A YEAR OF SPLENDOR, MEMORY AND MODERN IMAGINATION AT THE FRIST

The Frist Art Museum’s 2027 exhibition season brings Mughal opulence, French modernism, American pop, Black craft traditions, Escher’s impossible worlds,...

THE GUITARIST BEHIND THE CURTAIN: JOHN JORGENSON TAKES A BOW AT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM

In a city built on the elegant labor of musicians who often shape history from just outside the spotlight, the...

MARTHA RIVERS INGRAM, NASHVILLE’S FIRST LADY OF THE ARTS, LEAVES A CITY TRANSFORMED

A remembrance of the business leader, philanthropist and cultural force whose vision helped shape modern Nashville Martha Rivers Ingram understood...

AT GRAY’S ON MAIN, HERITAGE BALL COMMITTEE TOASTS TRADITION WITH TWO SIGNATURE COCKTAILS

On a recent evening at Gray’s on Main, the committee behind the 53rd Annual Heritage Ball gathered around a fittingly...

THE WOMAN BEHIND COUNTRY MUSIC’S MOST INDELIBLE FRAMES

At the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, visionary director Trey Fanjoy steps into the spotlight for the 18th...

THE BOYS IN GOLD ARE HAVING A MOMENT—AND SAM SURRIDGE IS AT THE CENTER OF IT

With a second straight All-Star nod, Nashville SC’s English striker joins Hany Mukhtar, Andy Najar and Brian Schwake in carrying...

SUN-KISSED SELF-REINVENTION: A REVIEW OF REASONS TO BE LOVED BY YOU BY HANNAH BROWN

In Reasons to Be Loved by You, Hannah Brown returns to the emotional terrain that made her public persona compelling...

POWER DRESSING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD: REVIEWING CHOKE POINT BY BRAD THOR

In Brad Thor’s latest Scot Harvath thriller, geopolitical dread arrives dressed in tactical minimalism: clean lines, lethal intent, and a...

SCOOP DREAMS: LOKELANI ALABANZA’S ICE CREAM QUEEN RECLAIMS DESSERT AS CULTURE

In her debut cookbook, the Nashville pastry chef turns ice cream into an archive of Black joy, Southern memory, and...

WHEN THE BAND BREAKS: THE COME APART AND THE ART OF COMING UNDONE

Susannah Felts’s new novel turns indie-rock ambition, Southern return, and the quiet labor of self-reinvention into a mood piece for...