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Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-2018 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 82nd season. Join the KSO for a powerful concert of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration, and selections from Tchaikovsky’s Overture-Fantasy from Romeo & Juliet. Knoxville audiences will enjoy these highly romantic tone poems which the KSO has not performed in […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-2018 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 82nd season. This Masterworks performance will be full of movement and flair featuring music from Marquez’ Danzon No. 2, Ades’ tango-inspired Danes from “Powder Her Face,” and Argentinian composer Ginastera’s Four Dances from “Estancia,” featuring members of the Appalachian Ballet Company. […]

Part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-2018 Moxley Carmichael Masterworks Series, which marks the KSO’s 82nd season. The KSO will open its 82nd season with a collection of various performers paying homage to our great city. This program celebrating Knoxville opens with Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” a classical work inspired by the James […]

On every Friday in September, children under age 12 living in Knox County will be admitted to the zoo for one penny with a paying adult. Adult tickets are $19.95, seniors 65+ are $16.95. This promotion cannot be combined with any other coupon or discount and is valid only on September 1, 8, 15, 22, […]

Flamenco dance classes for fun and fitness on Tuesdays. This class is suited for community members who have never taken flamenco classes or those interested in learning technique, footwork, marking movements, learning short combinations for a variety of rhythms, for fun and/or fitness. Beginners are welcome! Appropriate for ages 10+. A paying adult may bring up to […]

VERDI’S EPIC LOVE STORY SET AMID THE CLASH OF ANCIENT EMPIRES. Aida, the grandest of all operas, was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal and has been thrilling audiences since its 1871 Cairo premiere.  In the shadow of the Pharaohs’ pyramids, a bitter war dooms a star-crossed romance between the enslaved Ethiopian princess […]

VERDI’S EPIC LOVE STORY SET AMID THE CLASH OF ANCIENT EMPIRES. Aida, the grandest of all operas, was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal and has been thrilling audiences since its 1871 Cairo premiere.  In the shadow of the Pharaohs’ pyramids, a bitter war dooms a star-crossed romance between the enslaved Ethiopian princess […]

AN ICY, BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS SO DESIRABLE THAT MEN CAME BY THE HUNDREDS TO VIE FOR HER LOVE. Desired by all men but wanting none, China’s cold-blooded Princess Turandot has built a wall of riddles around her heart.  Despite the deadly consequences of failure, Prince Calàf takes on Turandot’s challenge to match her wit and melt her […]

AN ICY, BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS SO DESIRABLE THAT MEN CAME BY THE HUNDREDS TO VIE FOR HER LOVE. Desired by all men but wanting none, China’s cold-blooded Princess Turandot has built a wall of riddles around her heart.  Despite the deadly consequences of failure, Prince Calàf takes on Turandot’s challenge to match her wit and melt her […]

Amahl and the Night Visitors is a one-act opera in English by American composer, Carl Menotti. It Is a Christmas story about a crippled boy and his mother and their encounter with the three wise men. It is a family friendly Christmas opera and is an hour in length. Performances are December 8 at 7:30 […]