Off the Wall Lecture: "Re-assembling Reality: Surrealism and Surrealist Film in the 1920s and 1930s Paris" at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - November 19

Johnny Barranco at Swank's Martini and Wine Bar at the Doubletree Hotel - November 19

Kathy Price at Copper Kettle - November 19

Celtic Thunder at TPAC's Jackson Hall - November 19

The Subdudes at 3rd & Lindsley - November 19

New Jersey Devils vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - November 19

Def Leprechaun at Mulligan's Pub - November 19 - 21

Tango & Ravel's Bolero at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center - November 19 - 21

Rachel Proctor and Friends at Copper Kettle - November 20

Opry at the Ryman featuring Little Big Town, Ralph Stanley, Shane Yellowbird and more - November 20

Williams & Clark at Station Inn - November 20

Knowing Me Knowing You ABBA Tribute at 3rd & Lindsley - November 20

Dee Lucas at B.B. King's Blues Club - November 20

Trio Ginga at Swank's Martini and Wine Bar at the Doubletree Hotel - November 20 - 21

Joe Purdy at 3rd & Lindsley - November 21

Mannheim Steamroller at TPAC's Jackson Hall - November 21

Shawn Camp, Mike Bub & Friends at Station Inn - November 21

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - November 21

Opry at the Ryman featuring Charlie Daniels Band, Ralph Stanley, The Lovell Sisters and more - November 21

Tennessee Repertory Theatre presents A Christmas Story at TPAC's Jackson Hall - November 21 - December 19

Sound Healing Workshop at Yoga Source - November 22

Nashville In Harmony Holiday Concert at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts - November 22

John Fogerty at the Ryman - November 22

The Guy Fieri Roadshow at TPAC's Jackson Hall - November 22

Messiah Sing-In with Music City Baroque at Christ Church Cathedral - November 23

Detroit Red Wings vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - November 23

Charlie Daniels Band, Gretchen Wilson, Phil Vassar, Chris Young and more at the Ryman - November 23

Amy Acklyn at the Wildhorse Saloon - November 24

Opry at the Ryman featuring Riders in the Sky, Chuck Wicks, Justin Moore and more - November 24

Miley Cyrus at the Sommet Center - November 25

St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - November 27

Opry at the Ryman featuring Hal Ketchum, Rhonda Vincent and more - November 27

Swagger at Mulligan's Pub - November 27 - 28

Mike Epps & Friends Comedy Explosion at the Municipal Auditorium - November 28

Florida Panthers vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - November 28

Opry at the Ryman featuring Hal Ketchum, Cherryholmes, Ricky Skaggs and more - November 28

Kathy Chiavola Band at Station Inn - November 28

Arizona Cardinals vs. Tennessee Titans at LP Field - November 29

Calgary Flames vs. Nashville Predators at the Sommet Center - November 30

Opry at the Ryman featuring Dierks Bentley, Jason Michael Carroll and more - December 1

Cider Carols presented by Hope Clinic for Women at Rocketown - December 3

Art After Hours at various downtown art galleries - December 3

Cheap Trick with Superdrag at the Ryman - December 3

Sesame Street Live! at the Municipal Auditorium - December 3 - 6

Opry at the Ryman featuring Marty Stuart, Del McCoury Band and more - December 4

Mayor's Annual Lighting of the Christmas Tree in Public Square - December 4

Nashville Christmas Parade along Broadway, 2nd Avenue, and the Woodland Street Bridge - December 4

Fiesta Mexicana at TPAC - December 5

Opry at the Ryman featuring Trisha Yearwood, Del McCoury Band and more - December 5

11th Annual Grand Day at the Nashville Children's Theatre - December 6

News & Information

New live music venue: 2nd Avenue Live!

2nd Avenue Live!. 154 2nd Avenue North, 2nd Floor. 242-7232. This new club located above Buffalo Billiards offers life music daily . Hours are Mon - Sun, 5 pm - 3 am.

