Archive for April, 2010

Poetry by Rebecca Brown

Poetry by Rebecca Brown

Circling

We saw you circling,

we saw you soar and dive

We wished that we could be more like you,

more alive

We love you,

I hope you know we love you

We saw you circling -

sometimes we’d call…

04.30.2010 | LITERATURE

Edible Art | Online Video!

Edible Art | Online Video!

Sushi Chef Dara Damh gives us step-by-step instructions on how to make a genuine California Roll.

Click here to read more about this “incredible, edible art!”

04.29.2010 | CULINARY, VIDEO

Shu Kubo's Master Class | Online Video!

Shu Kubo’s Master Class | Online Video!

Get a glimpse of Shu Kubo’s Japanese paper-cutting master classes that took place in Nashville March 16-18.

To read more of the Japanese art of paper-cutting, Kirie, click here.

04.29.2010 | VIDEO

Rebecca Brown | Online Video!

Rebecca Brown | Online Video!

Accompanied by guitarist Dave Cleveland, Rebecca Brown sings her lovely lyric “Spring Fever” and sets the mood for the new season.

To read more about Rebecca Brown and this lyric, click here.

To read more poems written by Rebecca…

04.29.2010 | MUSIC, VIDEO

Jennie Fields | Online Video!

Jennie Fields | Online Video!

Author Jennie Fields reads aloud to Nashville Arts readers a favorite scene from her latest book, The Age of Ecstasy.

To read more about Jennie Fields, read our article online.

04.29.2010 | VIDEO

My Favorite Painting

My Favorite Painting

Martica Griffin’s Carolina Pit Stop

by Pat Snyder, owner, What They Think Research

Martica Griffin was one of the first people I met when I moved to Nashville in 1994. I always admired her work, but when she started focusing on…

04.27.2010 | PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Artrivia

Artrivia

by David Turner

The Nike Swoosh is one of the most widely recognized icons on the planet. The design known globally as the Swoosh was originally created in 1971 by a design student, Carolyn Davidson, who invoiced just $35 for…

04.27.2010 | ARCHITECTURE, VISUAL ART

On the Town

On the Town

by Ted Clayton

My exercise of choice this last month has been attending galas, art and fashion shows, waltzing at the State Capitol, and I thought I needed a trainer. Let’s start with the amazing Honors Gala benefiting the T.…

04.27.2010 | DANCE, EVENTS, NEWS, PEOPLE

Anything Goes | Ellen L. Meyer

Anything Goes | Ellen L. Meyer

When and where are you most happy?

In the company of good friends around a fabulous dinner table or in Venice, Italy, in the presence of lush architecture and the sea, doing just about anything.

What characteristic do you most

04.27.2010 | DRAWING, PAINTING, PEOPLE, VISUAL ART

Poetry | Spring Fever

Poetry | Spring Fever

by Rebecca Brown

I was writing verse by the time I could read and was singing it even before then—from TV jingles to Nat King Cole. A Texas girl, I left home at 18 and began performing my

04.27.2010 | LITERATURE, MUSIC, PEOPLE