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The world premiere of a new documentary on Appalachia will be presented tomorrow at the University of Tennessee. The four hour film features several U.T. faculty members. "Appalachia: A History of the Mountains and People" was directed by Ross Spears and produced by Jamie Ross. They tell WUOT's Ann Lloyd the film is the first of its kind. It embraces a half billion years of history, starting with the creation of the mountains, following the rise of native cultures and winding up with the impact of modern life on the land...
The 10th annual Hola! Festival will be held on Market Square in downtown Knoxville on Saturday, September 27th, from 11am to 8pm. The festival is part of Hispanic Heritage Month and is a day-long celebration of Hispanic culture. Chrissy Keuper spoke with Patricia Robledo, the co-chair of this year's Hola! Festival. Robledo says the festival's move to Market Square a few years ago exposed a lot more people to this area's wealth of Hispanic arts and culture...
Hearing loss is the number one birth defect in the nation. A new Tennessee law now requires all hospitals to test hearing in newborns. The state legislature passed the bill in April and it went into effect July first. It's dubbed "Claire's law" after a Nashville girl whose deafness was undetected for weeks after she was born. Knoxville Audiologist Dr. Sue Stone tells WUOT's Ann Lloyd "Claire's Law" will help many Tennessee children...
Brooks Jackson is a journalist who's spent much of his 34-year career uncovering the hyperbole, exaggeration and downright deceit that often takes center stage during America's political campaigns. Jackson is currently the Director of Factcheck.org, part of the Annenburg Political Fact Check project at the University of Pennsylvania. He'll speak tonight at Maryville College on "debunking the 2008 presidential election"...
The A1 Artspace gallery in Knoxville opens a show tonight featuring a series of paintings rescued from New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The abstract floral and landscape paintings were created by New Orleans artist Hallah John Paul Boltik. Boltik and several of his neighbors spent eleven horrifying days in the flooded streets of New Orleans before they were rescued, taken to Louis Armstrong International Airport and flown to Knoxville. Chrissy Keuper interviews the artist...
For two weeks last month, the world got to peek behind the bamboo curtain at the people, the culture and the ambitions of China. The 2008 Olympics represented China's grandiose, highly-choreographed debut as a nation of influence and power. But how much did we really see? In the end, the Olympics may have only teased our appetite for answers about this mysterious, enigmatic nation. We saw a country where faith and beauty are interwoven with a history of repression and an intolerance for dissent. On this segment of Dialogue, host Matt Shafer powell examines the ways in the which the people of China negotiate this tentative balance. Both of his guests have recently returned from China and offer different perspectives. Scott Henson is a professor of Political Science at Maryville College and Gilya Schmidt teaches Religion at the University of Tennessee...