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21. Our Critics Picks

    Our Critics' Picks

    Published: June 26, 2008

    THURSDAY 6/26MusicBLUEGRASS NIGHTS: EARL SCRUGGS W/THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS The Ryman kicks off its Bluegrass Nights summer series by bracketing the history of the genre,...

22. Books

    A Call to Pitchforks

    Letters from the front lines of political upheaval

    Chris Scott

    Published: June 26, 2008

    David Sirota smells a revolution. From the right and the left of American politics, says the Daily Kos blogger and activist, people are putting the power elite on notice: A...

23. Books

    Role Models for the Race

    A history of Nashville’s black women teachers

    Maria Browning

    Published: June 26, 2008

    With the days of Jim Crow almost a half-century behind us, the history of the South’s segregated schools has been reduced, at least in white minds, to the history of...

24. Art

    The Bird-Woman of New York

    Former Nashvillian plays out relocation and dislocation in the gallery

    David Maddox

    Published: June 26, 2008

    New York consistently wakes up something in newcomers, hitting them with overstimulation that amps up creativity. Red Grooms is a good example: A Nashville native who moved to...

25. Theater

    Bell Buckle Bard

    A new Shakespeare festival comes to Middle Tennessee

    Martin Brady

    Published: June 26, 2008

    Fifty miles southeast of Nashville—amid rolling pastureland, pristine horse farms and beautiful old Victorian homes—lies Bell Buckle, Tenn., pop. 405. Established...

26. Theater

    Fender Bender

    New improv/sketch group explores songwriters with mixed results

    Martin Brady

    Published: June 26, 2008

    FuseBox Theatre (FBX), Nashville’s newest improv and comedy ensemble, made its official stage debut with Crash on June 21 in the Edgehill Studios Cafe. The venue is...

27. SceneCast

    Episode 138

    Collin Monk

    Published: June 26, 2008

    The Scenecast is the "audio extension of the music section of the print edition of the Nashville Scene" and expands your reading pleasure with sonic illustrations to keep your...