Imagine being a young singer with operatic ambitions, ready to make the most of an undergraduate or graduate opera program to provide a springboard into the professional world, when rather suddenly … ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The week’s news makes Robert Cray’s “This Man” totally relevant. Rolling Stone offers: ““With the Republican National Convention this week, there’s no better question to ask than the one Cray poses ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was almost exactly three years ago that the Knoxville-based drum ensemble Indigenous Vibes first performed with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. They were back for this past weekend’s Masterworks ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...