Our Critics Picks
THURSDAY 5/8
Art for Change
THE NAPIER YOUTH PHOTOVOICE PROJECT “You’re
just scared to live here. You don’t know when your life will be taken
away.” No, those aren’t the words of a Baghdad shop owner—they’re from
the mouth of a seventh-grader who lives just a few miles from you. In
January, a dozen middle-schoolers who live in or around the J.C. Napier
Homes were given disposable cameras and a mission: to document what
it’s like to grow up in one of Nashville’s toughest public housing
projects. The youths, all served by Big Brothers Big Sisters, will show
their work and speak at a public reception that will be attended by
design professionals and city officials, including Mayor Dean. A book
featuring the works and commentary will be available for $12. (If you
can’t attend, you can purchase the book for $15 including shipping; for
info, visit tinyurl.com/5bpdy9.) 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Nashville Civic
Design Center (138 Second Ave. N., Ste. 106); a forum on the project
takes place at 5:30 p.m. May 15 at the center.
—JACK SILVERMAN
Music
ROONEY
With a ’70s influence this strong, you almost expect Rooney to show up
in flares and polyester prints. While owing a small debt to Weezer’s
sunny power pop, large swaths of Rooney’s songbook are ripped from ELO,
Cheap Trick and The Cars. Though prone to moments of O.C.-level
disposability (the Howard Jones-ish single “When Did Your Heart Go
Missing?”), there’s a durable pop sensibility that manifests itself in
broad Beatles-inflected arrangements worthy of Jeff Lynne. Led by Jason
Schwartzman’s (Phantom Planet, Rushmore) brother Robert, Rooney
released several EPs before signing with Geffen for their 2003
self-titled debut LP. They recorded last year’s follow-up, Calling the World,
three times before finding production that properly captured the
unstudied charm of their pocket symphonies, an alluring titration of
breeze and sophistication. 8 p.m. at Exit/In
—CHRIS PARKER
Art
BRADY HASTON
Any fan of abstract painting in Nashville is probably familiar with
Haston’s work. Though he continues to be inspired by trends in the
changing urban landscape, this latest show at Twist draws inspiration
from his explorations on the “other side” of the river. While walking
and driving through Nashville’s East Side neighborhoods, Haston
replenished his image horde, and is declaring the beginning of a new
direction in his work. Regardless of Haston’s concepts and
inspirations, it is the pure formal beauty of his colorful, biomorphic
forms and whimsical lines that makes his work consistently compelling. Through May 31 at Twist Art Gallery —JOE NOLAN
Art
STAY LATE ’TIL EIGHT AT CHEEKWOOD
Movies are played. Bowling is boring. Art—now that’s the way to really
impress a date. Fortunately, Cheekwood is indulging that desire by
staying open till 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
throughout the summer months. So many people these days spend their
daylight hours behind a desk, under the harsh glare of fluorescent
lights, so what better way to cure what ails you than an invigorating
stroll through Cheekwood’s magnificent gardens and a tour past the
current slate of exhibits. Make sure not to miss the intimate bamboo
forest—the perfect spot to steal a smooch. Through Sept. 1 at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Museum of Art —LEE STABERT
FRIDAY 5/9
Art
JENNIFER CAWLEY: SQUEEZE, FLOAT, BANG! Using a variety of media—fabric, string, paper, paint and encaustic—Jennifer Cawley creates fanciful scenes that wouldn’t
look out of place on a child’s bedroom wall. That’s not to suggest
they’re facile or lightweight, merely that they exhibit a freewheeling
aesthetic and childlike whimsy. Rabbits are a recurring
theme—in “Sorcerer” and “Sorcerer 2” bunny silhouettes seem to be
ascending into the heavens amid colorful plumes of smoke. “Broadcast”
features a young boy and girl talking into megaphones, along
with a couple of white rabbits, one whose lower body appears attached
to the boy’s torso. The works are stylistically varied, but
they all have a cartoonish quality and seem be telling a story whose
narrative threads hover just out of grasp. Not to diminish their
significance as serious art, but the images are, dare we say, fun. Through May 31 at Tinney + Cannon Contemporary —JACK SILVERMAN
Music
DE NOVO DAHL W/AUTOVAUGHN & THE PINK SPIDERS
It’s a dual CD release party at the Mercy tonight, but it could be a
“Major Labels Don’t Know Their Ass From Their Elbow” party. After 30
years of reckless spending, poor management and terrible customer
service, the music biz is cutting back on development and reigning in
the way they work with new artists. The Clive Davis era is over and
labels are dropping everyone that doesn’t have a reality show or an
iPod ad. Two of tonight’s acts have already been sent back to the farm
leagues, and a similar fate could befall De Novo Dahl if SoundScan
