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Name	Organization	Dates	Location
Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections High Museum and Montgomery Museum Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections High Museum and Montgomery Museum Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 25-September 23, 2012 Presented concurrently with the artists of Gee’s Bend and Thornton Dial will be 63 drawings and paintings on cardboard by the self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor. Born into slavery in 1854 on a plantation near Montgomery, Traylor began making art at the age of 82. His works are notable for their flat and simply defined shapes and vibrant compositions, in which memories, folk legends and observations relating to African American life are merged. The power and originality of his art...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	05/25/12 - 09/23/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Art Making in the Lobby: Peace Flags Art Making in the Lobby: Peace Flags Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 3-May 31, 2012 Thursday and Friday evenings from May 5 through May 31, 2012, visitors are invited to create miniature Peace Flags in the Grand Lobby using various materials and inspiration from Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories From Across the World, on view in the Conte Community Arts Gallery from through June 3, 2012. Peace Flags has been developed in...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	05/03/12 - 05/31/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
ARTini: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial ARTini: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 1, 2012 Are you curious about art? Do you want to learn more about the content and concepts behind an artist’s work? If you answered yes to either of those questions, then the ARTini program is for you! ARTinis are designed for everyone—from the novice to the connoisseur—and include informal and insightful conversations that offer a deeper understanding of one or two works of art in an exhibition. Join Shaun Giles, educator for outreach at the Frist Center, as he leads...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/01/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Architecture Tour of the Frist Center Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 2, 2012 Coming downtown to the First Saturday Art Crawl? Then start your evening at the Frist Center, as we’ve moved our monthly architecture tour to the first Saturday of each month. “When was the Frist Center built? Who was the architect? Can you tell me about the floors in the galleries?” These are just some of the questions answered in the Frist Center’s popular monthly architecture tours. Stroll around the Frist Center as you learn more about our landmark...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/02/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Art Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life Art Making in the Lobby: The Simple Life Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 1-July 27, 2012 Thursday and Friday evenings from June 1 through July 27, 2012, visitors are invited to create cardboard drawings in the Grand Lobby using the modest materials of artist Bill Traylor and inspiration from the exhibition Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Art, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/01/12 - 07/27/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Curator's Tour: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial Curator's Tour: Creation Story: Gee's Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 7, 2012 Join Mark Scala, chief curator at the Frist Center, for a tour of the exhibition Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial.	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/07/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parson Guitar Duo Music at the Frist: Meltzer Parson Guitar Duo Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 7, 2012 Bryant Meltzer and Michael David Parsons are making their mark in town as songwriters, but during their performances at the Frist Center, they showcase their considerable instrumental talents. Performing original tunes they describe as “instrumental pop,” their music features strong melodies and distinctive rhythms in wordless musical “discussions” between their instruments. Michael Parsons plays rhythm guitar, and Bryant Meltzer plays melody lines on mandolin or...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/07/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Artist's Forum featuring Michele Lambert and Michael Catalano Artist's Forum featuring Michele Lambert and Michael Catalano Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 7, 2012 Artist’s Forum is a program in which Nashville-based and regional emerging and recognized artists discuss the thoughts and processes behind their work. Participants are encouraged to come and be part of a dialogue about the artistic process. This month’s Artist’s Forum invites artist Michele Lambert and filmmaker Michael Catalano to speak about their artistic processes and concepts, as well as their experiences creating a series of short films with workshop...