BY ALAN SHERROD   Note for note, minute for minute, Georges Bizet’s Carmen can seem today like one hit tune after another.

As much coincidence as it was a deliberate plan, October has become something of a showcase month for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks Series. The concerts this past weekend, as ...

In the spirit of spooky season, Theatre Knoxville Downtown offers a little fright of their own with their latest production, The Birds. While those of us might be most familiar with Alfred Hitchcock’s ...

Following its compelling opening Masterworks Series concerts last month, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra embraces an intriguing program for its October concerts this week that feature Edward Elgar’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 ...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged love letter to his children will be remembered as the moment optimism was cast onto the next generation.