doesn’t show some love real soon. And that’s a damn shame since all
three bands are making the best music of their careers. 9 p.m. at Cannery Ballroom —SEAN L. MALONEY
It’s Never Done
WOMEN’S WORK 2008 Tennessee
Women’s Theater Project landed on a very good idea last year with its
first arts festival celebrating women and diversity. “Women’s Work
2008” promises more of the same, with some two dozen different
performances and programs crisscrossing boundaries of stagecraft,
dance, music, poetry, essays, film and fine art. The monthlong lineup
includes new musicals (Motherhood by Sue Fabisch; Nashville: The Music City Musical by Carolyn German); new plays (If I Give My Heart to You by Dorothy Marcic; Music City Stories by
Molly Hoekstra); concert appearances by Ginger Newman, Xiu Hong Feng
and singer/songwriters Melissa Brett, Connie Hutto and Shirley Rutland;
documentary films by Benita Hill and Chicago’s Salome Chasnoff; the
poetry of Edith Costanza, Amy E. Hall and Jeanne Moses; dance by the
Nashville Chinese Culture Club; and artwork and photography from Sue
Dippold and Kim Kinsley-Herrera. That’s really just a sampling of
available offerings—to parse the schedule, visit twtp.org. May 9-25 at Looby Theatre —MARTIN BRADY
Illuminating “Dragonfly Library Lamp,” Tiffany Studios
Shine a Light
TIFFANY BY DESIGN Before
its distinctive blue boxes became the hallmark of to-die-for jewelry,
the fabled Tiffany Studios was known for producing some of the most
exquisite decorative arts ever made. A selection of the
company’s signature leaded glass lampshades featuring beautifully
intricate patterns inspired by nature (dragonflies, lilies and
daffodils) are on display in Tiffany by Design this summer at
the Frist Center. Design credit has traditionally been given to Louis
Comfort Tiffany—whose skills were indeed top-notch, as his elaborate
windows illustrate—but researchers have recently discovered that one of
the female studio workers, Clara Driscoll, was responsible for many of
the iconic lamp designs. This show includes table and floor lamps made
between 1900 and 1918 and drawn from the Neustadt Collection.
Meanwhile, Tiffany & Co. at the Mall at Green Hills offers a
glimpse into the company’s vault—rings, brooches, necklaces and other
baubles—through May 25. May 9-Aug. 24 at Frist Center for the Visual Arts —MICHELLE JONES
No Iggy Pop, Just…
LUST FOR LIFE As
director of this tumultuous 1956 biopic of Vincent van Gogh (a clenched
Kirk Douglas), the great Vincente Minnelli faced a bizarre technical
challenge: The artist’s paintings didn’t match the dimensions of the
then-new CinemaScope process, which filled a screen two-and-a-third
times as wide as it was high. Rather than lop the tops and bottoms off
the paintings in a style similar to pan-and-scan—which, ironically, is
the only way this widescreen wonder played for many years on
TV—Minnelli treated the canvases as fresh, newly wrought works splayed
across surfaces, giving the film a boost of creative energy in the
process. Featuring Anthony Quinn as Gauguin (in the role that won him
an Oscar for less than 15 minutes on-screen), the movie shows free and
open to the public alongside the From Monet to Dali exhibit—where, if
you arrive early, you can see van Gogh’s own brushstrokes up close. 7 p.m. at Frist Center for the Visual Arts
—JIM RIDLEY
Everything’s Funnier in Texas
DEARLY BELOVED Jessie Jones, co-author of the corny but beloved Southern comedy Dearly Departed,
is also co-author of this piece of silliness involving a wedding in
small-town Fayro, Texas, where the nuptials don’t go off as planned,
leaving 300 pounds of barbecue at serious risk. The spirited Futrelle
sisters—Frankie, Honey Raye and Twink—are in charge of the proceedings,
which only leads to confusion, family angst and a righteous case of hot
flashes. Actor-writer Nate Eppler, quite excellent in GroundWorks
Theatre’s The Pillowman earlier this season, holds the
directorial reins, with a mostly familiar cast of locals that includes
Cinda McCain, Kim Nygren, J.Dietz Osborne, Joy Tilley Perryman,
Jennifer Richmond and Ken Dale Thompson. Through May 31 at Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theatre —MARTIN BRADY
Dinner and a Show
THE ART OF EXPRESSION: A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC, CULINARY AND VISUAL ART Sure,
he can golf and sing, but can Vince Gill make dinner? The Grammy-winner
will prepare a meal for wife Amy Grant, with a little help from Johnny
Carrabba. The country singer and the man behind Carrabba’s Italian
Grill will take the stage together for a cooking demonstration,
followed by dinner and an acoustic performance by Gill. Tickets are
$200 per person and proceeds benefit the Campus for Human Development
and Room at the Inn. Seating is limited to 200 people. 6:30-11 p.m. at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum —CARRINGTON FOX
Are You Out of Your Vulcan Mind?
