In Defense of Tourism and Tourists
🕶️ Tourism revenue rises · The Great Rezoning · New candidates in D7 · DEI shapeshifts · Week in streaming · Much more!
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Loose Screws
🏙 O'Connell's Capital Spending Plan · A sad tale from the Westside · Lyft/Flexdrive opens Nashville AV depot · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all have been enjoying the wonderful fall weather we've been having lately. Tonight— The Pamphleteer, in collaboration with Meriwether Academy, presents the second night of The Nashville Antichrist Lectures with Peter Thiel. On Tuesday, Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers are
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This Week in Streaming (July 8th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
🐒 100th anniversary of Scopes Monkey Trial · TN-7 race opens up · Tried bullets strike · New BNA terminal · Much more!
The Devil Went Down To Dayton
The Tennessee town that played host to the Scopes Monkey Trial wants to tell its own story
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)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
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!