Experience Tennessee December Visitors Guide

issue 8 | December 2021

e e s s e n n e T e c n ie r e Exp monthly visitors guide

Columbia Walls For Women mural

+ New Art in ART TOWN! Downtown Tennessee highlight Bell Buckle - Centerville - Winchester

Manchester honors Becky New TN Music Pathways Markers

BBQ in the Big Back Yard

EXPERIENCE TENNESSEE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Becky Buller Honored at 5 the Manchester Conference Center Downtown Tennessee: - Bell Buckle - Centerville - Winchester BBQ in Nashville's Big Back Yard

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New Pathways Marker

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Lady Justice in Columbia

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New Art in Art Town

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Becky Honored

by Manchester The Manchester - Coffee County Conference Center honored local Bluegrass Hall of Famer, Becky Buller, with a photo gallery highlighting the life and career of the star. The gallery can be viewed by the public during regular business hours at the Conference Center, Monday through Friday.

Becky Buller is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and producer from St. James, Minn., who has traversed the globe performing bluegrass music to underwrite her insatiable songwriting habit. Her compositions can be heard on records by Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, to name just a few.

Becky has written songs for Grammy award-winning albums: she co-wrote “Freedom,” the lead-off track of The Infamous Stringdusters 2018 Grammy-winning album Laws of Gravity as well as “The Shaker” on The Travelin’ McCoury’s self-titled release that brought home the 2019 Best Bluegrass Grammy.

Conference Center GM Rebecca French with Becky Buller Becky is the recipient of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 Fiddler and Female Vocalist Of The Year as well as the 2020 Collaborative Recording Of The Year for “The Barber’s Fiddle” and the 2020 Song Of The Year for co-writing and fiddling on Special Consensus’ “Chicago Barn Dance.” She was a 2020 nominee for SPBGMA’s Fiddle Player Of The Year as well as being involved as a musician and songwriter on three albums nominated for 2020 Grammys. She was a nominee for the 2021 IBMA Songwriter Of The Year.

She tours extensively with the Becky Buller Band and just released Distance And Time, her third album for the Dark Shadow Recording label, which was a nominee for the 2021 IBMA Album Of The Year award.

Becky is the recipient of 10 IBMA awards, including the 2016 Fiddler and Female Vocalist Of The Year as well as the 2020 Collaborative Recording Of The Year for “The Barber’s Fiddle” and the 2020 Song Of The Year for co-writing and fiddling on Special Consensus’ “Chicago Barn Dance.” She was a 2020 nominee for SPBGMA’s Fiddle Player Of The Year as well as being involved as a musician and songwriter on three albums nominated for 2020 Grammys.

She was a nominee for the 2021 IBMA Songwriter Of The Year.

She tours extensively with the Becky Buller Band and just released Distance And Time, her third album for the Dark Shadow Recording label, which was a nominee for the 2021 IBMA Album Of The Year award.

Becky is also a member of the First Ladies Of Bluegrass, an all-female ensemble composed of the first women to win in their respective instrumental categories at the IBMA awards: Alison Brown (banjo), Missy Raines (bass), Sierra Hull (mandolin), Becky (fiddle), and Molly Tuttle (guitar).

Equally passionate about bluegrass music education, Becky has over 20 years experience teaching fiddle, singing, and songwriting, both privately and at workshops and camps around the world.

She currently serves on the board of the IBMA Foundation.

Becky proudly calls Manchester, Tennessee, her adopted hometown, where she lives with husband, Jeff Haley, and daughter, Romy.

Visit Becky online at BeckyBuller.com.

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Bell Buckle

Downtown Tennessee BELL BUCKLE CENTERVILLE WINCHESTER

By Elena Cawley

A visit to Bell Buckle’s downtown promises an unforgettable dining and shopping experience. You’ll see art everywhere in Bell Buckle – from the store’s shelves and walls to the numerous events held in Bell Buckle.

When it comes to dining experiences, having a meal at Bell Buckle Café will be one to remember. Enjoy delicious food, cozy atmosphere and friendly service at the eatery that has served Bell Buckle’s residents and visitors for decades. The café’s homemade oatmeal cake with caramel sauce is a perfect way to end your meal.