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN Look skyward, raise your fist to the heavens, now holler along with me: “KHAAAAAAN!!!” “From hell’s heart, I stab at thee,” hisses Ricardo Montalban, armed with earwigs, a lot of resentment and some serious
male cleavage as he takes on archenemy Admiral James T. Kirk (William
Shatner). Nicholas Meyer’s 1982 sequel still stands as the most
enjoyable film in the series and a cult favorite, a seafaring pirate
picture teleported to outer space—and who can deny Kirstie Alley’s
allure as a Vulcan hottie? It screens this weekend not only as the
midnight movie, but as a family matinee Saturday and Sunday as well. Midnight May 1-2; noon May 2-3 at The Belcourt Theatre
—JIM RIDLEY
The Moaners
SATURDAY 5/10
Music
THE MOANERS W/MR. GNOME
Three’s a crowd at Springwater on Saturday. Chapel Hill, N.C.’s
two-woman team The Moaners play straightforward, biting blues rock
that’s equally indebted to the Mississippi delta and their hometown’s
indie rock credentials. Cleveland-based Mr. Gnome employ the same
guitar/drums combination, but dabble in artier territory with long,
soft sections interrupted by spastic flurries. 9 p.m. at Springwater —MATT SULLIVAN
No Mere Mortal Can Resist
NASHVILLE ZOMBIE WALK
Braaaaaiiiins. If you can groan that in a listless, guttural monotone,
you’re halfway to the necro-nirvana that is zombiehood. This Saturday,
the Nashville Zombie Walk descends (rises?) upon downtown Nashville,
and all are invited to join in the gruesome parade of decay. So if you
ever found yourself staying up late with Dawn of the Dead and
thinking the zombies had all the fun, you might want to slap on some
gore makeup, tatter your least favorite outfit, and head to Riverfront
Park, where a cadre of like-minded would-be flesh eaters is sure to
welcome you with stiff, lurching open arms. From there, expect to
wander hungrily and aimlessly through the downtown area with your new
friends, terrorizing the populace and stumbling around like those rigor
mortis-hampered zombies of yore, back when zombies knew that slow and
steady ate the face. 5 p.m. at Riverfront Park —CODY DE VOS
Storm Center
MACON COUNTY DISASTER RELIEF BENEFIT FEAT. JETT WILLIAMS, TANYA TUCKER AND THE OAK RIDGE BOYS
In February, tornadoes stormed through Middle Tennessee and southern
Kentucky—everyone in the area can no doubt remember watching the
doppler with dread for hours. Macon County was hardest hit, and this
massive all-day concert looks to raise money for the victims of those
devastating storms. More than 30 acts have signed on, including Jett
Williams (daughter of Hank), country star Tanya Tucker and longtime
stalwarts the Oak Ridge Boys. Tickets are available through
ticketsnashville.com. Noon at Deerwood Park in Red Boiling Springs; evening show begins at 6 p.m. —LEE STABERT
Art
LAURIE LIPTON AND EMILY LEONARD
Laurie Lipton is the first to admit that her painstaking pencil
drawings “take forever,” but the results are worth it. Inspired by the
paintings of 15th
century Flemish masters, Lipton’s deeply layered draftsmanship results
in a compelling contradiction: hyper-realistic renderings of goofy,
surrealistic scenarios. Lipton’s technical preoccupations are the crux
of this show, and if you missed the First Saturday opening, you might
want to work a trip downtown into your weekend plans. In addition to
Lipton’s work, local painter Emily Leonard takes a break from her large
canvases to explore her somnambulistic landscapes within the confines
of much smaller paintings. For a painter like Leonard who routinely
shows work that can measure over 10 feet in length and/or height, this
signals a new, interesting direction. Through May 31 at TAG Art Gallery —JOE NOLAN
Music
THE BRAVERY Mainstream
indie rock may seem like a contradiction in terms, but that hasn’t
stopped The Bravery from winning over new fans. Hailed as “the next big
