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 ...

As we drift into October, the end of the calendar year looms and the adjective “memorable” finds its way into our consciousness once again as consideration begins to solidify for our yearly list of ...

I t goes without saying that Tim Burton’s cleverly stylized 1988 film, Beetlejuice, has legions of fans.Based on the crowd in the Tennessee Theatre lobby Tuesday evening, the Broadway musical stage ...

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 ...

The Knoxville Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Steven Matijcio as the museum’s new executive director. Currently director and chief curator at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of ...

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 ...

To more accurately reflect its evolution, scale, and importance, the Knoxville performance entity previously known as the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble has undergone a name change to become the Amadeus ...

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Aram Demirjian have announced the programs for the orchestra’s 2025 -26 season. With the announcement, 2025-26 series subscriptions are on sale now.

ADiamanda Galás performance is unlike any other performance you’ll ever see — even unlike other Diamanda Galás performances. Since the 1970s the singer has been stunning—and occasionally ...

Editor’s Note: Diana Salesky was the alto soloist in the recent Knoxville Symphony Orchestra performance of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ at the Tennessee Theatre. There are moments during rehearsals and ...

As 21st Century listeners, we discover there is something strangely satisfying about the familiar “ta-ta-ta-DAH” opening passage of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. That satisfaction, though, goes well ...

It’s 1959 and the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday is performing at a small, seedy bar in South Philadelphia called Emerson’s Bar and Grill. That is the basis for Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day At ...