Archive for January 4th, 2012

McCrary Sisters | New Release Represents Ultimate Dream

McCrary Sisters | New Release Represents Ultimate Dream

The new CD Our Journey featuring Ann, Regina, Deborah, and Alfreda McCrary, spotlights a Nashville family singing group with an amazing background and astonishing set of accomplishments. Their experiences, especially those of Ann and Regina, are extremely rich and diverse, yet they would…

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NPT Guide | January 2012

NPT Guide | January 2012

Click here to see the full January 2012 TV Guide for Nashville Public Television!

 

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Theatre | The Crowning Glory

Theatre | The Crowning Glory

A Musical Production Celebrating Black Women in Church Hats

A gospel musical by regina taylor, CROWNS is a tribute to church hats and the african american women for whom they are both symbolic crowns and a means to express themselves—their pride, their beauty, their…

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Ben Stroud | The Mad Hatter of Milan!

Ben Stroud | The Mad Hatter of Milan!

Ben Stroud had the good fortune to be born at the baptist hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, which is the same hospital the legendary Elvis Presley died in. Imbued with the same independence and irreverence that inspired other Blues City greats such…

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Wayne Brezinka | Collages with a Consience

Wayne Brezinka | Collages with a Consience

Success, it seems, has not gone to Wayne brezinka’s head. he is humble, thoughtful, and one of the most talented artists i’ve had the pleasure of interviewing. His collaged illustrations literally bring to life the old saying “a picture is worth…

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The Making of a Legacy | A Candid Conversation with Rich Boyd

The Making of a Legacy | A Candid Conversation with Rich Boyd

The year was 1999 and the world was poised on the precipice of a new millennium. There was no iPod or Twitter. The Internet was still brand new. When people wanted to hang out with friends, they actually met in…

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Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero | A Force of Nature

Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero | A Force of Nature

Giancarlo Guerrero stared at his computer with growing alarm. It was 5:30 in the morning  on December 1, and Guerrero, an early riser despite the nocturnal nature of his job as music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, was going…

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Jeff Rymer | In Reflection

Jeff Rymer | In Reflection

It was designed to be a classic modernist white box, the Rymer Gallery. The idea was to create a white-on-white-on-white space for showcasing contemporary art, but the results are anything but cold and sterile. An exposed brick wall, deep russet metal beams, and wooden flooring…

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Art Around | Caravaggio

Art Around | Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio shook up the art world of his day (Counter-reformation italy) with his masterful use of chiaroscuro and dramatic staging of biblical scenes in settings familiar to his audience. Though he relied on the patronage of church officials, he painted to reach ordinary…

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ArtHouse | Robin Rains: The Beautiful Essence of High Style

ArtHouse | Robin Rains: The Beautiful Essence of High Style

The delightful blond girl from Byrdstown, Tennessee, dubbed “Most likely to Succeed” by her classmates at Pickett County high school, has lived up to that senior superlative. Robin Rains, now a Nashvillian, is a nationally known interior designer with clients stretching from the…

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