9:49 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
The Mini-Clinic is a focused workshop on a variety of photographic topics held each month for BPG members. Examples of past topics include Photoshop, Lightroom, image critiques and lighting techniques. It occurs the second Thursday of each month. You can email Mike Gannon with any questions.
Location: We meet at the Brentwood United Methodist Church located at 309 Franklin Road, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 (map). The meetings are held in room A292 on the main floor of the building in the hall behind the reception desk. If you enter the central office (at large white columns w/ stairs in the back of the building), turn left at the fountain / stained glass window. Room A292 is just ahead on your left.
Time: 6:30 pm
Next Mini-Clinic Info:
May 14 – Phone Photography (Pam Hawkins)
The May Mini Clinic will feature Pam Hawkins giving a presentation on phone photography. According to Pam, “I plan on focusing on how to use the IPhone as an artistic tool in addition to a regular camera. The discussion will include specific software apps and equipment. I will also bring some IPhone images that have been printed.”
A number of BPG members have taken courses from Pam at Nashville State and have given rave reviews. We are lucky to have her as a mini clinic presenter. You can check out some of her art at www.pamhawkinsphotography.com
9:45 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
Williamson County Parks and Recreation (WCPR) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for summer 2015 adult softball leagues for Heritage Park in Spring Hill and Bethesda Park.
WCPR will offer competitive and rec leagues for men’s and coed teams. These are seven-week double header leagues. The team registration fee is $450, and registration ends June 12. Play will begin June 22.
Team registration forms are available at www.wcparksandrec.com. For more information, contact Chistopherg@williamson-tn.org or call (615) 370-3471, ext. 2114, or Daniell@williamson-tn.org, (615) 370-3471, ext. 2121.
9:30 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
The City of Brentwood will hold its biennial municipal election on Tuesday, May 5th. There are four (4) seats on the Board of Commissioners up for election, with three (3) incumbents running for reelection. Commissioners serve for four (4) years. All Commission seats are elected at-large, meaning there are no districts.
The following candidates are running in this election:
Burgin, Jill (I)
Crossley, Betsy (I)
Dunn, Anne (I)
Soltis, Tamela
Travis, Ken
Click here to watch the Women’s Club Candidate Forum from 3-31-15.
5:45 pm | Tuesday, May 5th
When you walk in the Out of the Darkness Campus Walks, you join the effort with thousands of people to raise awareness and funds that allow AFSP to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss.
As the leader in the fight against suicide, and thanks to walkers like you from cities across the country, AFSP has been able to set a goal to reduce the annual suicide rate 20% by 2025.
Walk Date: 05/16/2015
Walk Location: The Vineyard Church – 308 Jordan Rd
Check-in/Registration Time: 05/16/2015 at 9:15 am
Walk Begins: 10:00 am
Walk Ends: 12:00 pm
For more information, please contact:
Contact Name: Kathryn Squires
Contact Phone: 615-405-9791
Contact Email: katsqu@gmail.com
Online registration closes at noon (local time) the Friday before the walk. However, anyone who would like to participate can register in person at the walk from the time check-in begins until the walk starts. Walk donations are accepted until June 30, 2015.
8:00 am | Tuesday, May 5th
24 hours to donate to your fav non-profit!
12:00 pm | Sunday, May 3rd
Vintage Baseball
May 3, 2015 – Double header – 12:00 pm & 2:30 pm
After nearly 150 years, a Civil War-era style of baseball will once again be played in Tennessee. Vintage base ball (yes, it was two words in the 1860s) was revived in the Mid-South when the Tennessee Association of Vintage Base Ball was formed in 2013. Carnton Plantation is pleased to be the home field for the Franklin Farriers. The base ball games are free to the public.
10:00 am | Sunday, May 3rd
Tennessee Renaissance Festival
Travel back to 16th Century England. Our Village of Covington Glen comes alive with the bustle of a Renaissance Marketplace. Over 60 skilled Artisans from all over the country display their wares from silks to swords; from gems to jewels. Flavors, aromas and tastes of specialty foods and drinks greet the festival-goer. Hear the sounds of Renaissance musicians and merrymakers as they echo through the trees. Color, movement, and peals of laughter welcome those who thrill to the challenges of Games of Skill and Man-Powered Rides. Come to the Tennessee Renaissance Festival!
2015 Running Dates
May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, plus Memorial Day May 25!
Hours: 10am – 6:00pm
Located off Highway 96 between the towns of Franklin and Murfreesboro, the Tennessee Renaissance Festival is easily accessible from I-24, I-65, and I-840, just 25 miles south of Nashville. The festival address is 2124 New Castle Road, Arrington, TN, 37014
6:00 pm | Saturday, May 2nd
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM FRANKLIN, TN
Act Too Players is hosting this Free Event at Pinkerton Park.
The Act Too Players (ATP), Williamson County’s premier training program for all youths is mounting a two day event this Friday and Saturday (May 1st and 2nd) at 6pm in the back of Pinkerton Park near the trail entrance for the Fort Grainger trail. This production was originally slotted as to be our “Shakespeare in the Parking Lot” with the show happening behind the Act Too Players studio.
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs to come watch our kids and teens bring this show to life!
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors (mechanicals), who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is being directed by Denice Hicks who is the Artistic Director of the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. This production is being performed by youth members of Act Too Players.
For more information about Act Too Players visit www.ActTooPlayers.com
10:00 am | Saturday, May 2nd
Tennessee Renaissance Festival
Travel back to 16th Century England. Our Village of Covington Glen comes alive with the bustle of a Renaissance Marketplace. Over 60 skilled Artisans from all over the country display their wares from silks to swords; from gems to jewels. Flavors, aromas and tastes of specialty foods and drinks greet the festival-goer. Hear the sounds of Renaissance musicians and merrymakers as they echo through the trees. Color, movement, and peals of laughter welcome those who thrill to the challenges of Games of Skill and Man-Powered Rides. Come to the Tennessee Renaissance Festival!
2015 Running Dates
May 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, plus Memorial Day May 25!
Hours: 10am – 6:00pm
Located off Highway 96 between the towns of Franklin and Murfreesboro, the Tennessee Renaissance Festival is easily accessible from I-24, I-65, and I-840, just 25 miles south of Nashville. The festival address is 2124 New Castle Road, Arrington, TN, 37014
8:00 am | Saturday, May 2nd
The Franklin Farmers Market is a true Tennessee farmers market.
From produce, fruit and dairy to baked goods and meats, you’ll find delicious fresh food at the Franklin Farmers Market. And because it’s all from local farms, the variety of goods increases and changes each week through the seasons. You can taste the difference, because it all comes straight from the farm to the market, ripe and ready to enjoy. It’s Tennessee farm fresh food from real farmers, every Saturday morning at the Franklin Farmers Market. Plus, there are a select number of local crafts persons at the market too, with unique and beautiful goods for you to enjoy.
The Franklin Farmers Market is a year-round market in Tennessee. The summer season of the market is May through October every Saturday and the market is open 8am – 1pm. The winter season of the market is November through April. The hours for the winter market are 8am – noon for November and December. In January through April, the hours are 9am – noon.
