An audience member approached Kelle Jolly after a Tennessee Theatre Musical Monday appearance to tell her, “I didn’t know I liked jazz!” Jolly had to reassure her: “It’s okay, it’s …
Beardsley Farm’s Soupy Snow Day Fundraiser Grows Seeds—and Beards
There are times I just love to see Knoxville get together—the way we overflow parking lots to watch middle school cross-country matches, for example, or our raucous abandon and abundant …
Mark Lamb and Nancy Brennan Strange Put Together an All-Star Local Tribute to Dolly Parton
Artistic director Mark Lamb first pulled together a cast and performed the Dolly Parton tribute A Boy and His Dolly six years ago at Metro Baptist Church in New York …
Pint of Science, Peck of Fun
An odd idea—and oddly appealing. On Monday night I attended Knoxville’s inaugural Pint of Science event at the Casual Pint downtown. It was a nice evening, all part of some …
Rose Kennedy: Knowing When to Quit
Eight simple words. Upon hearing them, I recognized my true self with a certainty I have not experienced a second time in this life. And they set me on a …