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This weekend, the National Barbeque Association is celebrating its 15th anniversary with an annual conference and expo. This year, Knoxville is the site of that gathering; the city was chosen as this year's host city because Knoxville is apparently one of the most barbecue-appreciating cities in the country. Trey Dishner is the incoming President of the National Barbeque Association. He recently spoke with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a new immigration bill in December. It makes drastic changes in current U.S. law. The Senate will debate the issue next month. Tomorrow a Community Rally for Human and Immigrant Rights will be held in Knoxville to protest the bill. One of the organizers, Monica Hernandez of the Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd that millions would be affected if the bill was signed into law...
The US House of Representatives passed a new immigration bill in December. It makes drastic changes in current US law. The Senate will debate the issue next month. Tomorrow a Community Rally for Human and Immigrant Rights will be held in Knoxville to protest the bill. One of the organizers, Monica Hernandez of the Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd that millions would be affected if the bill becomes a law...
Today marks the last official day of Todd Smith's tenure as Executive Director of the Knoxville Museum of Art. He has accepted a position at the Gibbes Art Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. During his three years in Knoxville, Smith introduced several new exhibits and community outreach programs. He also slashed the museum's debt. In the meantime, the museum moved from number 22 on the Tennessee Arts Commission's list of cultural institutions into the top three. He recently sat down with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper to examine the changes the museum has seen under his direction...
The Knoxville Opera Company will present Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" the weekend of February 10-12. Soprano Faith Esham sings the role of Cio-Cio-San. Here, she speaks with WUOT Program Director Daniel Berry about the opera, her career and her film of Bizet's Carmen...
Today marks the start of Darwin Days at the University of Tennessee. Members of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department participate each year to look at themes of science and religion. President of the Tennessee Darwin Coalition, Marc Cadotte tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd it's unfair to demonize evolutionary scientists...
Next month, the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee and the Churchill Archives Centre in Cambridge, England will host a joing conference on US- British relations. Allen Packwood is the Director of the Churchill Archives Center. He was in town this week making preparations for the conference and sat down with WUOT's Chrissy Keuper...
Last night, a group of about twenty people met in a Jefferson City church to listen to President Bush's State of the Union address. They were there to talk about their hopes for the country in the next year and how the President connects with concerned Christians. WUOT's Ann Lloyd was there...
On this episode of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer Powell talks with civil rights author and historian Robert Booker, Saadia Williams of the Race Relations Center of East Tennessee and Monica Hernandez of the Highlander Center. The topic is skin color and what it means here in East Tennessee...