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Kings of Leon w/We Are Scientists & The Whigs Municipal Auditorium	Wed., November 19, 7:00pm	Downtown	Music
For a Southern trad-rock four-piece that stiff-armed their way out of the cheap seats of Nashville to mainstream success against a throng of dime-a-dozen bar buskers, Kings of Leon certainly took their time before finally headlining their own tour. Having opened for the likes of Bob Dylan, U2... More>>

M.M. Buckner Reading and Signing Davis-Kidd Booksellers	Wed., November 19, 7:00pm	Green Hills	Books
The Philip K. Dick Award-winning and Nashville-based Mary M. Buckner writes suspenseful hard sci-fi--a male-dominated genre, which probably explains the choice to publish as M.M. Her novels feature ecological themes and a fondness for water, so it's no surprise that her latest, Watermind,... More>>

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Nashville Children's Theatre	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., November 18 until Tue., January 20	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Children Theater: Ongoing
So how do you stage an original theatrical mounting of the time-honored Willy Wonka story when older folks still swear by Gene Wilder's film portrayal of the eccentric candy baron and younger audiences still have Johnny Depp's characterization fresh in mind? That challenge falls to Nashville... More>>

Connect 12 Artist Collective Downtown Presbyterian Church	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., November 1 until Sun., November 30	Downtown	Art: Ongoing
One of the worst things about a gallery closing is the way it can set talented artists adrift, losing career and creative momentum, searching for a new home-base. Local artist Ben Vitualla--a standout talent from the much-missed Dangenart Gallery--gathered his friends together for the first... More>>

Passages Gallery One	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 1 until Sat., November 29	Belle Meade/White Bridge/West Meade	Art: Ongoing
For artists living in different cities and working in different media, Lorraine Glessner and Jennifer Bain share a remarkably similar aesthetic sense, which makes this two-person show particularly intriguing. Philadelphian Glessner combines fabrics, threads, paper, paint and found items in... More>>

The Works of Alan LeQuire and Somers Randolph LeQuire Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 15 until Sat., January 10	Charlotte Pike/Sylvan Park/West Nashville	Art: Ongoing
Even if you're not an art buff, you've still seen Alan LeQuire's work: He sculpted the Music Row Roundabout's "nekkid statue" Musica as well as the Parthenon's more discreetly garbed Athena. At the LeQuire Gallery's new exhibit, visitors will get to see his work on a smaller scale. While... More>>

Earth, Air and Water Parthenon	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 14 until Sat., January 31	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Art: Ongoing
The focal point of Nancy Hellebrand's photography has always been nature. Her subject matter is often organic and ubiquitous--trees and other plant life, streams, clouds--but she depicts the commonplace with an enthusiastic eye. Hellebrand manipulates color and focus, often using multiple... More>>

Southern Exposure Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., October 18 until Sat., November 29	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Art: Ongoing
After discerning similarities in the work of Southern artists and their California counterparts, Ruby Green guest curator Mery Lynn McCorkle has organized a show of illustrations by 15 artists from Southern California. McCorkle is based in Los Angeles but hails from Georgia, and her selections... More>>

Color Is Relative Rymer Gallery	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 1 until Sat., November 29	Downtown	Art: Ongoing
Coming off their recent popular run with Kevin Kelly's solo exhibit, this month's First Saturday Art Crawl finds Rymer Gallery hosting a group show of gallery stalwarts, local veterans and new faces. In addition to new sculpture by Gallery curator/artist-in-residence, Herb Williams, Color is... More>>

The Works of Gina Binkley Sarratt Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., November 13 until Mon., December 1	Vanderbilt	Art: Ongoing
While Grammy-nominated illustrator/designer Binkley spends most of her day working on ad campaigns and illustrations for clients such as Nike, Coca-Cola and the NFL, she finds time to create intricate assemblages constructed from discarded bits of paper and objects such as combs, clothespins or... More>>

