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Preview: Americana Fest 2019
Sep. 30, 2019—Next week, from Tuesday, September 10 through Sunday September 15, the streets and venues of Music City will host some of the finest folk, blues, and roots acts in the world. Just like any other week in Nashville—but this is even better, because it’s Americana Fest (and the festival’s 20th anniversary to boot). Along with...
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...
Introduction to the 2019-2020 Curb Writing Fellows
Sep. 30, 2019—In addition to pursuing their projects at the Curb Center, our Creative Writing Fellows are active in Nashville’s arts community.
International Lens Film Series
Sep. 30, 2019—It only took me until my third year at Vanderbilt to finally take advantage of the Cinema & Media Arts departments International Lens Film Series. Every month throughout the school year iLENS presents weekly films with a global perspective in Vanderbilt’s Sarratt Cinema at 7:30 p.m. I had the distinct pleasure of watching “The Last Black...
Global Climate Strike in Nashville, TN
Sep. 30, 2019—Last Friday, some 250 Nashvillians, including students from Vanderbilt and local high schools, joined an estimated 4 million people from 163 countries across the world for the Global Climate Strike. They gathered on the steps of the Tennessee Capitol and in the Public Square to call for more urgent government action and policy change on...
Nuance Comes Slowly by Jackson Mejia
Oct. 2, 2017—It seems that whenever I chance a footfall in nature, I need an acclimation period. This probably holds true for many urban residents, but I know that I cannot simply saunter into one of the earth’s few remaining sanctuaries for the natural and expect to maintain the same attitudes and assumptions as my cosmopolitan self....