Culture: Country Life, Nashville Scene

Time to Play! Alex Vincent, Star of Child’s Play at Logue’s This Weekend

Randy Fox — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500

What’s a kid to do after you find out your best friend is a possessed, psychotic…

Build It and They Will Hang Out: Logue’s Raising Funds for Patio Expansion

Randy Fox — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:37:00 -0500

For the past year, the main focus of the Cult Fiction Underground beneath Logue’s Black Raven Emporium in East Nashville has been the weekly screening…

This Week in Awesome Ballet Teasers: Dance Theatre of Tennessee's Cinderella

Jack Silverman — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:30:17 -0500

Dance and ballet companies face some of the same challenges that symphony orchestras find themselves dealing with —…

This Weekend: Rethinking Prisons Conference at Vanderbilt

Laura Hutson — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:00:56 -0500

Rethinking Prisons Conference
When: May 3-5
Where: Vanderbilt's Buttrick Hall

Susan Rosenberg says she’s a former political prisoner. Her 2011 memoir, An American Radical,…

Poetry in Motion: 'Untitled,' by Randy Foster

Laura Hutson — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:30:52 -0500

Randy Foster is a former Metro Nashville Council member and a Nashville attorney. Read the 10 other Poetry in Motion contest winners here.…

Poetry in Motion: 'Liminal,' by Kat Zhang

Laura Hutson — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:53:00 -0500

Kat Zhang is a Vanderbilt University student and novelist.

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Poetry in Motion: 'Untitled,' by Sara Zavaleta

Laura Hutson — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:30:47 -0500

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Jason Lescalleet, Acclaimed Electronic Music Artist/Composer, Tonight at Owl Farm

Jim Ridley — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:37:00 -0500

Anyone fascinated with the outer realms of electronic music will want to rearrange their calendars tonight — that is,…

Today Is Earth Day! Celebrate by Watching Movies, Selling Stuff

Hannah Hyde — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:30:00 -0500

Though the Nashville Earth Day Festival is behind us, there are still ways to celebrate…

Poetry in Motion: 'Perennial Intimacy,' by Lj Ratliff

Laura Hutson — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:15:08 -0500

Lj Ratliff is a local poet and licensed clinical social worker. Look for more Poetry in Motion winners on Country Life throughout the…

Poetry in Motion: 'Black Pepper, 1858,' Stephanie Pruitt

Laura Hutson — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:30:05 -0500

Stephanie Pruitt is an arts education instructor at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt.

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Poetry in Motion: 'Eye of the Beholder,' by Austin Paramore

Laura Hutson — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:45:25 -0500

Austin Paramore is a Vanderbilt University student. Look for more Poetry in Motion winners on Country Life throughout the month.

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Three Vanderbilt Professors Named Guggenheim Fellows

Steve Haruch — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:32:00 -0500

Impressive brainpower surge over along West End: A trio of Vanderbilt professors — among the 200 or so chosen from around 3,000 applicants — [ Read more ]

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Poetry In Motion: 'Modern Warfare,' Alissa Lindemann

Laura Hutson — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:45:18 -0500

Alissa Lindemann is a student at Belmont University.

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Improv Music Legend Jack Wright at Betty's Saturday Night

Jim Ridley — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:10:21 -0500

This weekend — 10 p.m. Saturday, April 13 at Betty's Bar & Grill, 407 49th Avenue North, to be…

Highballs & Hydrangeas Tonight at Cheekwood: 55,000 Tulips Can't Be Wrong

Abby White — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:23:00 -0500

I think it’s safe to assume that everyone in Nashville has a major case of spring fever. And what better way to celebrate the arrival…

Poetry in Motion: 'Geography,' by Katie Lewis

Laura Hutson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:30:03 -0500

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Karen Elson Opens Nashville Symphony's Spring Fashion Show

Abby White — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:37:00 -0500

Since the best cure a fashion hangover incurred by Nashville Fashion Week is, clearly, more fashion, we headed to the Nashville Symphony's 2013…

Poetry in Motion: 'Imitating Flatters,' by Christine Hall

Laura Hutson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:00:54 -0500

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CP Breaking News: Nashville Symphony Orchestra May Go Into Bankruptcy

Steve Haruch — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:07:00 -0500

Over at The City Paper, a bombshell:

The $82.3 million in bonds owed by the symphony have already been called in, but The City…
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Artist of Two Worlds: A Tribute to Carmine Infantino (1925-2013)

Randy Fox — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:15:57 -0500

In 1971, I became a comic book fan at the age of eight. The comic that kicked off my lifelong passion was Flash #210.…
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Poetry in Motion: 'Gratitude,' by Kana Gaines

Laura Hutson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:40:40 -0500

April is National Poetry Month, and the Scene is celebrating with Metro Arts, MTA and the Poetry Society of America. A…
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Nashville Illustrator Yoni Limor is the Man Behind the Coolest Marriage Proposal Ever

Hannah Hyde — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:30:00 -0500

In an age of YouTube flash mob proposals and gypsy weddings, one Chicago man thought outside the screen and proposed to his girlfriend in a…
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What Not to Do at an Anime Convention

Jim Ridley — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:01:23 -0500

With the Middle Tennessee Anime Convention getting underway today at the downtown Renaissance Hotel and Nashville Convention Center…
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Vince & Amy, Renée Fleming to the Rescue in Cash-Strapped Nashville Symphony's 2013-14 Season

John Pitcher — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:47:00 -0500

Nashvillians will be hearing less of Gustav Mahler and more of Amy Grant, Vince Gill and Kenny Loggins next season at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.…
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