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Bright & Early: Top O’ The Mornin’ Edition

17 March 2010 | 10:00 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville, and happy St. Patrick’s Day!  Councilman Charlie Tygard has chosen to hold off on a bill he was sponsoring that would have reworked our public art funding to spread the love all across the city rather than just downtown. As much as we’d love to see some more riverfront rollercoasters, naked people [...]

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Bright & (Not So) Early: Ars Gratia Artis Edition

25 November 2009 | 11:00 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville, and happy almost Turkey Day! This morning, we’re giving thanks for our city’s public art, which Councilman Charlie Tygard has declared that he would like to spread around to the rest of Nashville by filing an ordinance with the Metro Council. This sentiment isn’t sitting well with members of the Metro Arts [...]

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Bright & Early: You Know That It’s Toxic Edition

29 December 2008 | 9:00 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday! We’ll be thinking of you fondly as you begin your treks to work this fine Monday morning. As for us, we’re still cruising down the interstate somewhere between Virginia and Tennessee on our way back to the city we love. Enough of that, [...]

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Happy Hour: It’s Electric

22 July 2008 | 5:30 pm
Author: Christy Frink

While everyone’s been busy accusing them of trying to poison everyone in North Carolina, the TVA has actually been working out a pretty sweet deal: They’re teaming up with Nissan to work on bringing zero-emissions electric cars to Middle Tennessee by 2010. We can only hope. [WKRN] The Metro Arts Commission is doling out over [...]

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Happy Hour: Chug It Edition

17 June 2008 | 5:00 pm
Author: Christy Frink

Good news, y’all: We can drink the water. Metro Water Services released a report saying that Nashville’s tap water is completely up to par with EPA water safety standards. [City Paper] At least four of the seven bus routes that were going to be cut on July 1st may be safe after all. The city [...]

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