Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Nashville Scene's Top Picks for the Week

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Bridgestone Arena
Tom Petty's gift for marrying a plainspoken poetic lyric to an unshakable melody, then delivering it with an unmistakable twang and sly wink, made him a rock legend of the highest order. Read more.

Megan McCormick CD Release at The Basement
If you were to give Megan McCormick's debut album Honest Words a blind listen without knowing a thing about her ... Read more.

The Black Keys at The Ryman
The more things change ... well, you know the rest. So even as The Black Keys grow, expanding sonically, experiencing unprecedented success ... Read more.

Rock the Box: A Fundraiser for The Pencil Box Foundation at Exit/In
While there's no doubt our federal, state and local governments should be ponying up a lot more money for education ... Read more.

The Greatest Decade, Vol: 2: I'm So Bored With the U.S.A. at Mercy Lounge
The ’60s gave us sunshine and baroque pop. The ’80s gave us new wave. The ’90s gave us grunge and indie rock, and The Aughts gave us, well, um … Read more.

Chiddy Bang at Exit/In
We're sure that most of you out there in Newspaper Land would agree with us that this has been a shitty summer on the concert front. Read more.

Memoryhouse at The End
Yes, it’s been said before, but we’re going to say it again because it bears repeating: “Glo-fi” is the stupidest name for a genre ever. Read more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Work by Brad Sells at Two Moon Gallery
Wood sculptor Brad Sells speaks of the South African cultural reverence for trees and the Hawaiian belief that ancestral spirits live in forests as two of several inspirations for his free-form vessels. Read more.
 
Seriously (WTF) at APSU Downtown Gallery
If you’re looking for pastel pictures of haystacks to hang in your powder room, Donna Stack’s Seriously (WTF) might not be for you. Read more.

Works by Damon McIntyre at Tennessee Arts Commission
A blurry line has always separated the worlds of craft-making and fine art. Read more.

Bernard de Clavière: Animalier Extraordinaire at Tennessee State Museum
A horse is a horse, of course, but a painting of a horse is a horse of a different color. OK, enough horsing around. Read more.

Planned Coincidence at the Renaissance Center
There is a lot to like in Middle Tennessee's art scene. Two of our favorites are The Renaissance Center and Ron Lambert. Read more.

Histories Are Mirrors: Path of Conflict Through Afghanistan & Iraq at Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery
Tyler Hicks began working as a New York Times staff photographer in 2001. Since then, he’s won a Pulitzer Prize for his work in the Middle East. Read more.
The Tomato Art Festival in Five Points
Despite the insane heat, a number of us are finding every cool kitchen combination we can come up with while the delicious Tennessee tomato is still heavy on the vine. Read more.
 
Silly Bandz Trading Party at Davis-Kidd
Silly bands/Bandz, for those not avant-garde enough to have embraced the controversial trend, are slim rubber bands that make fun shapes (dinosaurs and such) in their un-stretched state, but look like Technicolor ramen noodles when worn on the wrist. Read more.
 
Susan Gregg Gilmore Discussion and Signing at Davis-Kidd
Nashville native Susan Gregg Gilmore has built her career on invoking Southern charm. Read more.
It's Vegas, Baby! at Limelight
Street Theatre Company's third annual fundraiser transforms Limelight into a Vegas-style casino, all in support of STC’s affordable, pro-level theatricals and educational workshops. Read more.
 
Les Miz! A Tale of Two Cities at the Factory at Franklin
Long before Boiler Room Theatre, there was the Avante Garage! Theatre, where the younger, budding talents of BRT artistic director Jamey Green were put to use producing musicals ... Read more.
 
The Grapes of Wrath at the Larry Keeton Theatre
Actors are gypsies. So is Nashville’s oldest community theater group, Circle Players, which has vacated Metro's Looby Theater and now will present shows at the Larry Keeton Theatre in Donelson. Read more.
 
The Imaginary Invalid at Darkhorse Theater
Moliere's 1673 classic is brought to life by ACT I, with Melissa Bedinger Hade at the directorial helm. Read more.
 

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