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Clipping Some Wings
🛸 Traffic, taxes, & drones · Breakin’ In Ain’t Hard to Do · State Leaders Want Nashville Sheriff to Comply With ICE · Much more!
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👋🏻 Good morning! Here are some highlights from this week's happenings in Nashville: David Ian Trio will be performing at Rudy'z Jazz Room on Monday with jazz pianist David Ian joined by Blake Branch on upright bass and Sean McDonald on drums. Nashville's hottest monthly
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Downtown expands
🌇 The Gulch wants to fold into the city's CBID · Updates on the airport authority · Visions of future Nashville · F1 review · Film rundown · Much more!
Review: F1 (2025)
If the first half of the summer movie season belonged to a plane-jumping Tom Cruise on the eighth leg of his impossible mission, the second
The Zone of Interest
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Trump nominates Tennesseans · AG takes over · Deportee of the day · Much more!
Living beyond the headlines
🤠 Dispatch from Story, Wyoming · Tomorrow's council meeting · New Laws · Governor on the road · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (July 1st)
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Thinking about town
🎶 What is Nashville · Ogles vs. the World · TikToks new owners · Homeless relocated · Much more!
Eternal Y2K2
👾 The post 9/11 summer high · Competency stands trial · Abrego Garcia · New Black Caucus · Hit-and-runs · Film rundown · Much more!
Forever 2002
Why the Long Post-9/11 Summer still defines our cultural imagination.
Growing Power Levels
☀️ Someone turn up the heat · Lamberth calls for federal ban · Walking away from Pride · Chinese batteries · Art for Everybody review · Much more!
Review: Art for Everybody
“I have about twenty of his paintings,” a woman says in the trailer promoting Art for Everybody, the new documentary about Thomas Kinkade. W
The Wrecking Ball of History
💥 Damaged institutions do not magically heal themselves · Councilmembers sue · East Bank puppet · Assessment audit · Local activist all-star · Much more!
O'Connell out on the tightrope
🏛️ The mayor tries to balance pragmatism with politics · Drake cleared · Bad drivers · Metro priorities · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (June 24th)
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What are we calling hot weather this year?
🔥 It's hot outside · Immigration conflicts · Abrego Garcia · VUMC reductions · Sexton's tease · Much more!