Arts & Culture

Ashley Capps

The Birth of Bonnaroo

Born and raised in Knoxville, Ashley Capps began promoting shows in the late 1970s as a hobby. He has since…

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Called to Broadway

Laura Beth Wells’ dream of being a stage actress started in Knoxville when she was a fourth-grader watching Peter Pan…

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Bonnaroo Photos by Rob Heller

Photographer’s Paradise

The tens of thousands of people and hundreds of performers at Bonnaroo provide endless subjects for photographer Rob Heller, professor…

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Your Bonnaroo Stories

The Tennessee Alumnus asked online readers to send their stories about going to Bonnaroo.

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Desegregation Documented

Horace Traylor, UTC's first African-American to graduate, offers one of the student voices in a new documentary, Reaching the Light:…

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Great Grammar

Great Grammar

Did you know that the Harbrace Handbook, the best selling college textbook ever, was born in Knoxville?

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Continents Collide

Continents Collide

Learn how natural forces created and continue to shape mountains across the globe at the Frank H. McClung Museum at…

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Tell us about your experiences at Tennessee's annual music festival

Survey: Do You Bonnaroo?

Next Issue: Learn more about Bonnaroo and its connections to UT. Tell us about your experience, and your story may…

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Drop Everything

Water balloons tossed in the name of art.

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Windows to Heaven Icon

Windows to Heaven

Museum displays Russian icons.

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Books in Common

Books in Common

Henrietta Lacks, Boy Who Harnessed the Wind have students talking.

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Come to Pregame Showcase

Come to Pregame Showcase

Before 2011 Vol home football games, you can learn about music, science, and a whole lot more.

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The Long March Home

The Long March Home

An unconventional look at the civil rights movement.

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Take Two Aspirin and Write a Novel

Take Two Aspirin and Write a Novel

A physician segues into literary territory

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Luck of the Draw

Luck of the Draw

Artwork isn't work to Sidney Carter--it's a pleasure

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Meet the Artist

Meet the Artist

UT graduate and native Tennessean Danny Wilson captures the state's distinctive personality.

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The Road Often Traveled

The Road Often Traveled

UT Martin alum Ed Sargent, tour manager for jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson for almost 25 years, now manages Joan Jett.

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Birds of the Smokies

Birds of the Smokies

UT recognizes the 75th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with a new exhibit.

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Remembering Sarah Booth Conroy

Remembering Sarah Booth Conroy

UT's first woman journalism graduate left her mark on the Washington Post.

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Lady Vols: In the Beginning

Lady Vols: In the Beginning

In only three decades old, the Lady Vols have given us thrills, chills, championships, and many accomplished lives.

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Bookshelf

Bookshelf

Steve Ash's history of a black Civil War regiment and A. Scott Pearson's medical science-fiction thriller.

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Long Live QE2

Long Live QE2

“We sailed into Dubai in the afternoon on November 26,” Stew Bystrzycki (Knoxville ’04) said. “The sail in was amazing."

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Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars

Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars

The Campaign for Tennessee, a new Warhol exhibit, a look at the Haslam Scholars, and more in the latest installment…

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