Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Things We Wish We Never Knew
- So are we the only ones who had no idea you could make meth from urine? Leave it to East Tennessee, right? ;) [Tennessean]
- Don’t forget: TDOT is shutting down I-40W this weekend between the I-440 split and the I-40/I-24 split near downtown. Plan accordingly! [WKRN]
- Some churches are being socially responsible and using “Eco-Palms,” or Fair Trade palm branches, for Palm Sunday. [WTVF]
- Apparently folks “spent Friday and most of the weekend” which hasn’t happened yet cleaning up the mess from the tornado. [WTVF]
- When the going gets tough, the Nashville Convention Center and the Municipal Auditorium think about pooling their staff. [Tennessean]
- A local couple is collecting backpacks for our homeless folks. [WSMV]
- Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s Nashvillian brother Rob (whose hair is far less impressive than his brother’s) is fighting federal charges of wire fraud in connection with Blago’s campaign fund. [Tennessean]
Photo by JoeBehrPalmSprings.
So are we the only ones who had no idea you could make meth from urine? Leave it to East Tennessee, right? ;) [Tennessean]
Don’t forget: TDOT is shutting down I-40W this weekend between the I-440 split and the I-40/I-24 split near downtown. Plan accordingly! [WKRN]
Some churches are being socially responsible and using “Eco-Palms,” or Fair [...]
The Weekendist: Mule Day Edition
Happy Mule Day! And tomorrow, happy Mule Day! Did you know that in Columbia, TN, just a stone’s throw away, it’s been Mule Day since March 30 – and will continue to be Mule Day until Sunday. The weekend is heavy with Mule-y events like mule pulling, knife auctions, mule parades, square dancing (hopefully not by the mules), clogging (ditto), and boy, could we go on and on. So uh, take a little field trip this weekend. And let us know how it is.
FRIDAY
- Southern Women’s Show. 10am-8pm Friday, 10am-7pm Saturday, 10am-6pm Sunday at the Nashville Convention Center. Tickets are $10 at the door.
- Brian Regan at The Ryman. 8pm, tickets range from $35.50-$40.50.
- Tin Pan South. 6:30pm & 9:30pm shows every night through the weekend.
- Music City Mayhem. Doors at 4pm, show at 7pm, Yazoo Brewery. Lightning 100 has arrived at their Final Four in their Music City Mayhem contest between a whole bunch of local musicians. Maureen Murphy, Daniel Ellsworth, Parachute Musical and Moon Taxi will be playing at Yazoo tonight, and it’s free!
- The Privates’ CD Release Show. 9pm at The Basement, 21+, $10.
SATURDAY
- Nashville’s Smallest Art Gallery. Any time, any day, Hillsboro Village. Nashville’s Smallest Art Gallery, which we’ve featured before, has a new show on display in their display case that hangs out in Hillsboro Village by Posh. If you’ve been meaning to check it out, now’s a great time.
- Mule Day. Just click for more info, please.
- First Saturday Art Crawl. 6pm-9pm, The Arcade.
- Nashville Predators vs. Columbus Blue Jackets. 7pm at the Sommet Center.
SUNDAY
- Community Hymn Sing with the Nashville Symphony. 2:30pm & 7:30pm at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Laura Turner Hall. Jars of Clay, Wintley Phipps, Phil Keaggy and Heather Headley will join conductor David Hamilton and the Nashville Symphony for a community hymn sing this Sunday. Tickets start at $12.50.
Photo by chrischapman.
Happy Mule Day! And tomorrow, happy Mule Day! Did you know that in Columbia, TN, just a stone’s throw away, it’s been Mule Day since March 30 – and will continue to be Mule Day until Sunday. The weekend is heavy with Mule-y events like mule pulling, knife auctions, mule parades, square dancing (hopefully not [...]
Photo Of The Day: April 3, 2009 [Feel Good Friday]
Even the elephants at the Nashville Zoo are ready for spring! (Okay, so this was taken three years ago, but we know this is what they would be doing if it were warm and green and sunny and tornado-less outside.) Photo by joshbousel.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.
Even the elephants at the Nashville Zoo are ready for spring! (Okay, so this was taken three years ago, but we know this is what they would be doing if it were warm and green and sunny and tornado-less outside.) Photo by joshbousel.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long [...]
Bright & Early: (Don’t) Light ‘Em Up Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The State of Tennessee is cracking down on its employees’ bad habits by charging them 50 bucks if they can’t quit smoking by October 1. The new mandate goes for all state employees and spouses who are covered under the state health insurance plan. And for those needing a little extra help stepping away from the cigs, they’ll be providing counseling, drugs (crack?), and nicotine gum. So after y’all smoke your way through the cartons of cigarettes you bought this week before the tax hike, it may be time to give quitting a try.
- The Tennessee Department of Transportation is shelling out $5.7 million (don’t worry, it’s not stimulus money) to replace some of the wetlands they’ve destroyed with all that pesky road construction. How does one go about replacing wetlands, you ask? We have no idea.
- A Bridgestone/Firestone shop seems to have gotten the worst of the damage from a tornado that tore down Murfreesboro Road in South Nashville yesterday. Store employees (including the guy whose truck the building collapsed on) were already cracking jokes about it, though, so we guess it could’ve been worse?
- Bits & pieces. The TVA rate cut we mentioned yesterday could save you around $4-9 per month … Metro is asking the Department of Justice for some grant money to hire more officers … TDOT will be shutting down parts of I-40 this weekend, so check the schedule before you plan your trip.
Photo by cgrantham.
Good morning, Nashville. The State of Tennessee is cracking down on its employees’ bad habits by charging them 50 bucks if they can’t quit smoking by October 1. The new mandate goes for all state employees and spouses who are covered under the state health insurance plan. And for those needing a little extra help [...]
Not-So-Thirsty-Thursdays At Greer Stadium In 2009
Don’t head to the newly-remodeled Greer Stadium next Thursday expecting to enjoy drink specials while you watch the Sounds play their season opener against the New Orleans Zephyrs. Though information has been (purposefully) vague, it doesn’t take a genius to check out the Sounds’ Promotional Schedule and notice the absence of what some would consider an essential Nashville tradition: Thirsty Thursdays.
We first noticed conflicting reports a few weeks ago, with The Tennessean reporting that the season would open with a Thirsty Thursday, The City Paper reporting that the promotion would be trimmed down to once a month, and talk at Yazoo about a partnership with the Sounds for Thirsty Thursdays. It wasn’t until yesterday that The City Paper confirmed our worst fears, that Thirsty Thursdays are indeed no more. Instead, the Sounds’ promotional schedule is packed full of all-ages fun this year. We’ll see Sundae Sundays, Reading Club Days, Autograph Days, Faith Nights and the usual three tons of fireworks, but no particularly enticing deals on booze.
Of course, there’s always a silver lining. We might have to pay full price, but the Yazoo will indeed be flowing at Sounds games this year, they haven’t done away with Dollar Dog Days (yet, those fun-suckers), and tickets are still dirt cheap ($6 for general admission). So hey! If we can manage to brush this chip off our shoulder about Thirsty Thursdays, you’ll probably find us at a few games this year anyway.
Nashville Sounds Season Opener against the New Orleans Zephyrs at Greer Stadium
Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 7pm
Purchase tickets online or at the box office
Photo by msmail.
Don’t head to the newly-remodeled Greer Stadium next Thursday expecting to enjoy drink specials while you watch the Sounds play their season opener against the New Orleans Zephyrs. Though information has been (purposefully) vague, it doesn’t take a genius to check out the Sounds’ Promotional Schedule and notice the absence of what some would consider [...]
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