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/07/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Music at the Frist: Fuzzmuzz Music at the Frist: Fuzzmuzz Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 8, 2012 Fuzzmuzz is an electro-acoustic, ambient artist who took the musical pulses of Miami, New York and LA before settling into the studio in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, to record this first solo release, Fuzzmuzz “One.” His music is mesmerizing, poetic and hypnotic with influences as diverse as Pink Floyd, Bill Frisell, Erik Satie and Philip Glass. Winston has a degree in jazz performance from the University of Miami and was a member of the Gabe Dixon Band.	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/08/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Kids Club: Stencil-a-Story Kids Club: Stencil-a-Story Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 9, 2012 Designed for 5–10 year olds, the Frist Center Kids Club offers exciting opportunities for children to discover, explore, and create art. Free membership includes a Kids Club card, rewards for participation, hands-on activities in the Martin ArtQuest Gallery, and monthly projects in the art studios. Featured activity: Create handmade stencils and craft a storytelling artwork! Drawing on the exhibition	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/09/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Artist’s Perspective: Ben Venom “Heavy Quilting” Artistâ��s Perspective: Ben Venom â��Heavy Quiltingâ�� Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 14, 2012 In this lecture, San Francisco-based artist, Ben Venom will discuss his interest in juxtaposing traditional handmade crafts with one of the more extreme musical genres, heavy metal. His work can be described as a collision of Iron Maiden metal ballads with the outrageous stage antics of Ozzy Osbourne. His work is serious, yet attempts to take on a B-movie horror film style, where even the beasts of metal need a warm blanket to sleep with.	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/14/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Don’t Be Square: Adult Studio Series—A Two-Part Workshop, Guest Artist: Ben Venom Donâ��t Be Square: Adult Studio Seriesâ��A Two-Part Workshop, Guest Artist: Ben Venom Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 15-June 16, 2012 Presented in collaboration with Watkins College of Art, Design & Film Join San Francisco-based artist Ben Venomfor a two-day workshop exploring quilt design and construction and challenging the concept that quilting is only the domain of folk art. The workshop will begin at the Frist Center with a tour of the exhibition Creation...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/15/12 - 06/16/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Film: Manufactured Landscapes Film: Manufactured Landscapes Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 15, 2012 Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is fascinated by the subject of the topographical landscape as it has been irrevocably altered by industries that feed the world’s appetite for material goods. Edward Burtynsky: The Industrial Sublime on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from June 25 through September 3, 2012,...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/15/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Artful tales: "The River that Gave Gifts" Artful tales: "The River that Gave Gifts" Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 17, 2012 Artful Tales is a monthly interactive family program that combines the oral tradition of storytelling with hands-on, art-making activities to explore stories and cultures from around the world. This program is part of the Connecting Cultures: Children’s Stories from Across the World exhibition and is funded in part by the Nissan Foundation and Publix Super...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/17/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Senior Monday Senior Monday Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 18, 2012 The Frist Center for the Visual Arts and WAMB-AM present Senior Mondays, a series of events for those who admit their “senior” status. On these days, gallery admission is $5.00 (1/2 price of regular admission) for seniors and there is a special senior parking fee of $2.00 in the Frist Center lots as long as spaces are available. Seniors receive a 15 percent discount on gift shop purchases and on Frist Center Café refreshments purchased throughout the day. Seniors are...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/18/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Music at the Frist: Geary Moore Music at the Frist: Geary Moore Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 21, 2012 An accomplished composer, as well as master technician, Geary Moore has performed with a “Who’s Who” of music masters, including George Benson, Jimmy Ponder, Arthur Prysock, David “Fat Head” Newman, Ruth Brown, Jimmy McGriff, Bootsie Barnes and T.S. Monk.	