Downtown Franklin resident Marti Veto has been named chair of the 38th Annual Town & Country Tour of Homes, to be held June 1 and 2 in and around historic Franklin. The event, produced by the Heritage Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County, is designed to showcase old homes in an effort to underscore the [...]
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Franklin Art Scene Makes Another Circuit May 3, 2013
This Friday, Jack Yacoubian Jewelers will host internationally exhibited artist Paul Harmon during May’s Franklin Art Scene. A recent member of the first-Friday event, the downtown Franklin shop on Third Avenue South will hold an extensive exhibition of the artist’s work and said that the Brentwood resident will be on hand to sign copies of [...]
Downtown Franklin’s 30th Annual Main Street Festival Returns This Weekend
If you are using Twitter or Instagram to document your Main Street Festival experiences, use the hashtags #MainStreetFestival or #MSF13 or #downtownfranklin so that we can follow that! Downtown Franklin’s 30th annual Main Street Festival is April 27-28, featuring more than 200 artisans & crafters, two stages, two carnivals and a couple dozen food trucks to [...]
O’More Designer Show House Partners With Traditional Home Magazine
For more than 40 years, O’More College of Design has produced some of Middle Tennessee’s top interior designers. Now, alumni spanning the decades are partnering on the O’More Show House at Berry Cottage, to be held April 5-21 in Downtown Franklin with all proceeds benefiting the O’More College of Design. As part of Traditional Home [...]
Franklin Art Scene Hosts First Art Crawl of Spring Season
The Franklin Art Scene will host its first art crawl of the spring season Friday, April 5 from 6-9 p.m., just in time to celebrate the recent blooms around Historic Downtown Franklin. The Franklin Art Scene is a first-Friday event presented by the Downtown Franklin Association (DFA). The art crawl and its 30-plus locations are [...]
Franklin Theatre Hosts Children’s “Eggs-travaganza” March 30
The Franklin Theatre will help spread Easter cheer a day early this year. The historic event venue will host its first “Eggs-travaganza” on Saturday, March 30 beginning at 9:30 a.m. The children’s event will include a screening of the animated movie Hop and a chance to win a brand-new bicycle from Mac’s Harpeth Bikes in [...]
MAIN STREET BREW FEST CELEBRATES ITS 10th ANNIVERSARY MARCH 16
More than 60 Brews On Tap From Middle Tennessee and Around the Country Each year for the last decade, the Downtown Franklin Association (DFA) has provided beer lovers a taste of some of the best local, national and international brews during its annual Main Street Brew Fest. On Saturday, March 16, the non-profit organization that [...]
ShopMainStreets.com Renewing Membership
ShopMainStreets.com, a virtual tour of small businesses in downtown Franklin, is renewing its membership in March 2013. The online excursion offers guests a glimpse of the unique shopping and dining options on our Main Street and beyond, and encourages them to come experience it in person. The company is scheduling to photograph renewals this Thursday [...]
Outdoor Classic Structures Brings New Dimension to March’s Franklin Art Scene
Outdoor Classic Structures, a design-build firm in downtown Franklin that focuses on outdoor construction, is wielding its craft to add a unique dimension to the upcoming Franklin Art Scene. The company works on projects ranging from spectacular courtyards to green roofs, tiered swimming pools to sculpted landscapes—and this Friday at their showroom on 203 Second [...]
Main Street Welcomes Town’s End General Store
Town’s End General Store, a vintage and uncommon goods shop at 504 W. Main Street, will hold its grand opening Friday, March 1, 2013 during the Franklin Art Scene, 6-9 p.m. The shop’s ribbon cutting will take place at 4 p.m. The new business, formally known as Kaleidoscope, has taken on a new persona—and it’s [...]