Thursday, December 19th, 2013
By: Anna Rogers We are a tough crowd folks, on a good or a bad night. There is nowhere to hide behind a microphone, especially for a comedian. If you want to see live art in action – to feel everything from joy to pain – a comedy open mic night is the place you need
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
The Hannaria Series is for sale on Amazon.com. Introduction by Rica Miller When I was five years old, my adoptive mother told me fairy tales to help me fall asleep. In them, who was right and wrong...
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Science fiction novelist Patricia Gilliam’s childhood fascination with the NASA space program and The Twilight Zone television series has served her well. “When I was 13 years old, The Twilight Zone amazed me because it presented a...
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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
By: Barbara S. F. Davis Anne Freels lives in a magical house, supporting herself making beauty by hand… At the top of a hill in Clinton with meadows and mountains as a backyard, artist Anne Freels‘ life is...
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Friday, November 15th, 2013
Being on the verge of a New Year, our thoughts often turn to resolutions for a healthier lifestyle. In our quest for information, an often overlooked local resource is the Preston Medical Library. According to the library’s...
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Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
Everyone remembers that kid from school who was always drawing monsters and super heroes. Everyone knew he was the go-to-guy for information about any movie or television show. Matthew Atchely was that kid. WE GOTTA GET OUT...
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
Alpha and omega. The beginning and the end. What began as a Harry Potter inspired novelty band has evolved into sophisticated and tight rap music. But, Lil iFFy’s prophecy is nearly fulfilled with the November 2nd release...
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Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
Carole Ann Borges’ memoir Dreamseeker’s Daughter recalls her family’s unusual journey down the Mississippi River on their way to the South Sea Islands. A truly unique view of America in the 1950s, Dreamseeker’s Daughter will make you laugh...
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Thursday, October 17th, 2013
by: Alexia Pantanizopoulos Western Classical music started with the Ancient Greeks in 6th century BC. But a Greek in particular, Pythagoras, who invented the twelve-tone scale, started the beginnings of music theory which would be the basis...
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Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Cover photo: B. Pittman “Halloween is my biggest interest. Using Halloween makes it easier to bleed my way into other areas of art,” says Bran Rogers. Rogers credits his mother’s Halloween drawings during his Kindergarten days for...
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
by Jon Worley Asking anyone what his definition of “folk” music is will undoubtedly conjure up as many answers as there are places to ask it, but to ask it of a musician from East Tennessee is...
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Sunday, October 6th, 2013
by: Judy S. Blackstock Just two and a half hours north of Knoxville lies the shortest tunnel in the world. Backbone Rock tunnel, located five miles outside of Damascus, Virginia, measures only twenty feet wide. This unusual...
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
Are you new to Knoxville? Maybe you just got divorced? Perhaps you still think there’s nothing to do in Knoxville? Eight years ago, when I was 40, I had to start over in Knoxville. It was and...
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
By: Judy Blackstock When Jayne Morgan and Staci Swedeen get together, look for the cauldron to boil over with ideas, images, and plans that begin in magical wisps of thought and end in walls of brick and marquee lights....
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Sunday, September 1st, 2013
By: Christopher Scum Writing about punk rock is hard because there are so many different genres of punk that it can get frustrating and confusing. Also, there’s the “what’s punk” and “what’s not” argument that’s gone on...
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