Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: Who Would Jesus Sue?
- The family whose land almost became home to Bible Park USA in Rutherford County are now suing the pants off the county and county attorney for not approving the park and thus ruining the land deal. Team Rutherford County FTW! [Tennessean]
- This is seriously the creepiest picture of a probable sex offender we’ve ever seen, and it’s made even worse by the fact that it was taken from the dude’s own Myspace. [Tennessean]
- The source of the poison pistachios has been traced to a processing plant in California, who is obviously trying to kill us. [WTVF]
- Guns and booze may soon be reunited in the public sphere. Bring on the Kevlar Snuggies. [WTVF]
- Even the Scene is sticking up for the Tennessean reporter who caught the full brunt of Toby Keith’s wrath over an article published last week. The best part about this article is that Toby’s very bratty, very NSFW tirade is dictated in full. And it’s even more epic than we’d imagined! [Pith In The Wind]
Photo by emdoyle.
The family whose land almost became home to Bible Park USA in Rutherford County are now suing the pants off the county and county attorney for not approving the park and thus ruining the land deal. Team Rutherford County FTW! [Tennessean]
This is seriously the creepiest picture of a probable sex offender we’ve ever seen, and [...]
It’s Tweet-Up Time: Twitterers, Unite
April in Tennessee means a few guaranteed things: Allergy season, a late freeze, and tornaders galore. And apparently it’s also tweet-up-season, because there are no fewer than three tweet ups happening in the coming week or two. So grab a few twittering friends and head down to connect some faces with avatars at whichever one fits your schedule. And for the anti-Twitter crowd among us (we know you’re out there), a tweet up is really just a cheesy name for a Twitter meet up.
Wednesday, April 8: Tweet Up At Aloft Hotel. 5pm-8pm at the Aloft Hotel in Cool Springs. Cash bar. Hosted by @spencesmith and @recreate.
Thursday, April 9: Tweet Up At Buffalo Billiards. 5:30pm-7:30pm at Buffalo Billiards downtown. A continuation of the tweet ups of olde, this one’s been quietly on the books for a while. @nashvillest will be there, and we’d love to see your shining faces. Hosted by @dbcotton.
Saturday, April 18: Viva Nashvegas Tweet Up. 7pm-9pm at @hotel_preston. Hosted by @leahjones and @amyguth.
April in Tennessee means a few guaranteed things: Allergy season, a late freeze, and tornaders galore. And apparently it’s also tweet-up-season, because there are no fewer than three tweet ups happening in the coming week or two. So grab a few twittering friends and head down to connect some faces with avatars at whichever one [...]
Tomorrow’s Pick: “Running With Scissors” Guy Augusten Burroughs To Speak At Vandy
Most of us have read, seen, or at least heard of Augusten Burroughs’ 2001 memoir Running With Scissors which enjoyed a respectable four-year stint on the New York Times bestseller list. And tomorrow night, you’ve got the chance to catch him in person at Vandy’s Ingram Hall for a free reading, discussion, and book signing.
For a fourth-grade dropout, former foster kid, sexual abuse survivor, and recovering alcoholic, Burroughs has done alright for himself. Aside from Running With Scissors, he’s published four other memoirs chronicling his outrageously dysfunctional childhood and his journey in and out of alcoholism in a way that landed him a spot on Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 25 funniest people in America, twice. His first book, Sellevision, is also being adapted into a feature film (and we can only hope and pray they do a better job than they did with Running With Scissors.)
We won’t lie–we’ve been pretty partial to Burroughs for a few years now for the hope and hilarity he brings to the table with his memoirs. We’re also partial to the folks at the Brooks Fund, who will receive a portion of the book sale proceeds from the evening. A very special thanks to Lightning 100, the Nashville Scene, Davis-Kidd, NowPlayingNashville, and Vandy for making it happen.
Augusten Burroughs
Ingram Hall
Vanderbilt University
Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 7pm
FREE
Photo by illustrator ian.
Most of us have read, seen, or at least heard of Augusten Burroughs’ 2001 memoir Running With Scissors which enjoyed a respectable four-year stint on the New York Times bestseller list. And tomorrow night, you’ve got the chance to catch him in person at Vandy’s Ingram Hall for a free reading, discussion, and book signing.
For [...]
The First Of Many: Nashville Lifestyles 2009 Best Restaurant Results
The results of yet another tell-us-your-favorite-restaurants survey are in, this time by Nashville Lifestyles. And you know, when all things are considered, both the readers and the critics did a pretty good job at picking out some of the best places around (though we’d like to think that vegetarians can find a more creative option than Whole Foods’ salad bar). But we know that everyone has an opinion, so tell us what you think about the Nashville Lifestyles 2009 Best Restaurants results – Are they legitimate, or are you horrified at PF Chang’s nomination for Best Chinese?
