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Knoxville Children’s Theatre: Developing the Next Generation of Thespians—and Audiences

In Cover Stories, Performing Arts by Tracy JonesMarch 15, 2017leave a COMMENT

Under the direction of Executive Director Zack Allen, with Academy Director Dennis Perkins and other contributors, Knoxville Children’s Theatre produces a year-round slate of theater by and for (but not …

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Places and Clubs in Knoxville That Make Exercise Fun

In Guides by Tracy JonesJanuary 26, 2017leave a COMMENT

Moaning and groaning about going to the gym? That attitude is as outdated as your mom’s 1990s treadmill. Approach exercise as a pleasure, not a punishment, and you can have …

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Inside Craiglen, Architect Charles Barber’s Italian Villa in West Knoxville

In Abode: Home Design by Tracy JonesOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Charles Barber was used to lavish requests. By the mid-1920s, the founding partner of Barber and McMurry had designed several over-the-top residences for Knoxville’s industrial barons. Craiglen (1043 Craigland Court) …

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The Jenkins House in Sequoyah Hills Is Ben McMurry Jr.’s Masterpiece

In Abode: Home Design by Tracy JonesOctober 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Every visionary architect should have a loyal patron. Frank Lloyd Wright had the Kaufmanns, who commissioned iconic Falling Water in southwest Pennsylvania, where the home stands preserved as a modern …

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How Kristopher Kendrick’s Preservationist Vision Reshaped Knoxville Today

In Cover Stories by Tracy JonesOctober 12, 2016leave a COMMENT

Kent Kendrick remembers the first time his late father, Kristopher Kendrick, took him to the building that had been Patrick Sullivan’s saloon, at the corner of South Central and East …

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