Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Events April 22 - May 10

"Always ... Patsy Cline" at the Ryman - through April 29

2nd Annual Arts Festival at First Baptist Nashville - through April 26

Art Class at Studio 83 - April 22

Celtic Duo: Rebecca & Rob at Mulligan's Pub - April 22

Yanni at the Sommet Center - April 22

Nashville 4 Africa at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - April 22

GMA Songwriters Night with Brian White, Carrie Moeller and friends at the Listening Room Cafe - April 22

46th Annual State of Metro Address at Music City Cental - April 23

Her Nashville presents Swap Meet at the ICON - April 23

Ambassadors of Rock Battle of the Bands Finals at the Hard Rock Cafe - April 23

Opry Country Classics featuring Larry Gatlin, Jimmy Dickens and more at the Ryman - April 23

Writers' Night at Copper Kettle - April 23

Country Music Marathon Health & Fitness Expo at the Nashville Convention Center - April 23 - 24

YMCA Country Music Kids' Marathon at LP Field - April 24

Matt Kiline, Steve Christy and Michael McMurray at the Listening Room Cafe - April 24

ARTini: Seeing Ourselves: Photographs of Safe Haven at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - April 24

CMT's Can You Duet at the Wildhorse Saloon - April 24

Writers' Night at Copper Kettle - April 24

The Diggy Band at Sambuca - April 24 - 25

Nashville Ballet presents Carmina Burana at TPAC - April 24 - 26

DTV Converter Box Walk-In Clinic at the Main Library - April 25

Panel Discussion: Finding Her Voice: Kitty Wells and Her Country Sisters at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - April 25

Family Program: Banjo for Kids at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - April 25

Creatively Fit for Life Workshop at the Main Library - April 25

10th Annual Country Music Marathon around Nashville - April 25

Country Music Marathon Post-Race Concert at the Sommet Center - April 25

Adult Workshop: Enameling at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - April 25 - 26

The Nashville Flute Choir at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - April 26

Film Screening: Queens of Country at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - April 26

The Time Jumpers at the Station Inn - April 27

Vince Gill & Friends at the Ryman - April 27

Lecture by Peter Murray "Art and Land: The Space Between" at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - April 27

Nashville Cares Dining Out for Life at Solo Mio, B&C Market BBQ, Copper Kettle, Merchants Restaurant, and Provence Breads & Cafe - April 28

Michael W. Smith & Steven Curtis Chapman at the Ryman - April 28

Stephen Salyer's Tuesday Night Social at the Listening Room Cafe - April 28

James Morrison at the Cannery Ballroom - April 28

Still Life with Iris at the Nashville Children's Theatre - April 28 - May 17

David Andersen Free Acoustic Performance at the Visitors Information Center at the Sommet Center - April 29

Sewing Class at Studio 83 - April 29

Film Screening: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? at the Main Library - April 29

League for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing and the Ear Foundation Benefit Dinner at Sole Mio - April 29

Annie Sellick at Sambuca - April 29

Writers' Night at Copper Kettle - April 30

CMT's Can You Duet at the Wildhorse Saloon - April 30

Taste of Spring: Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee Fundraiser at the Farmers' Market - April 30

Schubert's Ninth at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - April 30 - May 2

Nashville on the Move around downtown Nashville - May 1

Relay for Life at LP Field - May 1

Writers' Night at Copper Kettle - May 1

Performance of the Illiad (Book 1) at the Main Library - May 2

Market House Celebration at the Farmers' Market - May 2

A Prairie Home Companion at the Ryman - May 2

Cage Fight Championships at the Municipal Auditorium - May 2

Acting Workshop with Aquila Theatre at the Main Library - May 2

First Saturday Gallery Crawl at various downtown art galleries - May 2

Cage Fight Championships at the Municipal Auditorium - May 2

Tennessee Repertory Theatre presents Darwin in Malibu at TPAC - May 2 - 16

NACAC National College Fair at the Municipal Auditorium - May 3

Death Cab For Cutie with Ra Ra Riot and Matt Costa at the Ryman - May 3 - 4

Happy Days: A New Musical at TPAC - May 5 - 10

David Andersen Free Acoustic Performance at the Visitors Information Center at the Sommet Center - May 6

"Always ... Patsy Cline" at the Ryman - May 6 - 23

Manhattan Transfer at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - May 7 - 9

Lunchtime Organ Recital at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - May 8

Second Friday Songbirds at the Visitors Information Center at the Sommet Center - May 8

Unwigged & Unplugged at the Ryman - May 10

News & Information

New Shop - Abernathy Road!

Abernathy Road. 123 2nd Avenue North. 891-3357. Offering menswear, leather goods, Colonel Littleton products and more. Hours are Mon - Sat, 11 am - 7 pm and Sun, 11 am - 5 pm.

New Restaurant - Cantina Laredo!

