| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Natural Selection: Darwin's Mystery of MysteriesPresented by Adventure Science Center at Adventure Science Center March 1-June 30, 2012 Join young Charles Darwin on an adventurous voyage of exploration circumnavigating the globe on the HMS Beagle. Witness the thrill of scientific discovery by seeing the world through Darwin’s eyes. Make observations of the most beautiful natural scenery and let the pieces of the scientific puzzle slowly but surely fall into place. Allow Darwin himself to reveal the simple and beautiful mechanism that explains the origin of species: Natural Selection.
Natural Selection is... | Adventure Science Center | 03/01/12- 06/30/12 | Nashville |
| ANPT Spaghetti Supper | American Negro Playwright Theatre | 05/24/12 | Nashville |
The Deep Blue SeaPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 11-May 24, 2012 Dir. Terence Davies / UK / 2012 / NR / 98min / 35mm
Adapted and directed by the great British director Terence Davies, Terence Rattigan’s source material is a “sustained assault on English middle-class values.” Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), a 40-year old woman, has left a privileged life with her husband, Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale) in order to live with a young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston). But Hester and Freddie’s... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/11/12- 05/24/12 | Nashville |
CASTLES IN THE SKY: Miyazaki, Takahata and the Masters of Studio GhibliPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre June 1-June 13, 2012 The Belcourt Theatre presents an unforgettable film retrospective of the renowned Studio Ghibli, June 1-13. Founded in 1985 by animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli is one of the most influential and well-respected studios in the world. The family-friendly series includes the enchanting MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, Academy Award winning SPIRITED AWAY, and CASTLE IN THE SKY, a film recognized by many as an influence on AVATAR. Along with the 15-film series, the Belcourt... | Belcourt Theatre | 06/01/12- 06/13/12 | Nashville |
"Pierrot Goes to the Moon" & "The Princess and the Pea"Presented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 5-May 26, 2012 "Pierrot goes to the Moon", is the tale behind the iconic clown that visits his friend the Moon, in his time of need. This tale is rich in Commedia Dell'e Arte history dating back to the fifteen hundreds and utilizing classical masks, mime and music.
"The Princess and the Pea," is an adaption from the Hans Christian Anderson tale. Here we find the Prince on an exciting quest with a special TEST. You are invited to adventure with... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/05/12- 05/26/12 | Nashville |
Goodbye First LovePresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 18-May 24, 2012 Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve / France, Germany / 2012 / NR / 110min / 35mm
French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve (THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN) returns with an acutely perceptive portrait of a bright young woman in the wake of her first romance. Fifteen-year-old Camille is a serious, intensely focused girl who has fallen in love with cheerful Sullivan, an older boy who reciprocates her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. When he leaves her to travel... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/18/12- 05/24/12 | Nashville |
EllesPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 25-May 31, 2012
Dir. Malgoska Szumowska / Poland / 2011 / NC-17 / 96min / 35mm
A provocative exploration of female sexuality, Elles stars the fearless Juliette Binoche as Anne, a well-off Parisian journalist investigating the lives of two student prostitutes (Joanna Kulig and Anaïs Demoustier) for a magazine article. What begins as a routine assignment, though, quickly turns personal, as Anne is drawn into the lives of these fiercely independent young women and forced to... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/25/12- 05/31/12 | Nashville |
Jurassic ParkPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 25-May 26, 2012
Dir. Steven Spielberg / USA / 1993 / PG-13 / 127min / 35mm
In the spirit of Mary Wollstonecraft and Joseph Conrad comes this sensitive look at the age-old battle between scientific progress and commerce. A group of scientists are dispatched to Isla Nublar, near Costa Rica, to investigate the world's first theme park with actual live dinosaurs. Genetic manipulation, chaos theory, and family tensions are explored, and the state of visual effects in the movies... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/25/12- 05/26/12 | Nashville |
The Salt of LifePresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 25-May 31, 2012 Dir. Gianni di Gregorio / Italy / 2012 / NR / 90min / 35mm
In his warm and witty follow-up to the 2010 sleeper hit MID-AUGUST LUNCH, writer-director-actor Gianni Di Gregorio has created another sparkling comedy. Gianni plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother (again played by Lunch’s great nonagenarian Valeria de Franciscis); a wife who is more... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/25/12- 05/31/12 | Nashville |
Raiders of the Lost ArkPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 25-May 28, 2012 Dir. Steven Spielberg / USA / 1981 / PG / 115min / New 35mm Print
Featuring bravura set pieces, sly humor, and white-knuckle action, RAIDERS is one of the most consummately entertaining adventure pictures of all time. When Dr. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) -- the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist -- is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime. Creative minds... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/25/12- 05/28/12 | Nashville |
HeadhuntersPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre June 1-June 7, 2012 Dir. Morten Tyldum / Norway / 2012 / R / 100min / 35mm
Based on Jo Nesbø’s best-selling thriller from 2008, HEADHUNTERS stars Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway's most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting,... | Belcourt Theatre | 06/01/12- 06/07/12 | Nashville |
ThrivePresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 29, 2012
Conscious Nashville Presents THRIVE
THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us wiith... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/29/12 | Nashville |
MANOS: The Hands of FatePresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre August 16, 2012
From the Stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 RiffTrax Live: MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE
Staring Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, & Bill Corbett
The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 are coming to movie theaters nationwide to take on one of the worst films of all time: "Manos" The Hands of Fate. Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax.com invite you to join them on Thursday, August 16th for hilarious all-new... | Belcourt Theatre | 08/16/12 | Nashville |
First PositionPresented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre May 18-May 24, 2012
Dir. Bess Kargman, USA, 2012, NR, 90min, 35mm
Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. In the final round, with hundreds competing for only a handful of elite scholarships and contracts, practice and discipline are paramount, and nothing short of perfection is expected. Bess Kargman's award-winning documentary, FIRST... | Belcourt Theatre | 05/18/12- 05/24/12 | Nashville |
| City of Mt. Juliet Movie in the Park | City of Mt. Juliet | 06/01/12 | Mt. Juliet |
Permanent Exhibit: Sing Me Back Home - A Journey Through Country MusicPresented by Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum at Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum July 1, 2007 - Ongoing Sing Me Back Home is the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s permanent exhibit, an exciting, multi-layered journey through the life of country music.
Through artifacts, photographs, original recordings, archival video, newly produced films, touchscreen interactive media and beautifully rendered text panels, Sing Me Back Home immerses visitors in the history and sounds of country music, its meanings and the lives and voices of many of its honored... | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 07/01/07- Ongoing | 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 |
2012 CMT Music Awards Presented by Country Music Television (CMT) at Bridgestone Arena June 6, 2012 2012 marks the 11th year of the CMT Music Awards, country music’s first fan-voted awards show recognizing country's best video and musical achievements. Performers include Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood and Zac Brown Band during this year’s live show, and additional performers will be announced soon.
The CMT Music Awards is consistently the channel's highest rated and most-watched event of the year. Since... | Country Music Television (CMT) | 06/06/12 | Nashville |
| Screening of The Troubadour Blues | Douglas Corner Cafe | 05/23/12 | Nashville |
A Night Of Killer ShortsPresented by Faux Pas Films at Logue's Black Raven Emporium May 31, 2012 Logues's Black Raven Emporium and Faux Pas Films present:
A Night of KILLER SHORTS
An independent film showcase featuring selections from the features Killer Shorts 1 & 2 and other shorts. Come out and watch these horror and drama films, all shot in Tennessee!
We will be showing the following movies:
The Last Rendezvous
The Last Rendezvous 2: Retribution
Navstar
The Opportunist
Creature of Habit
God’s... | Faux Pas Films | 05/31/12 | Nashville |
| Film: Manufactured Landscapes | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 06/15/12 | Nashville |
2012 Film CampPresented by Hendersonville Arts Council at Monthaven Mansion June 4-June 8, 2012 The 2012 Film Camp covers the aspect of film making from pre-production, through actual production to post-production (editing and finalizing). Taught by NYU graduates.
Film Camp is for students, minimum age of 12.
| Hendersonville Arts Council | 06/04/12- 06/08/12 | Hendersonville |
High Watt: Hurts To Laugh Video Premiere with Fancytramp and The VibesPresented by Mercy Lounge at Mercy Lounge May 24, 2012 East Nashville burnout-rockers Hurts to Laugh are debuting a live perfomance video collaboration with Sternwood TV in a three band premiere at The High Watt on May 24, at 9:00pm. The video is the first shot and directed by Roderick Trestrail who has credits as tour photographer for Britney Spears and My Morning Jacket.
“Roderick has a fantastic eye,” declares... | Mercy Lounge | 05/24/12 | Nashville |
| Artober 2012 | Metro Arts | 10/01/12- 10/31/12 | |
| PLASA Focus | Nashville Municipal Auditorium | 07/11/12- 07/12/12 | Nashville |
Nashville Screenwriters ConferencePresented by Nashville Screenwriters Conference at Hutton Hotel June 1-June 3, 2012 The premier entertainment industry conference,the Nashville Screenwriters Conference is gearing up for it’s fourteenth annual event at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville, TN on June 1-3, 2012. The enormously successful, open-to-the-public conference brings Hollywood's top writers, producers, directors, managers, agents and other studio executives to Nashville to provide aspiring screenwriters, songwriters and other individuals interested in the world of film, TV and music the opportunity to... | Nashville Screenwriters Conference | 06/01/12- 06/03/12 | Nashville |
Dive-In Movie: Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2Presented by Nashville Shores at Nashville Shores May 25, 2012 Come join us for Dive-In Movies at Nashville Shores! We'll show feature-length movies on the shores of Percy Priest Lake on select nights throughout the summer.
