| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | "Unexpected Tales" Film Series: Short Film: Birdboy, Feature Film: SplicePresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 18, 2012 Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination, on view in the Upper-Level Galleries from February 24 through May 28, 2012, depicts composite beings and fantastic narratives that are influenced by literary sources from folktales to science fiction. The exhibition explores themes of psychology, identity, and the future. Inspired by this constructed alternate world, the Frist Center, in collaboration with the Nashville Film Festival, has planned a four-part film series—... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/18/12 | Nashville |
Music at the Frist: Kristen Hubbard Jazz TrioPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 18, 2012 The Kristen Hubbard Jazz Trio’s musical goal is to do something familiar…but different. Guitarist Sam Frazee uses a nylon-string classical guitar for the chordal duties, which echoes his love for Latin and Spanish music. Bassist Ryan Coleman uses a fretless electric bass with upright strings to create a unique blend of sounds for the walking bass lines. Both complement Kristen Hubbard, whose timeless voice and crisp delivery offer listeners a treat: classic jazz standards... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/18/12 | Nashville |
Tinkertoy Exhibit at Discovery CenterPresented by Discovery Center at Murfree Spring at Discovery Center at Murfree Spring February 4-May 18, 2012 TINKERTOY®: Build Your Imagination™ is an educational exhibit that combines the open-ended and inventive play qualities of the timeless TINKERTOY® construction set with GE’s innovative technologies that enrich our lives and our global community. Giant TINKERTOY® building pieces create a fantastic framework for all of the exhibit’s activities, and real TINKERTOY® construction sets take center stage in an awe-inspiring collection of TINKERTOY® pieces... | Discovery Center at Murfree Spring | 02/04/12-
05/18/12 | Murfreesboro |
Star PartyPresented by Adventure Science Center at Bells Bend Park May 18, 2012 Join us at Bells Bend Outdoor Center for the next Star Party! Star parties are a great way to become acquainted with the real night sky. Astronomy enthusiasts from all around the area gather under a clear night sky to view the astronomical sights above. It doesn't matter whether you have a degree in astrophysics or you don't know which end of a telescope to look in, everyone is... | Adventure Science Center | 05/18/12 | Nashville |
fEASTival Nashville - POSTPONEDPresented by fEASTival Nashville at East Park May 19, 2012 fEASTival has been postponed to Sat, 09/08 due to the I-24 Road Closures. Stay tuned for more details!
Music, Art, Fashion, Food and Community equal history in the making for East Nashville.
fEASTival Nashville is an event that occurs once a year in the East Nashville area and combines the... | fEASTival Nashville | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Connecting Disciplines: "Mutation: Nature's Creative Force"Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 19, 2012 John Niedzwiecki, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Biology, Belmont University, specializes in population genetics, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary biology and will present a gallery talk in response to Fairy Tales, Monsters, and the Genetic Imagination.
Dr. Niedzwiecki will touch on the biology behind mutation, the developmental genetics of dramatic mutations, and when a tendency to mutate may actually be an advantageous trait. This talk is a response to... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
| A River Runs Through It: Paintings of the Duck River Region | The Nature Conservancy – Tennessee Chapter | 05/18/12-
05/19/12 | Columbia |
The Clay Lady's Artist Co-op and GalleriesPresented by The Clay Lady's Artist Co-op and Galleries at The Clay Lady's Artist Co-op and Galleries May 19, 2012 Our 25 Co-op Artists are proud to present our 'Put a Bird on It' Gallery Exhibit and Party for Danielle ~ The Clay Lady ~ who has always put a bird on her artwork! It is also Danielle's birthday, and we have arranged for Maggie Moo's Ice Cream Truck to sell their fantastic ice cream in our parking lot! This event is FREE and open to the public. Join us for the fun and view the artwork 'with a bird on it!' | The Clay Lady's Artist Co-op and Galleries | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Free Day in May at Discovery CenterPresented by Discovery Center at Murfree Spring at Discovery Center at Murfree Spring May 19, 2012 Celebrate Murfreesboro arts & architecture as you create your own screen print of a Murfreesboro building with guest artist Erin Anfinson. Passport Level members get in at 10:00 am!
