Month: August 2025

The Jazz Beat — September 2025

This Month’s Highlights Here are the performances this month that I have picked out as really special, ones you won’t be able to catch any day of the week. TheyRead More

Save the Date:

Coming to the Frist in 2026

The Frist Art Museum has unveiled its highly anticipated 2026 exhibition schedule, featuring nine exhibitions that will commemorate the institution’s 25th anniversary and celebrate the museum’s mission to engage, educate,Read More

The Chromatic Lens at Chauvet

At Chauvet Arts on 5th Avenue there is a bright and beautiful exhibition going on called Chromatic Lens. Made up of a very diverse group of local artists, the onlyRead More

See Summer Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s summer production is here! The Merry Wives of Windsor  is an uproarious tale of mischief and double-dealing where women get the last laugh! When the ever-schemingRead More

The MCR Interview:

A Conversation with Maestra Eímear Noone

Irish conductor and composer Eímear Noone has carved out a singular place in the world of music. Best known for her groundbreaking work in video game scores such as WorldRead More

The MCR Interview:

Shawn Huckins’ INTERVENTIONS at Cheekwood

Painter Shawn Huckins first gained recognition for his witty appropriations of 18th-century portraiture, where finely rendered figures by artists like Charles Willson Peale and John Singleton Copley were veiled withRead More

Stay Righteously Unmanageable

In a response to the growing challenges faced by artists, non-profit organization Unmanageable has announced the launch of Stay Righteously Unmanageable, a free monthly online series that invites artists, culturalRead More

Read before you go:

Music City Baroque and Venice

Titled Venice and the Ottoman Empire, there has been an extraordinary exhibition in the Ingram Gallery at the Frist Art Museum for most of the summer. The exhibition looks atRead More

From the Newest Opera Ensemble in Music City:

Canto615: Don Giovanni Laid Bare

Don Giovanni in a church – sounds a little ironic, don’t you think? I wasn’t sure what to expect coming into this performance. I knew that the opera was takingRead More

East Nashville Facebook Page: The Musical

To summarize this review: unequivocal praise.  I saw Cherry Bomb’s first East Nashville Facebook Page: The Musical back in 2023 as part of the Kindling Arts Festival at the DarkhorseRead More