http://www.metropulse.com/news/best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainment/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: Best: Arts and Entertainmenten-usbest-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmenthttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/may/03/best-knoxville-2012-arts-entertainment/?partner=RSSArts & Entertainment categories in the Metro Pulse Best of Knoxville 2012 readers poll. Thu, 03 May 2012 04:01:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-24550-734626best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentStaff WriterKnoxville, TNBest of Knoxville 2012: Arts & EntertainmentMetroPulsebest-knoxville-2012-arts-entertainmenturn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-24550-734626Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-radio-personality-derek-and-rob-funhouse-wutk/?partner=RSSDo you like big, loud guitars? Do you mix in a little ’80s hair metal in with your ’90s indie rock? Have a bunch of cryptic stories about when you used to hang out with Superdrag, way back before they ever got famous? Chances are that you’d not only love The Funhouse, but that you are either Derek Senter or Rob Levering, the hosts of the show, which airs for two hours on Friday nights on the University of Tennessee’s WUTK 90.3 FM. everettm@metropulse.com (Matthew Everett)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:13:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18957-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentMatthew EverettKnoxville, TNBest Radio Personality: Derek and Rob from The Funhouse, WUTK 90.3MetroPulsebest-radio-personality-derek-and-rob-funhouse-wutkurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18957-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-tv-personality-robin-wilhoit-wbir/?partner=RSSSay something negative about Robin Wilhoit. Please. We. Defy. You. Just know that the loyal citizens of the WBIR signal range are obliged to kill and eat anyone who dares blaspheme the name of our beloved anchor. Robin is a treasure as rare as a pink diamond mined from the center of the earth, and just as strong. Yet she is as soft and tender as a Tennessee dogwood petal gracefully tumbling from its branch on the most beautiful spring morning in the history of the world. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:11:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18956-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentCharles MaldonadoKnoxville, TNBest TV Personality: Robin Wilhoit (WBIR)MetroPulsebest-tv-personality-robin-wilhoit-wbirurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18956-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-tv-station-wbir/?partner=RSSEd Rupp’s desk. There is no better visual representation of WBIR’s greatness than that. The zany morning traffic guy’s desk is cluttered to the point of overflowing with clever, eye-catching knick-knacks. It’s a collection that never seems to diminish, new things piled on top of, rather than replacing, the old. Likewise, WBIR itself is a collection of clever promos, features, and rhyming sub-brands that seems to be growing all the time. Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:08:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18955-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentCharles MaldonadoKnoxville, TNBest TV Station: WBIRMetroPulsebest-tv-station-wbirurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18955-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-concert-venue-best-rock-club-best-dance-club-/?partner=RSSOwner Gary Mitchell envisioned jump-starting a new entertainment district for Knoxville when he opened The Valarium in early 2008. But the club hasn’t needed any help becoming a destination of its own, with concerts by N.E.R.D., Donna the Buffalo, The Misfits, and Girl Talk bringing hundreds of people down to the weird little industrial area between Western Avenue and Interstate 275. The Valarium’s provided a raucous alternative to downtown theaters and the cavernous concrete abyss of the Knoxville Coliseum. And with Voodoo on Saturdays, The Valarium has rejuvenated Knoxville’s dance scene. everettm@metropulse.com (Matthew Everett)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:06:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18954-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentMatthew EverettKnoxville, TNBest Concert Venue, Best Rock Club, & Best Dance Club: The ValariumMetroPulsebest-concert-venue-best-rock-club-best-dance-club-urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18954-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-local-blues-band-jon-worley-cornbred-blues-ba/?partner=RSSModern-day blues bands typically take their cues from Chicago’s guitar-drenched sound, but Jon Worley drops in all sorts of different musical influences: soulful ’60s-style organ, countryish lap steel guitar, and maybe some ’60s psychedelia via his own offbeat self. It’s the kind of eclectic, hard-to-describe music that’s Southern in the best ways. coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:04:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18953-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentCoury TurczynKnoxville, TNBest Local Blues Band: Jon Worley & Cornbred Blues Band MetroPulsebest-local-blues-band-jon-worley-cornbred-blues-baurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18953-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-local-americana-band-everybodyfields/?partner=RSSKnoxville got to officially claim the everybodyfields last year, when principles Jill Andrews and Sam Quinn moved here from Johnson City. That was just in time for us to latch onto the success of their album Nothing Is Okay, a collection of haunting folk-rock songs built around Andrews’ and Quinn’s sweet, sweet harmonies. The pair are both pursuing solo projects right now, but they keep promising on their website that news about a new album is coming soon. everettm@metropulse.com (Matthew Everett)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:02:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18952-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentMatthew EverettKnoxville, TNBest Local Americana Band: the everybodyfieldsMetroPulsebest-local-americana-band-everybodyfieldsurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18952-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-local-actor-johnny-knoxville/?partner=RSSIs there a single man in the entire celebrityverse who has more verbiage spilled over the state of his testicles than Johnny Knoxville? We say not! Last year, bloggers went into copy-and-paste overdrive, endlessly repeating the same headlines: “Johnny Knoxville’s Testicle Trauma,” “Johnny Knoxville Nearly Loses Testicles,” and “Knoxville Takes the Testicle Punishment Too Far” were among the most popular. coury@metropulse.com (Coury Turczyn)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:59:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18951-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentCoury TurczynKnoxville, TNBest Local Actor: Johnny Knoxville MetroPulsebest-local-actor-johnny-knoxvilleurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18951-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-local-artist-cynthia-markert/?partner=RSSCynthia Markert figured out her specialty a long time ago, and she’s spent most of her career refining it into a crystalline personal vision. Her long, angular flapper-like figures, populating a fantastic, vaguely Art Deco/Symbolist space, are iconic images around Knoxville, in living rooms, galleries, and on a few select walls around downtown. In recent years Markert’s reach has expanded to Target, where prints of her original multimedia-on-wood paintings are now available all over the country. everettm@metropulse.com (Matthew Everett)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:57:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18950-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentMatthew EverettKnoxville, TNBest Local Artist: Cynthia MarkertMetroPulsebest-local-artist-cynthia-markerturn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18950-733527Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/apr/30/best-museum-knoxville-museum-art/?partner=RSSThey’ve been there since 1990, but in 2008 the KMA opened its permanent exhibit, Higher Grounds, a kaleidoscopic tour of the Knoxville area’s artistic history, which has touched the edges of American art since the Civil War. But it just accounts for one-fourth of the museum; the other rooms are devoted to changing exhibits, and tend toward the contemporary. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:54:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18949-733527best-of-knoxville/2009/arts-entertainmentJack NeelyKnoxville, TNBest Museum: Knoxville Museum of ArtMetroPulsebest-museum-knoxville-museum-arturn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-18949-733527Change0Usable