2019-2020 WW
Review: Todrick Hall
Nov. 14, 2019—Whether you know him from his star-making turn on American idol, his viral YouTube musicals, any number of his Broadway productions, or his role as one of the head choreographers on Drag Race, Todrick Hall, is a consummate performer. And his high-kicking theatrics were on full display last night at The Cowan, where Hall and a...
Nashville Review & Third Man Books Poetry Reading
Nov. 14, 2019—Looking for some words to ward off this spell of early winter? This Sunday, Third Man Books and Nashville Review will be co-hosting a joint poetry reading at the Nashville Third Man Records shop on 7th Ave. The collaboration between NR, which is run by the writers at Vanderbilt’s MFA program, and the literary arm...
Review: Salon@615 featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nov. 7, 2019—It was a meeting of the minds yesterday in Nashville, thanks to the Salon@615 author series. Internationally acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat down with Nashville Native and Vanderbilt alumna Tiana Clark, to discuss his latest book, and first novel, The Water Dancer. It was a packed crowd at TPAC’s James K. Polk theater as audience members looked on with...
Review: A talk on “A History of Horror Films” by Vanderbilt professor Nancy Roche
Oct. 31, 2019—Horror films thrill us and make us jump, but they’re also a rich mirror for the cultural and political concerns of every era. Right at the peak of spooky season, a packed Nashville audience was treated to (but not tricked by) a talk on “A History of Horror Films” by Vanderbilt professor Nancy Roche at...
Li-Young Lee “The Undressing”
Oct. 31, 2019—Any night of the week in Nashville, you can take in world-class musical talent. And though the local literary scene is booming, opportunities to hear some of American Letter’s contemporary greats is still more rare. Which is why you shouldn’t miss the chance to hear poet Li-Young Lee read from his newest collection “The Undressing” this Friday, November 1, 7:30 pm at...
October Book Club: Review on On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Oct. 28, 2019—“Can art make the impossible thinkable and the knowable felt?” The poet, novelist, and newly-minted MacArthur fellow Ocean Vuong invokes this question in a prelude to a recent published conversation with his one-time teacher Ben Lerner, another poet- novelist. It’s a big question, weighty and boundless enough that it might seem ponderous in many contexts,...
Don’t Miss the “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism,” Exhibit Up through Sept. 2.
Sep. 30, 2019—This weekend marks your last chance to see the Frist’s comprehensive exhibition “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism,” up through Sept. 2. The exhibition, which includes more than 150 works by Frida, Diego, and their contemporaries and followers from the private collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman, presents a unique opportunity in the U.S.,...
Review: North Nashville Murals Exhibit at the Frist
Sep. 30, 2019— Nashville’s myriad murals often tell pieces of the story of the city’s rapid transformation—tourists wait in line to snap selfies within the angel wings in the Gulch, and the “I Believe in Nashville” mural in 12 South has become an icon of the new development in that area. Meanwhile, artists in historically black North...
Review: Big Freedia at the Cannery Ballroom
Sep. 30, 2019—Certain cultural artifacts help to define the customs of a community — language, painting, cooking, song, and dance. But of all these emblems, music is perhaps the most accessible. An artform that bypasses physical boundary and communicates through sound. They say the best way to get familiar with a culture is to immerse yourself in...