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Headed for Splitsville? Just hope your spouse doesn't hire Rose Palermo
By Tracy Moore
Published: May 14, 2009
Bruce was a doctor; wife Lynn was a nurse. Married right out of college, she worked as an RN to support them while he attended medical school. Bruce went on to open a solo...
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Danny Barnes Trio at Station Inn
Barne Burners
By Chris Parker
Published: May 14, 2009
Barnes is probably best known as the banjo-playing frontman of the Bad Livers, who barnstormed the country during the ’90s proselytizing a sometimes-punky, always-cockeyed...
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Sabrina at The Belcourt
80 Years of Hepburn
By Jim Ridley
Published: May 14, 2009
1954: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn and William Holden. 1996: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond and Greg Kinnear. Tell me you've never seen a sadder demonstration of adjusting for...
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Tim O'Brien at Station Inn
Deep Roots
By Jon Weisberger
Published: May 14, 2009
Though he’s yet to win an Americana Music Association award—IBMA honors and Grammys will just have to do for now—Tim O’Brien is arguably the consummate...
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Gwar w/Cattle Decapitation at Exit/In
God What an Awful Racket
By Matt Sullivan
Published: May 14, 2009
Gwar didn't make a name for themselves with their punk-centric thrash metal. Since 1985, raunchy stage antics from musicians wearing giant sci-fi- and horror-inspired costumes...
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Trading Stories at Estel Gallery
Story Time
By Joe Nolan
Published: May 14, 2009
This exhibit of narrative work tells the tale of two painters. The real story behind Mr. Hooper's paintings for the show is that it includes some of the best work we've seen...
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Myles Bennett's A 21st Century Luddite
I Can See for Myles
By Joe Nolan
Published: May 14, 2009
Outside of Cumberland Gallery, we're not used to finding killer contemporary art in Green Hills. Myles Bennett is a Nashville native with a new exhibit that nearly passed...
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Simpatico at Belmont's Black Box Theater
Horseplay
By Martin Brady
Published: May 14, 2009
A Sam Shepard local premiere is definitely worth considering by theatergoers. He's a legendary figure of stage and screen, a Pulitzer Prize winner and always a provocative...
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Fastball at The Basement
Strike Three
By Sean L. Maloney
Published: May 14, 2009
Let's get this out of the, uh, way: It needs to be said that the guitar solo in Fastball's wondrous hit “The Way” was the coolest solo on radio in a decade that had...
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Shoot the Mountain EP Release at the Basement
By Adam Gold
Published: May 14, 2009
With the repeated declaration of “we’re gonna have some fun,” “Invitation” (the opening track on Shoot the Mountain’s self-titled EP) is precisely...
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John Hart at Davis-Kidd
Hart Don't Lie
By Chris Scott
Published: May 14, 2009
With his first two novels he won an Edgar Award, made the New York Times best seller list and established himself as a genre-transcending author. Now, with The Last Child, John...
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Doug Stanton at Davis-Kidd
Call the Cavalry
By Paul V. Griffith
Published: May 14, 2009
Along with Michael Moore, author Doug Stanton is co-founder of the Traverse City Film Festival, so it's no surprise that he picks such big screen-ready topics. His latest,...
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Urban Project at the Showroom
You Say It's Your Birthday
By Joe Nolan
Published: May 14, 2009
Everybody loves a birthday, and the Showroom Gallery in Davis Art Advisory at 75 Arcade is celebrating its first anniversary by taking the party to street-level with a...
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Tennessee Women's Theater Project at Looby Theater
Fest des Femmes
By Martin Brady
Published: May 14, 2009
Tennessee Women's Theater Project has obviously tapped into something serious with this annual arts festival, which offers a broad podium to creative females. This year's fest...
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O Jerusalem at Darkhorse Theater
Affairs of State
By Martin Brady
Published: May 14, 2009
The prolific A.R. Gurney has more than 40 plays and novels to his credit. His Love Letters, Sylvia and The Dining Room have all received fairly recent Nashville-area...
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Bob the Builder Live: Spud's Big Mess at TPAC
What About Bob?
By D. Patrick Rodgers
Published: May 14, 2009
For those ignorant to the hit British children's series Bob the Builder, allow me to enlighten you with the same synopsis my niece provided me: "It's about building. There are...
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Merrell Crawfish Boil at Riverfront Park
Suck the Head--Oh, and Eat Some Crawfish
By Jim Ridley
Published: May 14, 2009
No offense to Here Come the Mummies, Candlebox, Souljah Boy, Flyleaf and The Offspring (Friday) or Mike’s Pawn Shop, Hoobastank, Saving Abel, Boys Like Girls, Gavin...
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Merrell Crawfish Boil at Riverfront Park
Suck the Head--Oh, and Eat Some Crawfish
By Jim Ridley
Published: May 14, 2009
No offense to Here Come the Mummies, Candlebox, Souljah Boy, Flyleaf and The Offspring (Friday) or Mike’s Pawn Shop, Hoobastank, Saving Abel, Boys Like Girls, Gavin...
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Billy Joel & Elton John at Sommet Center
Monsters of Pop Piano
By Jim Ridley
Published: May 14, 2009
I’m not the guy you should listen to, as I’d trade the entire recorded output of, I dunno, Radiohead for the finger-snapping intro to “Stiletto” or the...
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Mashville Brigade at Station Inn
By Jon Weisberger
Published: May 14, 2009
Spawned by a long string of backstage and picking party encounters, the Mashville Brigade (Ashby Frank, Greg Martin, Aaron McDaris, Jim Van Cleve and Darrell Webb) are young...
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