Nashville Arts Magazine

On the Horizon | Ensworth High School

Students Share Larger-than-Life Aspirations

At Ensworth High School, the arts curriculum is based on a foundation of understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment. An environment of open creativity and respect for the arts, students say, allows Ensworth students to find their passions and provides an atmosphere where students feel comfortable pursuing their dreams.

Musician Calvin Settles II,…

03.1.2010 | MUSIC, NEWS, PEOPLE, PERFORMING, PHOTOGRAPHY, THEATER, VISUAL ART

Marty Stuart | Bringing It All Back Home

America’s back roads, littered with colorful characters and towns that the poet of the common man Merle Haggard once deemed “the forgotten” people and places, have served as a seedbed of inspiration for artist Marty Stuart on many a heartland journey. With the breakneck speed at which the world is changing,…

02.3.2010 | MUSIC, PEOPLE

The Amun Ra Theatre | Walking in the Light!

Actors, directors, writers or even tech virtuosos, whatever the discipline, have all been known to start theater companies, and the reason is always the same. Something is missing on the boards, and they have the vision and fire to fill the void with their own special gifts.

Dr. Jeff Obafemi Carr is the founding…

01.4.2010 | THEATER

Kathleen Lynam | The Playful Puppeteer

The Pez dispensers in Kathleen Lynam’s home aren’t hidden away, but neither are they the first thing you see upon stepping inside. To view them one must pass from the more formal living room through the kitchen to the back-of-the-house living space, where large windows gaze upon the trees surrounding the home. Here the…

01.2.2010 | PEOPLE, PERFORMING, THEATER

Film & Television | Writing the Perfect Script

What makes a good screenplay? A lot of books have been written by a lot of very good writers and producers trying to define exactly the formula for a good screenplay. Workshops and university writing programs around the world endeavor to teach their screenwriting students the secret that will make their every screenplay not…

12.31.2009 | Film and TV

Anything Goes | Dennis Morgan

What characteristic do you most like about yourself?

Consistency, the routines that I have been able to establish in my life, with the help of others, of course.

And what do you like least?

That I can’t become invisible.

What was the last book you read?

The Last Night of the Earth Poems by…

12.7.2009 | MUSIC, PEOPLE

The Vibe Is Cool, the Musical’s Hot at the Boiler Room Theatre

An interview with BRT founding artistic director Jamey Green

You hear about it all the time. The shy, reserved, almost invisible artist climbs from his lair, hungry and propelled by new relationships, to launch himself, suddenly and undeniably, upon an eager world. When Jamey Green got together in the ‘90s with Joe Correl and…

12.7.2009 | THEATER

Ballet to Burlesque

A faint quiver is threatening to give me away. I’m doing my best not to move until the time for this pose is up. All the artists here know I’m a trained dancer, so it’s a point of pride for me…

12.3.2009 | DANCE

Audition! The Magic of Nutcracker

Finally, the day arrives. I have waited for what seemed like an eternity to audition for The…

11.3.2009 | PERFORMING