Arts & Culture

McCarthy Mainstreamed

McCarthy Mainstreamed

For years Cormac McCarthy, ­Knoxville's most famous living literary son, had something of a cult following. The secret is now…

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Sounds of Centuries Past

Sounds of Centuries Past

One of the world's premier ­musical ensembles will bring its extraordinary talents to the university's Knoxville campus this fall.

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Creating a New Career

Creating a New Career

Tish Lowe (Knoxville '75, '78) followed her true passion when she moved to Florence, Italy, in 2003 to study painting.

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Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bluegrass

WDVX began broadcasting in 1997 from a trailer in a campground in Norris, Tennessee, about 18 miles northeast of Knoxville.

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Over the Top

Over the Top

The new Glocker Building is well on its way to a 2008 opening in Knoxville. This and more in the…

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Jazz for Justice

Jazz for Justice

In Northern Uganda, where children have long been traumatized by war, there is a group who call themselves "University of…

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Worth the Coming Home

Worth the Coming Home

SENATE LAWYER BECOMES UNPAID SMOKIES MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST! I fully expected to see this newspaper headline.

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Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News

Butterflies, the Big Bopper, and Other News

A book about butterflies, solving the mystery of The Big Bopper's death, a fat camp for pets, and other stories.

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Miss Tennessee, An Emmy Winner, and a Katrina Update

Miss Tennessee, An Emmy Winner, and a Katrina Update

Blair Pancake won the Miss Tennessee title, and UT Chattanooga alumnus Leslie Jordan won an Emmy.

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