BY ALAN SHERROD Equal parts existentialism and comically whimsical narrative, Philip Dawkins’ Failure: A Love Story, which ...

In our world of social media influencers and the pressure of amassing likes, shares, and retweets, it can feel like we—at times—lead a double life, one off the screen and one behind it, carefully ...

For the second season in a row, March was guest conductor month for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series. This past Sunday’s concert at the Bijou found conductor Noam Aviel on ...

This Sunday, March 2, another lengthy, way-too-long awards season will end at the 97th Academy Awards. It’s been a season full of angst, headlined by the Emilia Perez online discourse, with the film ...

Knowing what we know about Felix Mendelssohn and his artistic attractions and interests, it is exceedingly likely that he would have been superbly delighted with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s ...

Drawing from a career background in music, motion pictures, and theatre, Alan Sherrod has been writing about Knoxville's diverse art and music scene since 2007 — first as the classical/new music ...

The Amadeus Concert Ensemble, known for its adventurous musical journeys into the rarely heard side of well-known composers, turns to Ludwig van Beethoven as its latest subject this Sunday, February ...

When you think of professional theatre, you might have a few images in mind. The word may conjure up scenes of audiences in luxurious fur stoles and evening gowns or well-tailored jackets and crisp ...