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2 0 1 8 j u n e Frist Gala, Cause for Paws, Broadway Brunch, Spring Hunt Ball and more

Into the Wild Jack Hanna, America’s favorite zookeeper, visits the Nashville Zoo

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Tennessee’s First SMILE New and Minimally-invasive Surgery for Myopia (Nearsightedness) is First Major Advance in LASIK Technology in 25 Years, Reducing Dependence on Glasses and Contacts short pulses is used to make small incision in the cornea to create a disc-shaped piece of tissue. This tissue is then removed by the surgeon though the opening which causes the corneal shape to change, permanently changing the prescription.

SMILE has a proven track record of success. It has been used internationally since 2011 and more than 750,000 procedures have been performed worldwide. Dr. Wang noted that currently, the procedure has not been approved to treat large amounts of astigmatism and cannot treat farsightedness and that LASIK is still a better option for a majority of the patients seeking laser vision correction.

The first major advance in LASIK technology in 25 years, the SMILE procedure, was performed in Nashville recently at Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center by its director, internationally renowned ophthalmologist Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIYT (MD, magna cum laude); PhD (laser physics).

“We are extremely very excited to be the first again to introduce the next generation laser correction procedure to the state, helping out patients with this new and minimally invasive procedure,” said Dr. Wang.

Myopia is a common eye condition in which close objects can be seen clearly but distant objects are blurry without correction.

LASIK and PRK have been the main stay treatments for myopia for over two decades.

But SMILE, which stands for SMall Incision Lenticule Extraction, has unique advantages over LASIK. The SMILE surgery is minimally invasive as the surgeon needs only to create a small, precise opening to correct vision. No flap is needed. The laser incision is smaller than 5 millimeters for SMILE, compared to approximately 20 millimeters for LASIK. This

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helps the cornea to retain more of its natural strength and reduces the risk of rare flap complications. Dry eye after SMILE is also reduced compared with LASIK, as nerves responsible for tear production during the cornea remain more intact in SMILE. One of the state’s first SMILE patients was Margaret Coleman, 34, a manager of the world-famous Bluebird Café, in Nashville, which was prominently featured in the ABC TV drama “Nashville”, among others. Ms. Coleman has had poor eyesight all of her life, legal blind in both eyes without correction.

Ms. Coleman’s 3D Laser SMILE procedure went beautifully and she is thrilled to have her crystal clear new vision and newly gained independence on glasses or contacts and being one of the first patients in the state to receive SMILE!

Dr. Ming Wang, a Harvard & MIT graduate (MD, magna cum laude), is the CEO of Aier-USA, Director of Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center and one of the few laser eye surgeons in the world today who holds a doctorate degree in laser physics. He has performed over 55,000 procedures, including on over 4,000 doctors.

Dr. Wang published 8 textbooks and a paper in the world-renowned journal Nature, holds several US patents and performed the world’s first laser-assisted artificial cornea implantation. He established a 501c(3) non-profit charity, Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration, which to date has helped patients from more than 40 states in the U.S. and 55 countries, with all sight restoration surgeries performed free-of-charge. Dr. Wang is the Kiwanis Nashvillian of the Year.

“I am so happy!!!”, exclaimed Margaret at her postop visit.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the VisuMax Femtosecond Laser for SMILE procedure for -1 to -8 D myopia with up to 0.5D astigmatism. During a SMILE procedure, a femtosecond laser with precise

Dr. Ming Wang can be reached at: Wang Vision 3D Cataract & LASIK Center 1801 West End Ave, Suite 1150 Nashville, TN, 37203 615-321-8881 drwang@wangvisioninstitute.com www.wangcataractLASIK.com

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Contents June 2018 | Vol. xxv, No. 6

parties

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A Good Conversation

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Home-Field Advantage

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Centerstone delivers message of hope at Reclaiming Lives

JDRF is the big winner at Promise Gala

Ancient History Transforming the Frist Museum into the Villa of Livia

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Quite Fetching

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Kickin’ It

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Crowning Glory

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Playing Dress-Up

Fashion, fun and a little fur at Cause for Paws

The Power of the Purse Luncheon welcomes Mia Hamm

FiftyForward recognizes noteworthy contributions

features

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Into the Wild

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Travel by Trail

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Quintessentially Southern

departments

Seeds of Kindness

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House Party

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Seeing Stars

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Into the Woods

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Serve a Purpose

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Girl Power

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Step Up to the Plate Sampling some of Nashville’s best restaurants at Generous Helpings

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Bodies in Motion

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Happy Hunting Ground

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Nuptials

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Taking Vows

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Local Flavor

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Arts and Galleries

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Best Behavior

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Pencil In

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Nretrospect

Cheekwood Society Dinner honors top donors

Celebrating Homes of Distinction at 1136 Glenwood Ave.

Brad Paisley headlines the Great Futures Gala

Dinner in the Forest debuts at Owl’s Hill

The Seton Society inducts five new members

Broadway Brunch celebrates fierce females

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Animal expert Jack Hanna opens up about his career, his challenges and his craziest animal encounters

Four historic trails and towns worth exploring this summer

Swan Award recipient Julia Reed talks about Nashville, entertaining and cheese dreams

In Our Words Sharing secrets of Jack Hanna, Julia Reed and more

Behind the Scenes Eleanor Menefee Parkes

Creativity is key at Anything Goes

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New Beginnings

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Welcome to the Jungle

Toasting the future at A Tennessee Waltz

Animal encounters with Jack Hanna at the Nashville Zoo

Wave of the future at O’More Fashion Show

Coming together at the new and improved Spring Hunt Ball

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64 ON THE COVER

Jack Hanna and Trout photographed at the Nashville Zoo by Daniel Meigs. For more on Jack Hanna’s fascinating career, check out our interview on page 64. For coverage of Jack’s fundraising events with the zoo, turn to page 40.

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Swan Ball Auction Dinner, Big Yellow Bird Bash, Boots & Bubbles and more

Latest Nashville weddings

Geer-Petro vows

What’s cooking at Kien Giang and Vui’s Kitchen

Upcoming visual and performing arts

Expert etiquette advice from John Bridges

Calendar of June events

Julia Reed and Swan Balls of the past

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THE CELLINI MOONPHASE A unique interpretation of the cycle of the moon, combining classical elegance with a contemporary touch.

It doesn’t just tell time. It tells history.

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Editorial

Herbert Fox, Jr. Nancy Floyd managing editor Lauren Langston Stewart staff writer Holly Hoffman social correspondent Gloria Houghland contributors Beth Alexander, John Bridges, Whitney Clay, Carrington Fox, Sandy Nelson, Ellen Pryor, Jennifer Puryear, Megan Seling, Abby White, Varina Willse editorial intern Brian Ericson founding editor editor

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Amy Mularski Maggie Bond advertising director Rachel Dean senior account executives Carla Mathis, Heather Cantrell Mullins, Mike Smith, Stevan Steinhart, Jennifer Trsinar account executives Michael Jezewski, Keith Wright sales operations manager Chelon Hasty account coordinator Rachel Hellewell publisher

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IN o ur wo rd s

Cat’s Out of the Bag Sharing secrets of Jack Hanna, Julia Reed and more It’s amazing what you learn about people during a photo shoot. For instance, would you believe that Jack Hanna — America’s foremost animal expert —is allergic to cats? When we photographed him for our cover, he posed with a few different animals, including a 5-week-old leopard cub.

The second the photos were finished, his daughter, who works alongside him at the Columbus Zoo, rushed to his side with an antiseptic wipe to clean off his hands. He laughed as he explained the surprising allergy and told us that he was teased mercilessly about it by David Letterman.

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of his events at the zoo on page 40.

Jack isn’t the only great interview we secured for this issue. We also had a chance to sit down with Swan Award recipient, author and humorist Julia Reed. Learn all about this quintessentially Southern hostess and writer and her secrets to great entertaining on page 75.

This issue is also bursting at the seams with coverage and photos from 30 great parties. We traveled back to ancient Rome at the Frist Gala (page 24), toasted the future of the Tennessee State Museum at A Tennessee Waltz (page 37), walked the runway with Nashville Humane at Cause for Paws (page 28) and experienced a brand new Spring Hunt Ball with the Hillsboro Hounds (page 61). All of that and so much more!

BY NaNcY FloYd

Nancy is a reader of books, rider of bikes and lover of all things local. She lives in East Nashville with her husband, Kyle, and beagle, Gus. Email her at nfloyd@nfocusmagazine.com.

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Eleanor Menefee Parkes Eleanor M enefee Parkes grew up in a family of equestrians. Her parents, Valere and Albert Menefee Jr., were active members in the Hillsboro Hounds, and some of her earliest memories are of watching the hunters off behind the hounds at meets. At 16 years old, she participated in her first hunt. Today she carries on the family tradition as the first female Master of Foxhounds of the Hillsboro Hounds. Invited to the position based on experience, knowledge and ability, Eleanor is honored to give back to the sport she loves and to build on a history that dates back to the 1930s. In addition to serving as Master, she pursues her other passion, combined driving, a three-phase carriage competition that is both elegant and demanding. Eleanor can frequently be found with her hunt horses or driving ponies at her farm in Giles County, but it was in Nashville that we learned more about this accomplished lady.

by Holl y Hoffman pho t ograph by daniel meigs

Do you have an all-time favorite horse? My first hunt was on Panorama Farm in Franklin, riding my dearest horse of all time, a big Belgian/thoroughbred cross named Charlie Brown. He wasn’t handsome, but he was fun and dependable!

What are your duties as Master of Foxhounds? The duties shared among the Masters of any foxhunting group are the oversight of the staff and hounds and the conservation of the land we are allowed to use. There are layers to all aspects, but central is the relationship we have with the landowners, some who share our interest in hunting and some who have for generations allowed us to cross their land even though they do not hunt with us.

Do you have a horse-related bucket list item you’d like to cross off? My “other” equestrian interest is combined driving, which is a cross between threeday eventing and pleasure driving.

I aspire to compete internationally someday!

What are your favorite restaurants and places to go for cocktails? Table 3 and Sperry’s. They are unique from each other but both my “go to” choice.

The Basics

Name: Eleanor Menefee Parkes Professional title: Joint Master of Foxhounds Hometown: Nashville Zip code: 37205 Years in Nashville: All but a handful!

Number of hunting horses you own: Five

What’s the best shop to buy a gift? I find myself in Helen’s Children’s Shop in Green Hills a fair amount as friends and family have babies and grandbabies arriving!

For a quiet getaway, where do you like to go? [I’m] always happiest in the country.

What annual fundraising event do you look most forward to every year? Iroquois Steeplechase What’s your favorite local event?

Since day one, I have been a Predators ticket holder! Love the Preds!

What is one luxury you can’t live without? My horses and ponies What’s your all-time favorite movie? That’s hard because there are so many to consider. The Sound of Music would be a leader in that category.

What trait do you admire most in others? Empathy

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Sanders and Matt Miller

Kate Grayken, Jana Davis, Ellen Martin and Gerry Nadeau

Steve and Carolyn Taylor, Barby White

Wright Pinson, Lisa Slipkovich

Co-chairs Alli and Matt Simpson

Norm Urmy, Robert and Kim Early, Carol Byrd, Debbie Kemp

Swan Ball Auction Dinner

Rock the House

Swan Ball co-chairs Beth Alexander and Patti Smallwood and auction co-chairs Kathy Davis, Melissa Mahanes and Jill Talbert gathered their auction committee at the home of Ellen Martin to thank them for their hard work putting together a fabulous lineup of items. Kristen Winston Catering provided passed apps, including sirloin sliders, lemon crab and lobster salad on endive, bite-sized BLTs and mini grilled cheeses. Conversation buzzed in anticipation of the Auction Party, held on May 17, and the exciting lots that would be offered live at Swan Ball.

Guests arrived at Houston Station for Hospital Hospitality House’s Rock the House and sipped on cocktails while they scanned the silent auction and took a chance at the wine pull. After dinner and a live auction, guests got to their feet for a lively performance from Soul Incision. Hospital Hospitality House adopts waiting rooms, offers day services and provides affordable housing for medical patients and their families in an effort to meet their basic needs and provide comfort and relief during hard times. The money raised will support the organization as they continue to offer their vital services to those in need.

