Thursday, September 16, 2010

The Nashville Scene's Top Picks for the Week

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The Hold Steady at Exit/In
In late June, culture critic/noted technophobe Lee Siegel declared in an issue of The New York Observer that fiction had "become culturally irrelevant." Read more.

Bobby Bare Jr. at The Basement
Both Bobby Bare Jr. and his music seem remarkably unencumbered for somebody with as much history as he has in this town. Read more.

Cotton Jones at 3rd & Lindsley
On paper, it looks like a radical transition: Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw — former purveyors of bouncy, glockenspiel-dinging indie-pop with the band Page France ... Read more.

Live on the Green featuring Dr. Dog, Glossary & more
If you’ve picked up our publication or visited our website more than three times ... Read more.

Guilty Pleasures vs. My So-Called Band at Mercy Loung and Cannery Ballroom
Between the terror attacks, wars, shitty presidents, hurricanes, tsunamis and Nickelback, I think we can all agree that the Aughts sucked some serious donkey dick. Read more.

Eric Brace & Peter Cooper at Station Inn
If pedal steel is the musical instrument that makes listeners the world over snap to attention and say, “By god, that’s country music!,” Lloyd Green is a major reason why. Read more.

Andre Watts Plays Beethoven at Lipscomb
Long-celebrated piano virtuoso André Watts helps the Nashville Symphony get its classical season rolling with a program of concert hall staples. Read more.
Abundant Wildlife at Two Moon Gallery
This new exhibit seems like the perfect show for beginning that long slide into the gift-giving season. Read more.
 
I’ve Been Framed at Billups Art
As organizer Shelly Santana points out, “Untitled offers artists the opportunity to show controversial art, because Untitled shows are always uncensored. There is always something exciting about each show … Read more.
 
Inspired at The Arts Company
If you missed the September Gallery Crawl, you missed out on an exhibit that found hipsters tripping over the cuffs of their skinny jeans to get their hands on John Welles Bartlett’s prints and Julianna Swaney’s illustrations. Read more.
 
100 for 100 at Artists on Main
Artists on Main in Goodlettsville presents 100 for 100, a two-day festival with wine, music and even children’s activities that will bring 100 paintings for under $100 to the Middle Tennessee area. Read more.
 
Figurative Artists Show at LeQuire Gallery
If you take the time to leave your living room and see one painter in Nashville this whole year … no, in your whole life, make it Greg Decker. Read more.
 
Visiting Artist Lecture: Photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen at Austin Peay
World famous photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen will make a stop in Tennessee this week, and area shutterbugs would have to be crazy to miss an opportunity to see him speak. Read more.
Songposium on Music Row
SongPosium is the four-day crash course in hit-making offered by a wealth of instructors with honest-to-goodness cuts under their belt, publishing companies to their name and years of road-doggin’, song-plugging, recording and promoting to their credit. Read more.
 
The Great Nashville Duck Race at Riverfront Park
Everybody loves an exciting race, whether it involves horses, hounds, motorized machinery … or ducks. Read more.
 
One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure at Adventure Science Center’s Sudekum Planetarium
When I was growing up in Detroit, I loved Big Bird. He was famous on Sesame Street, and he was also associated with the Detroit Tigers’ star rookie pitcher Mark “The Bird” Fidrych ... Read more.
 
Swing Dancing at the Farmers' Market
We’re pretty sure that, like us, you’re wondering why in the heck anyone would go swing dancing at the Farmers’ Market — it’s not exactly the epitome of elegance. Read more.
 
Journey of Hope Music Row Walkathon on Music Row
Few old bromides seem more urgent these days than the one about walking a mile in someone else’s shoes. Read more.
All Shook Up at Larry Keeton Theatre
If it’s even peripherally about Elvis, then we care. The Larry Keeton Theatre (formerly Nashville Dinner Theatre) presents this high-energy musical based loosely on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. Read more.
 
Tied Up at Darkhorse Theater
Yet another budding playwright emerges from the ranks of Nashville’s African-American theater community, as Christan L. Riley presents this mean-streets tale … Read more.
 
The Sound of Music at Lamplighters Theatre
If you’re going to open your theater season with a musical, there’s no harm in going uber-iconic. Read more.
 
First Night Theater Honors at Belmont's Troutt Theater
Nashville theater folks who were in the area pre-2000 will remember a period when the “First Night” ceremonies were a big deal ... Read more.
 

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