Innholdsfortegnelse for February 2019 i Nashville Lifestyles Magazine

The T.J. Martell Foundation will host its 11th annual Nashville Honors Gala on February 25 at the Omni Hotel. It’s a night dedicated to honoring outstanding leaders in the Nashville community and music industry. Music groups Kings of Leon, receiving the Spirit of Nashville Award, and Alabama, who will receive the Tony Martell Lifetime Entertainment Achievement Award, are just two of the names among this year’s honorees. “Each honoree has made such an impact in this community and continues to be integral in their field or lane,” co-chair Becky Garden-hire says. Since 2009, the event has raised more than $3.5 million to fund research geared toward finding a cure for cancer. “Every year the gala is an event that not only honors amazing, deserving members of our Nashville community but…

American Pop by Snowden Wright (William Morrow) When Houghton Forster invents a new, tasty, fizzy soda at the turn of the twentieth century, an empire is born. Wright’s second novel, American Pop blends fact and fiction as the Atlanta-based author explores the making of American royalty. As Forster ages, he will have to decide which of his four children is capable of taking over the family soda business and heading up an American legacy. (Available February 5.) Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken (Ecco) Bertha Truitt is the town local that keeps everyone talking. After being found unconscious in a cemetery with only a bowling ball, a candlepin, and 15 pounds of gold, Bertha marries the doctor who revives her. Soon after, she opens a bowling alley and then dies in a…

For Tracy Guarino, creating a Zen aesthetic for her 11,328-square-foot home was essential. She leads an active and colorful life as an entrepreneur, which is why she conspired with interior designer Ray Booth to imbue a sense of tranquility throughout the home’s interior. “I need that,” Guarino says. “I’m going, going, all the time.” Guarino’s home is located among the wide lawns and long driveways of Forest Hills in the gated community of Bancroft. Reverberating with Mediterranean grandeur, the home stretches languidly across six acres, its two stories of native stone and exotic wood topped with a rust-colored, barrel tile roof. While the exterior hints at classic architecture, within lies an ode to modernity. The open floor plan beyond the front door offers copious space, ultrahigh ceilings, and the grayscale…

Around the time we were opening Folk, Teresa Mason was working on re-opening Wilburn Street Tavern. It ended up being just a perfect juxtaposition of two businesses that are very different but also somewhat similar. We both, I think, want to create places where we want to hang out. That’s the way I always feel about restaurants. If I’m going to do something, I want it to be something that I want to consume and Folk was about being able to do that on the reg. I think she felt that way, too. And everything she does is really thoughtful. It’s not overdone. She’s DIY about putting things together, you know, like finding all the banquettes and chairs, and fixtures at the flea market. Her general approach to it is…

Lincoln Park is so picturesque and family-friendly, that it’s pretty amazing to have an option where you can live like a local. Hotel Lincoln, a Joie de Vivre Hotel, has a funky vibe and puts you in walkable distance from both the park and lake. If you want to stay in the heart of it all, the luxurious Palomar Chicago, a Kimpton Hotel, lands you dangerously close to the American Girl and Lego stores inside Water Tower Place—plus, a year-round indoor pool hits the spot. Wicker Park is a destination in its own right. This hip neighborhood should be on your list to explore, and it’s easy enough to get back and forth to the city. If you’re traveling with older kids, the newly remodeled The Robey has various bunk…

Explore Forest Park Attractions (all ages) With half a dozen cultural stops, including the phenomenal St. Louis Zoo and St. Louis Art Museum, plus restaurants, historic landmarks, and a natural landscape punctuated with scenic falls, water activities, and wetland nature reserves, it’s easy to spend a whole day in Forest Park. As an added bonus, many of the museums are free, making it an affordable way to spend the day. Ride through Grant’s Farm (all ages) The 281-acre ancestral home of the Busch family (think: Budweiser) is the backdrop for an open-tram journey across a farm where the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales, buffalo, elephants, camels, kangaroos, donkeys, goats, peacocks, and many other animals roam. Up close animal encounters, shows, and camel and carousel rides round out the agenda. Marvel at City…

Few things are more satisfying to the soul than made-from-scratch baked goods. From perfectly proofed cinnamon rolls to luxurious cakes decorated with love, Brightside Bakeshop and Baked on 8th both offer a variety of tasty treats to answer the call. BAKED ON 8TH Leah and Adam Carmean, the couple behind Baked on 8th, met while working at a large-scale bakery, back in 2008. Their careers would take them in different directions, but nearly a decade later, they both lost their jobs within the same week. With more than 20 years of combined bakery experience between them, plus Leah’s entrepreneurship degree from Belmont, and Adam’s culinary background, the couple decided it was time to realize their dream of opening a bakery. They found an affordable spot on a less-developed section of…

