Metro Parks staff Hazel King instructs student Margot Baeder as she paints
Centennial Youth Ballet performs the Mini-Nutcracker Nov 30 - Dec
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Find holiday gifts and treats at the Two Rivers Christmas Open House
Blackjack sculpture by Bob Benson on display at Centennial Art
Center
Jam band performance Dec 7 at the Looby Theater
Paris and Helen assemblage by Maureen McCabe, specifically created for her
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CLASSES AND EVENTS
Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts
Various Metro Parks Facilities
January 7 - April 11, 2007
Visit the Metro Parks
website for a schedule of adult, youth, and seniors' classes, activities, events, programs, and facilities that are open to the public
during the 2008 Winter/Spring season. Plan to celebrate with Metro Parks the Grand Opening of Fort Negley
historic site on Saturday, December 15, 2007.
DANCE
Mini-Nutcracker
Centennial Youth Ballet
Z. Alexander Looby Theater
November 30 - December 1, 2007
One of Nashville’s favorite holiday traditions, The Mini-Nutcracker is designed to introduce young
children to ballet as a performance art. This abbreviated, narrated version of the Nutcracker Suite Ballet features the Centennial
Youth Ballet as they perform shortened scenes and variations with poise, technical precision, and polish. With lavish sets and
beautiful costumes, the performance offers spectacular entertainment at a reasonable price. To reserve tickets call (615) 862-8439,
Monday-Thursday: 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Performance Times, Dates, and Ticket Prices:
Friday, November 30 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 1 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday tickets: Adult: $6; Child: $4.
Sunday, December 2 at 1:00 p.m.
All Sunday tickets: $10 (includes a reception during
intermission)
TWO RIVERS MANSION
Christmas Open House
Presented by the Stone's River Woman's Club
December 1 - 2, 2007
Join Metro Parks and the Stone's River Woman's Club for the Annual Christmas Open House at Two Rivers Mansion. This year's
"Home for the Holidays" theme features lavish floral arrangements throughout the historic house with a craft sale featured on the second
floor of the mansion and a bake sale in the original house built on the plantation. This event will take place Saturday, December 1 from 10:00
am - 4:30 pm and Sunday, December 2 from 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm. Admission is $4. Santa Claus will be present on Sunday afternoon.
CENTENNIAL ART CENTER
Holiday Art Exhibit & Sale
Benefiting Arts in the Parks
Featuring Art Works by Metro Parks' Staff and Students
December 7-21, 2007
Centennial Art Center’s gallery will be filled with works by painting teachers Harry Denson, Ron Epps, Hazel King, Lafayette Mitchell
and Kathy Tupper and their students. 3-D works in pottery and sculpture by Kathy Carter, Lena Lucas and Wanda McMahan and their
students will round out the many ‘one-of-a-kind’ original works that will be for sale, making this an excellent holiday shopping
opportunity. Metro Parks provides a variety of quality arts classes in dance, music, drama, crafts and visual
arts at an affordable rate – some even free. Art sales will benefit Arts in the Parks, a nonprofit organization supporting Metro
Parks art classes. An opening reception will be held on Friday, December 7 from 5:00 -7:00 pm.
MUSIC
Jam Band Concert
Metro Parks Youth Jam Band
Z. Alexander Looby Theatre
Friday, December 7, 2007
Featuring six youth bands with participants ranging from elementary to high school age, under the
direction of Metro Parks' Sam Frazee. The bands will perform original material as well as classic hits. This free event begins
at 7:00 pm.
PARTHENON
West Gallery
Exhibit
The Pettest of Pets: Paintings by Erin Harmon
September 28 -January 5, 2007
Harmon’s intricate
technique, manipulation of decorative elements, and psychological self-exploration create fascinating and at times disturbing environments.
Each of Harmon’s finished works
comprises up to thirty layers of paint, suspending painted images and decorative elements
between pours of varnish. What appears at first glance to be a “pretty” painting turns out to be a psychological setting in which
Harmon’s characters, including hyper-feminine versions of herself, explore dichotomies of identity: submission and aggression; male and female; predator and prey. In both the actual and the metaphorical sense, there is a lot going
on beneath the surface.
East Gallery
Exhibit
Mythos: Assemblages by
Maureen McCabe
October 19 - January 12, 2007
Inspired by the
modern relevance of ancient Greek mythology, Maureen McCabe has created a series of new works for her exhibit at the Parthenon. These assemblages take the form of a three dimensional collage and can include miniatures, natural materials, small toys, and found objects.
McCabe’s works include objects collected during her travels around the globe, including a recent trip to Athens, Greece. In addition to the new assemblages she created specifically for the Parthenon venue, work from four decades of McCabe’s career will be
on view. Throughout her career, McCabe’s witty, exquisite creations have explored the themes of fortune, fate, luck, and
chance.
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