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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
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Events March 26 - April 13
Tennessee Repertory Theatre presents Doubt at TPAC - through March 29
Go, Dog, Go! at the Nashville Children's Theatre - through April 6
Predators Foundation Wine Festival and Tasting at the Sommet Center - March 26
Josh Daniels at Sambuca - March 26
National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games Fundraiser at The Big Bang - March 26
Sons of Lwala: A Documentary Preview at TPAC - March 27
"Aaron Douglas in Perspective" Lecture at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - March 27
Opening Reception at the Metro Arts Commission - March 27
Evening with an Author Series: From a Standing Start: My Tennessee Political Odyssey by Winfield Dunn at Estel Gallery - March 27
Can You Duet? Finale TV Taping at the Wildhorse Saloon - March 27
Downtown Merchants Meeting at the Sommet Center - March 27
Customer Appreciation Party at Urban Sun Tan Spa - March 27
Rachmaninoff's Greatest Hit at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - March 27 - 29
Def Leprechaun at Mulligan's Pub - March 27 - 29
Exhibit Opening: Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - March 28
Opening Reception for ArtWeb at the Arcade - March 28
The Long Players at The Cannery Ballroom - March 28
B.B. King at the Ryman - March 28
Shelby Lynne at TPAC - March 28
Luna Halo and SafetySuit at Mercy Lounge - March 28
Rent at TPAC - March 28 - 30
Hank Williams Jr. Interview and Performance at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - March 29
Kids Club: Mondrian Geometry at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - March 29
Beginning Songwriting Workshop at the Main Library - March 29
Eddie Money and The Devonshires at the Wildhorse Saloon - March 29
Fusion 08 at City Hall - March 29
Harmonica and Accordion Demonstration at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - March 30
WKDF's Birthday Bash at the Sommet Center - March 30
Thinking Out of the Lunch Box: "Free Speech and Censorship at Work" at the Main Library - April 2
MOE. at City Hall - April 2
Grand Opening Celebration at the Homewood Suites Nashville Downtown - April 3
St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - April 3
An Evening wtih Marvin Hamlisch at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - April 3 - 5
The Glory Bugles present From Box Springs with Love at TPAC - April 3 - 6
Architecture Tour at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - April 4
Shooter Jennings and the Oak Ridge Boys at City Hall - April 4
Lipizzaner Stallions at the Sommet Center - April 4
Kate Voegles with The Whitest Light & Kelly James at Rocketown - April 4
YMCAartembrace Opening Reception at Tennessee Art League - April 5
Tommorow Fund's ArtisTree Event at Take 121 Arts - April 5
First Saturday Gallery Crawl at various downtown art galleries - April 5
Grand Ole Party at the Rutledge - April 5
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - April 6
Etta James and the Roots Band at the Wildhorse Saloon - April 8
Dave Barnes at the Cannery Ballroom - April 10
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers at the Ryman - April 10
Nashville Opera presents Il Trovatore at TPAC - April 10 - 12
Teen Mania at the Municipal Auditorium - April 11 - 12
Guilty Pleasures at Mercy Lounge - April 12
A Year with Frog and Toad at TPAC - April 13
Community Hymn Sing at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - April 13
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Events this Week
Metro Arts Gallery Opening Reception Thurs, Mar 27. Metro Office Building. 800 2nd Avenue South, 4th Floor. 862-6737. 2 - 4:30 pm. Free. Exhibit features works by local artists including CarrieGlenn and Larry Megill, Michael Serkownek, and Jorge A. Yances. Exhibit runs through July 7.
Merchants' Meeting Thurs, Mar 27. Sommet Center. 3 pm. Free. This DISTRICT's monthly merchants' meeting is hosted by the Nashville Predators. Enter the Sommet Center on 5th Avenue under the black canopy to get to the meeting.
Evening with an Author Series Thurs, Mar 27. Estel Gallery. 115 Rosa L. Parks Blvd. 251-8997. 6 - 7:30 pm. Free. Former Tennessee Governor Winfield Dunn will discuss his book, From a Standing Start: My Tennessee Political Odyssey. RSVP to eveningwithanauthor@yahoo.com.