What's for dinner? Thanksgiving Issue

Downtown restaurants and hotels: Is your restaurant serving a special menu for Thanksgiving dinner? Please email achampion@nashvilledowntown.com with all of the details so that we can include the information in next week's edition of Downtown Details.

Events this Week

Jammin' at Hippie Jack's TV Taping

Fri, Nov 20. Tennessee State Museum. 505 Deaderick Street. 741-2692. 6 pm. Free. The first of four musical showcases for the television taping of the PBS series, Jammin' at Hippie Jack's. Featuring ASCAP Songwriter of the Year and Grammy-nominee Darrell Scott with musician Kenny Malone. During intermission visitors will be able to view the current exhibition, Renaissance Jack: The Work of Jack Stoddart Hippies, Hill People & Other Southern Marvels, in the State Museum's Changing Gallery.

Gallery Talk: Georgia O'Keeffe and Her Circle of Early American Modernists
Sat, Nov 21. Frist Center for the Visual Arts. 919 Broadway. 244-3340. 11 am. Included with gallery admission. Vivien Fryd, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history of art department at Vanderbilt University, will examine the art of the early American Modernists associated with the so-called Stieglitz circlepainters Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, John Marin, Joseph Stella, and Charles Sheeler as well as photographers Gertrude Käisebeir, Anne Brigman, Alfred Stieglitz, and Edward Steichen. The styles, themes, and historical contexts of these modern visual images will be examined, focusing especially upon themes of sexuality, the city, spirituality, and nature.

The Guy Fieri Roadshow

Sun, Nov 22. TPAC's Jackson Hall. 505 Deaderick Street. 8 pm. $25 - $45. The popular Food Network host will serve up a jambalaya of comedy, music, dancing and cooking on the TPAC stage. Fieri will be joined by special guests Hayden "Woody" Wood, an Australian-based flair bartender; Tully Wilson, owner/executive chef of Tully's Bistro in Hartsville, TN; and Anne Burrell, host of the Food Network's Secrets of a Restaurant Chef.

Messiah Sing-In

Mon, Nov 23. Christ Church Cathedral. 900 Broadway. 255-7729. 7:30 pm. $10. Ticket information. Join in the celebration and sing along to Handel's Messiah with the Music City Baroque Chamber Chorus. This venerable work will be performed in shortened form and the audience will enjoy singing the most popular choruses of this beloved Christmas tradition.

$20 Nashville Symphony Ticket Sale

Now through Mon, Nov 23. Schermerhorn Symphony Center. One Symphony Place. 687-6400. Select seats are available for only $20 to eight remaining SunTrust Classical Series concerts and Bank of America Pops Series concerts. Tickets must be purchased at the box office or by calling 687-6400 (this promotion is not available online). Perfect gift for the holidays!

Massage Gift Certificate Discount
Now through Wed, Dec 23. Body & Sole has discounted Christmas gift certificates available. $50 for 60 minutes and $25 for 30 minutes. Certificates can be purchased online, by phone: 438-7477, or at the Body & Sole office: 162 4th Avenue North, Suite 104.

Riding the Bus just got easier!

Nashville's MTA schedule has been integrated with Google Maps. Click here to access Google maps from MTA's website. Or, while searching for local directions in Google maps select "public transit" as your transportation option. You may find that commuting to your downtown office, catching a ride to the airport, or running a quick errand around town is easier than you thought.

Ongoing Events

Click here for a list of ongoing happy hours, specials, events and promotions at some of downtown's best places to play!

Continuing Exhibits

Click here to find out what major art shows, museum exhibitions and other displays are currently on view downtown.

Convention Update

Large groups and events that are downtown November 18 - December 2 include Nashville Auto Show (12,000, November 26 - 29) and National Council of Urban Education Associations (325, December 1 - 5). For more information concerning conventions call 259-4782. Click here for a complete listing of Nashville conventions: visitmusiccity.com/conventions/.

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