thing” by MTV and the popular music press after the release of their
2005 self-titled debut, the band emerged as part of a new wave of
well-dressed young synth rockers. Lumped together with acts like The
Killers, Bloc Party and She Wants Revenge, the group built its name on
catchy, haunting dance tracks and singer Sam Endicott’s wanna-be Robert
Smith vocals. They surprised their detractors last spring, releasing an
organic, guitar-driven sophomore album that traded their similarities
to Depeche Mode for post-punk riffage reminiscent of The Clash. While
neither the smartest nor the most original among their musical peers,
The Bravery’s ability to craft melodies and choruses that stay in the
heads of listeners has ensured their continued success. 6 p.m. at Wildhorse Saloon
—DANIEL RAVEN
It Takes a Village
PRETTY FIRE Charlayne
Woodard’s tale of African American family struggle and triumph, set in
New York state and Georgia, was first presented locally in July 2007 at
the Darkhorse Theater. This one-off remounting, a joint effort by
SistaStyle Productions and Destiny Theatre Experience, aims to raise
funds for The Village Cultural Arts Center. The cast includes Mary
McCallum, Tamiko Robinson and Christan L. Riley. 7 p.m. at The Village Cultural Arts Center (340 W. Trinity Lane) —MARTIN BRADY
Music
ICE COLD HIP HOP NIGHT
The prevailing wisdom states that all contemporary rap music must
include auto-tuned vocoders, remedial ringtone-ready melodies and sales
pitches for “affordable luxury” goods to prepubescent Caucasian girls.
Fortunately, the organizers behind this party didn’t get the memo and
have amassed an evening of old-fashioned mic skills, turntable wizardry
and funky, funky beats. Antioch ex-pat MC Pow Shadowz is making a rare
return from the Left Coast to hype his hot new mixtape Where’s Your Head 2. Local
turntable terrorists Wick-It The Instigator and Kidsmeal are debuting
their four-turntable tag-team, which has us drooling over the potential
double-destructo virtuosity. New Orleans’ DJ Dubla, Juskwam and Jingo
Ba create bluesy, soulful tracks that have more in common with Lee
Dorsey than Master P—perfect for a sublime Saturday night. Make sure to
visit the Combined Visions website (combinedvisions.com) for free
downloads from all the artists. It’s well worth the bandwidth. 9:30 p.m. at The Rutledge —SEAN L. MALONEY
Kathy Chiavola
Music
KATHY CHIAVOLA
There are more than a few people quietly going about the business of
making great music in Nashville, and they don’t get much better than
Kathy Chiavola. Though she’s got a steadily growing list of harmony
vocal credits—and a shorter one of her own CDs—the
classical-turned-bluegrass singer remains under way too many folks’
radar. Perhaps it’s because she’s more of an artist than a
self-promoter, or because her intertwining of solid ’grass tradition
and other, more wide-ranging forms is so uniquely rooted in her
personality, but in the end those are increasingly thin excuses. 9 p.m. at Station Inn —JON WEISBERGER
You Had Us at Chocolate
WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY
What better way to celebrate than to patronize Ten Thousand Villages, a
company that’s made fair trade its mission. To help promote the
movement, the store will be handing out free samples from Divine
Chocolate, the first farmer-owned fair trade chocolate company. Through
their partnership with Divine, members of Kuapa KoKoo, a Ghanaian cocoa
farmers’ co-op, are paid a fair price for their beans and receive a
social premium that they invest in schools, clean drinking water,
medical clinics and women’s entrepreneurship projects. And what better
way to honor women than to buy Mom some Divine Chocolate for Mother’s
Day? If you just happen to be around when she opens the present, and
you snarf a few pieces yourself, let’s just call it enlightened
self-interest. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Ten Thousand Villages (3900 Hillsboro Pike) —JACK SILVERMAN