When it comes to dining experiences, having a meal at Bell Buckle Café will be one to remember. Enjoy delicious food, cozy atmosphere and friendly service at the eatery that has served Bell Buckle’s residents and visitors for decades. The café’s homemade oatmeal cake with caramel sauce is a perfect way to end your meal.

Explore Bell Buckle’s downtown and browse the shops. Stores offering antiques and boutiques with charming gifts, home décor, clothing and accessories await you.

Find country painted primitives, architectural pieces, cottage style and vintage pieces at Phillips General Store. At the shop, you’ll also discover hand-painted folk-art furniture by owner Billy Phillips.

Phillips, who’s a Bell Buckle native, will greet you with a smile and be happy to tell you about the history of the town.

At Arlet’s Joy, the shelves are adorned with candles, soaps, home décor items, purses and jewelry. Browse the store, enjoy the aromas and purchase a few pieces to bring back home or gift to a friend.

For more shopping and some ice cream, head to Bluebird Antiques and Ice Cream Parlor. Enjoy homemade waffle cones and handdipped ice cream, old-fashioned banana splits and homemade fudge.

Art is everywhere in Bell Buckle. Appreciate the paintings on the walls of Bell Buckle Café and in the shops. Bell Buckle is a hub for creative minds and home to artists and writers. One of Bell Buckle’s residents is Maggi Vaughn, poet laureate of Tennessee.

You’ll often hear music and see vendors in Bell Buckle’s downtown, as the town hosts multiple events. Attend Bell Buckle RC Cola Moon Pie Festival for games, food, music, art and the largest Moon Pie. Webb School Art and Crafts Show features arts, crafts, artist demonstrations and more than 800 booths. Old Fashioned Christmas invites you to experience sleigh rides with Santa, carolers, a s’mores pit and the look and feel of an old-fashioned holiday.

Centerville Welcome to Centerville’s downtown, filled with shops, fun experiences and art. Centerville is in Hickman County, Tennessee, and sits in the valley of the Duck River.

For delicious food made with fresh, local ingredients, and live music, enter Three Girls Burgers and Fries. You will also see art pieces created by local children on the walls of the eatery.

Explore the area and stop by Centerville Marketplace for antiques, collectibles, books, soaps, pottery, stained glass, jewelry, art, glassware and children's clothing. Browse Remember When, where every visit is like a treasure hunt, to find clothing, soaps, lotions, candles and Southern hospitality.

When you purchase items at the Tender Heart Treasures, you will also be helping the community because the thrift store is a nonprofit benefiting individuals in need.

At the Hickman County Chamber of Commerce, you will discover the Grinders Switch Center, a museum with memorabilia from Minnie Pearl, Del Reeves, Charlie Garner, Blake Shelton, Beth Slater-Whitson and Charlie Daniels. The Chamber of Commerce also hosts the Grinders Switch Hour, a live, 90-minute music show held on Saturdays. The Grinders Switch Hour promotes local talent and is performed live on stage from the Grinders Switch Center.

The show is broadcast live every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. on Kix 96 - WNKX.

To learn more about the region’s history, stop by Hickman County Historical Society, which preserves the heritage of Hickman County.

As you stroll downtown, you’ll see the bright colors of a lovely mural, painted by Columbia artist Whitney Herrington. The mural is part of the Walls for Women project, commemorating the 100th year anniversary of women’s suffrage. The mural is called “Punch Bug’ and features Herrington’s 1974 VW Super Beetle, named Alice, as part of the design.

Centerville’s downtown also hosts various events, so plan a visit when one of the events will be held in town.

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winchester Discover the vibrant downtown area of Winchester, Tennessee, with its architectural delights and historical buildings, housing boutiques, restaurants and coffee shops.

As you enjoy browsing the stores around the Franklin County Courthouse, built in the early 1900s, you’ll notice several murals adding beauty and an artistic touch to the downtown area.

Several boutiques will tempt you with stylish and comfortable designs and unique creations. Meshed, located at 106 1st Avenue SE, offers casual-comfort and timelessstyle pieces, including furniture, home decor, gifts, candles, and accessories. If you prefer gifts that are personalized, stop by Initial It, 111 1st Ave NE. Initial It is a monogram shop, which specializes in personalizing home décor, t-shirts and accessories, and you'll find special gifts for the special people in your life.