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Crystal Fisher, Katie Crumbo, Louise VandeWiele

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Rowena Cuffe, Jane Englebright

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Tiffany Circle Spring Gathering 4.19.18

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Donald Capparella, Midori Lockett, Tony McAlister

Jill and John Parker

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Nashville Shakespeare Festival Donor Party 4.21.18

Katie and Kevin Crumbo opened their home to ladies of the Tennessee Region Tiffany Circle and their spouses for the annual Spring Gathering. While savoring treats from Kristen Winston Catering, members introduced themselves to guests — including Louise VandeWiele, who has volunteered � cross the country assisting recovery efforts. Joel Sullivan, the regional chief executive officer, provided an update on what was an extraordinary year for the Red Cross’ hurricane relief efforts. Afterward, everyone toured a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle, which transports volunteers and supplies after disasters.

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival expressed gratitude to their most devoted supporters at a lively Donor Party, held at Nashville Public Television’s Studio A. The evening kicked off with “A Bard in the Round,” a selection of songs from recent Shakespeare productions performed by some of the composers. Guests were in for a spectacular treat later in the evening as they witnessed the world premiere of The Maiden Phoenix, a one-woman show performed by artistic director Denice Hicks. The night was a beautiful reminder of the diverse talents of Nashville Shakespeare Festival, which is in the midst of celebrating its 30th anniversary season.

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Crossroads Campus’ Fifth Birthday 4.26.18

crossroads campus — a local nonprofit that serves both at-risk youth and rescued animals through a series of programs designed to foster animal-human connection — celebrated its fifth birthday with a party at its Germantown headquarters. Guests enjoyed bites from Emily Frith while touring the facility, which includes a pet shop, animal shelter and residential facility. But the real treat of the evening was a concert from founding member Emmylou Harris, who helped start the organization alongside Lisa Stetar and Charles Strobel.

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Seton Celebration Patrons Party 4.26.18

It was a delightful spring evening when Sally and Geoff Smallwood opened their lovely Abbottsford home for the Seton Celebration Patrons Party, an intimate gathering leading up to the annual black-tie affair. They served as co-chairs with Jenny and Danny Bess, and the foursome welcomed a number of friends and supporters of the Saint Thomas Health Foundation to the special night. After congratulating the honorees, everyone enjoyed a cocktail supper from Johnny Haffner.

Jenny Corts of Jenny Richter Events planned the flawless affair.

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Sam Davidson, Mary Helen Solomon

Allie Bohannon, Macie Garrett

Emma Bishop, April Parker

Shelley and Chad Ramsey

Boots & Bubbles 4.28.18

a whopping 250 supporters of the Nashville Dolphins gathered at the home of Julia and John Morris for the fourth annual Boots & Bubbles. There were crawfish and other light bites aplenty as well as margaritas and Deep Eddy signature cocktails. A balloon artist delighted the younger crowd with his whimsical creations, and Titans fans were more than pleased to find an ultimate auction package that included four tickets to an away game — not to mention transport on the team’s private jet, a chance to ride with them on their bus and a two-night stay at the team’s hotel. by lauren langston stewart photographs by Eric England

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Martha Chapman, Carolyn Campbell

Leslie Dabrowiak, Laurie Dhue, Troy Solarek

Leslie O’Donnell, Davonna Wachtler

Susan Holmes, Bari Beasley, Tracy Frist, Jillian Frist

Mary Gambill, Barbara Keith Payne

A Good Conversation Centerstone delivers message of hope at Reclaiming Lives

Co-chairs Kathryn Berschback and Elizabeth McAlister

Parker Griffith, Parker Griffith Jr., Fred Dettwiller, Ben Middleton, Bob Vero

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he unfortunate passing of widely admired former first lady Barbara Bush prevented granddaughter Jenna Bush Hager from speaking at this year’s Reclaiming Lives Luncheon. However, the message at the fourth annual event was as powerful as ever. Laurie Dhue, one of the country’s leading recovery advocates, stepped in at the last minute and delivered an inspiring tale that reinforced the importance of Centerstone’s full range of mental health and addiction services to people of all ages.

Guests entered Hillwood Country Club under an arch of Kelly green balloons and took in a bit of shopping at a marketplace of local vendors before making their way into lunch. CEO Bob Vero welcomed attendees and introduced sisters and co-chairs Kathryn Berschback and Elizabeth McAlister, who noted it was no coincidence that they were asked to do the job because Jenna and her twin sister, Barbara Bush, had co-authored the memoir, Sisters First: Stories From Our Wild and Wonderful Life. They described Centerstone as a “safe haven to deal with individual struggles” and stressed the importance of good conversation as a path to removing the stigma of mental illness.

“No, I’m not Jenna Bush Hager, nor do I play her on TV,” said Laurie, who was an award-winning national news anchor for 25 years and is now a certified recovery specialist. She described her love affair with alcohol, the embarrassment that kept her from finding help with her drinking and the mental illness that fueled it.

Continuing guilt caused her to hide her sobriety from co-workers, but now she shares her story to give hope to others.

Laurie’s message was that people affected by mental illness shouldn’t suffer in silence and that shame and blame shouldn’t keep anyone from seeking help. She closed by applauding Centerstone for working to remove the stigma for those struggling with mental illness and addiction and for its programs that address the behavioral health care needs of individuals and families.

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Sam Gonas, Madeline Gunn

Lindsay and Tom Rauth, Lilly Rauth

Peter and Kim Oldham, Kendall Pop, Stephen Price

Kevin and Barbara Bobbitt, Lydia Witty, Karey Witty

Home-Field Advantage JDRF is the big winner at Promise Gala

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hen Jaimie and Jon Robinson agreed to co-chair the 18th annual JDRF Promise Gala, Jon thought it would be nice to invite everyone over to his place. And by “place,” he did not mean the home the couple shares with their daughters Bailey and Taylor, who has Type 1 diabetes. The executive VP and general manager of the Tennessee Titans had something else in mind, and on a balmy April evening, almost 1,000 people arrived at Nissan Stadium for the first black-tie event to be held on the football field.

The festivities kicked off with a VIP reception in the team’s locker room, where players and personnel autographed souvenir footballs. Elsewhere, attendees watched over their bids at the bustling silent auction. When the call for dinner came, the throng filed into an enormous clear tent that appeared to cover most of the field. The Youth Ambassadors — Taylor and other children living with the disease — cheerfully greeted everyone who entered.

While guests enjoyed a double entrée of braised short rib and roasted shrimp, the program started. During the live auction, vying for one-of-a-kind experiences quickly grew competitive. The chance to call the first play in a pre-season game was so sought-after that Titans coach Mike Vrabel doubled the deal, making it the first offensive and defensive calls, which brought in $24,000 each. Later, Mike and Jon put a second round of golf up for grabs and raised another $18,000 for the cause.

In the most moving moment of the night, Jon repeated his generous and loving show of support from last year by raising his bid card and not lowering it until he won a piece of artwork inspired by the Youth Ambassadors. By the end of the night, a record-setting $1.825 million was raised to find a cure for diabetes and, as JDRF likes to say, “Turn Type One into Type None.”

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Barbara and Rick Turner

Lorie and Gavin Duke

Melissa Mahanes, Martha Ivester

Seenu Reddy and Meera Ballal, Marci and Stephen Houff

Ancient History Transforming the Frist Museum into the Villa of Livia

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t’s not customary to see armed guards stationed outside of the Frist Museum, particularly not ones wielding swords and shields, but the two stone-faced Roman centurions flanking the entrance at the Frist Gala were just a hint of the ancient evening to come. Inspired by the Rome: City and Empire exhibit, cochairs Dara Russell and Mary Jo Shankle transformed the beloved art museum into an Italian villa for the black-tie fundraiser.

Once the guards granted access, guests stepped into the party to the beautiful melodies of a harpist, performing from her perch above the crowd. A bit further down the main hall, a living statue garnered much attention from slightly tipsy attendees trying to either snap a selfie or get the statuesque actress to crack a smile. (The statue in question — local realtor Dee Davis — remained perfectly stoic until she was released from her duty, at which time we spotted her posing with wine glasses near the bar, much to the delight of the crowd.) Of course, the main attraction was the Rome exhibit and its impressive collection of ancient artifacts on loan from the British Museum. Due to construction in downtown Nashville, the British Museum decided to close the exhibit roughly a month early, making the gala the final night to see it this side of the pond.

Exiting the gallery and heading to dinner, revelers were in for a magnificent treat. The tent was stunningly transformed into the Villa of Livia, the country house of Emperor Augustus’ third wife. Mimicking the garden frescoes in the villa’s dining room, the walls of the tent were covered with a massive mural, handpainted by sisters Lauren and Kathryn Walters. The masterful team from Big Events utilized flowers native to Italy for the lush centerpieces in Tuscan-inspired vessels, accented with grapes, pears and olive branches. Rich gold linens added an extra air of regal sophistication to the already breathtaking room.

Kristen Winston prepared a true Roman feast of lemon-artichoke soup, Mediterranean salad, pan-roasted chicken with polenta and sautéed vegetables, and a lemon napolitain for dessert. Everything was accented with decadent Italian wine, of course. When in Rome …

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Robin Patton, Julie Gordon

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Ansel Davis, Aubrey Harwell

Amr El-Husseini, Susan Edwards, Caroline Randall Williams, Samar Ali, Read Ezell

Billy Frist, John Thompson

Doug and Sylvia Bradbury

Malcolm and Martha Greenwood, Lacey Fuson

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Barry Grider, Jenny Jackson

Chair Robin Patton, Kenneth Tallier

Angela Settles with Colton, Kaitlyn McKinney with Dolores

Bob Deal, Eleanor Parkes, Jason Bradshaw

Quite Fetching Fashion, fun and a little fur at Cause for Paws

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he term “fashionably late” seems to have fallen in reverse lately, and Cause for Paws is a recent example of this trend. By the appointed hour of 11 a.m., Belle Meade Country Club was already filled with stylishly attired ladies attending the Nashville Humane Association’s popular fundraiser.

Of course, the reasons to arrive early make complete sense. Guests get to snuggle with adorable, adoptable pups as soon as they walk in the door. (This year it was 8-week-old Colton and 8-year-old Dolores.) Plus, a silent auction with items for everyone — including four-legged family members — overtakes the ballroom.

Toss in mimosas, delicious food and spectacular spring fashions, and that explains everything!

This year’s luncheon included two noteworthy draws that only added to the usual fervor. Cause for Paws was celebrating 30 successful years, and Robin Patton, one of the nonprofit’s most ardent and longstanding supporters, served as chair. Her influence was everywhere — from chic gray banners at the entrance to centerpieces bursting with peach roses and certainly to the men’s table hosted by her husband, Richard. During the meal, Robin welcomed the crowd before John Colton presented the Julia Colton Animal Welfare Award to Marcia Masulla. Her involvement with NHA began in 2010 with the first Unleashed: Dinner With Your Dog, which she chairs every year, and her Tiny But Mighty Fund, founded in 2013, protects and assists animals in need.

The afternoon ended with a runway show curated by Milton White of The Fashion Office. Willowy models showed off designs from Mi Jong Lee, Hellessy, Julianna Bass, Rene Ruiz and Elizabeth Kennedy, and perennial NHA supporter Jamie Stream provided the latest looks from Brunello Cucinelli and Fabiana Filippi. Applause filled the tent as the final gown disappeared from view. While seasonal styles may seem ephemeral, the funds raised at Cause for Paws endure as the Nashville Humane Association finds forever homes and promotes the compassionate treatment of animals.

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Agenia Clark, Brenda Corbin

Lora Coleman, Suzanne Smothers, Kim Anderson

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Co-chairs Kim Looney and Carla Nelson Rondal Richardson, Megan Hart, Ellen Lehman

Demetria Kalodimos, Patricia Asp

Trisha Yearwood, Mia Hamm

Kickin’ It The Power of the Purse Luncheon welcomes Mia Hamm

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raving a springtime deluge, more than 750 women — and a few men — filled the Music City Center for the 20th annual Power of the Purse Luncheon. Amid a sea of skirt suits and pumps, a significant number of guests wore hair bows and Mary Janes or uniform skirts and athletic shoes. Just like the adults, excited girls and teenagers came to hear Mia Hamm, the best women’s soccer player in history and arguably one of the world’s greatest athletes.

