Just to get this straight to start with, I heard a lovely concert by locally-based Trillium, a trio of first-rate musicians: pianist Robert Bonham, violinist Alison Maerker Garner and cellist …
‘Three Sisters:’ reflections on the empty life
When parents die, it isn’t easy realizing that nobody wants the stuff that helped define their remembered lives. No one wants their mother’s exquisite silver service or set of lovely …
Pellissippi State hosts second annual James Agee Conference
New York Times bestselling novelist Silas House will be keynote speaker at the second annual James Agee Conference for Literature and Arts Oct. 6-7 at Pellissippi State Community College.
The conference, …
Humor and weirdness open Chamber Classics Series
The Knoxville Symphony Chamber Classics opens its concert season at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, Oct. 1, with a not-so-classic program that features toy instruments and unconventional contraptions turned into music-makers, in …
Chamber music thrives in the city
Two Knoxville audiences were treated to two excellent chamber music programs yesterday.
The first was the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Q Series at the Square Room on Market Square, featuring the KSO’s …
Chekhov builds great drama with young people in the boondocks
One of the modern approaches to drama, whether it’s a Greek tragedy or a 19th century Italian opera, is to shift the timeframe from the period in which the piece …
Best-selling author Denise Kiernan to speak here Oct. 5
Denise Kiernan, author of “The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home,” will speak about her book at the East Tennessee …
Singing just for the glory of it
More than 40 people, from as far away as Saluda, S.C., Carrollton, Ga., Champaign, Ill., and Albuquerque, N.M., as well as Blount, Knox, Jefferson and Sevier counties, gathered at the …