Nashvillest

This weekend, one of Nashville’s biggest annual cultural celebrations will be taking place: Nashville Pride 2008. The festivities have already begun, stretching for 10 days leading up to the big celebration this Sunday. This year, appropriately themed “Carnivale” for its 20th anniversary, also marks the first year that the festival will occur on a Sunday, [...]

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After making the jaunt downtown yesterday to watch the sure-to-be-entertaining Bush-McCain Challenge sponsored by MoveOn.org, our feelings were a little hurt when we got there and realized they’d stood us up. No one seems to know what happened, but after raising some Cain when we got home, it seems they’ve magically rescheduled the event for [...]

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We told you we were suckers for great black and white shots, and this capture by CraptasticPhotog of Edwin Warner Park was no exception. We really liked the perfect reflection below the fallen tree.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry- [...]

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If you live in Metro Council District 29, you may be interested in hearing that your councilwoman Vivian Wilhoite was locked up this morning by Metro police. We wish we could tell you it was something scandalous or even remotely interesting, but it turns out she was just caught driving on a suspended license two [...]

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Good morning, Nashville. In the latest series of bad reviews by people who don’t live here, we’ve been ranked the sixth worst city for carbon emissions among the US’s 100 largest cities. Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga- before you start pointing fingers, you guys also made the top 25. What can we do? Mayor Dean says [...]

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Earlier this evening, city officials and concerned Nashvillians gathered to hear from a firm hired by the city to figure out what the heck we should do with the struggling Tennessee State Fair and Fairgrounds. Since January, the group has been meeting with members of the community, tossing ideas around with developers, and taking a [...]

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A trademark of Nashville summer, the Frist Center’s Frist Fridays are beginning. They start this Friday, May 30 and occur the last Friday of the month through October. It’s free to members or $8.50 for non-members (we strongly recommend joining the Frist - It’s only $45/year for an individual, $60 for couples, $35 for seniors, [...]

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Well, the Bush-McCain Challenge we reported on yesterday was a bust because the folks at MoveOn.org stood us up. Are we surprised? [MoveOn.org]
Taxi fares are safe once again. Metro voted not to increase rates at a meeting on Tuesday night. [Tennessean]
Pacman Jones finally paid off a $20,000 bad check he wrote to a Las Vegas [...]

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Yes, we’re serious about that. Between 9am-1pm on Saturday, we’re going to be dumping our hazardous household waste at a variety of metro collection points:

Hillsboro High School (3812 Hillsboro Pike in Green Hills)
Bellevue at the MTA Park & Ride (Coley Davis Road and Highway 70 South)
Dupont Hadley Middle School (1901 Old Hickory Blvd. in Old [...]

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We’re loving the creative Parthenon shots that keep showing up in the pool, and this candid shot by nephinevin especially caught our eye for the human interest. It embodies everything we love about Centennial: A quirky monument, an interesting photographic subject, and an all-around great place to chill on a nice day.
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