The midday affair, which benefits The Women’s Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, began with the popular silent auction of handbags. Once seated in the Karl F. Dean Grand Ballroom for lunch, the crowd burst into applause when returning emcee Demetria Kalodimos asked, “Remember me?” Co-chairs Kim Looney and Carla Nelson highlighted the agencies receiving grants this year before honorary chair Trisha Yearwood introduced Mia as an inspiration for young girls in sports and for all with respect to philanthropy.

The sports icon sat down for a Q-and-A with Steve Cavendish, the former editor of our sister publication the Nashville Scene and a self-described soccer nut.

They chatted about her extraordinary career, which began at age 15 — when she was the youngest player ever on the U.S. national team — and lasted for 17 years.

Now a soccer mom herself, Mia continues opening doors for women as partowner of the new Los Angeles Football Club. Her Mia Hamm Foundation develops programs for young women in sports and raises funds for families dealing with blood disorders and bone marrow diseases. The talk revealed that Mia’s commitment to making the path easier for others parallels The Women’s Fund goal of improving the lives of women and girls in our community. Her message to the audience to “Go after your dreams; expect more of yourself; don’t be afraid of success” applies to everyone — both on and off the field.

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Reghan and Josh Thompson

Russ Willis, Anne Goetze, Eleanor Willis, Jim McGregor

Edwin and Billye Sanders

Jen and Cole Hunt

Elaine and Hershell Warren

Crowning Glory FiftyForward recognizes noteworthy contributions

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hen FiftyForward established the Crowning Achievement Awards in 1990, many on the committee for this year’s Crown Affair were just learning how to walk. (That is, if they were even born yet.) The organization’s enthusiastic and accomplished Junior Board took charge of the 29th annual event and planned a delightful evening to recognize area leaders who have given exceptional service to the agency and the community at large.

Chair Jenni Hargrove and her crew of go-getters — including Anna Claire Hoffman, who was instrumental to the creation of the Junior Board — kicked the evening off with a cocktail reception in the lobby of the Patricia Hart Building.

Guests made every effort to congratulate the honorees before the time came to sit at tables topped with colorful centerpieces made by ladies at FiftyForward’s Bordeaux center.

As everyone savored last bites of the delicious meal from Once Upon a Time Catering, Executive Director Janet Jernigan and Board President Beth Woodard made the first presentation. Michelle Baron accepted the Corporate Crowning Achievement Award on behalf of Nissan North America, which has provided strong support for the nonprofit for more than 10 years.

Three talented ladies received the individual awards. Jana Lisle Parham ­— a past board member, Endowment Board chair and Crown Affair co-chair — announced the creation of the Janet Jernigan Endowment Fund during her acceptance speech. Not only has Billye Sanders been a groundbreaking lawyer for more than 40 years, she has received numerous honors for her contributions to equality, education and health. Finally, Eleanor Willis, described as “a force to be reckoned with” by Ellen Martin in her introduction, was the first executive director of Friends of Warner Parks for 19 years. She has also played influential roles in the educational, political and environmental landscapes in Nashville since the 1960s. Just as these three women have worked to enrich the lives of Middle Tennesseans, FiftyForward supports and enhances the quality of life for the area’s older adults.

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nything Goes, the uproarious fundraiser benefiting Faith Family Medical Center, proves that people love a great costume party — especially for a good cause. At the event, groups decorate tables and dress to match the theme of their choosing. Whitney Schickling and Karly Hart once again served as co-chairs. On a spring-like Saturday night, more than 250 characters took over Cheekwood’s Massey Hall for the third annual affair.

“I’m going to have to bring my A-game next year!” declared Mary Huddleston, owner of the luxury event rental company Please Be Seated, as she surveyed outrageous settings including a circus tent, boxing ring and balloon Sandworm, each display going literally above and beyond ordinary table decor. Attendees put an equal amount of effort into their outfits, many of them pulling from Performance Studios’ racks to transform into Glinda the Good Witch, the Mad Hatter and Elvis and using elaborate makeup to disguise their faces.

With so much creativity and detail put into every persona and theme, it was not easy selecting the winners. Nursing Home Bingo’s Jessica Tompkins — with a walker, oxygen tank and cigarette — shuffled up to accept the award for Best Female Costume. J.R. Hand’s dead ringer resemblance to Beetlejuice secured Best Male Costume, and his group received Best Table. Once again, Shelley and Rob Bearden won Best Couple, this time in gutsy The Ultimate Warrior and Stone Cold Steve Austin looks. The country music stars of Fan Fair 1994 racked up the votes to win the People’s Choice Award. (Votes were cast via Venmo with the money going to FFMC. Genius!)

After winning Most Creative, Barbies and Kens stepped out of their life-size pink boxes to enjoy a scrumptious buffet from Chef ’s Market and sweets from Nothing Bundt Cakes. While dancing the night away to Familiar Faces, all agreed there was no better way to support Faith Family Medical Center and its mission to provide hope and medical care to Nashville’s underserved populations.

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New Beginnings Toasting the future at A Tennessee Waltz

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Zack Register, Andrea Cropper, Co-chairs Steve and Angel Cropper

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he Tennessee State Museum has much to celebrate in 2018, and they toasted it all in style at A Tennessee Waltz. It’s a year of new beginnings for the 91-year-old museum, and the waltz held an extra air of promise as guests partied at the Tennessee State Capitol. New Executive Director Ashley Howell was all smiles as she greeted guests, and the crowd was abuzz with talk of the State Museum’s new home on Bicentennial Mall, which opens to the public this fall.

The lively cocktail party upstairs gave way to a seated three-course dinner from Dani Kates downstairs. After dessert was served, guest violinist Stephanie Gerkin performed “A Tennessee Waltz” before brief remarks from Tom Smith, chairman of the Douglas Henry State Museum Commission, and Gov. Bill Haslam. Bill took his opportunity at the podium to thank co-chairs Angel and Steve Cropper, stating that when you have “one of the best guitarists in the history of forever” as a co-chair, you know it’s going to be a good night.

Following dinner, everyone made their way back upstairs for a very special surprise. Filling in at the last minute for Michael McDonald (the scheduled performer), Chris Isaak charmed the crowd with his own rendition of “Tennessee Waltz” as Bill and Crissy Haslam twirled along the dance floor in front of the stage.

Just before the final few notes were played, Chris shouted, “Kiss her, governor!” Bill happily obliged.

Chris, accompanied by the band Sixwire, treated the audience to three more songs — “Crazy Arms,” “Wicked Game” and “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing.” The rocker, who is reportedly building a house in 12South, jokingly said that he agreed to perform at the event because he hoped the governor might be able to help him out of some parking tickets. Given the enthusiastic response of the crowd — and the admiration that continued well into the valet line where Chris was spotted cuddling his Maltese, Rodney — the singer has made his fair share of new friends in the political arena, something that will undoubtedly come in handy when he struggles to find legal parking in his new neighborhood.

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Ellen Martin, David and Lisa Manning

Co-chairs Nora Kirby and Cynthia Arnholt

Katie and Kevin Crumbo

Molly Bronaugh, Collie Daily, Karyn Frist

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Welcome to the Jungle Animal encounters with Jack Hanna at the Nashville Zoo

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fter a whirlwind week visiting five states in seven days, America’s most famous and beloved zookeeper, Jack Hanna, spent two days raising funds for our Nashville Zoo at two private dinners and a ladies’ luncheon.

Outfitted in his signature khakis and leather hat, Jack arrived for the first dinner at the new Andean Bear exhibit in Expedition Peru in total awe, marveling over everything from the lampposts to the rocks. He spent the whole evening singing the praises of Rick Schwartz and the remarkable job he’s done making Nashville Zoo one of the best zoos in the country.

Guests were thrilled to see Jack, of course, but everyone was eager to get a glimpse of the furry, feathered and scaly friends he brought along from the Columbus Zoo for his visit. From the two-toed sloth that Jack jokingly referred to as Slowpoke to a black-footed penguin named Trout that waddled between guests during the cocktail party to the 5-week-old clouded leopard cubs that everyone had a chance to snuggle, no one was disappointed. The intimate dinner gave everyone a chance to mingle with Jack and the creatures while also taking in the stunning new exhibit.

The next morning, Jack greeted more than 250 ladies at the inaugural Call of the Wild Luncheon, held at the Jungle Terrace, an appropriate locale for an event celebrating a man who goes by the nickname Jungle Jack. On the way, he stopped by the Croft House for a meet-and-greet with delighted patrons who were torn between taking photos with the amiable guest of honor and fawning over the leopard cubs and a baby red kangaroo. The cubs fell asleep, but Jack was full of energy for the main event. Ladies hung on every word as he applauded the zoo’s leadership and conservation programs. The whirlwind visit proved a tremendous success for the Nashville Zoo, and planning is already underway for the next Call of the Wild Luncheon.

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Jane MacLeod, Darryl and Carol Yochem

Martha Ingram, Gil Merritt, Jim Stadler

Sheila Shields, Karen Morgan, Shaun Inman, Janet Barnette

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Seeds of Kindness Cheekwood Society Dinner honors top donors

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seemingly endless line of cars snaked up the hill toward the Cheekwood Mansion as a record crowd headed to the always-lovely Cheekwood Society Dinner. The Carell sisters — Kathryn Brown, Edie Johnson and Julie Stadler — were being honored on behalf of The Ann and Monroe Carell Foundation, along with Regions Bank, so the abundance of well-wishers made perfect sense.

Fortunately, as guests waited in the valet line, they could admire the newly installed exhibit from Australian artist Amanda Parer. The larger-than-life inflatable rabbits — situated throughout the Color Garden and on the lawn of the mansion — were impossible to miss, with some standing as tall as 40 feet. They were quite the conversation starter as guests poured into the mansion.

It was a brilliant spring evening for the festivities, which were held in a magnificent clear tent on Swan Lawn. Guests swarmed around Kathryn, Edie and Julie to exchange hugs and words of congratulations during the buzzing cocktail party.

Amos Gott of AmosEvents worked alongside Please Be Seated to stage the sophisticated affair, drawing inspiration from the Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail for the contemporary décor. The trail — which is being completely overhauled thanks to a generous donation from The Ann and Monroe Carell Foundation — will reopen in 2020 with significant improvements, including ADA accessibility. Playing off of the modern sculptures found along the trail juxtaposed with Cheekwood’s classic beauty, Amos paired vivid pink floral tablecloths with chic centerpieces of monstera leaves. In lieu of the traditional buffet dinner, guests were treated to a seated dinner from G Catering.

During dinner, the Carell sisters were presented with The Jane and Guilford Dudley Award for Excellence in Philanthropy for their devoted commitment to Cheekwood. Regions Bank was awarded the Corporate Award for Excellence in Philanthropy in honor of their support and sponsorship of Holiday Lights. It’s individuals and organizations like these that make Cheekwood sparkle any time of year — something that this record-breaking crowd and the entire city of Nashville will never tire of celebrating.

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House Party Celebrating Homes of Distinction at 1136 Glenwood Ave. Bryan Exner, Rob Milam, Ken Sacks, John Gregory

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e could not have asked for a more perfect evening — or a more fabulous setting — for our annual Homes of Distinction Party. More than 250 realtors, architects, developers and friends of Nfocus joined us for a first peek at our May issue and the seven impressive properties featured inside.

The Alys Beach-inspired listing at 1136 Glenwood Ave. was the site for this year’s festivities.

Thanks to the convenient Green Hills location across from Lipscomb University, a continuous stream of guests came through the doors to see the stunning indoor and outdoor spaces created by developer and interior designer Branan White, who held court near the entry. Circulating among the crowd were listing agents Mary Beth Thomas and John Brittle from Parks as well as architects Preston Shea and Chris Goldbeck.

Those not as familiar with the floor plan explored the fully furnished rooms, including five distinctly different yet equally well-appointed bedrooms, and eventually returned to the open kitchen and dining area — the gathering spot in any home. Outside, a quiet lower terrace provided a shady spot to escape the hubbub for a moment and relax with the surprisingly soothing sounds of a tennis game in the background. The screened porch was another popular spot, where wines from Arrington Vineyards flowed freely, as well as in the third floor “dream room,” as Branan likes to call the open area complete with a full kitchen and a glass garage door that raises to let the outside in. Back on the main floor, chefs from Texas de Brazil offered a delicious assortment of hors d’œuvres — mini bites of their trademark cuts of beef, chicken and sausage.

