InsideOut Of The Lunch Box

For the past 20 years, Vanderbilt and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center have collaborated to cultivate new audiences for the arts downtown through a series of programs aimed at attracting constituents interested in exploring the arts. Read More

The next installment of the InsideOut of the Lunchbox series will feature a talk and performance from the Nashville Opera's production of "Susannah." The event is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at War Memorial Auditorium. Read More

In this special evening Lunch Box event, we will enjoy Mark Cabus’ one-man performance of the Charles Dickens classic novella A Christmas Carol. In this one-hour version, Cabus plays 18 different parts, acting as both the narrator and the characters that have come to signify the holiday season. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the Food for Thought lunchtime series which took place on March 28. Part one of The Ugly Truth behind Mass Incarceration and Recidivism. Food for Thought is a community lunchtime program. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series, A Raisin in the Sun, which took place on March 16. Celebrate with us the classic play A Raisin in the Sun; written by Lorraine Hansberry, produced by Nashville Repertory Theatre, and featuring Eddie George… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series, City of Songs¬ which took place on November 5. Vanderbilt University’s Theatre Department presented City of Songs an original play created by the director and members of the cast, is about a quirky Albanian American… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series, The Whipping Man­ which took place on January 29. A badly wounded Jewish Confederate soldier stumbles home at war’s end to find his family has fled to the countryside. Remaining behind to greet him are… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series ­ An Exploration of Burden of Justice: 1863­ which took place on October 16. Some 10,500 armed conflicts occurred during the Civil War, ranging from battles to minor skirmishes. Burden of Justice: 1863 tells the… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series — Vanderbilt University’s Momentum Dance Company — which took place on November 21. Momentum Dance Company is Vanderbilt’s first student-run dance performance group. All pieces are choreographed, directed, and performed by Vanderbilt undergraduate students. Their… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series — The Importance of Being Earnest — which took place on September 26. Dazzling wordplay, comic invention, sparkling dialogue, improbable plot twists, mistaken identities, and a sprinkling of romance–The Importance of Being Earnest has it… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – The Vanderbilt Commodore Steel Band – which took place on March 21. Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series — The Technical Side of Theatre — which took place on February 21. Take a look at what goes on backstage as well as onstage in this Lunch Box featuring the national Broadway touring production… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – The Culture of Irish Music in America – which took place on October 25. Eileen Ivers is an original musical star of the hit show Riverdance and has been named All-Ireland Fiddle Champion nine… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – The Culture of a Neighborhood – which took place on September 13. The Tennessee Repertory Theatre’s production of the Tony award-winning play Clybourne Park sets the stage for an open discussion about the culture… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – Appalachian Celebration – which took place on April 19. Blair musicians demonstrated southern musical traditions as they explored the roots of one of America’s most popular folk art forms. This program featured the head of Blair… Read More

(iStockphoto) Join musicians from Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music as they explore the roots of one of America’s most popular folk art forms on Thursday, April 19, at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Polk Theater. The program will feature the head of Blair’s fiddle department,… Read More

Watch video of the most recent presentation in the InsideOut of the Lunch Box series – The Voice – which took place on March 15. We all know Music City produces some of the world’s most famous singers.  What you may not know is that Music City is also the home… Read More

Watch video from the December 7 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox event featuring Robert Talisse, professor of philosophy, speaking on “Faith in Democracy.” Citizens in a democratic society share political power as equals. This equality entails that the exercise of political power is legitimate only when it can be justified by… Read More

Watch video from the November 2 Thinking Out of the Lunchbox event. Vicki Greene, professor of Physics and Astronomy, spoke on “Newton’s Unfinished Business.” What is the universe really made of? From Newton onward, the concept of mass, or inertia, has been central to our understanding of the nature of… Read More

Watch video of the Oct. 20 InsideOut of the Lunch Box event, “From Training to Profession: Acting for the Theatre.” Ever wondered what happens during an audition? How does one train for life in the theater? Does it prepare them for the realities of the profession? Get an inside look at… Read More