SUNDAY 5/11
Music
DEVOTCHKA Though best known for their involvement with the soundtrack for little movie that could Little Miss Sunshine,
cirque de bohemian quartet DeVotchKa have been amassing followers to
their gallimaufry brand of gypsy folk for the better part of the decade
now. With the street success of their fourth LP, A Mad and Faithful Telling,
the kudos earned from that film has been further justified. A raucous,
lowbrow symphony of brass blasts, violin lash-outs and Nick Urata’s
burly vibrato mellowed in a boîte stupor, DeVotchKa will absolutely be
a one-of-a-kind show for Music City regulars looking for a break from
the drab overflow of singer/songwriters and four-piece bar rock. 9 p.m. at Mercy Lounge —DUSTIN ALLEN
Music
BASIA BULAT
Bridging the divide between traditional folk and a sweep of
contemporary alt domains, Canadian
singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat finds her voice in
the untamed fringes on her striking debut Oh, My Darling (Rough
Trade). She can sound brittle, etching spare tales of love, remorse and
cautious hope, but the full dimension of her voice quickly becomes
apparent. Slightly husky, marbled with rich, amber streaks and
harboring a knowing authority, it is reminiscent of Natalie Merchant,
Sandy Denny or, when her band gallops into jangly overdrive on “In the
Night,” Ronnie Spector. The diverse arrangements sometimes kick into
epic folk-rock territory—especially when brother Bobby Bulat rumbles on
full drum kit—but arch, chamber-like strings add a measure of earthy
refinement, and a piano occasionally weighs in with a dose of devilish
alt-jazz irony. Opening for DeVotchKa. 9 p.m. at Mercy Lounge
—RICK MASON
Art
JASON FACIO: JUISSANCE
Having previously brought his creative touch to set designing for the
Nashville Ballet, painter Jason Facio opens a show of new work in the
Ballet’s Frist Gallery at the Regions School in Sylvan Park.
The exhibit’s title references Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytical
insights into the geography of desire. The narrative content of Facio’s
paintings is revealed in the way his figures seem compelled to move
toward one another, or are repelled from the confines of their own
picture space by unseen, unnamed forces. During the reception, the public is also invited to step into Studio A to watch dancers perform Works in Progress, a choreographic workshop of new, original pieces. May 11-Aug. 11 at Nashville Ballet’s Frist Gallery (3630 Redmon St.); opening reception, 3-5 p.m. —JOE NOLAN
Music
THE SWORD After their 2006 debut Age of Winters,
retro-metal road warriors The Sword landed virtually every coveted
opening slot available, touring with Converge, Mastodon, ...And You
Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, In Flames and Lamb of God, to name a
few. The Austin, Texas, quartet’s latest, Gods of the Earth,
establishes the band’s reputation beyond name-dropping. The Sabbathisms
remain, with singer/guitarist J.D. Cronise’s trance-y vocals barely
peaking over mountains of riff, but this time around the peaks are
higher and the path to the top is far less trodden. 9 p.m. at Exit/In —MATT SULLIVAN
Hope Springs Maternal
MOTHER’S DAY AT KIMBRO’S CAFE
If mimosas tend to turn Mom into a chair-throwing wildcat, consider
this alternative to the usual brunch: a day of art, food and music
served as fresh as this morning’s wash. A familiar face to longtime
Brown’s Diner regulars, bartender Ron Kimbro now runs his own pickin’
parlor and down-home eatery in Franklin’s antique district. To remember
Mama, he hosts this all-day social for the folks. Artist/songwriter Ann
Tiley will be painting on-site, hanging her small portraits of local
landmarks and surroundings on a clothesline to dry, while ’70s hitmaker
Michael Johnson of “Bluer Than Blue” fame provides music. The menu runs
the gamut from orange walnut chicken salad to pulled-pork sandwiches.
