Downsizing the Council
🏛️ Council shrinkage · The race for Rose's seat · New Chief of Staff · Nashville's Pyramid · Much more!
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An Authority with Authority
💸 Bob Mendes' pricey "seat at the table" · Election update · General Robertson's founding of Nashville · Illegal offender of the day · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide. Monday, 8/25 🎧 Molly Tuttle Listening Session, Discussion & Album Signing @ Vinyl Tap, 6p, Info 🎙️ An Evening with
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Major Lewis & Nashville’s Pyramid
A profile of one of Nashville's most impactful patriarchs
In Defense of Tourism and Tourists
🕶️ Tourism revenue rises · The Great Rezoning · New candidates in D7 · DEI shapeshifts · Week in streaming · Much more!
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!