Lucie Rice had a big year. Literally. The illustrator, who moved to Nashville with her husband in 2007, has had a career of small-scale work, executing detailed drawings for magazines, books, and corporate clients. But in the last year, everything expanded. Inside the Children’s Gallery at the new Tennessee State Museum is a floor-to-ceiling, all-encompassing look at the Volunteer State drawn by Rice. Those who stand in line for tickets in the new box office at the Grand Ole Opry will be greeted by Nashville-themed wallpaper based on Rice’s designs, and on Lower Broadway, Ole Red Nashville features her whimsy on a multi-floor mural (another is in the works for Ole Red Gatlinburg). We asked her about the year everything got big. (lucierice.com) Age: 39 When things started growing: Rice…

He was a banking tycoon. She redesigned the White House Rose Garden. Together, they bred and raced horses, too. The late Paul and Rachel “Bunny” Mellon also collected art with the passion of the Medici, assembling an exquisite collection that spanned seven homes and decades of marriage. A Vincent van Gogh painting, “Daisies, Arles,” hung above a bathtub at their Virginia estate. Works by Degas and Cézanne were propped on mantels and chairs. Launching this month at the Frist Art Museum, the exhibition features more than 70 works. “Van Gogh, Monet, Degas: The Mellon Collection of French Art” will be on display from February 2 to May 5. The art spans the 19th and early 20th centuries, including works by Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Henri Rousseau,…

CALE TYSON narcissist Cale Tyson explores the darker contours of a mind in turmoil on narcissist, four vulnerable, bare-bones tracks written and recorded over a three-day stream of consciousness. Imaginative and defined by shoe-gazing melancholy, Tyson takes another step away from his early honky tonk. LEAH NOBEL Running In Borrowed Shoes Leah Nobel brings a journalist’s curiosity to her album, Running in Borrowed Shoes. Interviewing 100 random people, she stitches their stories into intimate songs, which trace the big picture of humanity, bringing expressive, compassionate vocals to bear on a batch of radio-friendly roots pop tunes. FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Superstars Florida Georgia Line reaffirm their roots on their fourth album, Can’t Say I Ain’t Country. Fusing some of their most “country” sounding work to date…

Working primarily with charcoal and pencil, artist Sydney Clawson crafts detailed, take-up-the-wall sketches. Her portraits bring subjects to life, including music legends, like Chris Stapleton, Stevie Nicks, and Don Williams as well as famed actors, like Leonardo DiCaprio and Marilyn Monroe. Uninspired by a high school drawing assignment, Clawson took it upon herself to explore new artistic horizons. Instead of opting to do the assigned illustration of a simple object, she drafted a portrait from a photo she’d taken on a recent trip to Sudan. “It was kind of funny because I didn’t know I had that ability until that moment,” she says. “And neither did anyone else, because we hadn’t really been challenged on that level.” Clawson enrolled in Lee University and was the third person to graduate from…

From entrepreneurs to fitness trainers, chefs to emergency physicians, this year’s class of eligible singles is giving Nashville plenty to talk about. For their full profiles, go to nashvillelifestyles.com.…

Located close to Central Park on the Upper West Side, Hotel Beacon is in close proximity to several family attractions. One- and two-bedroom suites with small kitchens (and a market across the street) mean you don’t have to rush out for every meal. Nu Hotel lets you live like a local family in stroller-packed Boerum Hill. Free breakfast and Wi-Fi, plus loaner bikes, baby bathtubs, toddler step stools, and high chairs upon request, make this Brooklyn hotel a great option for those who don’t mind hopping on the subway (just a few steps away) to get to Manhattan. Space and location come at a premium in the city. Millennium Hilton in the Financial District offers moderately priced rooms (suites are also available) with plenty of space and amenities. The central…

THE WIZARD OF OZ 810 Dorothy touches down at TPAC this month. Just in time for the 80th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, TPAC is bringing the story of Dorothy and her red slippers back for three days, February 8 to 10. Katherine Walker Hill, who plays Aunt Em/Glinda the Good Witch, says the show is “a classic celebration of the original film with a few modern elements.” It will include songs from the 1939 MGM film, such as “Over the Rainbow” and “If I Only Had a Brain.” Although the TPAC production is an homage to the original, Hill notes there will be “technical elements that can only occur through the magic of live theatre.” Speaking on the film’s popularity that has spanned across time, Hill says, “I…

