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!
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Next Stop on Trump’s Restoring Law & Order Tour: Memphis
🪖 Governor Lee meets with the Commander in Chief · Local media sues the city and state · Metro Council audits, agreements, and woo girls · 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, 9/15 🎸 Billy Strings w/ Bryan Sutton @ Ryman Auditorium, 7p, Info 🎸 Turnstile @ The Pinnacle, 7p, $75+
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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)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
What are we calling hot weather this year?
🔥 It's hot outside · Immigration conflicts · Abrego Garcia · VUMC reductions · Sexton's tease · Much more!
The State of Protest
🪧 MAGA is putting protestors out of jobs · Honoring Frank Niceley · O'Connell hands over the papers · Visions of Nashville past · Film rundown · Much more!
Protest as Performance Evaluation
No Kings wasn't an altruistic groundswell. It was an act of self-preservation that brought the Left into an era of Capitalist Magical Realism.
The Locomotive of Progress
🚨 Who commits the crimes · Bar Hours · Free speech ruling in Franklin · AG's lawsuit upheld · Orcale rising · Phoenician Scheme · Much more!
Review: The Phonecian Scheme (2025)
With 2023’s Asteroid City, Wes Anderson fully waded into political terrain for the first time in his thirty-year career, offering up a COVID
This Balloon Runs on Hot Air and Higher Taxes
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · A new Metro office · Ban on transing kids · MNPD expands its slush fund · Much more!
"My tourist attractions runneth over..."
🕶️ Anti-tourism sentiments swell globally · Jillian Ludwig's killer on trial · Alternative budgets on tap · Illegal offender all-star · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (June 17th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
A weekend of rallies
🕺 Tons of protests happened over the weekend · Airport secrets · Budget season drawing down · Downtown library update · State park proposals · Much more!
The youth is gonna be alright
😷 The COVID War Kids · Dispatch from a protest · Substitute budget on offer · TN cheap to raise kids · Film rundown · Much more!