Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Nashville Scene's Top Picks for the Week

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Kyle Andrews' EP Release at Mercy Lounge
Local synth-toting indie-pop stalwart Kyle Andrews definitely isn’t new to the art of crafting sweetly doleful but uplifting, saccharine love songs. Read more.
 
Mark Robinson Album Release at The Basement
Mark Robinson's path from young, full-time musician to nine-to-fiver is a familiar trope, but his decision years later to make a U-turn is far more unusual. Read more.
 
Trina at Limelight
If you remember the gilded age of rap as well as we do (and you should, for crying out loud — I mean, how much pot do you smoke?), then you're sure to remember club-rap phenom Trina, aka Da Baddest Bitch. Read more.
 
Musicians' Reunion Show at Jefferson Street Showcase
Besides working, mentoring and playing with almost every major blues and soul musician in the Nashville community for decades, Marion James has been a tireless advocate for their wellbeing off the bandstand. Read more.
 
A Tribute to Miles Davis' Bitches Brew at Exit/In
Trumpet legend Miles Davis had already made some big changes before the historic two-record set Bitches Brew was released in April 1970. Read more.
 
Luke Bulla w/Bryan Sutton & Viktor Krauss at Station Inn
It’s been the better part of two years since Bulla and Sutton first teamed up for a Station Inn show, and with a couple of holes opening up in their busy schedules, the pair have leapt at the chance to do it again ... Read more.
Works by James Perrin at Zeitgeist
After their Right to Assemble series brought excitement to the summer season, Zeitgeist abandons its group-show programming for a solo exhibit. Read more.
 
Transparencies & Transformation Opera at Vanderbilt’s Space 204 at Ingram Studio Art Center
Two Vanderbilt art professors are sharing a gallery space. Read more.
 
Art of Collage at Retropolitan
Collage liberates words and objects from their original intention. Read more.
 
Art After Hours Feat. Margaret Ellis at Cumberland Gallery
Margaret Ellis’s jewelry pieces could be called wearable sculpture. Read more.
 
Double Vision at Belmont’s Leu Gallery
A Fulbright grant recently took photographer Amy Holmes George to Florence, Italy. Read more.
 
Splintered Self at Blend Studio
Featuring drawings, animations and digital collages, local favorites Amanda Dillingham and Jason Driskill collaborate on a show of new work. Read more.
 
The Dance at Tinney Contemporary
Bottom line: Puppets are creepy. For Atlanta artist Todd Alexander, they evoke questions about individual autonomy. Read more.
 
Flamtastic Ejections at the Rymer Gallery
Clary’s three-dimensional paper sculptures mounted on panels mimic organic and semi-organic shapes like cells, rock formations or land masses. Read more.
International Lens: Copyright Criminals at Sarratt Cinema
Despite the apparent injustice of certain copyright rules, Criminals is a balanced inquiry … Read more.
 
Clips of Faith Beer and Film Tour at Public Square Park
Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing Company is sponsoring this touring event pairing outdoor film screenings and tastings of 12 tiny-batch brews. Read more.
 
Wilson Music Library Book Sale
A book sale isn't just any old book sale when it's hosted by the Ann Potter Wilson Music Library in Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. Read more.
 
John Merritt Classic at LP Field
Many Nashvillians don’t recognize the name “John Merritt” — as they are too young, too recently arrived or too uninterested in how sports and community can collide. Read more.
 
Lipscomb Lifelong Learning Program
It's too bad the Lipscomb Lifelong Learning program is devoted only to the retired and elderly — this semester's course selection is an enviable roundup … Read more.
Shades of Black Theatre Festival: Beyond Passion at Darkhorse Theatre
Music City can champion its own fest, now in its fifth year, still driven by artists like McCallum, Shawn Whitsell and others representing the local need to achieve. Read more.
 
All the Livelong Day: Our Life and Labor at Christ Church Cathedral
On the first Friday of each month, Christ Church Cathedral mounts distinctive programming that blends music, dance, visual art and drama within the spiritual context of a worship service. Read more.
 

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