After admiring a dramatic sunset, the last of our guests headed home. The celebration continued as Branan and his circle of family and friends settled into the plush living room chairs and carried on into the night.

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Seeing Stars Brad Paisley headlines the Great Futures Gala

Co-chairs Jensen Sessums and RJ Stillwell

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ear after year at the Great Futures Gala, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee manages to produce an event that is sophisticated, entertaining and enjoyable for adults but never once detracts its focus from the kids.

It’s a remarkable feat they’ve mastered over the years, and the 2018 fundraising event — held at the Omni Hotel on a particularly busy Saturday night — was no exception.

The main attraction of the evening was undoubtedly a private concert from Brad Paisley, but the real stars of the show were the members of the Boys & Girls Clubs. Thirteen-year-old Sakaia and 14-year-old Jehlin, both members of the Andrew Jackson Club, emceed the affair with the perfect balance of panache and professionalism, keeping the energy high at all times. Centennial High junior Arrionna Carlton — the 2018 Youth of the Year and a member of the Franklin Club — was eloquent and poised as she shared how the organization helped her to become a strong student, hard worker and leader in her family. And when 13-yearold Taylor Gayle — a member of the Preston Taylor Club — took the stage to sing “This is Me,” backed by the Nashville Community Choir, the crowd was stunned into reverent silence before a rapturous standing ovation.

Taylor, who had just returned from singing at the national Boys & Girls Clubs conference in San Diego, told us how thrilled she was to be asked to perform at the Great Futures Gala. “It’s surreal,” she said. “I screamed I was so excited!”

When Brad Paisley took the stage, opening with “Southern Comfort Zone,” he reminded the crowd that nothing was more important than the kids, before jokingly adding “except maybe a Preds victory!” He warned the crowd that he better not catch them checking their phones to see the score of the game being played across the street, but everyone was so engrossed in his performance that no one seemed to be thinking about hockey. The Preds may have been defeated that night, but with $420,000 raised, the Great Futures Gala was a huge victory for the kids of the Boys & Girls Clubs.

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Into the Woods Dinner in the Forest debuts at Owl’s Hill

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wl’s Hill Nature Center celebrated the 30th anniversary of its creation with an inaugural fundraiser, Dinner in the Forest. The event also served as a tribute to the nonprofit’s founder, Huldah Cheek Sharp, and her vision of preserving the land as a nature sanctuary. Llew Ann King and Mimi Heldman cochaired the magical evening.

With grass and meadows for floors, the dress code was “forest finery”: aka jeans and gum boots. As it turned out, the boots were necessary due to downpours all day, right up to the last minute. Fortunately, the clouds parted and the sun came out just as the crowd of 150 was arriving. They gathered under the pavilion for deconstructed BLT bites and fried pickles from d.Kates Catering and sipped on refreshing — and potent — Derby cocktails before taking a now muddy path almost a quarter-mile to the meadow where dinner would be served.

The weather prevented dining under the stars, but the setting was just as enchanting. String lights under the tent cast a celestial glow on long wooden tables with fresh moss running down the center. Dozens of silver candelabra and candlesticks — borrowed from family and friends — enhanced the romantic feel.

Everyone dined on chicken pot pie in a homemade cheddar biscuit with steamed haricots verts and baby carrots before indulging in fresh Key lime pie. The night came to an end, and as guests made their way back from the meadow, they were surprised with fresh doughnuts and coffee for the ride home.

Llew Ann and Mimi confessed that in the beginning they weren’t sure if the party would be a one-time celebration or become an annual affair. Tickets were snapped up so quickly, and the response was so favorable, that the decision made itself. The only question that remains is where will guests dine next year? With over 160 acres of protected land at Owl’s Hill, there’s no telling which path will lead to Dinner in the Forest.

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Serve a Purpose The Seton Society inducts five new members

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utside the Schermerhorn Symphony Center was a sea of gold as Preds fans packed into Walk of Fame Park for a viewing party, but inside the neoclassical symphony hall, the colors of choice were lilac and blush. The Seton Celebration — an annual fundraising gala for the Saint Thomas Health Foundation and the Seton Society — was a sophisticated and elegant black-tie affair to honor five community leaders for their dedicated service and commitment to the mission of Saint Thomas.

Dayla and Chad Calendine and Trish and Chris Mixon teamed up to co-chair the lovely evening, brilliantly executed by Jenny Richter Corts. Guests enjoyed cocktails in the West Lobby, which was outfitted in soft hues of lilac and lavender in everything from the custom-painted bar to the lush florals arranged by Jim Knestrick. Off to one side of the room, a purple and white panel, designed by Jim and surrounded by flowers and trees, provided a picture-perfect backdrop for photos.

The celebration moved into the Laura Turner Concert Hall for a three-course dinner from Kristen Winston. Following dinner, all attention shifted to the 2018 inductees of the Seton Society. John Gromos, who was unable to attend, was celebrated for his role as the vice president and general manager of Turner Construction Company, a longtime partner of Saint Thomas. Lawyer Berry Holt was lauded for his practice’s focus on the healthcare industry for nearly 40 years.

Rounding out the 2018 inductees, three doctors — oncologist Nancy Peacock, pulmonary disease specialist Mark Peacock and neurosurgeon Scott Standard — were honored for their contributions to Nashville’s medical community.

While the crowd of 300 was thrilled to toast this group of outstanding citizens, everyone was even more excited to know that the proceeds from the evening would support the family health clinics, allowing Saint Thomas to fulfill their mission of providing spiritually centered, holistic care to all people, including uninsured and impoverished communities and individuals across Middle Tennessee.

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Girl Power Broadway Brunch celebrates fierce females

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n a sunny Sunday morning, more than 250 attendees streamed through the doors of City Winery for bottomless mimosas and bloody marys and to celebrate the stories of Broadway’s fiercest females at Nashville Rep’s third annual Broadway Brunch. This relatively new fundraiser elevates the mainstay weekend meal with performances from the company’s talented artists.

One need not look to New York City’s theater district to find strong women.

There were plenty to be found in the room, starting with artistic director René Copeland, who continues to advance the company’s artistic reputation and grow programming. Co-chairs Hannah Schneider and Mattie Selecman committed their support and skill after Broadway Brunch founders and original co-chairs Jay Jones and Rob Turner took them to see A Christmas Story. (Who wouldn’t jump in after seeing the Rep’s retelling of the classic tale?)

René opened the program by welcoming two more accomplished ladies to the stage: honorary chair Maneet Chauhan — who stressed that “the foundation of a community starts in the arts” — and Applause Award recipient Pamela Johnson.

After Pamela was honored for her dedication and service to the Rep for 10 years, a brief intermission gave everyone a chance to finish their brunch and get another mimosa before the show began.

Five of the Rep’s favorite female artists lent their voices to the Broadway-style revue. Nancy Allen, Piper Jones, Jenny Littleton, Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva and Martha Wilkinson belted out familiar numbers from musicals that celebrate strong women: Annie Get Your Gun, The Color Purple, Dreamgirls and Wicked.

Following that, returning auctioneer Trey Morris kept the bidding fierce during a live auction that included a Napa Valley trip and tastings with three female vintners. Broadway Brunch made more than $125,000, but that didn’t mean Nashville Rep rested on its laurels. A few days later, Ingram New Works opened and preparations continued for the 2018-19 season, which will include Hannah and Mattie’s now-favorite play, A Christmas Story.

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Step Up to the Plate Sampling some of Nashville’s best restaurants at Generous Helpings

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hile Preds fans descended on downtown Nashville for the final fateful game against the Jets, fans of Second Harvest Food Bank packed into City Winery for the annual Generous Helpings event. Organized by the powerhouse quartet of Amanda Virgillito, Melissa Corbin, Beth Sachan and Karen-Lee Ryan, the party raised some much-needed funds for the nonprofit while shining a light on our constantly growing, always-exciting culinary scene.

The crowd of 450 guests had the run of the building to explore more than 25 restaurants located on both levels. A handy new addition — and clever fundraising idea — was a Second Harvest plate, complete with a wine glass holder, for revelers to use throughout the event. For a donation of $5, the plates allowed guests to stock up on tons of bite-sized treats and drinks while still keeping one hand free.

The restaurants on hand were a solid mix of hot new spots and classic favorites.

Among the first timers were Midtown taco joint Nada, Pat Martin’s wildly popular burger spot Hugh-Baby’s, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern food-truck-turnedbrick-and-mortar The Halal Guys and modern oyster bar Saltine. They joined local faves like Vui’s Kitchen, Barcelona Wine Bar, Edley’s Bar-B-Que and Sinema. And with Goo Goo Cluster, Sweet 16th Bakery, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams and Christie Cookie Co. on hand, there were plenty of sweet ways to finish the meal.

Everything about the evening highlighted the tasty offerings of Music City, including the items up for bid in the silent auction. Every lot was food-centric, offering a unique array of dining and cooking experiences, including a noodlemaking class with Funk Seoul Brother, a chocolate-making class at Goo Goo or a multi-course tasting dinner at The Rabbit Hole at Henley.

It wasn’t simply a delicious evening; it was a profitable one too. With more than $127,000 raised for Second Harvest’s programs, the effects of this event will resonate throughout all of Middle Tennessee and help put an end to hunger for those in need.

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he O’More Fashion Show held an extra level of excitement and anticipation this year. After more then 20 years, everyone knows the show will be unique because each fashion design student brings their creativity, talent and technical expertise to their collection. Adding an extra level of emotion, the night marked the end of one piece of O’More College of Design’s history before it begins a new one as a part of Belmont University.

To mark the occasion, the show was staged at The Franklin Theatre on Main Street in Downtown Franklin. Instructors, family and friends packed into the lobby to hug and congratulate the students whose designs would be shown.

The only bodies not in motion were strategically placed mannequins dressed in pieces from students’ collections. “I’m officially calling them the best class ever!” exclaimed Van Tucker, who knows a thing or two about the business of fashion as the CEO of the Nashville Fashion Alliance. “If this is the future of the fashion industry, I’m excited.”

The show opened with a dramatic performance by New Dialect, a contemporary dance collective. Five students, under the direction of O’More instructor and veteran dancer Tony Perrin, designed and constructed the costumes for the dancers — who were bound together with straps — for a one-of-a-kind lesson in learning how to clothe a body in motion. Collections from eight senior students went down the runway, closing with the one from Ashleigh Cain, winner of the 2018 Distinguished Designer Award. The Eastman Naia Design Challenge, in which students constructed evening gowns with the innovative cellulosic yarn, was a highlight of the evening and hinted that these rising seniors have talents equal to the current class.

This year’s O’More Fashion Show was about more than the beautiful clothes.

The impressive evening celebrated the talent and work of students, hinted at the future of design and honored an important moment in the history of O’More College of Design.

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f you’re looking to revitalize a party, just call Lee Ann Ingram. Taking the reins of the Hillsboro Hounds’ Hunt Ball, she completely reinvigorated the black-tie affair, bringing together five hunt clubs in the process and filling Belle Meade Country Club with laughter, music and magic.

Addressing the crowd before dinner, she assured them, “It’s not another stuffy night; I promise. It’s going to be fun.” She certainly delivered on her promise as the event was nearly unrecognizable from past incarnations. “Tonight I’m trying something a little different. There’s no budget, and that means fun,” she said with a laugh.

Live music filled the country club as guests enjoyed cocktails and sleight-ofhand tricks from a roaming magician named Tim Friday. A photo booth allowing revelers to pose with stick horses, stuffed foxes, top hats and bugles proved to be a popular destination all night.

When everyone took their seats for dinner, it required a serious amount of coaxing — including the blowing of a horn and Orrin Ingram shouting across the room — for the crowd to quiet down. Hill McAlister joined Lee Ann to welcome the five hunt clubs — Cedar Knob, Long Run Woodford, Mells, Mooreland and, of course, Hillsboro Hounds — whose members traveled from across Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama to attend. The event marked the first time the five groups came together for the black-tie affair, which used to be exclusively reserved for the Hillsboro Hounds.

“We have to share the field, and we have to share the land,” Lee Ann said. “We’re here for the same reason — to have fun and to fox hunt.”

An exquisite dinner of filet mignon and Chilean sea bass was followed by a chocolate-coated crème brûlée, but the fun didn’t end there. The party spilled out onto the terrace where guests sipped bourbon slushies and frozen margaritas while dancing to the tunes of Soul Incision. The party eventually had to come to an end, but it’s evident that a new tradition has already begun.