When you’re ready for coffee, enjoy a cup of the aromatic drink at Walnut Hill Coffee Company, 100 1st Avenue W, served by friendly baristas, passionate about tasty coffee, delicious food and good company. On Fridays and Saturdays, the scent of fresh flowers mixes with the aromas of coffee, caramel and mocha, as the coffee shop offers fresh blooms by SOULflowers. If you’re in a mood for a cold drink, North High Nutrition, 115 North High Street, offers healthy and delicious options.

In addition to the fun shopping experience and the artistic flair of Winchester’s downtown area, you’ll discover various options for a fantastic dining experience. TaKrai Thai Cuisine, 11 South College Street, invites you to bring your family and friends and enjoy authentic Thai meals. If a delicious crust covered with fragrant sauce, mozzarella, ham and sausage trigger your appetite, enter Piezan Pizzeria Italiano for authentic Italian cuisine.

End a perfect day of exploring Winchester’s downtown area with a movie at the Oldham Theatre. The history of the Art Deco building goes back to the 1940s. While many Art Deco buildings in the country have been destroyed or converted, renovations of the Oldham Theatre have preserved its vintage look and grandeur.

BBQ IN THE BIG BACK YARD BY: GABBY HUNDLEY

Comfort comes before anything else at Papa KayJoe's BBQ in Centerville, Tennessee.

There is so much to look at in this eclectic space from the newspaper cutouts of his daughters’ high school sports achievements to Owner Devin Pickard hopes the vintage signage from across the people who walk through the doors state and nation. of his family-run restaurant consider it an extension of their A staple of the Hickman County own living rooms. community for more than 20 years, Papa KayJoe’s is where you can find Between the comfort food and classic Southern smoked meats and comfortable seating, customers made-from-scratch sides like mac can’t help but want to extend their n’ cheese, white beans, and stay past the moment they’re coleslaw. finished eating. Some even write their names in permanent marker Fill your stomachs and find a new on the 2 x 6 wood paneling that home away from home in adorns the interior walls to Nashville’s Big Back Yard! commemorate their visit.

Grammy-award winning artist Mike Farris was honored Saturday, Nov. 27 by TDTD and the city of Winchester with the installation of a “Tennessee Music Pathways” marker in his hometown. At the marker reveal, Farris, along with local leaders, spoke about the importance of this commemoration. The unveiling also kicked off Mike Farris and the Fortunate Few’s holiday concert at Winchester’s Honeysuckle Pavilion.

COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE

LADY JUSTICE

By Kristin Luna DMA-events

Columbia is the latest city to join the state-wide public art movement Walls for Women that gives women opportunities to paint original murals on large-scale walls across Tennessee. Tullahomabased nonprofit DMA-events launched this project in 2020 in conjunction with the centenary of the 19th Amendment and Tennessee’s place as the 36th and final state to vote in favor of women. The Columbia mural, Lady Justice, was completed on Nov. 5.

“How exciting to see this beautiful mural Lady Justice completed. It’s so colorful and creates a bright spot in an otherwise unnoticed area,” stated Kellye Murphy, Tourism & Marketing Director for Visit Columbia. “We jumped at the opportunity to join the Walls for Women mural trail in Tennessee as we work to find more ways to bring greater attention to the arts.”

The Walls for Women trail now includes Tullahoma, McMinnville, Maryville, Knoxville, Centerville, Nashville, Nolensville, Sweetwater, Viola and Columbia. This project was sponsored by the City of Columbia and Sunbelt Rentals who provided the equipment.

“We are grateful for this partnership with the city of Columbia, in particular to tourism director Kellye Murphy who understood the power of this project from day one and worked tirelessly to find us a perfect wall to use as a canvas,” DMA-events president Kristin Luna said. “We’re also thankful that Patriot Rail trusted the vision and allowed us to paint on the rail line’s property, a very prominent wall along Carmack Boulevard.”

For this project, DMA-events tapped Nashville-based muralist Tara Aversa, who has painted other murals for the organization in the past. When tasked with coming up with a concept, she chose to honor the strong women in her life, starting with her late grandmother, and spent the better part of a week in late-October and early-November painting through rain, wind and extreme cold.

“Lady Justice is dedicated to the Maurillo sisters—my grandmother Constance and her sisters who came from a large Italian family and grew up in New York,” she explains. “Connie Aversa is the rose in the lower right corner, the big white daisy is for my Aunt Pearl, the peony for my Aunt Sue, the white flowers with golden centers are for Aunt Antoinette, and the sunflower is for my Aunt Carm, who passed away while I was painting this piece.

