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Work It: The Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival Brings Big-City Glamor to Knoxville

In Performing Arts, Program Notes by Hayley BrundigeSeptember 8, 2016leave a COMMENT

Knoxville is home to many festivals, but the newest addition—the Smoky Mountain Burlesque Festival—promises to be its most glamorous and glittery. This four-day festival starts on Thursday, Sept. 15, and …

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QED Comedy Lab’s Two-Year Run Comes to an End

In Performing Arts, Program Notes by Matthew EverettAugust 10, 2016leave a COMMENT

For the last two years, on Monday nights, the QED Comedy Laboratory at Pilot Light has provided a safe place for Knoxville’s comics—veteran performers and rookies, improv specialists and stand-ups, …

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Burlesque Performers Fight Stigmas With Menstruation-Themed Show

In Performing Arts, Program Notes by Matthew EverettJune 29, 2016leave a COMMENT

Last year, Knoxville burlesque queen Siren Santina and her colleague Pepper Mills staged a surprising revue in Mills’ hometown of Indianapolis, Ind. The Best Show, PERIOD: A Burlesque Tribute to …

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Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘South Pacific’ Is an Enchanted Evening

In Performing Arts by Alan SherrodApril 26, 2016leave a COMMENT

Support the Knoxville Mercury and keep local media independent! Read about our 2016 Press Forward fundraising campaign here and donate here. When one considers the music theater collaborations of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar …

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Here’s the Lineup for Our Knoxtacular Variety Show

In Music Stories, Performing Arts, Program Notes, The Daily Dumpster Blog by Matthew EverettMarch 2, 2016leave a COMMENT

Knoxtacular is almost here! Join us on Saturday, March 5, at the Bijou Theatre for an all-day, all-live, all-local jamboree in support of the Knoxville Mercury, WDVX, and the Knoxville …

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