It’s Leap Day weekend, which means we all get an extra 24 hours to enjoy Nashville’s arts and cultural community. This weekend, TPAC presents the esteemed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Nashville Symphony presents Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap, and the Nashville Ballet hosts the illustrious Ballet Ball. And that’s just the tip of the proverbial iceberg!
Image credit: Courtesy of TPAC, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
February 28–29
Andrew Jackson Hall, TPAC
Nashville Symphony
Dee Dee Bridgewater with Bill Charlap
February 28
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville Ballet
Ballet Ball
February 29
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville Opera
Free Public Performance: Little Red’s Most Unusual Day
February 29
Nashville Public Library: Edmondson Pike Branch
Nashville Children’s Theater
Hans Christian Andersen
March 1
Hill Auditorium at Nashville Children’s Theatre
Centennial Park
Flood Lines by Tasha Lewis
Ongoing through May 10
East Gallery, Parthenon
The Acropolis of Athens: The Photography of William James Stillman
Ongoing through June 28
West Gallery, Parthenon
Frist Art Museum
Music at the Frist: The Contrarian Ensemble
February 28
Cafe, Frist Art Museum
Architecture Tour
February 29
Frist Art Museum
The Nashville Flood: Ten Years Later
Ongoing through May 17
Conte Community Arts Gallery
J.M.W. Turner: Quest for the Sublime
Ongoing through May 31
Ingram Gallery
Terry Adkins: Our Sons and Daughters Ever on the Altar
Ongoing through May 31
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery at the Frist Art Museum and the Carl Van Vechten Art Gallery at Fisk University
Plaza Mariachi
Story Time with TPAC
February 29
Plaza Mariachi Music City
Beyond Wings
February 29
Plaza Mariachi Music City
Tennessee Art League
TAL Artists Reception
February 29
Khoury Art Gallery
Cheekwood
Opening the Cheekwood Archives: Discussing the Staff and the African American Community in Nashville from 1915-1940
February 29
Frist Learning Center Great Hall, Cheekwood
Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra
Tour de France
March 1
H Building Auditorium, Nashville State Community College
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Music City Comedy presents The Green Gallery Comedy Show
February 28
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Closing reception for Emotions Revisited – Andrés Bustamante and Sarah Hart Landolt
February 29
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
Parnassus Books
Saturday Storytime with author Vikki VanSickle
February 29
Parnassus Books
YA Author event with Sharon Cameron, author of The Light in Hidden Places
Feburary 29
Parnassus Books
Children’s author event with Jessica Young, author of A Wish Is A Seed
March 1
Parnassus Books
Belcourt Theatre
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Ongoing through March 5
Belcourt Theatre
Parasite
Ongoing through March 5
Belcourt Theatre
The Assistant
Ongoing through March 5
Belcourt Theatre
Theatre at Trevecca
The Importance of Being Earnest
Ongoing through Feb. 29
Benson Auditorium, Trevecca University
Global Education Center
Poetry and the African American Experience
February 28–29
Global Education Center
The Black Fashion Coalition
Black Fashion Art Show
February 29
Elevate Cafe
Zeitgeist
Arthur Orr Abstractions: on canvas and paper
Ongoing through February 29
Zeitgeist
Tennessee State Museum
Black History Month Tours
Ongoing through February 29
Tennessee State Museum
Watkins College of Art
Barbarian Pop-up Shop
Ongoing through February 29
WAG
Rymer Gallery
Kutting Caleidoscopes by Jim Sherraden
Ongoing through February 29
Rymer Gallery
The Red Arrow Gallery
BEAST, New Work by Dana Oldfather
Ongoing through March 7
The Red Arrow Gallery
Ground Floor Gallery
Mother of (K)Not featuring Kaylan Buteyn & Pam Marlene Taylor
Ongoing through March 7
Ground Floor Gallery
LeGuire Gallery
Beauty As I See It: Portraits by Photographer Dean Dixon
Ongoing through March 7
LeGuire Gallery
Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center
Undertones: Black Women Rise
Ongoing through March 8
Monthaven Arts & Cultural Center
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom
Ongoing through March 8
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
Modfellows Art & Design Gallery
Form(s) a Solo Exhibition by Maggie Sanger
Ongoing through March 14
Modfellows Art & Design Gallery
Channel to Channel
Cutting Edge
Ongoing through March 21
Channel to Channel Gallery
David Lusk Gallery
Deconstructed by Catherine Erb
Ongoing through March 21
David Lusk Gallery
Fable
Ongoing through April 4
David Lusk Gallery
United Street Tours
Murals, Music, and Museums Walking Tour
Ongoing
Woodcuts Gallery & Framing
Capturing Urban Street Art Photo Tour
Ongoing
Citizens Savings Bank & Trust
Blues and Soul Hidden Music History Tour
Ongoing
Woodcuts Gallery & Framing
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