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The Weekendist: You-Know-What-Pocalypse Edition
TGIF, Nashville. Wondering what you’re going to do while all your friends are at Bonnaroo and you’re trapped in your house by the CMApocalypse? No worries, we’ve got you covered this weekend. This may sound crazy, but we fully endorse heading downtown to mingle with the masses. There are bingo boards to be filled out, giggles [...]
Sounds Like Summer: Nashville Symphony To Host Free Community Concerts Once Again
The Nashville Symphony has announced their lineup of free community concerts for the summer season, reminding us once again that it just wouldn’t be summer without them. The block of dates kicks off with a Regions Free Day of Music at the Schermerhorn on May 22, and if you’ve never been to free day at [...]
Bright & Early: Wine Whine Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been hearing some buzz this year about the wine in grocery stores debate coming back to the forefront in the legislature. Turns out lawmakers are considering several proposals that could at least get us a little closer to being able to buy wine in the grocery store like normal people. Option [...]
Bright & Early: We’ll Take The Boat Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro Police put together a list of Nashville’s most dangerous intersections for injury and non-injury accidents. Among those causing the most injury wrecks are Nolensville and Harding, I-65 North at Old Hickory, I-40 East at Stewart’s Ferry, Donelson Pike and Murfreesboro Pike, and Nolensville and Old Hickory. The worst intersections for non-injury [...]
Bright & Early: A Nashville Party Don’t Stop Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We hope that at least a few of you are out enjoying the giant party downtown this morning for Employee Appreciation Day. Mayor Dean kicked it off at 8am with free breakfast from Puckett’s, and Nashville’s Largest Coffee Break happens at 9:30am. There’s also a Preds ice cream social later and some [...]
The Weekendist: Autumn Is In The House Edition
It’s the first weekend of the Fall and the lineup is fixin’ to make our heads explode, so let’s get right to it. FRIDAY, September 24th: Chelsea Handler: Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang. Bridgestone Arena, 8pm, $45-$75. Fresh of her VMA-hosting stint, stand-up comedian and TV personality extraordinaire Chelsea Handler comes to Nashville and hilarity ensues. [...]
Bright & Early: Can’t Take The Heat Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We interrupt this edition Bright & Early to set the record straight on something very important: With hot chicken popping up everywhere from Church’s to some random diner in Michigan, it is absolutely vital that we remember that hot chicken started here in Nashville. No matter who tries to claim it or how many [...]
Bright & Early: Sound Of Music City Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In case we’d forgotten about the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, which took one of the hardest hits during the flood, they’re now turning to their endowment for the necessary funding to repair the beautiful building. At the height of the flood, they had about 20 feet of water in their basement which ruined [...]
Happy Hour: Keep The Music Playing
Congressman Jim Cooper toured the Schermerhorn today and it’s still looking pretty pitiful. Get well soon, Nashville Symphony! [WKRN] Bloody mattress and bed bug horror stories aside, the Metro Health Department found that the Stadium Inn is in tip-top shape. For the Stadium Inn. [WTVF] Kids are starting school next week (already!?) and it looks [...]
Happy Hour: Ducks In A Row
Did anyone get anything done today? Be honest. [WKRN] Thanks to everyone who filled out their census forms this year! We’ve now been ranked the 25th largest city in the United States, up from our last census ranking of 27. [WKRN] We forgot to mention yesterday that Nashville’s Lilith Fair date has been canceled and [...]
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