Nashville, TN, November 27 - Improv Nashville presents “Priorities: A Christmas Sketch Comedy Show” two nights only, Saturdays, December 9th and December 16th at 8:00pm, at The 12th South Arts Center.

We all admit the holidays are more commercial than ever, and Improv Nashville hopes to shed some light on America’s continuously narrowing preferences during these so-called “happy holidays.” Their original sketch comedy revue show reveals the irreverent choices between family, work, gifts, etc. and how we assign a value to these things.

Improv Nashville has been packing houses across Middle Tennessee this past year with their improv comedy shows and was voted “Best New Improv Group” by The Nashville Scene. “Since several of our troupe members had a prior background in sketch comedy, it seemed like a natural progression to do a Christmas sketch comedy show,” says Scott Field, co-founder of Improv Nashville. “Plus this season of family and social obligations provides us with plenty of fodder to create comedy.” (more…)

Punctuate Your Thanksgiving Holiday with a Collards & Caviar Productions presentation of “Having Our Say” a play by Emily Mann, adapted from the book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth.

Collards & Caviar, is Nashville’s newest and most unique theater company and they’re off to a terrific start. Their first production, “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery”, a collaboration with SistaStyle Productions and part of the First Annual Shades of Black Showcase, garnered favorable reviews from both The City Paper and The Nashville Pride. (more…)

What happens when East meets West in the world of dance? Join an exciting opportunity to experience Chinese Traditional Dance presented by TPAC. Panelists will discuss how the arts reflect world cultures, specifically highlighting Chinese and Western dance traditions and their influences on each other. Jen-Jen Lin and additional dancers with the Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville will perform excerpts illustrating the mutual inspirations.

Founded in 2002, the mission of Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville is to promote awareness, understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the Chinese arts by presenting visual arts, crafts, performing arts, and culture to the public. CAAN activities include seminars, art exhibitions, classroom teaching, educational workshops, and public programs for children and adults. (more…)

Actor’s Bridge of Nashville presents How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel, which will be their final and most exciting show of the season at the Darkhorse Theatre in Nashville.

How I learned to Drive has been described by the New York Times as a “Superb comic drama… haunting… a lovely, harrowing guide to the crippling persistence of one woman’s memories.” (more…)