"Aaron Douglas in Perspective" Lecture Thurs, Mar 27. Frist Center for the Visual Arts. 919 Broadway. 244-3340. 6:30 pm. In conjunction with the current exhibition Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist, artist, scholar and curator Dr. David Driskell will speak about his personal relationship with Douglas and discuss selected aspects of his work.
Sons of Lwala: A Documentary Preview Thurs, Mar 27. TPAC's Jackson Hall. 505 Deaderick. 255-2787. 7:30 pm. $30 - $100. The first public showing of the documentary, Sons of Lwala. A film about Vanderbilt University medical students Milton and Fred Ochieng' on their inspiring journey to open a clinic in their home village of Lwala, Kenya. Special guests include former Senator Bill Frist, M.D., Jars of Clay, Fred Ochieng' and Milton Ochieng'.
Urban Sun Customer Appreciation Party Thurs, Mar 27. Urban Sun. 209 10th Avenue South #227. 291-6800. 9 am - 9 pm. Free. Customer appreciation party featuring discounts and refreshments. 50% off all tanning packages.
Fri, Mar 28. Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. 222 Fifth Avenue South. 416-2001. $17.95. All day. The museum's newest exhibit opens. Family Tradition: The Williams Family Legacy presents an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of a great American musical dynasty. Curators' exhibit tour at 1 pm.
Public Art Installation Opening Reception Fri, Mar 28. The Arcade. 5 - 8 pm. Free. "ArtWeb," a series of bronze wire, copper tubing and paper sculptures by Kaaren Hirschowitz Engel, is suspended from the second floor balcony of the Arcade.
RENT at TPAC Fri, Mar 28 - Sun, Mar 30. TPAC's Jackson Hall. 505 Deaderick. 255-2787. Performance times vary. $20 - $66. The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical Rent comes to TPAC for five performances. Following the tradition of New York's show, TPAC will offer $20 tickets for the first two rows. These tickets will be sold on a lottery basis at TPAC's Jackson Hall Box Office, on the day of the performance only. Anyone interested should come to the box office two hours before curtain. The drawing of the winning tickets will take place 90 minutes prior to the show. These tickets may be purchased with cash only and are limited to two tickets per person.
Open Studio
Sat, Mar 29. The Studios above Take 121. 121 3rd Avenue South. 2 - 6 pm.
Free. Jodi Hayes, Anthony Billups, and Kelly Parsons will have their studios
open for tour. Wine and cheese served. To get to their studios, enter the
front door of Take 121 and go up the stairs to the right. Sat, Mar 29. City Hall and Project A. 405 12th Avenue South. 467-1936. 7 pm. $15 - $50. 4th annual music and arts festival benefiting the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation. A fusion of arts including over 80 visual, culinary, and musical artists -- from fashion designers, photographers and chefs to painters, sculptors, and musicians. Live music by Jeremy Lister, Brooke Waggoner, and Dabney Morris.
Support the Preds! Tues, Apr 1. Metro Council
Chambers. Public Square. 6 pm. Let your Metro Council representative know
you support approval of the Predators lease agreement! Attend the meeting,
call 862-6780 or find your Councilperson's email at
www.nashville.gov/council/feedback.html. The Downtown YMCA (1000 Church Street) will temporarily close for two weeks from Wednesday, April 2 through Sunday, April 13 for construction. All other Middle Tennessee YMCA locations (including the Uptown Y at 424 Church Street) will accept downtown Y members during this time.
Volunteers Needed!
Gallery owners in the Arcade need your help during the First Saturday Gallery Crawl on Saturday, April 5. If you would like to welcome and direct attendees to galleries in the Arcade, please contact Caroline Carlisle of Twist Art Gallery. Email caroline@twistartgallery.com or call 888-535-5286. |
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Continuing Exhibits
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Convention Update Large groups and events that are downtown March 19 - April 9 include: American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (1,500, March 28 - 31), American Institution of Steel Construction (2,500, April 1 - 4), Southeastern Color Guard Circuit (1,200, April 4 - 6), Child Health Corporation of America (350, April 8 - 11), National Coalition of Men's Ministry (500, April 9 - 12), and Jack Daniels Distillery (1,250, April 9 - 13). For more information concerning conventions call 259-4719. For a complete listing of Nashville conventions visit visitmusiccity.com/meetings/ConventionCalendar. |
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