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Centro-Matic w/Glossary & Baptist Generals Wall Street	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Murfreesboro	Music
If Robert Pollard had grown up in Austin, he might’ve become Centro-Matic singer/guitarist Will Johnson. Like Pollard, Johnson writes prolifically—so much so that he started a second band (South San Gabriel, same lineup) to handle the quieter, introspective stuff. Centro-Matic evinces... More>>

Dar Williams w/Katie Herzig Third & Lindsley	Sat., November 22, 10:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Music
Though she hails from New England and got her start on the coffeehouse circuit during the ‘90s, Williams never fit too comfortably in the folk camp. Her storyteller lyrics and social conscience (her latest, Promised Land, includes “Buzzer,” a song about Stanley Milgram’s... More>>

Mashville feat. DJ's Wick-It, Local Motion, Kidsmeal, Orig, Chozen & Mike Vulcan The End	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Please let us abuse our bully pulpit here for a moment: Yo, DJ Kidsmeal, where is that mixtape of yours? We’ve been jonesin’ for a while and seeing your name pop up in the venerable music mag Wax Poetics got us all riled up. You’ve gotta drop that tape soon, because every time we... More>>

Savage Knights w/Hudson-Maddox Complex Twist Art Gallery	Sat., November 22, 12:00pm	Downtown	Music
Instead of tormenting your mind watching the battle for Biggest SEC Embarrassment that is Saturday afternoon’s Vandy/Tennessee game, why not expand it with some truly mind-bending sounds? Raleigh, N.C.’s Savage Knights create compelling instrumental music that blends the noirish... 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>>

Evita Gordon Jewish Community Center	Every week Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 14 until Sun., November 30	Belle Meade/White Bridge/West Meade	Theater: Ongoing
Last performed in Nashville at Tennessee Rep in 2003, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 30-year-old musical is a challenging piece. Despite a few recognizably catchy numbers, the Latin-flavored score isn't always memorable, and the performances must be aggressive and assured to ignite the... More>>

Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings Boiler Room Theatre	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 21 until Tue., December 23	Franklin	Theater: Opening
Opening Nov. 21 is the holiday spin-off of the popular Forever Plaid, featuring more of that show's sincere warmth and precise harmonies. Laura Skaug directs Mike Baum, Sloan Yarborough, Alan Smith and Josh Tucker as they croon Christmas favorites, dabble in parody numbers and serve up a... 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 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>>

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>>

Nashville Opera's The Student Prince Tennessee Performing Arts Center	Sat., November 22, 8:00pm more dates/times	Downtown	Theater: Opening
Technically an American operetta, Sigmund Romberg's musical chestnut remains infused with the composer's distinctly European—specifically Austro-Hungarian—roots. The young Romberg studied composition in Vienna, moved to America in 1909, then scored Broadway hits in the 1920s,... 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>>

Guilt by Association: Paintings by Joe and Jon Silva Ovvio Arte	Fri., November 14 more dates/times		Art: Ongoing
Though brothers Joe and Jon Silva have never exhibited together before, their art shares a common thread, reflecting the street art prevalent in their native Los Angeles. (Both brothers currently live in Nashville.) Working with a variety of media--collage, stencil, brushwork and spray... 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>>

Wish List Scarritt-Bennett Center	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 21 until Sun., January 25	Belmont/Edgehill/Hillsboro Village	Art: Openings & Receptions
gallery F's Managing Director Sabine Schlunk is capping off a busy fall art season with a group show that includes portraits, narratives, multimedia work and performance. The Wish List artists--all students or graduates of TSU--flirt with the fantastic, forming new fables out of paint, print... 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>>

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>>

The Glass Menagerie Center for the Arts	Every week Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 14 until Sun., November 23	Murfreesboro	Theater: Ongoing
For more than 60 years, Tennessee Williams' poignant tale of a fragmenting St. Louis family has fully engaged audiences while offering actors the opportunity to tackle meaningful, nuanced roles. This production, under the direction of Donna Seage, is distinguished by the appearance of highly... 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>>

The Future of Fine Arts: Senior Thesis Exhibits Round Two Watkins College of Art & Design	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., November 21 until Sun., November 30	Downtown	Art: Openings & Receptions
The second act of Watkins' three-part series, The Future of Fine Arts, presents three more senior thesis projects that range from memento mori to icons of excess to expressions of paranoia. With Altar-ed Memory, Kristine Marie Larsen explores her own ancestry through gravesite photography,... More>>