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Al Bunetta, the colorful manager, record-label chief and music-business raconteur who'd worked with John Prine for more than four decades, died Sunday night after being diagnosed recently with cancer. He was 72. Friends say Bunetta had complained just two weeks ago of "a little stomach problem." That turned out to be pancreatic cancer. After being...

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Marking the first time works by Michelangelo have ever been exhibited in Nashville, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts proudly presents Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, on view from October 30, 2015, through January 6, 2016. The Casa Buonarroti, the artist's family home in Florence, Italy, possesses...

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Trattoria Il Mulino, the restaurant opening in the lobby of the Hilton Nashville Downtown, has announced opening dates and there's good news for Italian lovers — you don't have long to wait.   The restaurant, owned by the New York City-based restaurant group Il Mulino, will have a soft opening Monday for dinner service only. Lunch and brunch...

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When the Victoria and Albert Museum in London started working on the first comprehensive, large-scale exhibition covering the last 70 years of Italian fashion just four years ago, the Frist Center for Visual Arts in Nashville jumped at the chance to host the show stateside.   The city had already proved its thirst for fashion when the center...

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The Italian Festival of Lights kicked off its weekend activities at the Bicentennial Mall State Park. The festival began Friday at noon in downtown Nashville. Dozens of vendors set up their tents and displays earlier that morning. Each year, the festival promises the sights and sounds of Italy - Music City Style.   Festival goers c...

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Trattoria Il Mulino inside the Hilton Downtown offers a serene modern space for fine dining; the transformation from sports bar to chic restaurant alone gives Nashvillians another reason to become tourists in their own city.   My review tells two sides: One that lives up to hype of the New York Italian dining establishment after which it is...

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by Getahn Ward A St. Louis-based celebrity chef is bringing his causal Italian concept to Nashville with a location that should open next summer at the OneC1TY mixed-use campus on Charlotte Avenue. Pastaria Nashville will be James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef Gerard Craft's first restaurant outside of his adopted Missouri hometown and...

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Reservations-only, fine-dining Italian restaurant Tartufo Nashville has targeted a June 10 opening at the Midtown building formerly occupied by eateries Magnolia South and Mambu.   In addition to dining rooms for 48 patrons, the 4,500-square-foot restaurant at 1808 Hayes St. will have a small bar, a piano lounge and an outdoor covered patio...

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Name: Paulette Licitra, aka Chef Paulette Current occupation: Chef/cooking instructor. She teaches Italian cooking classes out of her home in Nashville. Licitra completed her professional culinary studies at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York City and cooked in Mario Batali's restaurant Lupa. Her cookbook, "Italian Cooking Party...

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Friday, September 11th – FREE ADMISSION! Commemorating and celebrating the 100th Birthday of Frank Sinatra! Friday's events feature the rich baritone voice of Lou Galterio and the vocals of Nashville's Ginger Newman and guests. Following the show, dance the night away to the music the Radio Daze Big Band!   Upgrade to Reserved Seating w...

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