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s America’s most famous zookeeper, Jack Hanna captured the attention and hearts of scores of children — and grown-ups — with his animalcentric programming and TV appearances over the past 30-plus years. He passed on a passion and enthusiasm for wildlife and conservation to generations of kids and adults, earning their admiration and gratitude along the way. But his road to success wasn’t always easy or enviable.

“Today nobody makes much fun of you when you want to be a zookeeper,” he tells Nfocus. “Nobody. It’s amazing. Everyone wants to do this or [be] a marine biologist.”

As a teenager and young man, Jack’s dream of being a zookeeper was met with ridicule and disbelief. His journey to becoming one of the foremost animal experts in the world was littered with roadblocks, including a horrific animal attack on his property in the early stages of his career and his own daughter’s battle with leukemia. (She beat the disease, and today, in her 40s, she works alongside her dad at the Columbus Zoo.) Now, at 71 years old, Jack has conquered all of that and so much more, following the advice his father gave him as a child. “Four words,” he recalls his father telling him.

“Love what you do.”

Jack’s love for wildlife is contagious, and on a recent visit to the Nashville Zoo, he shared it with hundreds of fans. The fast-talking, magnetic and easily excitable zookeeper chatted with Nfocus about his craziest animal encounters, his love for the wild and the hardest thing he’s ever had to do.

What do you think about the Nashville Zoo from the last time you were here?

I worked in a zoo in Knoxville when I was 11 years old, cleaning cages, so obviously I’ve seen a lot of zoos throughout the world. But I’m gonna say, I can tell you now that this has to be one of the top zoos in the world.

And when I say that, I don’t say it necessarily because of landscaping or the animals — it’s just how everything is set up in here. It’s like you’re really there.

I mean, one of the primate exhibits out here, the tree’s about a hundred feet tall with water around it. … And you get the conception that you’re looking at them right where they lived. The landscaping is beyond belief. But the thing is, [Rick Schwartz’s] mind has always been this way, to design. It’s because he loves what he does. He could be hired by every zoo in the country because of his design ability. … The creativity the man has, I’m telling you, is beyond belief. I’m having a hard time just keeping up over the last two hours. I was here eight or 10 years ago, and I can’t even recognize what was here 10 years ago. I hope the people in Nashville understand that this is something that is iconic.

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I was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on a farm in 1947. I always loved animals. I was raised with animals, and then I went to work for a veterinarian at the age of 11 years old. Dr. Roberts is gone now, but he had a little clinic in Knoxville, and my dad would either drop me off on the way to work, [or] when I got a little older, he let me take the bus. I never missed one day. When I was about 15, I cleaned windows and washed dogs and watched him do operations. And he was also the veterinarian of Knoxville Zoo. At a lot of zoos back then in those days — 1950s, ’60s, even ’70s — a local veterinarian would be your [zoo] veterinarian. Number one, [they] didn’t have a vet hospital. So that’s when I went to Knoxville Zoo with [Dr. Roberts], and I saw it, and I came home and said to my dad, “I want to be a zookeeper, Dad.” And then people made fun of me in high school, especially in college. Even the president of the college I went to — he’s passed on now — he called me in the day before graduation. I got scared. I hadn’t met the guy. He said, “Jack, you know something? This is amazing. You spent the four years here, the money to come here, and you want to be a zookeeper? I don’t understand.”

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You’ve been a huge advocate of conservation, as has the Nashville Zoo, and you’ve done a tremendous amount of work with animals around the world. But for an individual, trying to identify the best way to help animals can be overwhelming. What advice would you offer someone who wants to help but doesn’t know where to start?

Go to the parks, everyone. You might not be able to go and see the animals in Glacier or Yellowstone. Maybe you live in neighborhoods. Maybe you’ll see a rabbit or a squirrel and birds, but maybe you don’t see many.

So therefore, do me a favor. Go out and see. Like in Tennessee, go to the Smoky Mountains National Park. I encourage [individuals] to go to the parks. I encourage them especially [to go to] most of the zoos in this country. Accredited zoos. That’s where people are putting their money. ... I’m just trying to explain to people: these are zoological parks, and whether you’re a believer or not, these are the arks of the world, everybody. Nothing’s mistreated in these places, nothing. … Go to your local zoological park or aquarium.

Because people might not have the money to go to Africa or India or go dive in the oceans like I do with the sharks and the whales or go to the North Pole to see the polar bears or go to the South Pole to see the penguins.

You can’t run around and see everything.

I know you’ve traveled all over the world. Is there anywhere you’d still like to go?

There’s one place I want to go, and that’s Madagascar. You can imagine, I’ve been all over Africa, every country almost, for many years. I have a home in Africa, in Rwanda. I would say the only place I haven’t been in the world is Madagascar, off the coast of East Africa. People think Madagascar is in Africa, [but] it’s off the coast of East Africa, out there in the ocean. And it’s got some neat creatures out there.

I worked with a lot of creatures that live out there, in the zoos, but I definitely want to go there.

And other than that, I think I’ve covered everything.

You probably get asked this a lot, but what is your craziest or scariest animal encounter?

My wife, when she’s not happy. (laughs) No, you ask me my favorite animal — my wife. She’s a mammal. (laughs) The only time my wife ever said “no” to me in 50 years of marriage: I tried to get her to breastfeed a chimpanzee once, a baby that wasn’t eating. Well, it was a stupid thing to ask, but I brought the thing home. I had to bring two of them home. The mother was not feeding them, [and] they were losing weight. So I’m sitting there trying to bottle-feed this chimpanzee and [my wife’s] sitting right over there breastfeeding [our daughter] Suzanne, and I’m bottle-feeding this chimpanzee. And I can’t get the bottle to go in this one. I go like this (raises eyebrows), and [she said], “No way, Jack” — before I even asked her, for God’s sake! But that’s the only time she ever said “no” about my animals.

Have you been bitten or attacked by an animal before?

Well, 95 percent of the time, if an animal bites you, it’s your fault. Now some of you may disagree with me. That’s fine. I’m saying what I have seen in my whole 40-something years of doing this; I see injuries [because of] something that person has done — didn’t mean to, but then you’re gonna pay the price. For example, I had a beaver get a hold of me right here (gestures to hand) and then come up in here and tore all this out. It was my fault. This guy had this beaver, [and] he had to move it. He saved

it from something, and I picked it up like he told me, and it just swung around, and it went up through there. I guess I didn’t pick it up right. The beaver, of all the animals of the world! I almost had an elephant take me out in Albany, Georgia, back in 1972. I was working for Jim Fowler, who was the co-host of Marlin Perkins’ Wild Kingdom. I helped take care of the animals. He had a little elephant — not little, not full grown — it got me against the wall, and I thought I broke the ribs. That was my fault again.

So, yes, I’ve had times that I’ve been bitten. But every single time I’ve done something, some way or another, it was my fault. I don’t try and push animals. I don’t try and push them.

Everybody thinks the life of Jack Hanna is incredible — he does TV, he has animals, and oh, wow, he’s never had anything happen. It’s in my book, the hardest thing I ever had to do. Sue and I had lions and tigers that were from other zoos that we were helping — the Knoxville Zoo and other zoos — on our farms. Beautiful habitats, by the way, not open to the public. Sue went shopping. I was at my dad’s farm 2 miles away, [and] the highway patrol called over there, “Mr. Hanna, you have to go right now. A young boy just lost his arm to your lion. We’re gonna have to take it out. We’ll wait right here. He hasn’t eaten the arm; he’s sitting.”

I don’t know how [it happened]. I had kids that age too, right? So I had fencing like a zoo. I never asked the question because I never talked to the parents since. The lion grabbed his arm right here (gestures to top of arm). Daisy, my female, jerked it like this and ripped it off his shoulder. He was wrapped in a sheet, blood everywhere. [The mother] was on the ground; she fainted. I went there, like, “Daisy, sit.” Daisy wasn’t even eating the arm. I went in there [and] picked it up. Back then in 1972, obviously they couldn’t do what they could do today. I went in my room, locked myself in there.

I said, “Dad, get rid of all the animals, every one of them.” My whole life was for the animals.

Two days later, they were all gone to the Knoxville Zoo and another zoo. I locked myself in the room for three days without eating. I said, “Look what I’ve done to a child.” And then, finalJack Hanna, Rick Sc hw a rtz ly, a man came up to me that was a dear friend of my dad’s — he’s like my father too — [and said], “Jack, you’ve got to stop this. This is your life. … Time will go on for you.” That’s something I live with today, yes. Was it my fault? I guess you could say, “yes.” But I live with that. ...

Sue and I left Knoxville because people in the stores would say, “That’s the guy — that’s his wife — that took the boy’s arm.” I finally said, “Sue, we’re leaving.” My parents couldn’t believe it. I packed up, went and cleaned cages in Georgia, had a little zoo in Florida. Then from that little zoo, I went back to Knoxville, and from that zoo, I left [because my daughter Julie] had terrible cancer. Twelve kids on her [hospital] floor — 10 passed, two survived. At the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, they were looking for a zoo director. St. Jude told me to go to Columbus because they couldn’t do anymore. How blessed was I to go to Columbus and be part of one of the largest zoos in North America — in the world, probably.

My dream is not the TV. My dream is being involved with one of the finest zoos in the world. I will go to my grave saying that. You see what took me down there, the terrible thing? A lion. Didn’t it? What took me back to Columbus for the zoo? My daughter [battling with] leukemia. I’ve learned in life, things will happen to you. It’s hard to even talk about it, but it’s amazing what’s happened.

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topped with a sunny egg, is a showstopper, and the pimento cheese and ham tartine is nearly too pretty to eat. If the weather is nice, enjoy your meal in the courtyard surrounded by vines and fresh flowers. 1001 Baxter Ave., Louisville, gralehaus.com 2

Our metropolitan neighbor to the north, Louisville is a city that has managed to retain much of its historic charm while reinventing itself into a truly cosmopolitan destination for world-class dining, arts and culture.

Unique neighborhoods, each with a distinct personality and charm, cluster together in and around downtown, providing endless shops, restaurants, parks and tree-lined streets to explore. And, of course, no visit to the Bluegrass State is complete without bourbon. Located on the western end of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and nicknamed the “Center of the Bourbon Universe,” Louisville is the perfect place to begin or continue your education of the South’s most famous spirit, 95 percent of which is distilled in the state.

Butchertown Grocery Housed in a former neighborhood market, Butchertown Grocery offers clever twists on classic Southern and Mediterranean fare for lunch, dinner and brunch. The gnocchi, prepared from scratch in-house, is a notto-be-missed starter, and if you stop in for brunch or lunch, try the chicken and waffles.

The hearty-enough-to-share entrée is served atop a butcher block and sprinkled with fried rosemary and leeks. 1076 E. Washington St., Louisville, butchertowngrocery.com 7

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STAY 21c Museum Hotel Follow the red penguin to the flagship 21c Museum Hotel, located on historic West Main Street, just a stone’s throw from the Ohio River. The past meets the present in the boutique hotel — formerly a series of warehouses — where inviting guest rooms blend original features, like exposed brick walls, with modern furniture and luxury amenities. But what truly sets the hotel apart from its competitors is the art. On display in the hallways, elevators, guest rooms and the 9,000 square feet of exhibit space, the rotating collection of contemporary art is open to the public 365 days a year. 700 W. Main St., Louisville, 21cmuseumhotels. com/louisville

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At this dining destination in 21c Museum Hotel, every meal is a work of art. Executive chef Mike Wajda’s dishes rely heavily on ingredients from area farms, including Woodland Farm, owned by 21c’s founders, which supplies the restaurant with heirloom fruits and vegetables, Mulefoot and Hereford hogs, grass-fed bison and eggs.

