Carpetbag Theatre makes art from suffering
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009The next time someone ridicules poetry, remind them that we use abstract language to talk about things that cannot be said. Music, painting, poetry - these are how we talk about pain and loss. It's Carpetbag Theatre's mission - making art from suffering. Continue »
Downtown Parking offers game of chance
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009From Suttree's days of "derelict trucks piled with produce and flowers. . . and country commerce," Knoxville's Downtown has zipped right past the "toe-tapping country music of WNOX on Lowell Blanchard's "Midday Merry-go-round," and the ghosts of buildings past to become a vibrant, young-centric and exciting city. Continue »
Contemporary redesign gives room to breathe
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009Some might have written it off as yet another example of lackluster 1950s architecture: one more rancher planted among a million in the tilled, watered flowerbed of suburbia. Yawn. But when Paula Clancy drove past the house, sitting queenlike atop three-and-half secluded acres on a ridgetop in Fountain City, she saw her family's dream home. Continue »

