Curtis Island Lighthouse
A spur-of-the-moment trip recently found us in the state of Maine. With little time to plan, we...
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Category: Our Town Arts
ArtBeat: Piano passions, pop icons and a festival full of flavor
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater and entertainment, Oct. 8-14, 2026. A...
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De la Cruz Buzz
While on a work trip last week, I made a quick U turn in Deep Gap, NC. Keeping an open mind, I was...
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ArtBeat: Knoxville arts events, Oct. 1-7
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater and entertainment. October begins with...
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COOL THOUGHTS
Even my summer-loving friends are getting tired of the seemingly endless heat of this year. An...
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A Tale of Three Rainbows
Wispy clouds over the Asheville Watershed have a way of making themselves known. From the...
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ArtBeat: Knoxville arts events, Sept. 24-30
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater, and entertainment. Sept. 24-30, 2026 On...
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A reward for the scene that waited
Being an Asheville photographer for over a decade, Badger has shot the venerable Mount Pisgah from...
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Hanging Out
A buttery colored quilt was hanging in the sun. Doesn’t that make you want to curl right up, in...
Read MoreArtBeat Weekly – Knoxville Area Events
Your weekly guide to East Tennessee arts, music, theater and entertainment. Sept. 17-23, 2026 On Stage Dial M for Murder – Clarence Brown Theatre, through Sept. 20. Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of the classic...
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Mile High Sunrise
If you have followed us for long, you know I like sunrise. Sunsets are great, but for me, sunrise...
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Mixed Greens
Two hundred varieties of daylilies on fifty beautiful acres, and why I picked you to paint? ** Was...
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