Local flavors are ever-present at the bar as well, with more than 120 Kentucky bourbons on the menu. 702 W. Main St., Louisville, proofonmain.com 3

haven for sophisticates and celebrities from around the world. Marked by opulent glamour and plenty of Southern charm, the historic hotel has played host to guests like Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Crawford, Harry Truman and the Duke of Windsor. A $12 million renovation has brought modern upgrades to guest rooms without sacrificing any of the hotel’s old-world grandeur, transporting guests to an era gone by with all the comforts of today. 335 W. Broadway, Louisville, brownhotel.com 4

The Silver Dollar

DINE Gralehaus Located in picturesque Highlands in a 1905 Victorian home, the cozy cafe's breakfast and lunch menu is filled with vibrant Kentucky flavors prepared with expert attention to detail. The crispy pork hash, mixed with roasted vegetables and red potatoes and

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A tribute to the Bakersfield Sound — an offshoot of country music popularized in California in the ‘50s — The Silver Dollar is a modern spin on a midcentury California honky-tonk. On the brunch and dinner menus, Southern classics like shrimp and grits peacefully coexist alongside Cali-inspired entrées like chilaquiles verdes, and the drink menu boasts nine pages of Kentucky spirits. 1761 Frankfort Ave., Louisville, whiskeybythedrink.com

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Katharine Brasserie & Bar Named for the R.J. Reynolds family matriarch, the Katharine blends the flavors of a traditional French brasserie with Southern cooking. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, one can enjoy lemon ricotta pancakes on the patio, a multi-course meal including côtelettes de porc in the main dining room or an artisan cocktail and oysters at the lively bar. 401 N. Main St., Winston-Salem, katharinebrasserie.com 2

Food and wine trails are fast becoming a fun way to explore a region, and what better way to spend a long weekend — or week — than on the North Carolina Barbecue Trail? The trail runs over 700 miles from Eastern North Carolina to Tennessee, and resting in the middle is the charming city of Winston-Salem. Nicknamed the Twin City, Winston-Salem has a way of thinking toward the future while still honoring the past. This duality is a constant theme throughout the city. Once known as a tobacco town, Winston-Salem is successfully reinventing itself as a tourist destination. With its growing art scene, inventive restaurants, stylish boutique hotels and nearby world-class wineries, you’ll leave wondering why you hadn’t visited sooner.

The Tavern in Old Salem Enjoy locally sourced ingredients and craft beers inside an 18th-century tavern. Staff in historic attire deliver farm-to-fork traditional Moravian dishes with a modern spin, and in the evening, the ambiance turns to candlelight and craft cocktails. 736 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, thetaverninoldsalem.ws 6

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STAY Graylyn Just a few miles from downtown, the Graylyn Estate was once one of the largest private homes in North Carolina. Now, it’s a luxurious hotel with 85 uniquely decorated guestrooms and a modern convention center. Take advantage of the butler tour to hear the history and secrets of the home and then explore the 55-acre property on your own. 1900 Reynolda Road, WinstonSalem, graylyn.com 3

Kimpton Cardinal Built in 1929 as the headquarters for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, this art deco masterpiece famously served as the model for the Empire State Building. The décor gives a subtle nod to the building’s history, and all the furnishings were sourced in North Carolina. The hotel offers 174 rooms,

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A charming sidewalk cafe perched on an idyllic street corner in historic West End, this cozy bistro is a great place to people watch.

Enjoy seasonal Southern favorites such as shrimp and grits, bacon-wrapped meatloaf and vine-ripened tomato pie. 878 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem, mozelles.com

an evening wine hour in the lobby and free bike rentals so guests can explore the downtown arts district. The former boiler room now has a bowling alley, a basketball court, pingpong tables and an adult-sized slide. 401 N. Main St., Winston-Salem, thecardinalhotel.com 5

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DINE Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen & Bar Chef Tim Grandinetti focuses on Southerninspired dishes made with local ingredients in this beautifully restored 1920s-era mansion on what was Millionaire’s Row. Enjoy the inventive, sophisticated menu in one of the dining rooms or on the garden patio, or enjoy a craft cocktail in the cozy library bar. 450 N. Spring St., Winston-Salem, springhousenc.com 1

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A favorite among locals, this funky farmto-table eatery serves breakfast, lunch and brunch in cozy, colorful environs decorated with an eclectic mix of local art. Don’t miss the “gritz” bowls, a design-your-own Benedict or the extensive collection of Tammy Faye Bakker albums. 723 N. Trade St., Winston-Salem, 336-723-7239 8

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cated inside a former meatpacking plant, Krankies is the perfect spot to get a java jolt. Along with coffee, they have a full bar and serve lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. 211 E. Third St., Winston-Salem, krankiescoffee.com

Raffaldini Vineyards This stunning vineyard with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disappoint.

Raffaldini uses an ancient Italian drying method to create their award-winning wines with longer-lasting finishes. Tastings and tours are offered daily. 450 Groce Road, Ronda, raffaldini.com 7

SEE The North Carolina Barbecue Society Historic Barbecue Trail Spanning the Tar Heel State, this selfguided trail showcases 23 barbecue joints that still cook their pork the old-fashioned way: over wood and charcoal. To be considered for the trail, proprietors must make their own sauce and have operated for at least 15 consecutive years. There are two stops in Winston-Salem: Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lexington Barbecue and Real Q. Both use sauce that is considered to be Lexington- or Westernstyle, but each has their own unique style and flavor. ncbbqsociety.com

Reynolda House Museum of American Art The country home and working farm of tobacco mogul R.J. Reynolds is now home to one of the most extensive collections of American art in the United States. Tour the historic estate that has been restored to reflect the time when the family lived there. 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, reynoldahouse.org 4

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art SECCA is one of the best places in town to get a glimpse of the emerging art scene.

The modern galleries are part of a Tudorstyle house that was once the home of James G. Hanes of Hanes Hosiery Mills Co. The center showcases the work of various local artists with rotating exhibits throughout the year. 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem, secca.org

Old Salem Museums & Gardens Explore the cobblestone streets, well preserved buildings, heirloom gardens and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in this living historical town, founded in 1766. Knowledgeable guides dressed in period clothing explain how the early Moravians lived. 600 S. Main St., WinstonSalem, oldsalem.org

Black Mountain Chocolate Relying on organic ingredients and fair trade cocoa beans from the Dominican Republic, Black Mountain works in small batches to handcraft chocolate bars, drinking chocolate, cookies and more.

Self-guided tours are available daily, and behind-the-scenes tours are offered on Saturdays. 732 Trade St. NW, WinstonSalem, blackmountainchocolate.com

Colony Urban Farm This family-owned store specializes in beekeeping, local foods and more. Half of the store is a small market, and the other half is devoted to urban farming supplies as well as a honey bar where customers can sample new honeys such as bourbon- or lavender-infused varieties before making a purchase. 492 West End Blvd., WinstonSalem, colonyurbanfarm.com

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Five & Ten

Seated at the northern corridor of the Antebellum Trail, Athens is equal parts history, culture and charm. Whether one is in need of a quiet weekend away, searching for good music and great food or planning a historic jaunt, Athens offers it all. For those starting out or wrapping up the Antebellum Trail, Athens is both the ideal first and last stop, full of sights to see as well as noteworthy local shops, restaurants and bars. The eclectic and diverse modern-day culture is the perfect complement to the backdrop of an era gone by, ensuring a stay that will be as delicious and entertaining as it is educational and charming.

After nearly 15 years of cooking Southerninspired cuisine, James Beard Award winner Hugh Acheson opened Five & Ten in 2000. The menu — his own interpretation of Southern food, melded with traditional Georgian cuisine and peppered with influences from Italy and France — includes smaller plates such as the chicory thinnings and burrata with kohlrabi, pickled strawberry, sarsaparilla honey and juniper as well as entrées like pan-roasted cobia with root beer leaf, hominy, preserved zavory, green garlic and orach. And an insider’s tip? Try one of their housemade seasonal shrubs. 1073 S. Milledge Ave., Athens, fiveandten.com 3

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STAY Graduate Athens The Graduate has it all. Guests can grab dinner, catch live music at The Foundry — complimentary with your stay — and pick up coffee and breakfast in the morning, all while on the same property. The hotel offers offbeat rooms and suites in addition to lodging at Hoyt House, a refurbished 19thcentury farmhouse, and the pool and spa provide the perfect way to wind down after a long day exploring the city. 295 Dougherty St., Athens, graduatehotels.com/athens 1

DINE The National Peter Dale and Hugh Acheson’s Mediterranean-inspired restaurant is reminiscent of a romantic European cafe. With an extensive wine list and tempting cocktails (including a signature gin and tonic, housemade

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Seabear Oyster Bar is the perfect spot to grab cocktails and oysters during happy hour, which, thankfully, they offer every day.

Try the signature Negroni slushy, which is every bit as delicious as it sounds, or ask for a wine pairing to go with a round of oysters.

If you’re in the mood for something heavier, don’t shy away from the dinner menu, which offers everything from Asian-inspired steamed buns to crab and shrimp cakes to beer-braised bratwurst. Or stop in for one of their themed meals like Monday ramen night, Wildfry Wednesday or the Thursday low country boil. 297 Prince Ave., Suite 10, Athens, seabearoysterbar.com 6

with cinchona bark, citrus, orange peel and lemongrass) and a menu full of enticing options like hummus with spiced ground lamb, peppers, mint and pomegranate molasses and grilled hanger steak with fingerling potatoes, seared Brussels sprouts and red chimichurri, you absolutely can’t go wrong — and you certainly won’t be able to settle for just one. 232 W. Hancock Ave., Athens, thenationalrestaurant.com 2

Donna Chang’s Whether you’re popping in at lunch for a bowl of ginger-scallion noodles or the zesty and addictive kale and Brussels sprout salad — which they claim has a cult following, and we completely understand why — or bringing a crew for a leisurely dinner of shared plates, Donna Chang’s modern, clean-eating Chinese food is flavorpacked with a punch. At dinner, try the pork wontons, shrimp egg rolls, crab Rangoon, chickpea tofu or miso-glazed carrots. And if you’re there for lunch, you absolutely don’t

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Condor Chocolates Located in Five Points, Condor is known for their bean-to-bar chocolates. The cacao beans are all sourced from Ecuador, and the entire process from roasting and grinding to tempering happens right in the shop. Stop in the quaint cafe for sipping chocolate, truffles and espresso or grab one of their chocolate

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Guests of Honor bars, barks or bon bons to go. No matter which you choose, Condor offers something to satisfy every sweet tooth. 1658 S. Lumpkin St., Athens, condorchocolates.com

SIP 1000 Faces Coffee Located a short walk from the Graduate, 1000 Faces sources their coffee beans directly from farmers and profile roasts everything on-site. They offer pour-over coffee and a full espresso bar as well as nitro cold brew. Make sure to grab one of the local pastries from The Comerian, which uses organic grains from a local farm that they stone-grind in-house. 510 N. Thomas St., Athens, 1000facescoffee.com

Creature Comforts Brewing Co. Located just around the corner from the Georgia Theatre, the Creature Comforts tasting room offers a plethora of options with everything from a dry-hopped Pilsner (Legend Has It) to an imperial breakfast stout (Awaken, My Love) to a milk porter with toasted coconut, coffee and cocoa nibs (Koko Buni). Creature Comforts’ manifesto is “being better through being curious,” and curiosity is certainly the driving force behind the flavor profile of each beer they brew. 271 W. Hancock Ave., Athens, creaturecomfortsbeer.com

SEE Antebellum Trail This 100-mile trail meanders through seven historic communities that escaped Sherman’s scorched-earth rampage at the end of the Civil War. Guided and selfguided tours are available of four homesturned-museums as well as 16 historic districts. In Athens, the fully restored T.R.R.

Cobb House offers a glimpse into 19thcentury life in Georgia, with the main floor decorated in items from the Cobb family that date back to the mid-1800s. The Taylor-Grady House, a Greek Revival mansion, was built as a summer home around 1844 and now thrives as a museum and event space. antebellumtrail.org 7

Avid Bookshop Avid is the epitome of the ideal, quaint neighborhood bookshop. Crisp covers line the wooden shelves with little signs nearby — such as “In case you live under a rock: Robert Galbraith is really J.K. Rowling, and this series gets great reviews from critics and readers alike” — that help shoppers discover their next favorite title or new go-to author. There’s no shortage of cute gifts for bookworms of all sizes, and an adorable reading nook with children’s books and toys is the perfect spot for younger shoppers to settle in for a quiet read. 493 Prince Ave., Athens, avidbookshop.com

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Georgia Museum of Art Located on the University of Georgia’s campus, the Georgia Museum of Art is both a university museum and the state’s official museum of art. With 13 galleries of permanent collections that include everything from early-American paintings and 19th-century landscapes to pottery, textiles and furniture, the museum also organizes exhibits in-house as well as hosts and curates traveling exhibits. With a mission to create greater accessibility to art, the museum is free and open to the public. 90 Carlton St., Athens, georgiamuseum.org 4

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Palm Coast, Florida Everything slows down on the A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, minutes east of heavily traveled Interstate 95. From the luxurious golf and tennis resorts of Ponte Vedra Beach to the windswept Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area in Flagler Beach, the mostly two-lane road runs between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway linking a string of barrier islands along the northeast coast of Florida. The centrally located town of Palm Coast makes a convenient base from which to explore the sights along the 72-mile byway, but it’s tempting to stay put in this laidback community. World-class courses built on amazing settings create a golfer’s paradise. Cinnamon-colored sand covers 19 miles of uncrowded beaches. Ancient oaks, towering pines and indigenous plants line more than 125 miles of interconnected biking and hiking trails. Natural charm, protected environments and special experiences make Palm Coast the vacation getaway that feels more like home.