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/21/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Curator’s Perspective: “A Conservative Revolutionary: John Constable and Art History” Curatorâ��s Perspective: â��A Conservative Revolutionary: John Constable and Art Historyâ�� Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 22, 2012 This lecture contrasts John Constable’s ideas on the history of landscape painting, as revealed by lectures he gave in 1833 and 1836, with critics’ shocked responses to his apparent lack of finish and disregard for formal decorum. It surveys Constable’s posthumous international celebrity as a precursor of the Impressionists, or even a prophet of photography (the daguerreotype was invented 2 years after his death). Ironically, reverence for the old masters seems to have...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/22/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Music at the Frist: Mean Mary Music at the Frist: Mean Mary Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts June 28, 2012 'Mean Mary' James, a Florida native now based in Nashville, began life as a musical prodigy—could read music before she could read words and co-wrote songs at age five. By age seven she was proficient on the guitar, banjo, & violin, and entertained audiences with regular appearances on television and in live performances at venues across the US with her vocal and instrumental skills. Her fascinating life has been one long road show interspersed with TV, radio, and film. She has...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	06/28/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Bill Traylor Drawings at The Frist Center Bill Traylor Drawings at The Frist Center Presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts May 25-September 3, 2012 Bill Traylor: Drawings from the Collections of the High Museum of Art and the Montgomery Museum of Art, on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 25 through September 3, 2012. Presented concurrently with the artists of Gee’s Bend and Thornton Dial will be 63 drawings and paintings on cardboard by the self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor. Born into slavery...	Frist Center for the Visual Arts	05/25/12 - 09/03/12	Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
Watercolor Painting Classes - Brentwood Watercolor Painting Classes - Brentwood Presented by Gail McDaniel Art at Brentwood United Methodist Church May 1-July 24, 2012 Gail McDaniel, an acclaimed watercolor artist/instructor who has served as an associate member of the Winsor & Newton Creative Artist Network of London, England, will teach a series of watercolor painting classes in Middle Tennessee this spring and summer for artists at all levels. Two separate watercolor painting classes will be offered to beginning, intermediate and advanced artists on selected...	Gail McDaniel Art	05/01/12 - 07/24/12	Brentwood United Methodist Church, Brentwood
Watercolor Painting Classes - Nashville Watercolor Painting Classes - Nashville Presented by Gail McDaniel Art at Plaza Artist Materials May 2-July 25, 2012 Gail McDaniel, an acclaimed watercolor artist/instructor who has served as an associate member of the Winsor & Newton Creative Artist Network of London, England, will teach a series of watercolor painting classes in Middle Tennessee this spring and summer for artists at all levels. Watercolor painting classes will be offered to beginning, intermediate and advanced artists on...	Gail McDaniel Art	05/02/12 - 07/25/12	Plaza Artist Materials, Nashville
Mature Eyes Exhibit Mature Eyes Exhibit Presented by gallery F at Scarritt-Bennett Center at gallery F @ Scarritt-Bennett April 1-June 15, 2012 Some see retirement and growing older as an ending, while others see it as an opportunity for new beginnings. This exhibit features 7 photographers who have chosen to create opportunities for new beginnings. Through the mature eyes of these photographers, the viewer can gain a new understanding of the relationship between seeing, image and the creative spirit at work. Featured artists: Ed Batsel, Dick Dougall, Bob Haines, Bill Ives, Nancy Johnson, Virginia Gregory...	gallery F at Scarritt-Bennett Center	04/01/12 - 06/15/12	gallery F @ Scarritt-Bennett , Nashville
Official STAR TREK Convention Official STAR TREK Convention Presented by Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center June 9-June 10, 2012 It is a true pleasure for us to return for the very last time with The Official STAR TREK Convention beaming into what we consider the absolute best convention hotel in the world: the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. It's an experience and a vacation in itself and the convention certainly wouldn't be the same without YOU! Let's bring down the roof for these talented folk who have give us decades of great entertainment and it indeed an honor to bring one of the globe's most gifted performers to...	Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center	06/09/12 - 06/10/12	Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Nashville
Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz Presented by Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz at Belcourt Taps & Tapas July 17, 2011-July 29, 2012 Who are you? Geeks Who Drink is a Denver-based company that hosts pub quizzes at over 100 pubs and restaurants in 13 states. Our quiz is a collective effort of dozens of quizmasters, writers, fact-checkers, graphic designers and artists. What’s a pub quiz? Simply, a quiz game played in a pub. It's an Anglo-Irish tradition, but our goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking. A noble cause! The quiz...	Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz	07/17/11 - 07/29/12	Belcourt Taps & Tapas, Nashville
Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz Presented by Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz at Past Perfect July 13, 2011-July 25, 2012 Who are you? Geeks Who Drink is a Denver-based company that hosts pub quizzes at over 100 pubs and restaurants in 13 states. Our quiz is a collective effort of dozens of quizmasters, writers, fact-checkers, graphic designers and artists. What’s a pub quiz? Simply, a quiz game played in a pub. It's an Anglo-Irish tradition, but our goal is the same: to foster friendly competition, and promote social drinking. A noble cause! The quiz...	Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz	07/13/11 - 07/25/12	Past Perfect, Nashville
General Jackson Midday Cruise: Steve Hall & The Shotgun Red Show General Jackson Midday Cruise: Steve Hall & The Shotgun Red Show Presented by General Jackson Showboat at Opryland - General Jackson Showboat March 9-November 11, 2012 Steve Hall & Shotgun Red return for another season aboard the General Jackson Showboat! This popular duo will bring their jaw-droppin', gut-bustin' show to the stage, offering one of the most animated and entertainingly interactive shows to cruise the Cumberland River, complete with a mouth-watering Southern dinner prepared by the boat's own sous chef. Beginning March 9, enjoy a delicious Big Buffet that will be chocked full of delicious options for you to choose from.	General Jackson Showboat	03/09/12 - 11/11/12	Opryland - General Jackson Showboat, Nashville
General Jackson Evening Cruise: Heart of Tennessee: A Musical Journey General Jackson Evening Cruise: Heart of Tennessee: A Musical Journey Presented by General Jackson Showboat at Opryland - General Jackson Showboat March 8-December 23, 2012 The Heart of Tennessee: A Musical Journey celebrates the deeply rich tradition of the music born in this great state. Performed by seven professional singers and a top tier group of Nashville musicians, the show takes a journey along the Music Highway from the roots of the Appalachian music and bluegrass around the mountains of East Tennessee to the blues, rock, and R & B sounds along the...	General Jackson Showboat	03/08/12 - 12/23/12	Opryland - General Jackson Showboat, Nashville
George Dickel Distillery Tour George Dickel Distillery Tour Presented by George Dickel Distillery at George Dickel Distillery October 1, 2009 - Ongoing You won’t find Cascade Hollow on most maps. Nestled on the Highland Rim of the Cumberland Plateau, you will find us about halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga. The ancient limestone shelf of this plateau provides water than runs fresh and clear from the nearby Cascade Springs, and it made the perfect spot to build a distillery. Come tour the distillery and discover George Dickel’s award winning whisky and its time honored...	George Dickel Distillery	10/01/09 - Ongoing	George Dickel Distillery , Tullahoma
Ghost and Haunt Tours Ghost and Haunt Tours Presented by Ghost and Haunt Tours at Sheraton Nashville Downtown April 3, 2008 - Ongoing Come join us on the original walking ghost tour of downtown Nashville. Take the original full season ghost tour and visit the most haunted and paranormal filled locations in all of Nashville. Nothing hokey - NO costumes, lanterns or people jumping out to scare you. Find out why security guards at the State Capitol keep quitting on the night shift. Hear what happens at Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry, when the lights go out, and just what keeps coming back....	Ghost and Haunt Tours	04/03/08 - Ongoing	Sheraton Nashville Downtown, Nashville
A Taste of Italy A Taste of Italy Presented by Gilda's Club Nashville at Gilda's Club Nashville May 30, 2012 Gilda’s Club Nashville hosts “A Taste of Italy” at its midtown location. Co-presenters are The Amerigo Vespucci Society, a social club devoted to celebrating all things Italian, and NXT GEN, an affinity group of young professionals supporting the host’s charitable work on behalf of those in our community who are touched by cancer. Event attractions include a variety of commercial Italian red and white wines for tasting, authentic Italian foods,...	Gilda's Club Nashville	05/30/12	Gilda's Club Nashville, Nashville