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Morbid Discoveries Near the East Bank
By Megan Lee Podsiedlik
While following along with the despairing case of Riley Strain, Nashville discovers the underbelly of the Cumberland river.
Review: God & Country
By Tyler HummelMovies
Rob Reiner's documentary on Christian Nationalism completely misses the mark
Staff Notes: Forging Freedom brings grassroots energy to the outskirts of Middle Tennessee
By The Pamphleteer
The Bloomington Springs Community Center sits at a near dead-end about three miles from the Love’s just off I-40 in a far corner of Putnam County. It's the…
Atomic Hartsville
By Hamilton Wesley Ellis
A small Tennessee town's forgotten history as a nuclear leader
EXCLUSIVE: Metro Arts launches initiative to 'return land, money, and resources' to 'Indigenous, African, and Asian peoples'
By The Pamphleteer
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…
What G.K. Chesterton Saw in Nashville
By Tyler Hummel
G.K. Chesterton's commentary on Nashville and the broader South from his 1921 tour of the US still resonates
Bookville
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
Plenty Downtown Bookshop furthers Cookeville’s quiet transformation into one of the state’s most impressive cultural hubs.
The Pamphleteer's 2023 Christmas Gift Guide
By The Pamphleteer
What to buy for people you love and want to impress with your impeccable taste
Radical Objectivity
By Jerod Ra'Del HollyfieldBooks
A review of Jeff Fynn-Paul’s 'Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World'
Chip's Harvest
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
What a sixty-three-year-old sitcom can teach us about the folly of "land acknowledgments"
Nashville’s Taylor Era
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
Rediscovering the suburban roots of the world’s biggest popstar may be the city’s only way to stave off its decline.
Retreating To The Holiest Place In The South
By Tyler Hummel
What I learned at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky
The Best Fall Day Trips
By The Pamphleteer
A collection of four day trips you can take around Nashville to get the most out of the Fall
The Pamphleteer’s Guide to the Southern Festival of Books
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
With a new venue and expanded offerings, Nashville’s premiere literary event taps into our current reading Renaissance
Review: Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s Much Ado About Nothing
By Tyler HummelArts
This year's festival is “All Mirth and Not Matter”
The Slow Death of Local Media
By Megan Lee PodsiedlikOpinion
Has lack of trust in the media and dwindling local coverage snowballed into an apathetic voter base?
There Is No Culture War
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
How a status-obsessed critical class and creators entrenched in their dogma poison fruitful discourse
Mr. Hanks in Music City
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
Hollywood’s former everyman turns to the written word and reminds a Blue Oasis of the America they left behind.
Red Boiling Springs and The Southern Imaginary
By Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield
The former resort town’s annual Folk Medicine Festival aims to preserve tradition in a region complicated by tourist kitsch.
