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Fiesta Mexicana, a musical adventure featuring the rich and lively sounds of traditional Mexican music and dance, continues TPAC's Family Field Trip series, Saturday, December 5, at 2:00 p.

Davis-Kidd Booksellers and the Orpheum will co-host a special Wizard of Oz Holiday Breakfast on Saturday, Dec.

Nashville Opera's production of Philip Glass' The Fall of the House of Usher was one of the most successful in the company's 29 year history.

Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, an exhibition exploring the human need for heroes through the arts of one of the oldest and most influential cultures in history, will open in the Frist Center's Upper-Level Galleries January 29, 2010, and remain on view through April 25, 2010.

Like hundreds, maybe even thousands, of other Nashvillians before and since, Carolyn German would walk through the lobby of the Z.

The Youth Actor's Guild of Pull-Tight Players is proud to present The Match Girl's Gift, a Christmas show for the whole family.

Director/playwright Robert A.

The Nashville Symphony's Naxos recording of French composer Maurice Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Spells) and Shéhérazade has just received a GRAMMY® nomination in the category of Best Classical Album.

Somebody's stolen Santa's Christmas Magic and a crafty young girl and some of her special friends have joined forces to get it back in the Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre presentation of Sarah and the Secret of Santaland, a new play by J.

In Europe, the Nazis had invaded Poland, in Washington, D.

The Nashville Associaton of Art Dealers (NAAD), an art gallery membership located in neighborhoods all over Music City, will continue its citywide gallery alliance with Art After Hours on Thursday, December 3, from 5 to 8 p.

David Alford, former artistic director of Tennessee Repertory Theatre, will emcee the event that will feature the entire roster of GrandVista's artists, including the 30-piece Orchestra Mastrangelo, Perry Danos, Marty Raybon, Shelean Newman and the GrandVista Kids.

The Nashville-based actor is always onstage, getting ready to onstage, recovering from being onstage - well, you get the drift - Brian Russell works a lot.

Hansel and Gretel plays Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.

The Nashville Symphony celebrates the holiday season with a trio of seasonal offerings.

Internationally renowned musical theatre producer/director Hugh Wooldridge will lead a master class on musical theatre for Tennessee Repertory Theatre on Monday, November 30, from 6 to 9 p.

Mark Cabus' A Christmas Carol will be performed at 7:30 p.

Directed by the multi-talented Tim Fudge, who does double duty as music director of the piece, Sanders Family Christmas is an affectionately drawn tribute to simpler times that is sure to evoke memories of home and hearth - and if you're country-born, as am I, you'll find yourself missing family mem

Boiler Room Theatre presents their annual Double Header Holiday with two great holiday shows playing in repertory.

Street Theatre Company will bring The Great American Trailer Park Musical to the stage in Nashville from November 13-29.

The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's residentprofessional theatre company, will present two Christmas shows in repertory for theupcoming holiday season.

Boiler Room Theatre presents their annual Double Header Holiday with two great holiday shows playing in repertory.

Calendar of Events December 1-February 15, 2009 OF SPECIAL NOTE IN DECEMBER: Thursday, December 3 Off the Wall Lecture Series:

Nashville's UNTITLED Artists' Group welcomes you to the festivities this holiday season at its 2009 Winter show 'THE ISLAND OF MISFIT ART', Friday, December 11 from 6 to 10 pm.

'2009's theme, Step Into The Future, was very much about establishing a brand reputation for us,' explained ART's artistic director Jeff Obafemi Carr.