Art & Design

New from the Frist

David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration and Friendship

Most people, including the artists themselves, see visual arts as a solitary profession.  Dancers move in companies or corps, musicians play in bands or orchestras, actors perform in ensembles orRead More

On Wheels and Canvases:

Chauvet Arts’ Riding the Edge

Versión en español aquí  From January 30th to March 30th, Chauvet Arts, a Nashville arts gallery, is hosting an exhibition titled, Riding the Edge: Passion, Arts, and Motorcycles. When IRead More

Sobre ruedas y lonas:

Chauvet Arts’ Riding the Edge

Version in English here Del 30 de enero al 30 de marzo, Chauvet Arts, una galería de arte de Nashville, presenta una exposición titulada Riding the Edge: Passion, Arts, andRead More

Farm to Table to Body at the Frist

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said, “tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are.” Food is intrinsically tied to our identities. The time period we are in,Read More

Peter Pan: Neverland in Nashville

Peter Pan has a more varied origin story than I had imagined. The Scottish author J. M. Barrie told stories of a flying baby to family friends with five boysRead More

Photos and Finery at Cheekwood: Former White House Florister Laura Dowling in Nashville

People often talk about moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, but my visit to Cheekwood worked the other way around. Driving down Page Road toward the great mansion andRead More

Over in OZ:

Symphony of Rats by The Wooster Group reaffirms the Nashvillian thirst for unconventional stage work

A home committed to international contemporary and experimental stage work; last weekend OZ Arts hosted the first ever staging of The Wooster Group’s productions in the south of the U.S.Read More

Not Your Average Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843. Its popularity has continued for almost 200 years now, and shows no sign of waning. What is often underplayed in adaptations isRead More

From the Street Theatre Company

Don’t Be a Scrooge, See A VHS Christmas Carol

The Street Theater Company have produced arguably one of the best shows of the holiday season. Originally written and performed by the theater company Team StarKid, A VHS Christmas CarolRead More

Women in Theatre’s Topical Political Play: What the Constitution Means to Me

Women in Theatre (WIT) Nashville have chosen a perfectly topical play for November in an election year: Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me. It was a 2019 finalistRead More