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

From the Nashville Film Festival

We Can Be Heroes: Celebrating Difference

In the mid-60s, my brothers were diagnosed as autistic. It took awhile, because they were beautiful twin babies, perfectly healthy. Unlike Downs Syndrome, there are often no outer indications ofRead More

From the Nashville Film Festival

A Man Called Hurt: The Life and Music of Mississippi John Hurt

A Man Called Hurt: The Life and Music of Mississippi John Hurt begins as a comfortably muted scene in an old-time country home in Avalon, Mississippi. “Frankie” is playing onRead More