Parnassus, MBA to host Tom Hanks for discussion of his new book

BY LOGAN BUTTS

Legendary actor Tom Hanks is coming to Nashville.

The two-time Oscar winner is making a stop in the Music City on his book tour in an event co-hosted by Parnassus Books and Montgomery Bell Academy.

Hanks will discuss his new novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, with Parnassus co-founder and celebrated author Ann Patchett.

The event is ticketed, and it sold out quickly once it was officially announced.

The novel is described as “about the making of a star-studded, multimillion- dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thoughtprovoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.” thriving hospitality scene when we open later this year,” Scott Steenrod, chief operating officer of Live! Hospitality & Entertainment, said in the release.

Hanks, who previously wrote a collection of short stories called Uncommon Type that was inspired by his typewriter collection, also wrote three comic books that are interspersed throughout the book.

For more information, visit ParnassusBooks.net.

James Beard Award nominee Chef John Suley oversees the Sports & Social menu.

The release notes The Mall at Green Hills Sports & Social will offer a 33-foot LED media wall that will allow guests to watch multiple games.

The announcement follows news that The Mall at Green Hills is preparing for Swiss watch-maker and retailer IWC Schaffhausen and fashion retailers Marc Jacobs and Dolce and Gabbana.

Also headed to the Green Hills retail facility, according to the mall website, are Garage (fashion geared toward young women), Lids (hats), Lovisa (jewelry) and Upwest (women’s and men’s clothing). This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.