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COUNCIL TO VOTE ON FIVE METRO ARTS NOMINEES
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikMetro
After a series of resignations, Nashville’s new mayor has the unenviable task of restructuring the Metro Arts Commission. Five nominees are up for vote at…
STORMWATER PERMIT FEE FOR ALL?
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikMetro
Originally published: 01/22/2024 Tomorrow, the council will hear a resolution to amend the Stormwater Capacity Fee, which took effect on July 1st. The new…
EXCLUSIVE: Metro Arts launches initiative to 'return land, money, and resources' to 'Indigenous, African, and Asian peoples'
By The PamphleteerCulture
Executive Director Daniel Singh has surrounded himself with a cadre of radical consultants and has pledged to re-envision Metro Arts as an anti-racist…
Vols Basketball On Collision Course With Destiny?
By Austin Miles HarringtonSports
Tennessee Men’s Hoops continue surge towards March
The Bureaucratic Force of Wonka
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
The latest iteration of Roald Dahl’s classic is a deeply felt ode to entrepreneurship
THE REVOLVING DOOR: MENTAL HEALTH, CRIME, CATCH, AND RELEASE
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikMetro
At November 9, 2023's media roundtable, Mayor O’Connell revealed that the same “loophole” that allowed the Belmont shooting suspect, Shaquille Taylor, back on…
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 19-25
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. The Zone of Interest Renowned director Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin, Birth) offers…
ANOTHER TRANSIT REFERENDUM HAS ENTERED THE CHAT
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikMetro
Following last Friday’s media roundtable, Mayor O’Connell indicated he’ll consider a new transit initiative. We’ll find out whether he’ll pursue the idea by…
Ornamental Ivies
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
The Holdovers is the ultimate fable of academic populism.
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 12-18
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. Memory Jessica Chastain stars as a social worker recovering from alcoholism whose life…
State's Complaints Against Meta Revealed
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
“I am the most well-known person of my generation," replied Mark Zuckerberg to an email from four billionaire META investors who called him “*the spokesman*…
The Anti-Nostalgia of Bret Easton Ellis
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldBooks
A review of 'The Shards'
THREE BILLS YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT, BUT LIKELY WON’T PASS
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
By the time you receive this newsletter, the Tennessee state legislature will have reconvened for the second half of the 113th General Assembly. Lawmakers in…
HOUSE SETS UP RULES BEFORE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
The 113th General Assembly reconvenes tomorrow, January 9th; so far, 62 bills have already been filed for introduction in the House, with a respective 83 bills…
Titans Play Kingmaker in AFC Playoff Race
By Austin Miles HarringtonSports
Stunning victory over division rival sends Jags packing, Steelers, Bills clinch playoff berths
THE PUSH AND POLL OF POLITICS
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
Yesterday, we got hold of a link to a mysterious poll labeled “Local Issues Research.” The survey contained a series of pointed questions almost exclusively…
BEACON POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR ESAs
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikTennessee
The numbers are in for the Beacon Center’s third quarterly poll, giving some insight into a number of topics important to Tennesseans days before the 113th…
What G.K. Chesterton Saw in Nashville
By Tyler HummelCulture
G.K. Chesterton's commentary on Nashville and the broader South from his 1921 tour of the US still resonates
✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: January 5-11
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldMovies
The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a list of new and upcoming films, check out our 2023 Movie Guide. Fallen Leaves…