Sponsored in part by Arts Build Communities, a program funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
| Discovery Center at Murfree Spring | 05/19/12 | Murfreesboro |
Free Art ReceptionPresented by Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation at Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation May 19, 2012 Free art reception for three shows at The Renaissance Center: Patricia Jordan's "Mapping Losses" (Fine Arts Gallery), Kay Knight's "Dream Homes" (North Wing Gallery) and Jolene Clement's Watercolor Class exhibit (Upstairs Gallery. Students include: Lynne Bebensee, Lindy Caldwell, James R. Gill and Susan Wiltshire). The reception is open to the public and food and refreshments will be served. | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 05/19/12 | Dickson |
Dave Moody Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Lamon RecordsPresented by Ernest Tubb Record Shop at Texas Troubadour Theatre May 19, 2012 Founded by the legendary Ernest Tubb, The Ernest Tubb Record Shops have been fulfilling country music fans’ needs for over 64 years. As part of that tradition, the second longest-running radio show in history, the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree, is held on Saturday nights at 12 A.M. (Midnight), and is broadcast live on AM-650 WSM from the Texas Troubadour Theatre. The Jamboree provides up-close and intimate performances by legendary artists, with many sticking around... | Ernest Tubb Record Shop | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Little Labs – Ants On ParadePresented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center May 16-May 19, 2012 Preschoolers are invited to engage in age-appropriate lab activities, crafts, movement activities and story time – all designed to strengthen emerging skills and ignite further curiosity in young minds.
Ants on Parade: The ants go marching one by one. Hoorah! Hoorah! Let's learn about the insect that has six legs, two stomachs and more than 250,000 brain cells...the amazing ant!
| Adventure Science Center | 05/16/12-
05/19/12 | Nashville |
Community Outreach: Introduction to Thumbpick Guitar at Nashville Public Library, Goodlettsville BranchPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Nashville Public Library - Goodlettsville Branch May 19, 2012 Chet Atkins is one of the most admired musicians of the 20th Century. His intricate fingerstyle guitar playing continues to influence country, rock, and jazz guitarists such as Tommy Emmanuel and Mark Knopfler. This hands-on workshop will teach the basics of thumbpick guitar. Led by versatile guitar player Sean Weaver, graduate of Belmont University and recipient of awards from Home of the Legends Thumbpickers Contest as well as the Jimi Hendrix Electric Guitar Competition. Guitars provided.... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/19/12 | Goodlettsville |
Songwriter Session: Alan Rhody and Jim ParkerPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum May 19, 2012 Alan Rhody wrote "I'll Be True to You" (Oak Ridge Boys); "Trainwreck of Emotion" (Lorrie Morgan); "Wild-Eyed Dream" (Ricky Van Shelton); and songs recorded by Don Gibson, George Jones, Toby Keith, Del McCoury, Michael Martin Murphey, Tanya Tucker, and others. Jim Parker wrote "Chicken Truck" and "Bigger Hands" (both by John Anderson). | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden Public OpeningPresented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 19, 2012 Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden Public Opening
10:00am
Book Lecture: Robert Massie
“Catherine the Great and Other Notable Historical Figures”
Join us as Robert Massie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs, visits Cheekwood to discuss his latest masterpiece of narrative biography, Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman.
11:00am
Family Story Time: Herman’s... | Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Art exhibit Opening ReceptionPresented by Shimai Pottery and Gifts at Loveless Cafe May 19, 2012 Stop by Shimai Pottery for an Art Opening ft. live performance by artist, Troy Duff. The exhibit showcases work by painters, John Brown and Jennifer Utterback. | Shimai Pottery and Gifts | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
Collectors Day Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center May 19, 2012
Did you ever think ugly dolls, antique spark plugs and vintage board games would be in the same place at once? On Saturday, May 19, more than 25 of Middle Tennessee’s most passionate collectors will gather at Adventure Science Center to show off these and other of their most prized possessions during the center's annual “Collectors Day.”
