It’s a tradition in Southern literature to start with a death in the family.
In Del Shores’ “Sordid Lives,” now playing at Theatre Knoxville Downtown, the dead woman, Peggy Ingram, was …
‘Sordid Lives:’ A black comedy about white trash
Rhapsody in pastel blue at Knoxville Symphony performance
Pianist Michelle Cann joined the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Thursday night for performances of two solo works, an unusual workload for a guest artist.
But considering the unfamiliarity of one of the …
Inner Voices in Happy Holler concert
In only their third public concert, Inner Voices String Quartet presented a confident, satisfying program at Modern Studio on Anderson Avenue in Happy Holler Friday evening.
Guest violinist Robyn Quinnett joined …
‘Postcard from Morocco:’ Possessed by our possessions
At one time or another, almost everyone is known to someone else by one or more of their possessions. Sometimes we even define ourselves that way: possessed by our possessions.
Marble …
Glorious sacred music in a magnificent sacred space
There’s a symbiosis between entering into the nave of the magnificent new Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus on Northshore Drive and the opening lines of Joseph Haydn’s …
KSO Q Series: Listening to music the old way
At noon, on certain Wednesdays at the Square Room on Market Square, the Knoxville Symphony’s Woodwind Quintet and Principal Quartet, classical music in Knoxville reflects a pattern that goes back …
‘Urinetown:’ the silly musical about serious ideas
“Urinetown, The Musical,” which just opened at Clarence Brown Theatre, is a completely silly musical with a completely ridiculous notion that addresses completely serious problems in America – the housing …
‘Middlemarch’ celebrates spring
Claudia Stevens told WBIR-TV that she is “too old to worry about how it’s going to turn out.”
Stevens is the librettist for Allen Shearer’s “Middlemarch in Spring,” which the UT …