Month: May 2026

Summertime in Music City

A Rambling about Will Hoge

There’s a particular kind of confidence that only comes from an artist still growing decades into their career. Not confidence rooted in nostalgia or legacy, but in curiosity. In momentum.Read More

new in Middle Tennessee:

Introducing Clarksville Community Theatre

He saved up memories of childhood joys at theater camp in Chicago. He saved them through a family move to rural Kentucky, through his teenage years, through his college studiesRead More

Illuminating O’Keeffe: Kevin Puts’ The Brightness of Light

There was not a chance the rain would keep me away from seeing The Brightness of Light with Renée Fleming and Rod Gilfry this past Wednesday. A tender piece writtenRead More

From the Schermerhorn

Heroes, Sorceresses, and Symphonic Revolutions

Sometimes you go to a concert expecting one thing, and leave having experienced something completely different from those expectations—and if you are lucky, the difference is a good thing! OnRead More

on the Silver Screen!

Food Roots in review

     I had the privilege of attending the preview of “Food Roots” this past Saturday, May 16th, at Nashville PBS. The film follows Emmy Award-Winning Restaurateur Billy Dec on his journeyRead More

From Adams to Shostakovich: NPO Ends Season Powerfully

This year, the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra (NPO) completed their twenty-second performance season. The NPO is a volunteer community orchestra that has been committed to bringing free, high-level concerts to theRead More

At OZ Arts

A Theater of Apparitions, Manual Cinema Conjures ‘the 4th Witch’

Manual Cinema has spent the last decade redefining theatrical storytelling in the twenty-first century. Blending shadow puppetry, live music, cinematic editing, and analog craftsmanship into a singular performance language, theRead More

Ingram New Works: Next Stage

The Wonderful Bite of BloodSuckingLeech

Last year the Nashville Repertory Theatre presented a staged reading of BloodSuckingLeech as part of the Ingram New Works Project. This May BloodSuckingLeech was given a staged “enhanced production” asRead More

Coming Soon:

Public Reading of Pride and Prejudice: An Ardent New Musical

The new musical is a celebration of love, sisterhood, and choosing oneself. The production features a book by Lauren Gunderson, one of the most produced playwrights in America, and musicRead More

Coming Soon: The Book of Mormon

Broadway at TPAC brings us the nine-time Tony Award winning musical The Book of Mormon, with music, lyrics, and book written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of SouthRead More