Various & Sundry

everything that doesn’t fit. Festivals, markets, restaurants, bingo games, comicons


A Guest Author Contribution:

Ambitious, Controversial, and Avant-Garde: The New TPAC Design

Earlier this spring, the Nashville Planning Department received an approval application for a parcel addressed 20 Victory Avenue, directly north of the eastern approach of the pedestrian bridge. The application, submitted by Hastings Architecture on behalf of a team of contractors, gives the public its first glimpse into the ambitious, controversial, and avant-garde plans for the new home of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Setting the Stage: The East Bank Over the last few years, a collection of government entities and private developers have been collaborating on plans for what will become the East Bank neighborhood. The area, identified asRead More

The Jazz Beat — September 2026

Nashville’s City Winery is a beautiful venue that consistently features top-talent acts that span genres from Jazz to Americana to Hip Hop. The below performances showcase a mix of severalRead More

To Dolly

When my brothers and I were young, we had patterns, nothing obtrusive, just gentle patterns. They loved music. All kinds of music. They loved the gospel music of our blackRead More

The Art of Seeing the World Through Glass

Versión en español Through kiln-formed glass and stained glass, Martha Morales Purucker has found in transparency a way to transform ideas, memories, and experiences into color, texture, and light. HerRead More

El Arte de Mirar El Mundo A Través del Vidrio

Version in English A través de la vitrofusión y los vitrales, Martha Morales Purucker ha encontrado en la transparencia una vía para transformar ideas, recuerdos y experiencias en color, texturaRead More

DOLORES: Andrés Bustamante Confronts the Economics of Immigration Detention at Arcade Arts

Beginning August 6, Arcade Arts’ Gallery 63 will present DOLORES: Immigration, Children, Profit, a new exhibition by Nashville-based artist Andrés Bustamante that interrogates the relationship between immigration detention, childhood trauma,Read More

Cheekwood: One of the Nice Things

Few institutions have shaped Nashville’s cultural identity as profoundly or as consistently as Cheekwood. Nestled atop the rolling hills of West Nashville, the estate has evolved from the private residenceRead More

The Outlaw’s Aria: Fanny Ray and the Sinners Symphonic Build a Musical World

A Nashville-based ensemble is looking to bridge the gap between commercial music and classical music through deep storytelling. Fanny Ray and the Sinners Symphonic recently released their first single, “You Can’tRead More

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

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