure: A Love Story, which opened last week in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre, is a feast of storytelling that ...
In our world of social media influencers and the pressure of amassing likes, shares, and retweets, it can feel like we—at times—lead a double life, one off the screen and one behind it, carefully ...
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series on Sunday afternoons has become quite popular, with audiences gravitating to music that really benefits from the intimate acoustic ...
It was just one year ago that the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra offered a performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. Of that January 2024 concert, we opined that— “…for the audience who now ...
The year of 2024 was a strange one for cinematic excellence. I was fortunate enough to view over 90 new release films throughout the year, with a few exceptions arriving in January. But for now, these ...
It seems inevitable that we find ourselves talking about traditions this time of year. Our holiday traditions often defy logic, embraced simply because there is inescapable satisfaction in the ...