For more information, call 599-2946—or check out their MySpace page for
the awesome jingle. Kimbro’s Café (214 S. Margin St., Franklin) —JIM RIDLEY
Rachel Sage
MONDAY 5/12
Music
RACHAEL SAGE
It’s no surprise that Sage got a degree in drama from Stanford, or that
her first big break came from winning a talent search for a slot on
Lilith Tour. Her songs are arch and dramatic, enhanced by piano-driven
arrangements and adorned by her willowy yet resilient voice, which
recalls Tori Amos, from its breathy, flittering moments to its soaring
full-throated croon. Her seventh album, The Blistering Sun, maintains the momentum of 2004’s critically hailed Ballads & Burlesque, and includes some of the best music of her career. Well-polished, less cluttered and more sonically adventurous, Sun mines a sultrier mood on the jazzy “Lonely Streets” and the beatnik-inspired “Hit Song.” 7 p.m. at 3rd & Lindsley
—CHRIS PARKER
TUESDAY 5/13
Gotta Dance!
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
The name “Alvin Ailey” is synonymous with African American culture,
American dance and modern dance. This year the company celebrates its 50th
anniversary, participating in 18 months of special public performances,
events and projects that will reaffirm its mission: to unite people of
all backgrounds in “a celebration of the human spirit through the
universal language of dance.” The troupe has performed in more than 70
nations and remains arguably the best known and most successful of all
American dance ensembles while further extending its influence through
its noted training and arts education programs. This Nashville
appearance will include a presentation of founder Ailey’s signature
masterpiece Revelations, danced to 10 spirituals. There are
some strong local connections in the company. Current artistic director
Judith Jamison attended Fisk University before studying at Philadelphia
Dance Academy and Nashville native Courtney Brené Corbin (a Father Ryan
grad and former student with Nashville Ballet) is a member of the
ensemble. She graduated from the Ailey-Fordham University BFA Program
in Dance, and in 2005 became the first product of that unique academic
collaboration to become a member of the AAADT. 8 p.m. May 13-14 at TPAC’s Jackson Hall —MARTIN BRADY
Genius
JOHN PRINE
Bob Dylan’s motorcycle T-bones Roger Miller’s boxcar, and from out of
the wreckage emerges Prine, maybe the only major musical figure today
who could play a set encompassing a dirge about a returning Vietnam
smack casualty and a ditty about talking dirty in Hawaiian. And make
sure you place that “major” in 48-point boldface all-caps: Prine at his
corrosive, cockeyed, unsentimental best throws an arm around your
shoulder with his warm, folksy melodies, while the lyrics sneak up and
slit your throat. His well-publicized bout with throat cancer years ago
left him singing in a huskier voice, but it suits the songs’
conversational cadence. He’ll use it to fight that no-good sonofabitch
cancer on behalf of the good folks at Gilda’s Club. Tickets are $70
general admission; $150 includes a meet-and-greet and a signed Hatch
Showprint poster. 7:30 p.m. at The Belcourt Theatre —JIM RIDLEY
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Sierra Hull
WEDNESDAY 5/14
Music
SIERRA HULL CD RELEASE SHOW
Sierra Hull is 16, but she’s already a bluegrass veteran. Her nascent
career was boosted several years ago by an impressive PBS appearance
with Alison Krauss & Union Station on which she played Adam
Steffey’s kickoff to “Every Time You Say Goodbye” with perfect tone and
timing. Her Rounder debut Secrets was co-produced with Union
Station’s Ron Block, and offers an implicit rebuttal to the notion that
teenage gal musicians are limited to superficiality, whether it comes
out as faux innocence or faux maturity. An obviously brilliant
mandolinist, she’s also a winsome singer who tackles complex themes and
sentiments convincingly on a neatly chosen collection of songs that
includes some promising originals. The result is a genuinely mature yet
sprightly and energetic project that offers proof of a bright—and
durable—future. 9 p.m. at Station Inn —JON WEISBERGER
Wine Mixer
B.R. COHN WINE BLENDING
Match wine wits with other wannabe vintners to concoct the perfect
blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot. Working in
three teams of eight, you’ll be equipped with measuring cups, glasses,
bowls, dump buckets and all the 2005 B.R. Cohn wine you’ll need to
create your perfect vintage. Prizes will be awarded. Admission of $35
(plus tax and tip) includes appetizers paired with B.R. Cohn wines from
Sonoma Valley. Ages 21 and up. Call 321-1990 for reservations. 6-7:30 p.m. at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza —CARRINGTON FOX