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Bright & Early: Quacked Out Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Thanks to all who came out to Twestival Nashville last night and showed support for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee. We ate, we drank, we put on a duck costume, we gave away some sweet prizes, and most importantly we raised a pretty good chunk of change for some [...]
Bright & Early: The Only Thing To Fear Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Williamson County Schools have figured out at least one way to deal with the new law that allows guns in public parks starting September 1: Canceling the students’ field trips. When the law goes into effect next month, the school system will be canceling every educational trip and sporting event that takes [...]
Fresh Blends Exits East [Comings & Goings]
Nashville newcomers Fresh Blends are exiting the East Nashville market almost as quickly as they entered it – We’ll be making one (or two… or seven) last trips to say our goodbyes, just one short year after they opened their doors. Their East Nashville location will be closing on August 31, and the business is currently for [...]
Bright & Early: Rumor Mill Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Thanks to some confused protesters, Rep. Jim Cooper has canceled Friday’s public appearance at West End Middle School where he was supposed to welcome students back to school. Town hall meetings about healthcare reform have been happening all across the country, and somehow word hit the street that Rep. Cooper would be [...]
Bright & Early: A Sunflower A Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re a little bit rushed this morning, so your abbreviated Bright & Early:
A couple of tornados touched down in Tennessee last night, but none showed up in our neck of the woods. [WSMV & WTVF]
A new development that would’ve added a new section of condos in Green Hills has been deferred indefinitely; [...]
Happy Hour: Dodge That Bullet
Hooray! Metro Schools got their test results back and they did well enough that Mayor Dean is off the hook for taking over the school system. Though they didn’t “technically” meet the benchmarks, they improved enough that they’re in the clear for now. [Tennessean]
Nashville was chosen as one of the eight cities participating in the [...]
Happy Hour: Snakes On A What?
The Belmont Bear Pit story only gets better: The infamous Acklen family (you know, the fine folks responsible for the 437 different Acklen Avenues all over Nashville) probably used the pit to keep “exotic pets” such as bears, monkeys, alligators and A FREAKING MOUNTAIN LION. WTH? [WSMV]
Speaking of exotic pets, Florida is sending some large, [...]
Happy Hour: The Big Ten
Tennessee’s unemployment ended up being 9.9% for the month of April, which means we’re a mere tenth of a percentage point away from 10! Compare ot last year’s April unemployment rate of 6%. We’re getting depressed just thinking about it. [WSMV]
So let’s lighten things up with a cute video/slideshow/thing about Metro students covering the town [...]
The Weekendist: So Many Crawfish, So Little Time Edition
FRIDAY
Merrell Crawfish Boil, LP Field, 4 pm. Ticket prices are jacked up and you’ll have to sit through some pretty awful music to get to anything decent, but tonight’s lineup includes Here Come The Mummies, Candlebox, Souljaboy, Flyleaf, and Offspring. $29.50/single-day pass, $49.50/two-day pass.
GWAR, Exit/In, 9 pm. If giant monster costumes, buckets of fake blood, [...]
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