NOTE: Dive-In movies are included with a Nashville Shores season pass or paid waterpark admission on that day. The movie will begin at dusk, approximately 8:30pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice. | Nashville Shores | 05/25/12 | Hermitage |
Dive-In Movie: Dolphin TalePresented by Nashville Shores at Nashville Shores June 15, 2012 Come join us for Dive-In Movies at Nashville Shores! We'll show feature-length movies on the shores of Percy Priest Lake on select nights throughout the summer.
NOTE: Dive-In movies are included with a Nashville Shores season pass or paid waterpark admission on that day. The movie will begin at dusk, approximately 8:30pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice. | Nashville Shores | 06/15/12 | Hermitage |
Dive-In Movie: Transformers 3Presented by Nashville Shores at Nashville Shores June 29, 2012 Come join us for Dive-In Movies at Nashville Shores! We'll show feature-length movies on the shores of Percy Priest Lake on select nights throughout the summer.
NOTE: Dive-In movies are included with a Nashville Shores season pass or paid waterpark admission on that day. The movie will begin at dusk, approximately 8:30pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice. | Nashville Shores | 06/29/12 | Hermitage |
Dive-In Movie: Captain AmericaPresented by Nashville Shores at Nashville Shores July 6, 2012 Come join us for Dive-In Movies at Nashville Shores! We'll show feature-length movies on the shores of Percy Priest Lake on select nights throughout the summer.
NOTE: Dive-In movies are included with a Nashville Shores season pass or paid waterpark admission on that day. The movie will begin at dusk, approximately 8:30pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice. | Nashville Shores | 07/06/12 | Hermitage |
Dive-In Movie: Soul SurferPresented by Nashville Shores at Nashville Shores July 27, 2012 Come join us for Dive-In Movies at Nashville Shores! We'll show feature-length movies on the shores of Percy Priest Lake on select nights throughout the summer.
NOTE: Dive-In movies are included with a Nashville Shores season pass or paid waterpark admission on that day. The movie will begin at dusk, approximately 8:30pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice. | Nashville Shores | 07/27/12 | Hermitage |
Dive-In Movie: Real SteelPresented by Nashville Shores at Nashville Shores August 10, 2012 Come join us for Dive-In Movies at Nashville Shores! We'll show feature-length movies on the shores of Percy Priest Lake on select nights throughout the summer.
NOTE: Dive-In movies are included with a Nashville Shores season pass or paid waterpark admission on that day. The movie will begin at dusk, approximately 8:30pm. Dates and times are subject to change without notice. | Nashville Shores | 08/10/12 | Hermitage |
Halloween Movie Night - Featuring Nosferatu with organist Tom TrenneyPresented by Nashville Symphony at Schermerhorn Symphony Center October 29, 2012 Thrills and chills galore! Organ whiz Tom Trenney returns for this annual tradition at the Schermerhorn — a screening of a scary silent movie classic, accompanied by the seat-shaking sound of the Martin Foundation Concert Organ. This year, we’re featuring Murnau’s vampire thriller Nosferatu. Come in costume and get ready to hold on to your seat! | Nashville Symphony | 10/29/12 | Nashville |
The Hermitage - Andrew JacksonPresented by The Hermitage at The Hermitage February 26, 2009 - Ongoing The Hermitage's new orientation film Andrew Jackson, narrated by Martin Sheen, is now playing on new state-of-the-art equipment in the Andrew Jackson Visitor Center theater. The film is one of the final components to a multi-year plan to enhance the guest experience throughout the site. In addition to the film, other enhancements include audio tours, informational signage, touch screen digital signage, on-site brochure, and an interactive website (coming soon!) This project was funded... | The Hermitage | 02/26/09- Ongoing | Nashville |
FREE MOVIE SCREENING: "Under African Skies" A Movie about Paul Simon's GracelandPresented by Two Old Hippies at Two Old Hippies May 24, 2012 Free Admission! Free Popcorn! Door Prizes! Limited Seating.
"Under African Skies" travels with Paul Simon back to South Africa as the 25th anniversary of Graceland approaches. Simon revisits the making of the record, surveying from the vantage of history the turbulence and controversy surrounding the album's genesis. His artistic decision to collaborate with African musicians created a new world musical fusion, combining American... | Two Old Hippies | 05/24/12 | Nashville |