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Get a Look-See at the Tinney Contemporary (on view through December)

A BRIEF PAUSE BETWEEN TWO MYSTERIES

Nashville Artist Wendy Walker Silverman invites viewers to pause, reflect, and inhabit the present moment. With its rich fields of color and quiet emotional charge, A Brief Pause Between Two Mysteries invites viewers to slow down and look closely. On view at Tinney Contemporary from November 22nd through January 3rd, the exhibition by Nashville painter Wendy Walker Silverman explores the spaces between what we know and what we can only sense. The show takes its title from a line by Carl Jung—“life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one”—which wonderfully captures the contemplative tone of Silverman’s recent work. Known for her intuitive approach to abstraction and her sensitivity to color, Silverman reflects on memory, emotion, and the passage of time, offering painting itself as a moment of stillness within life’s constant movement. MCR: The exhibition takes its name from one of your paintings, A Brief Pause Between Two Mysteries. What drew you to that title, and what does it capture about the spirit of the show? Wendy Walker Silverman [WWS]: The title is based on a quote by Carl Jung, “Life is a luminous pause between two mysteries that are yet one.” So the pause isRead More
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    A BRIEF PAUSE BETWEEN TWO MYSTERIES
  • The Jazz Beat — December 2025

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    The Jazz Beat — December 2025
  • Radical Inclusion on Stage: Inside shackled feet DANCE!’s Synergy

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    Radical Inclusion on Stage: Inside shackled feet DANCE!’s Synergy
  • Red Grooms and the Creation of the Tennessee Foxtrot Carousel

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    Red Grooms and the Creation of the Tennessee Foxtrot Carousel
  • William Edmondson: Faith, Form, and the Poetry of Stone Celebrated at WEFEST

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    William Edmondson: Faith, Form, and the Poetry of Stone Celebrated at WEFEST
  • The Culmination of the Sacral Series: An Interview with Becca Hoback

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    The Culmination of the Sacral Series: An Interview with Becca Hoback
  • Coming Soon: It’s a Wonderful Life

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    Coming Soon: It’s a Wonderful Life
  • Famed Former White House Florister Returns to Cheekwood

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    Famed Former White House Florister Returns to Cheekwood
  • SONUS’ ‘Let My Love Be Heard’

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    SONUS’ ‘Let My Love Be Heard’
  • Puccini’s American Myth: La Fanciulla del West by Nashville Opera

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    Puccini’s American Myth: La Fanciulla del West by Nashville Opera

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William Edmondson: Faith, Form, and the Poetry of Stone Celebrated at WEFEST

William Edmondson
On Saturday, October 25th, Nashville celebrated its annual William Edmonsdson Arts & Culture Festival at the artist’s Homesite Park & Gardens. The festival honors theRead More

Meanwhile, up in Clarksville...

WinterGlow Illuminates: A Promising New Era for the Gateway Chamber Orchestra

On November 23, the Gateway Chamber Orchestra presented its annual Winter Baroque Concert, this year titled WinterGlow: A Baroque Celebration, featuring the Gateway Chorale andRead More

A New Release:

SONUS’ ‘Let My Love Be Heard’

Marking a decade of boundary-pushing choral artistry, SONUS returns with a new EP, Let My Love Be Heard, that captures both the ensemble’s evolution and itsRead More

The Nashville Symphony's Search Continues:

José Luis Gómez and Verdi’s Requiem

The Nashville Symphony’s latest classical series performance was not one to miss. The orchestra and choir joined forces alongside soloists Katie Van Kooten, Kelley O’Connor,Read More

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Theater/Dance

From South Pacific to South Georgia: The Color Purple

In 1949, only a few years after the casualties of World War II, the famedRead More

  • Radical Inclusion on Stage: Inside shackled feet DANCE!’s Synergy

  • The Culmination of the Sacral Series: An Interview with Becca Hoback

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Art & Design

Red Grooms and the Creation of the Tennessee Foxtrot Carousel

In most of the country, when people think of Red Grooms, they think of NewRead More

  • Famed Former White House Florister Returns to Cheekwood

  • LeXander Bryant’s ‘Dirt Road Baby’

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Classical Music

Early Music City’s Oratorio Festival: Hallelujah!

As part of the two-day Music City Oratorio Festival, Early Music City hosted two veryRead More

  • Puccini’s American Myth: La Fanciulla del West by Nashville Opera

  • Preview: Music City Oratorio Festival Brings Handel’s Messiah to Life — Nashville Style

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The MCR Interview

Improvising a Dream: David Rodgers and the Birth of the Nashville Jazz Festival

For pianist and composer David Rodgers, the idea of a Nashville Jazz Festival has beenRead More

  • Necessary: J’Nai Bridges on Art, Opening Minds, and the Responsibility of Voice

  • A Broadway Actress Speaks about Life on Tour: Holly Ann Butler

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Far-flung Correspondents

Delibes’ Sylvia at the American Ballet Theatre

In comparison to dance companies nationwide, American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is elderly—86 years old. ButRead More

  • Norma and the Reinvention of Tragedy: Reflections from Florence 

  • Jubilee the Opera

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Jazz & Pop

The Jazz Beat — December 2025

This Month’s Highlights Here are the performances this month that I have picked out asRead More

  • The Jazz Beat — November 2025

  • The Jazz Beat — October 2025

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Music City Noir

The Jazz Beat — May 2025

This Month’s Highlights Here are the performances this month that I have picked out asRead More

  • Burleigh Spirituals Festival Scholarship Concert

  • David C. Driskell and Friends; Kindred Spirits: Creativity, Collaboration and Friendship

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Nashville Sonido Latino

Entre Altares y Recuerdos, México Vive en Nashville

For English, Click HERE El Día de los Muertos es una tradición mexicana que seRead More

  • Rosa de Teatrocinema: una entrevista sobre arte, memoria y el poder de las mujeres

  • El Arte de Lindsy Davis y Danielle Winger: Llamada y respuesta en Red Arrow Gallery

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Various & Sundry

Our Local Frankenstein

Now that autumn weather has arrived, book lovers find that 19th century literature has extraRead More

  • Between Altars and Memories, Mexico Lives in Nashville

  • Blacklight Productions Presents First-Ever Masquerade Gala

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