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for tapas and local craft beers after tennis or golf. Whether fish tacos at lunch or local flounder at dinner, freshly caught seafood and an extensive beverage list make this spot’s shore-to-table experience a must. 105 16th Road E., Palm Coast, hammockbeach. com/dine/atlantic-grille 2

Captain’s BBQ Sitting under a thick canopy of oak trees, Captain’s BBQ cooks up some of the best Southern barbecue in Florida. Top-quality meats — beef, pork, chicken and turkey — and sides are slow-cooked in a special wood-burning smoker. Pulled pork and ribs are among the must-have items at this spot accessible by Scenic A1A or the Intracoastal Waterway. 5862 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Palm Coast, captainsbbqbaittackle.com

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STAY Hammock Beach Located in Palm Coast, Hammock Beach is anything but the ordinary Florida experience. Nearly all 330 rooms have private balconies with ocean views, and spacious one-bedroom suites contain tasteful décor, separate living areas and kitchenettes. The massive water park boasts five pools with a lazy river, water slide and poolside bar. One of two courses, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Ocean Course has six holes alongside the

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DINE Atlantic Grille The resort’s award-winning restaurant offers all-day dining service and sweeping ocean views in a stylish coastal setting.

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A mainstay in the historic downtown of St. Augustine, the Columbia is known for award-winning Spanish and Cuban dishes and an old-world atmosphere. (Think handpainted tiles and decorative arches.) An emphasis on fresh Gulf seafood makes it a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.

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SIP Flagler Beachfront Winery Overlooking the ocean, this upscale artisan winery sits near Scenic A1A. Winemaker Ken Tarsitano, with more than 20 years in the industry, handcrafts wines on-site using the best grapes from select growers around the country. In addition to wines by the glass or bottle, he serves wine slushies — the perfect beach drink on a hot summer day. 611 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach, flaglerbeachfrontwinery.com

Odd Birds Bar Eclectic best describes this craft cocktail bar tucked away in St. Augustine’s historic district. Within the quirky décor and relaxed atmosphere, talented bartenders have perfected the art of making fresh and small-batch cocktails. A variety of small bites complement the ever-changing menu of rare and unusual beer, wine and spirits. 33 Charlotte St., St. Augustine, oddbirdsbar.com

SEE A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway The officially designated American Byway is well-known to history buffs for the many sites dating from the Spanish conquests in the 1500s, but there’s much more to see and do. The byway connects state parks, national monuments, stunning beaches, nature trails and estuaries and offers activities including birding, boating, fishing, biking and surfing. scenica1a.org

Equestrian Adventures of Florida An increasingly popular way to enjoy the sun, sand and surf is on horseback. Equestrian Adventures of Florida provides lasting memories with guided tours on the beach as well as on many trails throughout Central Florida’s old oak forests and preserves. Owner Jennifer Miko’s horses are well cared for and well trained, and customers enjoy a relaxing and safe ride, regardless of experience. Ormond Beach, equestrianadventuresfl.com 5

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Historic Downtown St. Augustine Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, St. Augustine is the oldest continually occupied city in the United States. Its historic downtown is filled with old-world charm and cobblestone streets lined with boutiques, galleries and restaurants. History comes alive as visitors imagine fighting pirates at Castillo de San Marcos, experience three centuries of Spanish life in the Colonial Quarter or tour the more “modern” Lightner Museum, built in 1888. St. Augustine, oldcity.com 4

Marineland Dolphin Adventure Now a dolphin conservation center owned by the Georgia Aquarium, Marineland’s history dates back to 1938, when it opened as the world’s first oceanarium — and Florida’s only theme park for decades.

Today, visitors observe Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in their habitats and participate in hands-on exhibits and encounters, which not only educate guests about these extraordinary mammals but also support the nonprofit’s research and conservation efforts. 9600 Oceanshore Blvd., St. Augustine, marineland.net 1

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uthor, humorist and hostess Julia Reed was “gobsmacked” to learn she would receive the 2018 Swan Award, presented annually at the Swan Ball to people distinguished in the arts or by their dedicated service to humanity. “Other than that, she always makes us laugh; no one personifies elegance, Southern gentility and the uplifting fun of the evening better than Julia Reed,” said Swan Ball co-chair Beth Alexander. Julia is the author of seven books and a contributing editor at Elle Decor and Garden & Gun magazine, where she writes a regular column, The High & The Low. The cover of her latest book, Julia Reed’s South: Spirited Entertaining and High-Style Fun All Year Long, captures a real party at Libby and Ben Page’s farm. Her next book comes out in July, and she says South Toward Home will be a collection of her Garden & Gun columns, for which “Mr. Jon Meacham, whose living room I’m sitting in, was kind enough to write a really lovely introduction.” We had the pleasure of visiting with Julia in that living room to chat about Nashville, entertaining and her cocktail supper staple — cheese dreams.

Congratulations on receiving this year’s Swan Award! What was your reaction when you got the news?

Like, I am not worthy. I mean this is crazy. I remember a million years ago Alyne Massey used to have a dinner for the Swan Award recipients, and I sat next to Leonard Lauder. I adore Leonard Lauder; he’s the nicest man and a great philanthropist, great businessman, all that. So when they called me, I had this flashback of sitting next to Leonard. Once I realized they were serious, I hope I rose to the occasion, and I’m obviously flattered to no end.

What are your connections to Nashville?

Well, the first time I came to Nashville I was three months old and that was to get christened at the Presbyterian church where Dr. Walter Courtenay was the minister. … My cousin Frances and I were christened together.

Because I had a cousin, [it was like] I grew up with a sister here. … There was a direct flight from Greenville, Mississippi, where I grew up, to Nashville. Starting when I was about 8, [my parents] let me go on my own. And I would just hop on that jet and fly out here to see my grandparents all the time. It was my favorite place to come. … I spent a good chunk of every summer here. I came up here when my uncle, Michael Corzine, opened Corzine Richter’s — that was in the old Green Hills shopping center — and the opening night of that party was so glamorous. … So Nashville’s in my blood. There’s a picture that Nfocus ran of Frances and me on the Belle Carol at one of her birthday parties.

And to Cheekwood?

Cheekwood is so beautiful, and I’ve had the honor of speaking at a couple of garden club fundraisers there. It’s such a great gift to the city, and I always take folks there. People are shocked when they see how gorgeous the grounds are and the lovely museum.

What are other places you like to visit when you come back now?

Well, I would be remiss if I did not give a shout-out to my dear friend Joe Ledbetter’s restaurant, BrickTop’s. I also remember when Houston’s first opened — the first Houston’s. I used to put on my grandmother’s mink coat and go over there. I would try to look old enough to order alcohol at the bar. I keep yelling at JoBo to bring back some cheese toast. … And thank God I have friends and relatives who are all still members of Belle Meade Club because I can’t leave town without eating the frozen tomato. It’s my favorite thing.

You’ve been described as the quintessential Southern party host, and you write extensively about food and entertaining and the South. What is your philosophy on entertaining?

Growing up in the Mississippi Delta, which is where my father dragged my mother to — from the manicured gardens of Belle Meade to the wilds of the Mississippi Delta — so many people in Nashville have the luxury of entertaining at the Club. … Growing up, we had a country club — but not like Belle Meade Country Club.

So my mother and her friends were always entertaining. There was a party at my house at least twice a week growing up or they were going out. … The best parties of my youth I remember being impromptu. Somebody would drop by, and then more people would drop by. Every Southern person usually has a cheese dream or a nut somewhere. So that’s my philosophy, just to be fairly laid-back about stuff.

Also, what I like about being in the South, especially growing up where I did, you had to kind of make your own fun. Everything was an occasion. So in that

spirit, one of the chapters in my cookbook [Julia Reed’s South] was shot at Ben and Libby Page’s beautiful farm outside of Nashville in Giles County, Tennessee. They grow this incredible crop of tomatoes every year, and who doesn’t love a tomato? I mean, in the South we celebrate tomatoes as soon as they’re ripe enough to eat. So I did a six-course tomato and rosé dinner at Libby and Ben’s place. And we sat there in that beautiful space and drank all the rosé until it was too dark to see. Again, celebrate anything. Nothing is too seemingly pedestrian to offer even highfalutin people. When I was in New York, I used to go get pawpaws and have gumbo all the time at my house. But I also can cook fancy too. But the main thing is to have the same attitude no matter what the occasion.

You’ve lived in D.C. and New York. What differentiates Southern entertaining from other entertaining?

Northern entertaining is much more rigid. It’s like 6 o’clock cocktails, 7 o’clock dinner. My mother’s favorite way to entertain is what she calls a cocktail supper, and it’s the same thing we do here in Nashville. … You can graze and talk and drink and mingle, so when I said cocktail supper on the invitation in New York, it just threw people. It was like, “What does this mean?

Are we having cocktails for supper? Is it supper? Is it sit-down? ” It’s just like a thousand questions … [but] you serve a cheese dream in New York, and people go crazy. … So I would bring Marshall’s biscuits up there and have ham biscuits and have things like stuffed eggs, which nobody had ever seen.

My mother, a long time ago, said, “Why don’t you just cook something that tastes good? ” And I think that’s a very Southern thing. You don’t cook to impress; you want it to be delicious. But it doesn’t have to be this overwrought, fancy, fancy food. So I think that’s part of it. My column for Garden & Gun is called The High & The Low, so I’m not above serving pimento cheese sandwiches on one platter and having jumbo lump crab meat on another.

Are there things that you always have on hand or go to time and again?

I watched my grandmother’s cook make cheese dreams so many times that I finally figured it out. It’s kind of a combination of a recipe from The Nashville Cookbook and The Memphis Cookbook. It’s in Julia Reed’s South. I keep those frozen in a baggie all the time. The thing that [causes] people to chase the tray around is when I make these pimento-stuffed olives wrapped in cheese straw pastry. … [And] there’s always a frozen bag of pecans in my freezer.

Is there something about the Swan Ball to you that’s very Southern?

It’s Southern in that people know each other. I’ll know half the people in that room, which is such a gift that these co-chairs have given me by asking me to accept this award — which, like I said, I’m flattered to pieces. … It’s like old home weekend. I see some of my mother’s friends who I love. Most of them that she grew up with still live here, and I’m really close to them. So what I like about the Swan Ball is it’s multigenerational, and I’m so happy to know so many generations of folks here. And that, to me, is always Southern.

And finally, do you know what you’re gonna wear to the Swan Ball?

Yes, I do. That was the biggest swivet that I was put into. I like clean lines and pretty simple stuff. … I won’t be wearing the pope’s miter like Rihanna did to the Met Gala. >>

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Kathleen Geer and Chris Petro met through mutual friends at a party in Nashville, although they were both living in Birmingham at the time. They kept running into each other on weekend visits to Nashville in the summer of 2013 and finally had a first date at Chez Fonfon in Birmingham that fall. He proposed in May 2016 during sunset on the beach at her uncle’s house in Seagrove Beach, Florida.

They married in June the following year at First Presbyterian Church with Todd Jones officiating.

“My parents married in the same church 35 years ago,” said Kathleen. “I was baptized there and attended Oak Hill for elementary school.” She wore

a Legends by Romona Keveza lace gown, and her bridesmaids wore mint tulle dresses by Amsale.

The reception was at Belle Meade Country Club.

“The Tulip Tree brought my vision to life,” said the bride, “with lush greenery, blush peonies, hydrangeas, garden and Juliet roses, orchids and gardenias.

