Nashville artist Wayne Brezinka has a long track record of making portraits and art for magazine covers, often summing up a lifetime or a complex idea in one, detailed image. He’s making a portrait of this year using contributions from the community, and his work suggests the more accurate picture of 2020 is centuries old: the Biblical character of Job.
The Promise: ‘I Want White Families To Realize The Power They Hold’ In Public Education
Two years ago, WPLN’s Meribah Knight reported on how parents at one East Nashville elementary school were pushing to reverse a troubling trend: Despite the diversity of the neighborhood, it had almost no children of color anymore.
The Southern Festival Of Books, Now Virtual, Hopes To Attract Far-Flung Bookworms And More Students
Six months into the pandemic, the festival is betting that an audience now more comfortable than ever with seeking out online connections will show up for a virtual edition of meeting authors and enjoying the company of other bookworms.
Middle Tennessee Downpours Resulted In Multiple Lifesaving Water Rescues
Heavy rains this weekend triggered flash flooding in many places around the mid-state, and several Tennesseans had to be rescued from the swiftly moving water. In Rutherford County, two men were trapped in a cave near Rockvale yesterday. A third was able to get out and alert authorities. It took the combined efforts of four agencies to get them out safely. […]
On Juneteenth, A Celebration Of Black Classical Composers
The stereotype of a classical composer is an old, long-dead, white man. But Black musicians have been integrating the classical genre for decades.
The Complicated History Of Nashville’s Fort Negley
Listen / Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2012 for the 150th anniversary of Fort Negley’s origin. Nashville’s Fort Negley was built for war, and construction began in 1862. Union officers considered the stone fortress a show of strength and military might. Instead, the fort’s enduring story belongs to the black laborers, both […]
Nashville Symphony Contract Extension Keeps Guerrero In Place Until 2025
Giancarlo Guerrero will stay with the Nashville Symphony for nearly another decade, at least. The music director has agreed to a five-year extension of his existing contract.
OZ Season Lineup Features Unusual Music Fusions And Immersive Theater Experiences
OZ Arts Nashville has announced a new season of art, music and dance, including a return of the live-action comic book show from its 2014 season and the culmination of a year-long partnership between two folk musicians from opposite sides of the globe.
Watkins’ Oldest Alumna Uses Career In Sales To Fuel Artistic Drive
When Mildred Jarrett started her studies at Watkins College of Art and Design (or, as it was then known, Watkins Institute), she was considered too young to be in figure studies classes with nude models. When she graduated with her Associates Degree in Fine Art in 2001, she was a half-century older than her classmates.
A Nashville Writer and A Local Production Will Bookend TPAC’s Next Broadway Season
Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s upcoming Broadway season is largely made up of the touring productions that have been its mainstay for years. But the 2016-17 schedule begins and ends with shows that have Middle Tennessee connections: one is a locally produced rendition of a favorite musical, the other a show co-written by a veteran of […]
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