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., visitors can survey an extensive display of the impressive and often unexpected collections... | Adventure Science Center | 05/19/12 | Nashville |
| Artful Tales" "Davy Crockett and the Frozen Dawn" | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/20/12 | Nashville |
BIG (planetarium show)Presented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center March 21-May 20, 2012 One of the most asked questions about the universe is “How big is it?” — and that’s one of the hardest to answer. This show tackles the question by taking the audience on an immersive journey to the far reaches of the universe. Travel through space and time at the speed of light to explore the planets, stars, and unbelievably distant galaxies. Showing March through May | Adventure Science Center | 03/21/12-
05/20/12 | Nashville |
Tennessee Gesneriad Society WorkshopPresented by Tennessee Gesneriad Society at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 19-May 20, 2012 The Tennessee Gesneriad Society will hold a two-day workshop at Cheekwood in Botanic Hall. The workshop will be on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, May 20 beginning at 2:00pm each day. The program will be by well-known grower Karyn Cichocki and will be on judging gesneriad crafts on Saturday and on drying flowers on Sunday. | Tennessee Gesneriad Society | 05/19/12-
05/20/12 | Nashville |
Resonator Guitar and Banjo Demonstration: Mike Webb and Robert MontgomeryPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum May 20, 2012 Mike Webb was a Dobro student of the late Bashful Brother Oswald. He has performed or recorded with Wilma Lee Cooper & the Clinch Mountain Clan, Buddy Jewell, Charlie Louvin, the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band, Tanya Tucker, and others. Robert Montgomery is a banjo player and past winner of several regional and national contests including the Old-Time Banjo National Championship. | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/20/12 | Nashville |
| Gallery Talk and Demonstration by artists Roberta Winnett Harrison and Ron Lederer | Centennial Art Center | 04/06/12-
05/23/12 | Nashville |
| Metro Parks' Centennial Art Center presents Paintings and Sculptures | Centennial Art Center | 04/06/12-
05/23/12 | Nashville |
More Cloar: Carroll Cloar Returns to Belmont UniversityPresented by Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery at Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery April 2-May 24, 2012 More Cloar: Carroll Cloar Returns to Belmont University
Reception: Thursday, April 12, 5:00pm–7:00pm in the Leu Gallery in the Lila D. Bunch Library, lecture with Richard Gruber at 4:00pm.
Description: Curated by David Lusk, the Leu Art Gallery presents paintings, lithographs and drawings by the late Carroll Cloar. A nationally recognized American painter, Cloar’s style has been described as simultaneously primitive and progressively modern. Drawing from his... | Belmont University - Leu Art Gallery | 04/02/12-
05/24/12 | Nashville |
| Music at the Frist: Ray Cole | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/24/12 | Nashville |
| Patricia Jordan Art Exhibition: “Mapping Losses” | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 04/06/12-
05/25/12 | Dickson |
| Frist Fridays: Rodney Crowell | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/25/12 | Nashville |
Week-long Workshops at Appalachian Center for CraftPresented by Appalachian Center for Craft at Appalachian Center for Craft May 20-May 25, 2012 Enjoy a creative and fulfilling learning experiece in one or more of our craft workshops. Work in an expertly equipped, professional studio environment in blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals or wood; choose from classes suitable for beginners to craft professionals.
Week-long workshops include:
Bladesmithing
with Jason Bivens
Build & Burn: Mold-Making, Sculpture, and More
with David Scott Smith
Screen Printing... | Appalachian Center for Craft | 05/20/12-
05/25/12 | Smithville |
| Gallery Conversation: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/25/12 | Nashville |
Little Masters Art ExhibitPresented by Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation at Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation April 6-May 25, 2012 The "Little Masters" art exhibition will be on display April 6 - May 25 in the East Wing Gallery. The show features art from children at several area schools: Dickson Elementary, Charlotte Elementary, Centennial Elementary and Oakmont Elementary. A free opening reception is on Sat., April 7, 11am - 1pm and will include food and refreshments.
| Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 04/06/12-
05/25/12 | Dickson |
Kay Knight Art Exhibition: "Dream Homes"Presented by Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation at Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation April 6-May 25, 2012 Kay Knight is an associate professor in painting and drawing and has taught at University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee since 1992. Her work consists of drawings, paintings and mixed media using actual vintage 1940's and 50's wallpaper with the theme of the home. Knight's work has been exhibited in national and international venues. Exhibibion in the North Wing. | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 04/06/12-
05/25/12 | Dickson |
| TRC Watercolor Class Art Exhibit | Renaissance Center of the Jackson Foundation | 04/06/12-
05/25/12 | Dickson |
| Gallery Talk: Bill Traylor | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/26/12 | Nashville |
Fabled FixationsPresented by Cumberland Gallery at Cumberland Gallery April 14-May 26, 2012 Cumberland Gallery opens Fabled Fixations, a group exhibition that taps into the recent collective fixation on all things fabulous and fable-like. Viewers will be treated to a stratum of prints, paintings, drawings, and other media by 6 artists: Tom Huck, Mark Hosford, Fred Stonehouse, Chris Scarborough, Kurt Kemp, and Jesse Shaw. Each artist—or visual fabulist, rather--is known for his tightly-controlled yet tongue-in-cheek renderings of mysterious, delightfully... | Cumberland Gallery | 04/14/12-
05/26/12 | Nashville |
Poets and Prophets: Salute to Legendary Country Songwriter Mark D. Sanders with Autograph SigningPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum May 26, 2012 A member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Mark D. Sanders has written contemporary country classics such as Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance," Jo Dee Messina's "Heads Carolina, Tails California," Faith Hill's "It Matters to Me," and George Strait's "Blue Clear Sky." Sanders moved from Southern California to Nashville in 1980 and steadily built his songwriting career until it skyrocketed during the following decade with #1 hits such as... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/26/12 | Nashville |
Hands Together in Flatrock Art Music and Auto ShowPresented by Flatrock Heritage Foundation at Coleman Park May 26, 2012 The fifth annual Flatrock Art Music and Auto show will celebrate both the history and diversity of this Nolensville Road Community. It's a day filled with art, music, diverse food, classic cars, children's activities, representitives from non-profits and good neighbors. All are welcome!
The event will feature:
40 artists confirmed from several different disciplines.
Six different musical acts on the main stage with several others on our smaller... | Flatrock Heritage Foundation | 05/26/12 | Nashville |
Songwriter Session: Sonny ThrockmortonPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum May 26, 2012 Sonny Throckmorton wrote "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" and "Middle Age Crazy" (Jerry Lee Lewis); "The Way I Am" (Merle Haggard); "Trying to Love Two Women" (Oak Ridge Boys); "The Cowboy Rides Away" (George Strait); "Why Not Me" (The Judds); and songs recorded by Emmylou Harris, Kenny Rogers, T. G. Sheppard, and Willie Nelson. | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/26/12 | Nashville |
Garden Tales: Seeds & FlowersPresented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art May 26, 2012 Garden Tales: Seeds & Flowers
Sigourney Cheek Literary Garden, 11:00am
Join us the 4th Saturday of every month for an exploration into the wide world of literature! Using songs, dance, and interactive reading, seasoned storyteller Rachel Sumner will bring your favorite nature-themed books to life. Programs are scheduled from May through September and meant for ages 2-8 years with an adult. Weather permitting. | Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art | 05/26/12 | Nashville |
Heritage Day Presented by Granville Museum, Inc. at Granville Museum May 26, 2012 Join us at the Granville Museum for great music and old-fashioned fun. Uncle Jimmy Thompson Bluegrass Festival features contest for various ages in guitar, mandolin, dulcimer, banjo and fiddle. Civil War living history re-enactments. Antique car and tractor show, crafts, memorial service, food, children's rides, petting zoo. | Granville Museum, Inc. | 05/26/12 | Granville |
| Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 02/24/12-
05/27/12 | Nashville |
