Trudging through winter 2025 doesn’t have to be a total drag — you just have to take a breather between checking social media, reading the news and keeping an eye on incoming storms. To help you get through these next several weeks, we at the Scene have compiled the best theater, dance, visual art, film and book events in our annual Winter Arts Guide.
First, we’re taking a look inside the making of Nashville Rep’s upcoming production of The Mountaintop, a play about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. that was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and native Tennessean Katori Hall. It stars two longtime Scene favorites — Tamika Robinson Steele and Rashad Rayford — and director Alicia Haymer says its message is especially important right now, “when we need forward-thinking people to step up and help unify this country.”
Also in the issue, you’ll learn about the newly established Downtown Arts District Alliance, which is spearheading a new art crawl that has all the makings of a local cultural powerhouse. Plus all the best upcoming museum and gallery exhibitions, dance and theater performances, film screenings, book readings and even more.
So read on, mark up your calendars, and remember that warmer days are just ahead. —LAURA HUTSON HUNTER, ARTS EDITOR
Katori Hall’s 'The Mountaintop,' based on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and presented by Nashville Rep, leads our picks for this season’s top theater events
Nashville’s winter art highlights include a new art crawl event and a David Driskell pairing at the Frist
This season’s literary highlights — from book clubs and author talks to a professional headshot workshop
As it nears its 100th anniversary, the Belcourt plans to screen Oscar nominees, international treasures and repertory classics
Tamiko Robinson Steele and Rashad Rayford in The Mountaintop
