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The Nashville Film Festival turns 40—and here's your guide to the life of the party
Published: April 16, 2009
In human lives, 40 may be the new 30, or so Bowflex salesmen and the staff of Men's Health would have us believe. In the lifespan of film festivals, though, 40 is the...
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Manchester United
By Chris Parker
Published: April 16, 2009
They began as frontman Andy Herod’s senior project, when he replaced his final high school year with one spent in the studio. A skilled songwriter who claims to have...
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Edie Maney at Belmont University
Maney Coats of Color
By Joe Nolan
Published: April 16, 2009
Recently featured in the Color as Field show at the Frist, Helen Frankenthaler once said a painter must "know how to use the accident." Taking a cue from one of her heroes,...
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Open Studios at Art and Invention
Inventive Invite
By Joe Nolan
Published: April 16, 2009
Yeah, yeah, I know. You're the great lost artist of your generation and you'd prove it if only you had an art space to work in. Well, with the Open Studios at the Art and...
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Singin' in the Rain at The Belcourt
What a Glorious Feeling!
By Jim Ridley
Published: April 16, 2009
If you walk out of this Stanley Donen-Gene Kelly extravaganza feeling anything other than helium-headed—ready to whistle and toe-step blithely through whatever monsoon...
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Cherry Blossom Festival at Nashville Public Square
Discovering Japan
By Jim Ridley
Published: April 16, 2009
In 1912, the gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the mayor of Tokyo transformed springtime in Washington, D.C., into a blizzard of white sakura. War and economic rivalries have...
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Blogworthy at Cafe Coco
Kenny Bloggins
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: April 16, 2009
This monthly new music showcase at Café Coco—curated by DJ/Producer Quiet Entertainer—is one of the prime spots to find new, freshly hatched local talent....
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Celebrate National Record Store Day at Grimey's
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Published: April 16, 2009
Conceived in 2007 and now observed at over 700 independent retailers nationwide, National Record Store Day provides us Nashvillian audiophiles with the opportunity to wile away...
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Peter Guralnick Talks About Elvis at Country Music Hall of Fame
The King and His Colonel
By Edd Hurg
Published: April 16, 2009
Elvis Presley was the King of Rock 'n' Roll, no doubt, but he was also a great anti-auteur whose career lacked the kind of direction that significant artists are supposed to...
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Nashville Earth Day Festival at Centennial Park
The Green Way
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Published: April 16, 2009
What does it mean to "grow a greener Nashville?" How can you personally aid in the fight to keep our environment intact for future generations? These questions and more will be...
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Spring Artisan Fair at the Loveless Cafe
Art for Artisans' Sake
By Carrington Fox
Published: April 16, 2009
The Motel Shops at the Loveless Cafe kick off the fourth annual showcase of local artists. The string of stores alongside the legendary restaurant will feature stained glass by...
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Works by Camille Jackson at Twist
Senioritis
By Joe Nolan
Published: April 16, 2009
It's that time of year again: Nashville is in store for a quiet summer as all the college kids say goodbye after another school year--but not before one last blowout. For two...
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Everlasting Moments at The Belcourt
Watch the Birdie
By Ella Taylor
Published: April 16, 2009
Jan Troell's new movie is a tribute to still photography filtered through a portrait of working-class life wracked by war and want in early-20th century Sweden. Adapted from a...
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People's Branch's Three Gods Walk Into a Bar
Oh My Gods
By Martin Brady
Published: April 16, 2009
People's Branch Theatre artistic director Ross Brooks' original play begs the never-before-pondered question "What happens to old gods when no one believes in them anymore?"...
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Road to Bonnaroo at Mercy Lounge
Who 'Roo You Love?
By Adam Gold
Published: April 16, 2009
Battle of the bands competitions are, more often than not, simple charades of hopelessly deluded bands going head-to-head in a sad bout, the sole purpose of which is exploiting...
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The First Terminal Short Video Festival at Austin Peay
Short Shots
By Joe Nolan
Published: April 16, 2009
Including work by video artists and filmmakers from around the world, this is the first fest of its kind for the Clarksville campus and Terminal--APSU's impressive online...
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State of the Art: Andrea Zittel Lecture at the Frist
Everyday Experiments
By Joe Nolan
Published: April 16, 2009
Artist, architect, environmentalist, crafter, nutritionist and engineer Andrea Zittel's resume--like her A-Z initials--reveals a relentless polymath, always searching for an...
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One Shot: Evidence Dance Company at Vanderbilt's Ingram Hall
Body Movin'
By Martin Brady
Published: April 16, 2009
At age 19, Brooklynite Ron Brown founded his dance company in 1985, but it was well over a decade before he began to attract serious attention with his original choreography,...
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3OH!3 at Rcktwn
Holler Till You Pass Out
By Audrey Watts
Published: April 16, 2009
“Tell your boyfriend, if he says he's got beef/That I'm a vegetarian, and I ain't fucking scared of him.” That just about sums up the sneaky genius of Boulder’s...
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Jill Andrews at the Bluebird
By Andrew Clayman
Published: April 16, 2009
As one half of Knoxville’s alt-country heroes The Everybodyfields, Jill Andrews has generally played the Emmylou Harris to Sam Quinn’s Gram Parsons, or the Joni...
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