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Belcourt Theatre

Federal funding clawbacks cause cuts, fear, creative alternatives in Nashville’s arts community

Char Daston

May 16, 2025

Nashville's Nutcracker (Dec. 2023)

Many arts organizations learned that their grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was being canceled. That includes at least five arts nonprofits in Nashville.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Belcourt Theatre, Metro Arts, Metro Arts Commission, Nashville Ballet, National Endowment for the Arts, OZ Arts, OZ Arts Nashville

The Belcourt Theatre celebrates its 100th birthday

Mary Mancini

May 15, 2025

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Nashville’s non-profit film center The Belcourt Theatre turns one hundred this month and there’s no denying its long and positive impact on this city.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Belcourt 100, Belcourt Theatre, Stephanie Silverman, Teddy Minton, Tom Wills

Behind the scenes on Black horror

Magnolia McKayandElizabeth Burton

January 4, 2024

No, we aren’t going to stop talking about this.

Filed Under: Features, Programs, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Belcourt Theatre, film, horror

Listen: Inside Mitski’s surprise concert at the Belcourt Theatre

Justin Barney

September 14, 2023

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Passionate Mitski fans flew in from all across the country to sit in a movie theater and listen to Mitski’s new album “The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We” a full week before its release on Sept. 15. The event read, “Listening Event and Film selected by Mitski – NOT A LIVE PERFORMANCE.”

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WNXP, WPLN News Tagged With: Belcourt Theatre, Mitski, WNXP

Belcourt Brings The Communal Experience Of Moviegoing To Homebound Fans

Alexis Marshall

April 3, 2020

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The Belcourt Theatre, like many of Nashville’s cultural institutions, has found itself navigating new territory in the age of the coronavirus. It faces the challenge of translating the physical experience of an independent movie theater to an accessible, online platform. One solution: livestreaming.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Belcourt Theatre, Coronavirus In Tennessee, film

#NoHandsNashville: An Artistic Way Of Combating Coronavirus

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

March 14, 2020

The Metro Nashville Arts Commission is joining the city in its efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Belcourt Theatre, Bryce McCloud, Coronavirus In Tennessee, Emily Waltenbaugh

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