Month: April 2025

Headed out on Vacation?

Dragon Approved: The Spine’s Picks for Fierce Local Reads

At The Spine Bookshop, I proudly spotlight local and independently published authors as the heart of my collection. With summer just around the corner, I’ve handpicked four standout titles thatRead More

Between Two Worlds: The Musical Revolution of the Lafayette Tour

For Spanish, Click HERE The Schermerhorn Symphony Center seems to have anticipated the Bicentennial Celebration of the Lafayette Tour by erecting its architecture in the neoclassical style and positioning itselfRead More

Entre Dos Mundos: La Revolución Musical del Lafayette Tour

For English Click HERE El Schermerhorn Symphony Center parece haberse anticipado a la celebración del Bicentenario del Tour de Lafayette, al erigirse arquitectónicamente en el estilo neoclásico y situarse aRead More

Guerrero's Last Season Continues:

A Celebration to Remember: Nashville Symphony Captures Tchaikovsky’s Magic

I was lucky enough to attend the Nashville Symphony’s performance entitled “Tchaikovsky’s Celebration” at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Thursday, April 24th. The show was conducted by resident music director,Read More

Burleigh Spirituals Festival Scholarship Concert

On Monday April 14, a lovely gift was shared with a rather sparse, but welcoming audience. Since 2016, Patrick Dailey has been Nashville’s leading force in preserving and honoring theRead More

Broadway at TPAC

Mamma Mia!

It was quite the packed night at TPAC. On March 18, 2025 at 7:15 pm, the air was both alive and electrified. In my time as a music journalist, IRead More

From the Nashville Repertory Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

I had been looking forward to this show since they’d first announced it. Sondheim! Sunday in the Park with George won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (one of onlyRead More

from the Annals of Nashville's Diversity:

Mendelssohn, Huang, and Barnes at the Schermerhorn

Sometimes the best concerts give you no, or very little, indication of what is happening beforehand. This was the case with the Nashville Symphony’s presentation on April 11 & 12,Read More

From the Nashville Opera

The Bloody Tragedy Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti

The bloody tragedy Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti  (1797-1848) originally premiered in 1835. It is a Romantic opera is loosely based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, TheRead More

Broadway at TPAC

Kimberly Akimbo

The premise to this show is both common and strange. Kimberly is a 16 year old dealing with her dysfunctional family, teenage aspirations, and high school. What is strange isRead More