Brooklyn: Part 2 Showroom	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Mon., November 3 until Wed., December 3		Art: Ongoing
The Showroom's second show this year highlighting Brooklyn artists features the work of two oil painters, Jason Bryant and Ryan Scully. Bryant creates portraits of what appear to be celebrities, though the images are cropped below eye-level, focusing on the subjects' attire and removing any... More>>

Portals and Vessels Snow Gallery	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 15 until Tue., December 30	Belmont/Edgehill/Hillsboro Village	Art: Ongoing
In the Snow Gallery's new show of pottery and paper, East meets West, old meets new and the ephemeral evokes the eternal. Sculptor Bill Dale uses a primitive hand-building process that allows him to shape large, oblong forms from long "ropes" of clay. Claudia Lee makes use of similarly... More>>

The Image Makers: The Artistry of Manuel and Cambridge Jones Tinney Contemporary	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., November 1 until Sat., November 29	Downtown	Art: Ongoing
Award-winning photographer Cambridge Jones has shot luminaries both local (Jack White) and not so local (Queen Elizabeth). The couturier known as Manuel has a similar range: He's dressed celebrity clients from Elvis and Dolly Parton to The Beatles. (He also created Johnny Cash's "man in... More>>

Works by Jules de Balincourt Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery	Daily from Thu., October 23 until Fri., December 5	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Art: Ongoing
Joseph Whitt has been busy pushing the boundaries at Vanderbilt through another original exhibit of works by the renowned New York-based painter Jules de Balincourt. By employing styles of folk art and abstraction in his artworks, de Balincourt is able to challenge the limitations of... More>>

The Honky Tonk Angels Nashville Dinner Theatre	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 7 until Sun., November 23	Airport/Donelson/Opry Mills	Theater: Ongoing
Ted Swindley is the creator of the highly successful Always, Patsy Cline, a musical biography of sorts starring Mandy Barnett that had serious runs in Nashville and has found a national following. Employing his winning formula of mixing established hit songs with a nostalgic feel-good story,... More>>

Nuncrackers Boiler Room Theatre	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 14 until Sun., December 21	Franklin	Theater: Ongoing
Boiler Room Theatre is getting into the holiday spirit this season with not one but two musicals. Already on the boards is Nuncrackers, written by the creator of the original Nunsense, Dan Goggin. The good sisters of Mount St. Helen's go a little Wayne's World as Reverend Mother builds a... More>>

Heroic Tennessee State University Main Campus	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., October 15 until Wed., November 26	Charlotte Pike/Sylvan Park/West Nashville	Art: Ongoing
The latest show at Tennessee State University continues a challenging month of programming that finds curator Jodi Hays racing videos, performances, exhibits and lectures in and out of the Hiram Van Gordon Gallery on the North-side campus. Pretty much any day in October, you can see something... More>>

More Events

45 RPM Douglas Corner Cafe	Wed., November 19, 9:00pm	8 South/12 South/Berry Hill	Music

Being Lincoln: Men with Hats Belcourt Theatre	Wed., November 19, 7:00pm	Belmont/Edgehill/Hillsboro Village

Brave New Whore w/Sympathetic Scarecrow & Monotone Sickness Muse	Wed., November 19, 7:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Music

Charlie Daniels Screening and Signing Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum	Wed., November 19, 4:00pm-5:30pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Lectures/Discussions TV/Film

Chris Weaver Showcase Twelfth and Porter	Wed., November 19, 6:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music

Funkadelic Fashion Trunk Show Mad Donna's	Wed., November 19	Five Points/Shelby Bottoms	Community Events Mix & Mingle

I Am Terrified w/Guard Your Steps, All the Day Holiday, Blessed is He & Have You Heard Rcktwn	Wed., November 19, 7:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music

In the Round feat. Julie Forester, Vickie Raye, Mark Stephen Jones & Terri Jo Box Bluebird Cafe	Wed., November 19, 6:00pm	Green Hills	Music