Nashville Ballet Brings “If I Can Dream” to TPAC
To mark the opening of its landmark 40th season, The Ruby Season, Nashville Ballet brings If I Can Dream to
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Nick Mullikin’s Abyss: A Digital Ballet on Mental Health
Nashville Ballet presents Artistic Director & CEO Nick Mullikin’s Abyss, a bold digital ballet that explores mental health, emotional isolation,
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“Erase the Night” Confronts Addiction Through Dance
It’s often said that alcoholics can’t begin to recover until they hit rock bottom. For Nick Mullikin, that moment came
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Becky Suss Exhibition Opens at Cheekwood
From January 25 through March 16, Cheekwood Mansion hosts an intimate exhibition of 10 new paintings by American artist Becky
Winter Concert Series Returns to Cheekwood
For the third year, a trio of intimate performances will occur in Cheekwood’s elegant Massey Auditorium inside Botanic Hall. From
Alicia Witt’s Twin Pursuits of Happiness
When she was seven years old, twin moments of certainty in two fields of endeavor proved prophetic for Alicia Witt
Megan Piphus Peace Finds Her Way to Sesame Street
Nashville is a city full of young women who sing beautifully and long to do it for a living. Megan
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Devin Drake’s Reality in Miniature
Stepping into the world of Devin Drake’s artwork requires an adjustment of scale. It’s a world of familiar streets scenes, buildings, and architectural details
Visual Artist Marlos E’van on Creativity and Connection
If you had a copy of artist Marlos E’van’s book, Sweetheart Party, you probably wouldn’t be doom-scrolling on your handheld
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“City Without A Subway”: ’80s Rock Rewind
It’s been 37 years since the release of City Without A Subway, the landmark 1986 compilation album of the Nashville
Jeffrey Gibson: In Time We Will All Be Stars
Imagine yourself an accidental tourist wandering a not-so-crowded Times Square. It’s March 2020, and it’s late at night.
Alan LeQuire’s Dream of Trees
Maaan, there’s a story there!” — you think when you first lay eyes on the “Dream Forest” sculptures at Four Seasons Hotel and Residences on First Avenue and Demonbreun.
African Modernism in America
A short time after Nashville artist Jamaal Sheats became director and curator of galleries at Fisk University in 2015, he got a phone call. Might Fisk have available in its collection any works by Akinola Lasekan, a mid-20th century Nigerian artist?
Bachelorette Breakdown
You hate them. You love to hate them. You really hate getting stuck behind a group of them on a pedal tavern, woo-ing their way through downtown, when you’re late for a meeting.
Kelly Chuning On “What is Respect?”
Textile artist Kelly Chuning tells her stories through single sentences, all originally either said to her or thought by her. It functions as a feminist manifesto.
“The Return of Tanya Tucker” Headlines 53rd Nashville Film Festival
If there’s one thing you can count on about the people of Nashville, no matter how much things change and how many new experiences get added to our country music base layer, we can’t pass up a good story.
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Painting in Real Spaces: Kim Radford Loves Making Murals
Most East Nashville denizens have laid eyes on a mural by Kim Radford, whether or not they knew it was she who painted them. Indeed, casual passersby have been treated to Radford’s colorful palette in her series of super-size musician portraits on the walls at Grimey’s and The Basement East for some time now.
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Sparks is an Overnight Sensation. At Last.
How do you introduce Sparks — the Los Angeles-based pop/rock cult act led by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals) since their 1968 incarnation as Halfnelson — to the unconverted?