Elizabeth Scokin | Takes Flight
Any event planner worth her Manolos knows that the gilded age before the Great Recession has given way to a grueling hangover, even for those who waft through life on a vapor cloud of Annick Goutal, fishtail hems trailing in …
John Michael Nikolai
“The entire photographic process is my life’s greatest joy—from the 5:00 a.m. hikes with my camera, the weeks spent lying on the cliff edges in the horizontal rain waiting for a momentary miracle of sunlight and wings, the thousands …
Rachel Kice | Breathing In and Smiling Out
She is a creative whirlwind, a force to be reckoned with, unafraid and unstoppable, changing directions and toying with the boundaries of abstraction. A swirling vortex of combustible energy packaged in a shimmer of magnetic pulchritude that’s channeled into artistic …
Charles Cox | From Venice with Love
It is somewhat ironic that Nashville painter Charles Cox creates sweeping vistas of Venice’s Grand Canal, among other things, in a tiny upstairs room in the Bellevue condo he shares with Joyce, his wife of fifty-two years. Cream-colored carpet covers …
Larry Carlton | All the Right Notes
Larry Carlton’s guitar on the Steely Dan track “Kid Charlemagne” is often cited as evidence of his musical mastery. It is, of course, a masterpiece, certified by Rolling Stone, no less, as among the greatest rock guitar solos of all …
Martha Ingram | In Her Own Words
Imagine for a moment that the Schermerhorn Symphony Center does not stand proudly over 1 Symphony Place. Envision TPAC as nothing more than a multi-level parking garage. Now, tear down the Center for the Performing Arts at Vanderbilt’s Blair School …




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