We placed small trees around the ballroom and dance floor to make the inside of the club feel like the outside.”

Sam Levine & City Lights played for the cocktail hour with The Atlanta Allstars hitting the stage later for dancing. Kathleen surprised Chris with an Alabama-themed side tent featuring local Alabama

craft beers, a TV replaying an old national championship game and a photograph of his grandfather with Bear Bryant.

After a wedding trip to Anguilla, they returned to Nashville, where Kathleen is a digital strategist at Zeta Global and Chris is the assistant vice president of Asia client services at Marsh. She holds degrees in business administration and dance from Birmingham-Southern College, and he has a bachelor’s in business marketing from The University of Alabama. Their parents are Adelaide and John Geer of Nashville and Betty and Gary Petro of Vestavia Hills, Alabama.

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Pho Real What’s cooking at Kien Giang and Vui’s Kitchen

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Next time you catch a cold, head straight for the hillside of Charlotte Pike where Kien Giang ladles out a restorative prescription of steaming noodles and fresh herbs bobbing in an anise-tinged elixir of bone broth. In this low-key and nondescript strip-mall eatery, many Nashvillians slurped their first tangle of Vietnamese pho. Under the generous tutelage of Hung Bui and other owners, we learned to deploy bountiful bouquets of basil, cilantro, bean sprouts and scallions into brothy baths of glassy noodles and beef, chicken or seafood and to drizzle the medley with just the right amount of hoisin and hot pepper sauces and cool lime juice.

While it’s easy to fall into a soupy pattern of always ordering fabulous pho, Kien Giang also boasts a solid menu of, well, solid delights. Begin with a bánh mì (a sandwich with pork and fried egg on a crusty baguette) or summer rolls (like tiny gift-wrapped packages of shrimp, mint and thin-shaved pork, swaddled in glassy rice wrappers and ready for dipping in a peanut sauce). If you successfully manage to set down the soup spoon, put chopsticks to work on various stir-fried medleys or on a deep bowl that trades broth and noodles for layers of pork, vermicelli, chopped vegetables and a crispy sliced egg roll, accented with a tangy drizzle studded with minced garlic. Finish it all off with a glass of rich Vietnamese coffee stirred with sweetened condensed milk. Then, when you realize all the fresh flavors and healing broth have helped you start to feel better, make plans to come back soon and sample more dishes whose tableside assembly of fresh ingredients make for as much ritual as repast.

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Once again, restaurateur couple Vui and John Hunt have wrangled the far-flung and fresh flavors of Vietnamese cuisine — from fish sauce and hoisin to Sriracha and lemongrass — into an eatery that feels simultaneously global and local. On the heels of their Berry Hill blockbuster debut, the Hunts have planted a flag in the burgeoning dining district of Germantown, turning the patio-heavy location of the former Cochon Butcher into an Asian-inspired eatery that has fast become a landmark for healthy dining.

Born in Vietnam, Vui moved to Nashville when she was 12. She credits her mom as the source of many of her recipes. Vui’s Kitchen’s menu boasts bone broth, pho, summer rolls, bánh mìs and steamed buns piled with lemongrass pork belly, fresh and pickled veggies, fresh herbs and hoisin sauce. While there are meats aplenty on the menu — ranging from five-spice shrimp on a noodle bowl to lemongrass beef and housemade pâté on a crusty baguette — it is the bounty of fresh vegetables and herbs that distinguishes Vui’s from so much restaurant fare. Even though you can get in and out of Vui’s quickly, you would never call it “fast food,” because even the quickest meal at Vui’s leaves you with a feeling of rejuvenation and nourishment, like you’ve just done your body a favor. The only thing fast about Vui’s Kitchen is how fast the playful brand, symbolized by a bicycle with a basket of vegetables, is becoming a Nashville icon — and how quickly you’ll want to return.

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Love Never Dies Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to the musical phenomenon The Phantom of the Opera continues the story of Christine Daaé as she journeys to New York City at the turn of the 20th century, only to be caught once again in the intrigue of “The Phantom.” June 19-24.

Tickets $25-90. TPAC Andrew Jackson Hall, 505 Deaderick St., 615-782-4040, tpac.org.

Simon Roberts: Public Performance This U.K.-based photographer assembles works from two of his previous series to create Public Performance, a collection that examines both individual and collective identities as well as translucence as a metaphor for the function of cameras in modern society.

Through June 30. Gratis. Zeitgeist

with Charles — alongside the Nashville Symphony. June 15. Tickets $39-139.

Schermerhorn Symphony Center, One Symphony Place, 615-687-6400, nashvillesymphony.org.

Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century

The Dan Auerbach Collection: Vintage Harley-Davidson Motorcycles from 1937-1950

This collection of paintings by an international lineup of artists delves into the world of the sublime and explores concepts like disturbance, mystery and expansiveness, all while celebrating the undiminished relevance of painting in the modern era. June 22-Sept. 16. Tickets $7-12. Frist Art

These 10 Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Dan Auerbach’s personal collection showcase a side of The Black Keys’ lead singer not often seen: his passion for vintage bikes that reflect the soul of the American 20th century. Through May 6, 2019. Tickets $3-12. Lane Motor Museum, 702

Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies Featuring hits from The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and more,

Gallery, 516 Hagan St., Suite 100, 615256-4805, zeitgeist-art.com.

Murfreesboro Pike, 615-742-7445, lanemotormuseum.org.

Waitress

This new musical, inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film and featuring music from Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, is produced by an all-female creative team and tells the story of a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of a new life away from her small town and unhappy marriage. June 5-10. Tickets $28-90. TPAC Andrew Jackson Hall, 505

Deaderick St., 615-782-4040, tpac.org.

A Tribute to Ray Charles

This collection of jazz favorites from Ray Charles will be performed by Ellis Hall — a musical icon who often collaborated

Museum, 919 Broadway, 615-2443340, fristartmuseum.org.

this alfresco summer evening on the Cumberland is designed for the whole family and stars Broadwaylevel vocalists performing alongside the Nashville Symphony. June 23.

Tickets $30-99. Ascend Amphitheater,

310 First Ave. S., 615-687-6400, nashvillesymphony.org.

The Glen Campbell Legacy Studio Tenn’s original theatrical concert, presenting a new perspective on theater and music, will be led by Nashville talent and will honor the artistry and cultural legacy of rock ‘n’ roll and country music icon Glen Campbell. June 30-July 1. Tickets $3090. Ryman Auditorium, 116 Fifth Ave.

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Travel Weary Expert etiquette advice from John Bridges

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My mother refuses to fly. She’s been on a plane just once in her life, and it was a bad, bumpy experience. Now she’s in her mid-70s, and her granddaughter, my daughter, is planning to be married in the south of France at the end of this summer. She and her fiancé spent a semester there while they were in college, and they love the place. My mother wants to go, but she’s come up with the idea of taking a ship. She doesn’t want to go by herself, so she’s asked a couple of friends, but they don’t have the time or the money to make the trip. I know she’s hoping I’ll volunteer to go with her, but I’ve got a wedding to pull together in France. I simply cannot make the trip in this way. How do I not break her heart? —Anonymous, West Meade Does grand-mère have a few extra centimes in her purse? The peaceful — let’s hope non-bumpy — trip across the Atlantic sounds lovely — as does the idea of bringing a friend along to have fun with and keep her occupied in France.

Maybe they could stay a few days longer, skip up to Paris and have the trip of a lifetime. A divine idea!

But sacré bleu! While money isn’t everything, the cost mounts by the moment, especially if somebody’s going to have to pay double. Couldn’t you fit her into a flight-therapy class in the next couple of months? Or couldn’t you slip her a Xanax before the plane takes off ?

The decision is going to be a tough one. She may have to be content with iPhone photos after the bride and groom get home. A week by herself on a ship sounds wearisome, unless she plays a lot of bridge. Help her think about it.

Who’s to say she won’t get mal de mer?

To The Bone We’re planning a trip for this summer, and we’ve invited friends to come along, as usual. But, quite honestly, although our kids are out of college, times have gotten tough, and we can’t afford the kind of trip we’ve taken in past years. We’ve always taken a house at the beach and entertained pretty royally. My husband says we should sit down and talk turkey with the other couple, but I know they’ve always depended on us. They’re great fun to travel with, but it’s sure to make them feel awkward. They may not even be able to go. How do we tell them? —Anonymous, Green Hills Shocking though it may be to you, your news may not be all that new. Your friends might have been wondering for a while about the holdings in the royal treasury. (You’ve had to put your kids through college, haven’t you?) They actually may be relieved to hear that they’re not getting a free ride again this year.

What if they suggested splitting the cost of the beach house?

If not, you may discover that every summer wasn’t all that much fun. Sit down with them, but don’t just talk turkey. Serve turkey sandwiches; they’ll fit your budget.

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by John bridges

John is the author of How To Be a Gentleman and the co-author, with Bryan Curtis, of other books in the GentlemannersTM series. Send your Best Behavior questions to jbridges@nfocusmagazine.com, and check out his up-to-theminute advice on life’s puzzling problems every Friday at nfocusnashville.com.

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June 2018 01 What: Brew at the Zoo

For: Nashville Zoo When: Fri., June 1, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Nashville Zoo Tariff: $55-125 per VIP, $25-65 per person Info: nashvillezoo.org What: Music Country Grand Prix

02 For: Saddle Up

When: Sat., June 2, 2:30 p.m.

Where: Brownland Farm Tariff: $1,400-1,600 per table, $300 per cabana, $125 per VIP, $15 per person, gratis per child under 10 Info: musiccountrygrandprix.com What: Swan Ball 02 For: Cheekwood When: Sat., June 2, 6:30 p.m.

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Where: First Presbyterian Tariff: $10-13 per adult, $8-10 per child Info: marthaobryan.org/crankin What: Stars for Second Harvest For: Second Harvest Food Bank When: Tues., June 5, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Ryman Auditorium Tariff: $40-60 per person Party note: Entertainment by Jake Owen and friends Info: secondharvestmidtn.org What: One Million Strong Benefit Dinner For: Fight Colorectal Cancer When: Wed., June 6, 6 p.m.

Where: City Winery Tariff: $150 per person Info: fightcolorectalcancer.org

10 What: Tony Awards

Viewing Party For: TPAC When: Sun., June 10, 6:30 p.m.

Where: War Memorial Auditorium Tariff: $5 per person Info: tpac.org

14 What: Restoration Hardware

VIP Unveiling For: Frist Art Museum When: Thurs., June 14, 7 p.m.

Where: Restoration Hardware Party note: Invitation only Info: rh.com

21 What: Lunch & Learn

For: Tennessee State Museum When: Thurs., June 21, 12:15 p.m.

Where: Nashville Farmers’ Market Tariff: Gratis Info: tnmuseum.org

21 What: TPAC Gala Kick-Off Party For: TPAC When: Thurs., June 21, 5 p.m.

Where: Sinema Nashville Co-chairs: Micaela and Sam Reed and Katherine and Chris Spencer Info: tpac.org

21 What: Hellbender on the River

For: Cumberland River Compact When: Thurs., June 21, 5:30 p.m.

Where: East Bank Landing Tariff: $45 per person Info: cumberlandrivercompact.org

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23 Arts Appraisal Day

For: Nashville Public Television When: Sat., June 23, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Where: The Factory at Franklin Tariff: $75 for three items, $150 for six items Info: wnpt.org What: Full Moon Pickin’ Party 29 For: Friends of Warner Parks When: Fri., June 29, 7 p.m.

Where: Warner Park Equestrian Center Tariff: $20-25 per adult, $7-10 per youth, $5-10 per jam circle participant, gratis per child 6 and under Info: warnerparks.org

30 What: Brunch at Bicentennial

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When author and humorist Julia Reed receives the prestigious Swan Award on June 2, it won’t be her first time to attend the white-tie affair. In 1981, her aunt, Frances Corzine, was the Swan Ball chair, and Julia’s mother arranged an auction item: a dove hunt at a preserve near their hometown of Greenville, Mississippi, that included brunch in the family’s home. Although in college and too young to go that year, Julia and her cousin were able to dance the night away at the after party. She has attended several times since, including 1994, when we captured this photograph of her with Aunt Frances. This year, family and friends are anxious to welcome Julia back to the Swan Ball.

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