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 ...

It 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 ...

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The Knoxville Chamber Music Society’s 2025–26 season continued with a captivating program that drew a sizeable and enthusiastic audience. The performance featured two stalwarts from the chamber music ...

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 into Big Ears 2025 with a lackadaisical ...

This week on Wednesday and Thursday at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster William Shaub and his colleagues will be opening the 2024-25 Concertmaster Series with ...

Knoxville has often had a tenuous relationship with its own atmospheric history, a history full of intersections between geography and notable persons that weave in and out of our cultural ...

First, stepping onto the soapbox. As we reach the Winter Solstice of 2024 in Knoxville’s arts and music world, we can definitely feel positive and optimistic about the achievements of individuals, ...

Admittedly, realism in opera is something of an oxymoron. By its very nature, opera requires an embrace of the unrealistic—characters sing their roles, while time itself ebbs and flows to suit the ...

Adapting classic literature for the stage filtered through a contemporary lens has been the province, if not the raison d’etre, of playwright and actress Kate Hamill. Concentrating on works with ...

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 ...

First Take Co.’s next theatrical venture in Knoxville is more of an adventure, blending the beloved tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons with deep emotional introspection. Director and Founder ...