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Taylor’s film “Lumiere douce, Lumiere brilliante” (Soft light, Brilliant light), selected for Paris, Miami and Cinema on the Bayou Film Festivals
Jun. 15, 2020—Film “Lumiere douce, Lumiere brilliante” (Soft light, Brilliant light), written and produced by Wilna J. Taylor (Assistant Director of the Curb Center) and directed by Pearl Gluck has been selected to be included in the Miami Independent Film Festival and the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival. Most recently the film was an official selection of...
Nashville Tornado Relief & Recovery
Mar. 3, 2020—Our hearts go out to all those at Vanderbilt and beyond who have been affected by the tornado in Nashville. For those seeking support, or looking to get involved in relief and recovery efforts, Hands On Nashville is coordinating volunteer efforts across the city in collaboration with the city government, and the Middle Tennessee Emergency...
Alvin Ailey at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Feb. 27, 2020—On Friday February 28 and Saturday February 29 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Alvin Ailey, a group heralded by The New Yorker as “America’s most popular dance company,” will close out Black History Month, and the first leap year of the decade, with a soaring rendition of new and historic works from the company’s 62-year...
February 28 – Stirring the Waters
Feb. 24, 2020—At the Curb Center, we think about how art offers more than just aesthetic experience— about how it can be a force for real-world change, a call to community, and an occasion for reflections about our society and our policies. Composer and musicologist Nolan Williams, Jr.’s new multimedia production Stirring the Waters Across America exemplifies this...
John Shakespear Drkmttr Show
Feb. 19, 2020—Curb Creative Writing Fellow John Shakespear moonlights as a musician, and regularly performs in and around Nashville with his band – guitar, violin, cello, and keys. Last year, he collaborated on his debut album with producer/mixer Devon Dawson (Local Natives) and mixer Greg Giorgio (The National, Sharon Van Etten) and went on a month-long East...
Upon These Shoulders Concert
Feb. 14, 2020—This Saturday, February 15, at 7 pm join the vocalists of Choral Arts Link and Intersection Ensemble for their annual Upon These Shoulders concert, hosted at Fisk University’s Memorial Chapel. This year’s concert, subtitled “From the Back of the Bus” will highlight the lives and legacies of the Nashville Freedom Riders and include a Witness...
Screening of Remand and Q&A with Producer Randy Brewer
Feb. 14, 2020—Join us on Monday, 2/17 for a special screening of Remand, winner of the Best Documentary award at the 2017 African Festival Festival, and a Q&A with producer Randy Brewer. On a 2010 service trip to Uganda, California lawyer and law professor Jim Gash met Henry Tumusiime, a seventeen-year old boy who had already spent...
Porch Writers’ Collective’s 7th annual Heart Break Happy Hour
Jan. 30, 2020—Feeling a bit blue as February 14th approaches? You might think about joining Sally Amkoa, Kim Baldwin, Alesha Handy, Annie Klaver, Ben Oddo, and Eddie Ortiz next Sunday, February 9th for the Porch Writers’ Collective’s 7th annual Heart Break Happy Hour. These talented – and funny – authors will help you get into the Valentine’s Day mood...
January Book Club: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Jan. 24, 2020—In the introduction to Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino writes that “A well-practiced, conclusive narrative is usually a dubious one.” This is an interesting claim for a writer to begin her first collection of essays with—for what is a published think-piece, most of the time, but a well-practiced, conclusive narrative designed to express opinions the author...