Archive for September 5th, 2009

Southern Festival of Books

Southern Festival of Books

The 20th Annual The Southern festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word is a three-day literary Festival celebrated each year during the second full weekend of October. Located on War Memorial Plaza, it is free and open…

09.5.2009 | SPOTLIGHT

The Cumberland Society of Painters

The Cumberland Society of Painters

The Cumberland Society of Painters along with a few friends traveled to Door County, WI, August 9-15. The group set about capturing the landscape in plein-air sketches and enjoyed the comradeship of painting together. Harbors, the rocky beach, village, farmland,…

09.5.2009 | SPOTLIGHT

Greek Fest

Greek Fest

Celebrate the 2nd Annual Nashville Greek Festival, September 11-13 at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church located at 4905 Franklin Pike. The festival highlights the cuisine, music, and culture of Greece. Admission is $2; children under 12 free. Free parking…

09.5.2009 | SPOTLIGHT

The Hermitage Hits 100

The Hermitage Hits 100

by Deborah Walden | Photography by Jerry Atnip

Ah, if only the walls of the Hermitage Hotel downtown would give up their secrets. Dinner parties for presidents, golden-age starlets of young Hollywood, mothers and daughters dining on the hallowed…

09.5.2009 | ARCHITECTURE

Breakfast with the Authors Saturday, October 10th,

Breakfast with the Authors Saturday, October 10th,

9:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Nashville Downtown Public Library. This Women’s National Book Association event kicks off National Reading Group Month and the Southern Festival of Books. Complimentary breakfast and discussion with five best-selling authors, Marie Brenner,…

09.5.2009 | SPOTLIGHT

Dedication of Rose Garden of the Stars September 29th

Dedication of Rose Garden of the Stars September 29th

The Nashville Music Garden is the first nationally celebrated rose garden dedicated solely to artists, songs, and industry leaders synonymous with Nashville. This garden was created by Barbara Mandrell and Pat Bullard, LifeWorks Foundation Trustee, to celebrate the music…

09.5.2009 | SPOTLIGHT

Rodin at Bella Luce

Rodin at Bella Luce

Dragon Fine Arts, in association with Twenty 21 Collections / Gallery Rodin, and Jimmy Franks’ Bella Luce, introduces an exquisite collection of limited edition posthumous original bronzes by Auguste Rodin, offering the private collector a rare…

09.5.2009 | SPOTLIGHT

Events for September

Events for September

André Kertész’s Eiffel Tower from 1929 is part of the Frist Center’s Twilight
Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris from Sept. 10 – Jan. 3

Wicked, Sept. 2 – 20
Andrew Jackson Hall

So much happened before Dorothy dropped in.…

09.5.2009 | EVENTS