“Man, it’s like that moment every touring artist cherishes,” says TobyMac, talking about getting back on the road. His latest album—the first in three years—The Elements was released in October. To celebrate, he’s taking his tour across the country to 37 arenas, stopping in Nashville to play Bridge-stone Arena on February 8. Along the way, Jeremy Camp, Jordan Feliz, Ryan Stevenson, We Are Messengers, and Aaron Cole will join him. The HITS DEEP Tour is just that: a night of each artist’s greatest hits, whether it’s two or 15. On playing new songs such as “I just need U.” and “Everything” from the new album, TobyMac says it’s the moment “where everything comes together. I put the record out, [the fans] got it, it seems like they enjoy it, and…

Concert Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a-Traveling In composer Hannibal Lokumbe’s requiem Crucifixion Resurrection: Nine Souls a-Traveling, classical and jazz musicians memorialize nine victims of a 2015 mass shooting at a Charleston, South Carolina church. Intersection, Nashville’s professional contemporary music ensemble, presents this concert with Fisk University at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 at Fisk Memorial Chapel. Pre-concert activities include a 6 p.m. “Walk of Love” and a talk by a survivor of the 1963 bombing at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. “The main message is of forgiveness and celebration,” says Intersection’s founder, Kelly Corcoran. “At the end, it feels like this joyous, exuberant explosion of energy.” (intersectionmusic.org) Ballet Lucy Negro Redux In a modern move, Nashville Ballet’s Lucy Negro Redux explores the theory that the mysterious “Dark Lady”…

The term “cowboy” works as both an adjective and a noun. “A cowboy resolve,” for instance, contains perhaps more meaning and modification than “a resolved cowboy.” The grammatical distinction is important because, for a young girl growing up on the plains of rural Montana, becoming a cowboy never required her to be a boy. As a child, Bozeman-born country artist and entrepreneur Stephanie Quayle dreamt of someday possessing the leadership skills and decisiveness of the ranchers who patrolled the world around her. “If you’re on a ranch with 200 heads of cattle and something goes awry, all these different things can happen in the course of a moment,” she says. “You have to react quickly. You have to react analytically.” Quayle’s upcoming single “If I Was A Cowboy,” penned by…

Our bar scene is officially booming. Whether you like your drinks stiff or sweet, it’s easier than ever to find your kindred spirit. From rooftop lounges to island-inspired dance bars, this year’s crop of hot spots are bringing more than great cocktails to Music City. RAMBLER COCKTAIL BAR The striking neon-light accents at Rambler Cocktail Bar are defining characteristics of the space, but the bar is invisible from the street. Located underneath the Sutler Saloon in Melrose, down a flight of low-lit wooden steps, behind a pair of blue-green doors, splashes of purple and pink flood the room. Abstract murals and a large neon “R” adorn the walls.The cocktails, by contrast, are simple and straightforward, but no less memorable. At small candlelit tables and booths guests can enjoy a long…

Within walking distance of Forest Park, The Cheshire boasts a unique mix of Midwestern warmth coupled with English-inspired décor. Complimentary breakfast, daily coffee and tea service, an outdoor pool and courtyard, and themed suites, like the “Romeo and Juliet,” make this hotel a family favorite. The Moonrise Hotel, located on the bustling Delmar Loop, transports guests out of the city and into space. This pet-friendly boutique hotel, outfitted in a mod lunar theme, complete with robots, rocket ships, and a giant moon on the roof, is a fun place for kids to rest their heads. Located at the corner of Forest Park and less than 10 miles from Grant’s Farm, The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta offers a luxurious, kid-friendly experience at reasonable rates. With three onsite restaurants, a Santé…

Whether you’re celebrating love with a partner, a friend, or an evening by yourself, it’s time to pour a celebratory bottle of wine at home. For a few recommendations, we tapped Robin Riddell Jones, owner of Tavola, who teaches wine classes, provides a delivery-service wine club, and consults on restaurant wine lists. Here, she offers her top selections sourced from Woodland Wine Merchant. The store provided the tasting notes while Jones made suggestions on what dishes to prepare alongside them. (Bottles available at Woodland Wine Merchant; 1001 Woodland St., 615-228-3311; woodlandwinemer chant.com . Tavola; tavolawine.com ) GOBELSBURGER GRUNER VELTLINER, $18 A vibrant white with complex minerality, this bottle is a good match for vegetables. What to eat with it: “Gruner has the ability to…