Hans Schmitt-MatzenPresented by Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art March 24-May 27, 2012 In Cross-Reference Hans Schmitt-Matzen and his collaborator Gieves Anderson pay tribute to the spatial experience of being in a library. The artwork in this series is based on photographs taken in libraries and attempt to convey the painterly aesthetics of panning one’s eye across the rolling spines of books lining a shelf. The artwork mimics that experience through a ribbon-like paint stroke unfolding across a canvas. The library thus becomes a source of painterly... | Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art | 03/24/12-
05/27/12 | Nashville |
Fiddle and Guitar Demonstration: Renaé Truex and Carco ClavéPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum May 27, 2012 Renaé Truex is a fiddle player who has performed or recorded with Charlie Daniels, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ronnie McDowell, Bret Michaels, Lorrie Morgan, and Ray Price. Carco Clavé is a guitar player who has performed with Asleep at the Wheel, BR549, Little Jimmy Dickens, Tex Ritter, Merle Travis, and Dale Watson. | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/27/12 | Nashville |
Film Screening: Merle Haggard on Austin City Limits (1982)Presented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum May 27, 2012
Merle Haggard and the Strangers perform over a dozen hit songs in front of an enthusiastic crowd on the legendary public television show Austin City Limits. Songs include "Big City," "Sing Me Back Home," and "Okie from Muskogee." The band features Roy Nichols on Telecaster guitar and Norm Hamlet on pedal steel, two musicians whose playing helped define the Bakersfield Sound. Leona Williams takes the lead vocal on "I'm Almost Ready."... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 05/27/12 | Nashville |
Creativity Moves NashvillePresented by Playing By Air Productions at Belmont University - Black Box Theatre in Troutt Theatre Complex May 24-May 27, 2012 Creativity Moves Nashville is a 4-day event that will bring the Nashville community together around a vision of giving back through creativity. The event serves as a catalyst for creative professionals, entrepreneurs, non-profits and the entire community to develop lasting programs and relationships that will shape and transform the city throughout the year.
The event features a half-day conference and networking for creative leaders and non-profit organizations, city-wide creative... | Playing By Air Productions | 05/24/12-
05/27/12 | Nashville |
Wish You Were Here: Cultural Tourism and The ParthenonPresented by Metro Parks and Recreation at The Parthenon January 28-May 29, 2012 Nashville’s Parthenon, one of the city’s most beloved buildings, is a must-see for visitors to the city, just as the ancient Parthenon in Athens, Greece, is first on the list for travelers there. Ever since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, amateurs and professionals alike have turned their lenses on these two sites to capture their beauty and grandeur.
A new exhibition at the Parthenon will focus on the link between travel and photography through two... | Metro Parks and Recreation | 01/28/12-
05/29/12 | Nashville |
| Unexpected Film: Adult Mask and Video Workshop | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 04/28/12-
05/29/12 | Nashville |
HALT! a solo art exhibition by Michael GrinePresented by Picture This Creative Framing and Gallery on 5th at Picture This on 5th May 5-May 30, 2012 A dynamic artist with an innovative and highly distinctive style, Michael Grine draws inspiration from many different sources. Taking a holistic approach, he is influenced by nature, music, literature, other artists and his friends and family - these diverse sources all contribute to motivate him to innovate and experiment in different media. Grine has used more traditional media such as oils and acrylics but more recently has turned to computers, metal and even found objects, using them to... | Picture This Creative Framing and Gallery on 5th | 05/05/12-
05/30/12 | Nashville |
The Art of Music Art Show w/Ev Niewoehner - Fundraiser for the Nashville Jazz WorkshopPresented by Nashville Jazz Workshop at Nashville Jazz Workshop March 11-May 31, 2012 Nashville Jazz Workshop is proud to be hosting a new solo exhibition by Nashville-based artist, Ev Niewoehner. Please join us for the opening reception on March 11, 2:00pm-4:00pm. We're big fans of Ev's works, and will be hosting the show from March 1 - May 31, 2012. 50% of profits from the sale will go to benefit NJW.
Ev Niewoehner was born in rural Iowa and at age ten moved with his family to Colorado. He graduated from Fort Collins High School and later earned history degrees... | Nashville Jazz Workshop | 03/11/12-
05/31/12 | Nashville |
| Art Making in the Lobby: Peace Flags | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 04/05/12-
05/31/12 | Nashville |
| Art Making in the Lobby: Peace Flags | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 05/03/12-
05/31/12 | Nashville |
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