“When I started working on the design for this mural, I wanted to include symbolic flowers for different people in my life who have passed on, then it turned out in the middle of painting it, Carmella —the last living sister—died suddenly,” continues Aversa. “We’re a WWW.FRAMEMAG.COM | 20 tightknit family with a bunch of strong, strong women, and I wanted to honor that bond and resilience in this piece.

About Tara Aversa Tara Aversa has painted ever since she could hold a paint brush. She wasn’t classically trained, but rather watched her mother when she painted. In her early years, Tara mainly painted architecture and landscapes in nature; since then, her work has evolved over time and now has a much wider range of artistic ability and style.

Her work tends to be bold and very vibrant in color, but she also loves painting simple line work for a timeless look. With more than 50 murals painted in four short years, she has continued to keep her passion alive by exploring new ways to give life to blank walls all over the South. Tara created DMA’s first ever mural, the iconic American flag magnolia, as well as Bertha the octopus in Tullahoma.

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TULLAHOMA, TN, Nov. 30, 2021 — This week, Tullahoma residents will see a new mural pop up in the downtown corridor. Last summer, nonprofit DMA-events applied for and received an Arts Build Communities grant through the Tennessee Arts Commission on behalf of the Coffee County Literacy Council. Ascend Federal Credit Union stepped in to provide the additional funding needed to move the project forward.

“Ascend has always had such a big presence in this community and does a lot of good for so many local organizations,” says DMA-events President Kristin Luna, a Tullahoma native. “We’re thrilled to team up with the company on this positive piece promoting literacy in both my hometown and theirs.”

The Literacy Council was founded in 1988 with the guiding purpose to provide education for those who don't have a high school diploma, as well as supply resources and materials like books to the schools in Coffee County. Two years ago, the council launched a program in the county jail to provide classes to the incarcerated, many of whom were without a high school diploma. To date, more than 100 inmates have successfully completed the course and graduated; when they leave prison, they have a credential to help them get a job, which aids their families and the local economy while simultaneously reducing recidivism.

Due to a mall renovation, the Book Shelf—the public-facing arm of Coffee County's Literacy Council that funds many of the nonprofit’s efforts—was relocated to a city-owned building with low visibility along the railroad in April 2021. In September, Luna and her partner Scott van Velsor put a fresh coat of paint on the secondhand bookstore’s building and adjoining cinderblock wall, which is owned by Sharon and Norman Blair of Memories Antiques. The Blair’s have been partners in previous mural projects and have again donated their wall for this community public art. In turn, DMA tapped Eric “Mobe” Bass to paint a literature-themed mural as a way to spread awareness about the work the Book Shelf is doing for literacy.

“Ascend’s hometown is Tullahoma, and we have tremendous pride in this city,” said Caren Gabriel, president and CEO of Ascend Federal Credit Union. “This mural makes our downtown area even more beautiful and encourages literacy, a worthy and beneficial cause. Ascend is also committed to educating Middle Tennesseans about financial literacy and the benefits of money management, budgeting and investing.”

About Eric Bass Eric “Mobe” Bass is one of the most prolific artists in the Southeast. His artistic process began as a child rooting from real life experience and heartbreak; now, his primary source of inspiration for his richly diverse subject matter comes from being a father, as well as exploring nature, hiking and rock climbing.

His art is characterized by realistic portraiture and a playful use of light sources. Mobe's works are displayed in several private residences throughout the world, as well as on hundreds of public walls in Nashville and other cities across the United States. This will be his third mural in Coffee County for DMA-events.

About DMA-events, Inc. Kristin Luna and Scott van Velsor started 501(c)(3) DMAevents in May 2018 as a way to harness and inspire the imaginative spirit found in all of humanity by removing some of the barriers to entry of the creative process. In April, DMA-event’s Walls for Women program was awarded the Daughters of the American Revolution’s state public relations and media award for commitment to historic preservation, education and patriotism consistent with the DAR mission. Filmmaker Colin Shuran also made a documentary about the program titled Walls for Women that has been accepted at festivals like the Toronto Independent Film Festival.

For more information, interviews and images, please contact DMA-events President Kristin Luna at kristinluna@gmail.com or 931-808-9165.

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