Local Life - Chihuly

The Chihuly "takeover" of Nashville is unfolding. The exhibit and talks at the Frist are already set up, Bluebeard at TPAC is this weekend and Cheekwood opens their part later this month.
I am sooo excited  that this multi location event has finally arrived. I'm holding off on the Frist so I can take the kids. Hubbie and I are going to see Bluebeard :)
Head on over to http://chihulyinnashville.com/ to see some of the stunning works of art.
(photograph taken from the Frist site.)

When is a blog of the week not a blog of the week?

When I spotlight an event we went to at the week-end.
It was our wedding anniversary at the week-end. Yep, one of the many thousands that have been married on the 14th :)
We went to see Jim Brickman and Friends in concert with the Nashville Symphony. Definitely a good time, romantic event. Lots of fun. http://www.jimbrickman.com/ This event was part of his Beautiful World Concert Tour.
He also linked into the Olympics. Some of his compositions are used for the background music when highlight spots are being aired. He also co-wrote some of the music for the Salt Lake games.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brickman

Local Life - The Nashville Symphony

The Nashville Symphony is fabulous. We are truly blessed to have such a cultural group of excellence in our midst.
Their relatively new home (opened in 2006) - the Schermerhorn Symphony Center is lovely. It's kind of shoehorned into it's site, because down town is so built up, but it's worth a visit. The seniors get prom pictures taken outside the building. They all look so gorgeous/handsome in their formal attire. Brings a lump to the throat and a few tears to the eyes of many a proud parent !!!!!! (I openly confess to having been one of them.)

Tomorrow night we are going to listen to Stephen Hough playing Tchaikovsky's 1st. Piano Concerto. Woohoo ......... Looooove Tchaikovsky. To see a historic video highlight go to http://www.nashvillesymphony.org/
The "Schermer" has an interesting feature. The symphony hall can be transformed into a hardwood floor ballroom by lowering all the concert goer seats under the floor.
The statue is called "The Recording Angel" by Audrey Flack and is one of my absolute favorite pieces in downtown.