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The results of yet another tell-us-your-favorite-restaurants survey are in, this time by Nashville Lifestyles. And you know, when all things are considered, both the readers and the critics did a pretty good job at picking out some of the best places around (though we’d like to think that vegetarians can find a more creative option [...]
Bright & Early: The Upward Spiral Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In the latest effort to put an end to some of the shadiness in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Belmont is teaming up with the school system to give Masters-level students the chance to earn their degree while teaching in MNPS classrooms as part of the Nashville Teaching Fellows program. Of course, we expect (we hope) they’ll need to undergo an extensive background check in order to do so, but hey we’re all about bringing some change to Metro. Along with probably trimming down the payroll, the program aims to phase out some of the teaching faculty that apparently isn’t working out so well in favor of some fresh perspectives. And because not a whole lot of folks want to jump aboard a sinking ship, if you know what we mean.
- It’s the little things. The Metro Council is still trying to figure out how to fund our fancy new conference center that’s going up near the Country Music Hall of Fame. And in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like when you try to design a building incorporating the Parthenon, the rolling hills of Tennessee, the curves of a guitar, and instrument strings, here you go.
- Root, root, root for the home team. The Preds might actually meet their revenue goals after the home finale tonight against Chicago, meaning they will receive the NHL’s full revenue-sharing package. We’re not really sure what this means, but if it helps us keep our hockey team, then we’re all about it.
- Bits & pieces. Please don’t ever get drunk and ram your car through a day care fence, or anything for that matter … The Tennessean tries to make us feel better about our economic woes … The bill requiring driver’s license tests to only be given in English passed in the House yesterday … The FBI released a scary map of highway serial killings including a couple of cases in Tennessee.
Photo by rumielf.
Good morning, Nashville. In the latest effort to put an end to some of the shadiness in Metro Nashville Public Schools, Belmont is teaming up with the school system to give Masters-level students the chance to earn their degree while teaching in MNPS classrooms as part of the Nashville Teaching Fellows program. Of course, we [...]
Since We’re Not Snowed In: More Music Tuesday Edition
If you can manage to dig your way out of the mountains of snow that accumulated overnight (okay okay, so we actually haven’t seen any snow in Green Hills, but it sure sounded like a big deal) tonight, there are a few places that you may want to turn your attention. Because what’s a Tuesday night in Nashville without a bunch of options for great live music?
Ben Folds with Jukebox the Ghost at The Ryman. 7:30pm, $25.50-$45.50 (tickets). A rare hometown show for one Ben Folds, we snapped up the cheap tickets and are excited to see him for the first time in a very long time. According to uh, The Ryman’s Twitter, new tickets were released late yesterday, but it seems like plenty are still available.
The Vital Sign at The Five Spot. 8pm, free. Do you know why we are telling you to go to this show? We are telling you to go to this show because it is 100% legitimately sponsored by SNUGGIES, which means it’s going to be hilarious. And we know it’s going to be sponsored by Snuggies due to the large quantity of facebook updates we have received about it. Apparently, if we attend, we can potentially win a new designer leopard print Snuggie. OMG, y’all. Wear a Snuggie.
The Civil Wars, The Champion & His Burning Flame, Micah Tawlks & Joseph LeMay at the French Quarter Cafe. 7:30pm, $5. Do you know why we are telling you to go to this show? We are telling you to go to this show because we’re all about The Civil Wars’ one released song, “Falling,” which can be found on YouTube and ReverbNation (free download). It’s like magic!
Photo by inhisgrace.
If you can manage to dig your way out of the mountains of snow that accumulated overnight (okay okay, so we actually haven’t seen any snow in Green Hills, but it sure sounded like a big deal) tonight, there are a few places that you may want to turn your attention. Because what’s a Tuesday [...]
Welcome To Belle Meade, Moe’s!
It’s rare that we give a restaurant chain much attention on Nashvillest, because we love our local food so much. But for residents of Belle Meade and the surrounding areas, enthusiasm is high for Thursday, when the new Moe’s Southwest Grill opens at 4326 Harding Road in the new Belle Meade Hill Center. We’ll admit to loving us some Moe’s once in a while, though it’s certainly no Baja Burrito!
The first 50 people in line will get a free burrito every week for a year, and the next 50 people will get free burritos for six months – But if you’re one of those crazies, plan on camping out overnight (and cross your fingers that this snow takes a hike). The store opens at 11am on Thursday, and we’ll probably hear the cries of “Welcome to Moe’s!” echoing all the way over at Nashvillest HQ in Green Hills.
Okay folks, time to sound off, because we know you’ve got some fierce opinions about your burritos.
Loading ...It’s rare that we give a restaurant chain much attention on Nashvillest, because we love our local food so much. But for residents of Belle Meade and the surrounding areas, enthusiasm is high for Thursday, when the new Moe’s Southwest Grill opens at 4326 Harding Road in the new Belle Meade Hill Center. We’ll admit [...]
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