Cycling and Recycling at the Tour de Fat
By Jim Hornsby... This year’s Tour De Fat made its first stop of the summer in Nashville’s Centennial Park. Billed as the nation’s most colorful bike festival and filled to the brim with bike-themed fun, it is a sight to behold. Its circus-like midway has three colorful stages, activity tents, concession stands and unique bicycle art installations throughout the grounds. Continue reading
Music at Mansker’s Station
By Laura Blankenship... In the 1780’s and 90’s, survival in the Cumberland area of North Carolina’s western territory (today’s Middle Tennessee) depended on fortified log “stations”, or civilian forts. Settlers would reside in these stations or retreat to them when hostile Native Americans came into the area. Although the pioneers enjoyed good relations with some tribes, others were determined to drive the settlers away and worked in alliance with the British, and later, the French and Spanish to do so. Continue reading
Bookman Bookwoman Steps It Up
By Pamela Sherborne... Bookman Bookwoman bookstore has been located in the same small eclectic retail area of Nashville for more than 15 years and, for most of those years, little has changed for this independent, used and rare bookstore business. Of course, book titles changed as they rose in popularity and then waned. Continue reading
The Chestnut Square Art Co-op
by Jesse Mathison... Kuntal steps back, studying the lines and shape on the canvas, trying to find a balance of color. While his work is certainly not post-impressionistic, color very much plays its role. In this particular piece--a pastel portrait of Mohandas Gandhi--bold lines are emphasized by their rich color, shades of purple, yellow, and a metallic grey that is almost cobalt. Continue reading
Art Beyond The Canvas
Dancing Noodle Magazine celebrates the creative work of writers, photographers, artists and artisans in Middle Tennessee. Our ever-expanding publication is dedicated to seeking out unusual, often overlooked forms of art and bringing their deserving creators into the spotlight. Contributors vary from month to month, offering discovery and opinion from a fresh point of view.
