Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2020 i Nashville Lifestyles Magazine

“The truth is, Black music and American music are inseparable,” says Tuwisha Rogers-Simpson. She is the vice president of brand and partnerships for the highly anticipated National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM), set to open January 18, 2021. “The story of the city and how it has built itself to get to where it is today is similar to the story of Black music in America. We believe that this is the right city to tell this story,” says Rogers-Simpson. “It is in our name, the National Museum of African American Music. Nashville really is the centralized place and crossroads of America.” Soon NMAAM will tell that story to a large audience, from a high-profile location at the Fifth + Broadway mixed-use development. The opening of the museum, like…

The month of December isn’t just about the joy of giving, but the gift of community. Giving back to the people around us—friends, family, and strangers alike—is important every year, but in 2020 it feels paramount. We’ve compiled 10 businesses that are not only community hubs, but also partners of the city of Nashville, dedicating their businesses to giving back to its communities. HUMPHREY’S STREET COFFEE Partnered with Harvest Hands, an organization that works to provide opportunities for youth in South Nashville to promote community, Humphrey’s Street was created as a resource to match students with afterschool employment and mentorship. All of their profits are filtered back into programs and scholarships to give students better opportunities financially, academically, and economically. (humphreysstreet.com) CHRISTIE COOKIE CO. It’s no secret that our healthcare…

Carrie Underwood knows the world needs more than a little Christmas right now. Luckily, she planned ahead, recording her first holiday album, My Gift early in 2020. These days, the album has taken on new meaning for Underwood and for her fans. “We got so lucky with this project. We started working on it before everything got shut down,” she says. “It was such a bright spot in my year because I got to have Christmas real early. I got to go in and sing these songs and just feel that joy early in the year.” That joy echoes throughout My Gift, a project years in the making. Underwood, who has toured and recorded steadily for the past 15 years, is a seven-time Grammy Award winner and a five-time CMA…

Chic Slippers Just because you’re stuck at home doesn’t mean you can’t look fabulous. These plush yet polished Dolce Vita Haiden Slippers are the perfect gift for the fashionista who doesn’t want to sacrifice beauty for comfort. $70 (e.Allen Boutique; eallenboutique.com) Let It Glow Give the gift of great skin with products from Revision Skincare, including Intellishade®, a 5-in-1 daily anti-aging tinted moisturizer with broad-spectrum SPF 45 ($75); and the Limited Edition Café Dulce Cleansing Scrub, an energizing pick-me-up for your skin. $45 (revisionskincare.com) Wine For a Cause ONEHOPE Wine gives back to a number of causes through the ONEHOPE Foundation. In fact, every bottle of ONEHOPE’S Holiday Etched Shimmer collection (Sparkling Brut) supports childhood hunger through WhyHunger—the company has provided more than three million meals to people fighting hunger…

Almost six million Americans have Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and many live in a long, lonely silence. Families are forced to watch their loved ones fade away, losing their connections to the world around them before their lives, and until now the treatments were often as heartbreaking as the disease. But a simple playlist of music has just been proven to help in ways big pharma can’t. You may have seen the effect in viral videos online, with blank-faced seniors seeming to come back to life as they listen to tunes from their happier days. Or perhaps you caught the feature film Alive Inside, which first brought the phenomenon to public attention in 2014. Spearheaded by the non-profit Music & Memory, more than 5,000 healthcare organizations in the…

A few months into COVID-19 quarantine, frequent travelers began to determine what their limits would be when it came time to venture out. Some were comfortable wrangling a Winnebago for extended cross-country sightseeing while others preferred to hunker down at home, crafting detailed itineraries for where they’d explore “once the world reopened.” And then there was a third group. Dedicated globetrotters who wanted to travel as they always had but with a new emphasis on enhanced safety precautions in the form of masks, travel packs of wipes, and 3-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer. As initial bookings at the Resort at Paws Up outside Missoula began to dip just slightly last March, the owners and staff reexamined every aspect of their hospitality program, noting where they could improve in order to…

Fine hotel dining was once defined by French haute cuisine, where elaborate, labor-intensive dishes highlighting exotic/expensive ingredients and an indulgent use of butter and cream, were artfully plated and served tableside with flourish. When tapped to create the definitive restaurant for The Grand Hyatt, Sean Brock drew inspiration from this era; in bringing The Continental to life, the award-winning chef enlivened this classic while retaining its character. Dining at The Continental is steeped in tradition, yet utterly modern. “The idea is to truly embrace and be inspired by the original great American hotel restaurants, to invigorate the spirit of those historic dishes” said Brock. “This will be a place for diners to share a satisfying and leisurely meal together, host a power lunch, or partake in celebration. The Continental will…

The December holidays, like all of 2020, are going to be a little different this year. We probably won’t have those jam-packed weekends of one party after another. The office holiday celebration is not going to be a rager (can you rage on Zoom?). Even the annual Nashville Christmas Parade is virtual. You know what is a completely safe, socially distanced, time-honored holiday tradition? Drive-thru Christmas light displays! Pile your quarantine pod into your car with a third row of seats; grab the masks, the sanitizer, and the hot chocolate; fill up the tank; and check out our guide to the best places to see lights dance before your eyes. A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS AT GAYLORD OPRYLAND The mammoth hotel, as always, has family-friendly festivities planned for the whole season, including…

DOLLY PARTON • A Holly Dolly Christmas It’s hard to believe the Queen of Country Music herself, Ms. Dolly Parton, hasn’t released any Christmas music in the last 30 years. But after a rough year, Dolly Claus is here to save us all with a holiday album aptly titled A Holly Dolly Christmas. The festive record includes traditional songs sung as only Dolly can—including her take on “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” and “Holly Jolly Christmas.” There are also star-studded duets from some of the icon’s most notable friends, including Miley Cyrus, Michael Bublé, Jimmy Fallon, and more. The entire album is a yuletide must-listen, but the cherry on top is Dolly’s pairing with Willie Nelson on his 1960s holiday classic “Pretty Paper.” “I’ve never been more excited about…

Kohlrabi When Chef Hrant Arakelian and his wife Elizabeth Endicott opened their East Nashville restaurant Lyra, they wanted to pay homage to Arakelian’s Armenian roots by creating eclectic fare that showcases those flavors. “Nearly everything on our menu is very spice driven,” he explains. “It adds another dimension to the food.” His recipe for kohlrabi and apple salad is no exception to that spice-driven inspiration. Like many great recipes, the salad came together rather serendipitously. The sweet, peppery kohlrabi, punctuated by the heat and zing of pepper-infused honey vinegar feels right at home during this season of colder temps, but Arakelian says the salad works well “no matter what the weather.” (Lyra, 935 W. Eastland Ave., 615-928-8040; lyranashville.com) —Trisha Boyer Kohlrabi and Apple Salad Courtesy of Chef Hrant Arakelian, Lyra…