Weekend Arts Preview 2/29–3/1

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

Know something we missed? Let us know at info@abcnashville.org