Cantina Laredo. 592 12th Avenue South. 259-9282. Serving lunch and dinner from a Mexico City style menu. Hours are Sun - Thurs, 11 am - 10 pm and Fri - Sat, 11 am - 11 pm.

New Coffee Shop - Dunkin' Donuts!

Dunkin' Donuts. 400 Charlotte Avenue, inside Music City Central bus station. 256-0067. Serving coffee, donuts, breakfast and lunch items. Hours are Mon - Fri, 5 am - 7 pm and Sat - Sun, 6 am - 3 pm.

New Shop - Opry Originals: The Shop on Broadway!

Opry Originals: The Shop on Broadway. 300 Broadway. 259-9777. Hours are Mon - Thurs, 10 am - 9 pm; Fri - Sat, 10 am - 11 pm; and Sun, 10 am - 8 pm. On Thursday, April 23, an in-store appearance and CD signing by Lorrie Morgan at 9 pm (following the Opry Country Classics show at the Ryman). On Friday, April 24, the first 200 people with a Country Music Marathon race registration will receive a free headband. Plus, WSM-AM live broadcast from 10 am - 3pm and Robert K. Oermann book signing from 2 pm - 3 pm.

Events this Week

Country Music Marathon

Sat, Apr 25. The Marathon runs through Nashville on Saturday. Featuring 50 local bands playing live on 28 entertainment stages and 25 high school cheer squads along the course, plus a fantastic finish line festival. Find a spot downtown to cheer on the runners! Post-race concert with Billy Currington, Ashton Shepherd and the Carter Twins at 7 pm at the Sommet Center. Click here for a full list of road closures.

46th Annual State of Metro Address

Thurs, Apr 23. Music City Central. 400 Charlotte Avenue. Upper level on the plaza. 10 am. Free. Join Mayor Karl Dean for the 46th Annual State of Metro Address.

Her Nashville Swap Meet

Thurs, Apr 23. ICON in the Gulch, 600 12th Avenue South. 6 pm - 8 pm. Donation suggested. The first annual Her Nashville Swap Meet. Singles are invited to bring a "dateworthy" friend of the opposite sex to mix and mingle with other Nashville singles. Everyone is welcome (single or not) to bring any unattached friend you consider to be a catch! Click here to sign up.

Ambassadors of Rock: Battle of the Bands

Thurs, Apr 23. Hard Rock Cafe. 100 Broadway. 742-9900. 9 pm. Free. Finals for the Ambassadors of Rock Battle of the Bands. Performances by Kink Adors, Justin Kalk Orchestra, Maureen Murphy and Old Union.

Nashville Ballet presents Carmina Burana

Fri, Apr 24 - Sun, Apr 26. TPAC. 505 Deaderick. 255-ARTS. $19 - $72. Performance times vary. Dancers of Nashville Ballet will join forces with the Nashville Symphony and the 200-voice Belmont University Oratorio Chorus onstage to create an unforgettable show of music and movement.

Creatively Fit for Life

Sat, Apr 25. Main Library. 615 Church Street. 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Whitney Ferré, author of The Artist Within: A Guide to Becoming Creatively Fit will conduct a creativity workshop using paint, collage, pencil and collaborative exercises. Registration is required: 862-5804 x6092.

Watermark Restaurant. 507 12th Avenue S. 254-2000.

League for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing and the Ear Foundation Benefit Dinner

Wed, Apr 29. Sole Mio. 311 3rd Avenue South. 256-4013. Sole Mio will donate 50% of all dinner food sales to League for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing and the Ear Foundation. Reservations suggested.

Survey Request

Did you attend this past Sunday's downtown home tour? If so, please complete this survey. Upon completion you will be entered into a drawing to win a night's stay at The Hermitage Hotel, plus brunch.

Attention: Road Closures!

Please make a note of the road closures throughout Nashville on Saturday, April 25 due to the 10th Annual Country Music Marathon and 1/2 Marathon. The route has been expanded this year and includes portions of Demonbreun and Broadway that were not part of the course last year.

Ongoing Events

Click here for a list of ongoing happy hours, specials, events and promotions at some of downtown's best places to play!

Continuing Exhibits

Click here to find out what major art shows, museum exhibitions and other displays are currently on view downtown.

Convention Update

Large groups and events that are downtown April 22 - May 6 include Gospel Music Association (1,500, April 18 - 22), Netsmart Technologies, Inc. (1,000, April 20 - 23), Country Music Marathon (25,000, April 23 - 25), Penton Media/Industry Week Best Plants Conference (500, April 26 - 30), Tennessee Education Association (1,250, May 1 - 2), National Private Truck Council (900, May 2 - 5), and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (500, May 3 - 5). For more information concerning conventions call 259-4782. For a complete listing of Nashville conventions see visitmusiccity.com/meetings/ConventionCalendar.

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