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Bright & Early: Great Guitar Drop Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The Convention & Visitors Bureau has a special trick up their sleeve this year with a free NYC-ish New Years Eve celebration. Since last year’s $250 Lynyrd Skynyrd concert fell flat and had to be canceled last-minute because tickets weren’t selling, they’re trying the free approach in an attempt to drum up [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: Ars Gratia Artis Edition
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 [...]
Bright & Early: Racking It Up Edition
Good morning, Nashville. In the coming year, a handful of spots in Nashville will become home to some new, useful public art. The city is looking for local artists to design artistic bike racks at five different spots around downtown. Designs should be inspired by Nashville’s history, culture or natural features, and the winning artists [...]
Glass Giants: New Public Art Approved For Downtown [Nashvillest Polls]
This morning, we mentioned the approval of a new public art design destined for the Public Square downtown. Designed by North Carolina artist Thomas Sayre, this project was a redesign from the original plan that included “mock cranes and a fog machine” and the official rendering is shown in the image above. From WPLN:
Sayre’s new [...]
Bright & Early: Stop The Bus Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff in NAACP’s civil rights lawsuit against Metro Nashville Public Schools and mandated that the child be transferred back to Bellevue Middle School, which is the school she went to before Metro’s controversial rezoning. The judge also ruled that John Early Middle needs to [...]
Happy Hour: Pretty In Green
With the minor internet explosion surrounding the Iran election, Nashville is having its own Show of Solidarity with the Iranian People, much like the one happening tonight in New York City, tomorrow Friday night at Centennial Park. [Facebook]
VY™ basically spilled his guts on ESPN today about last September’s meltdown. [City Paper]
Hey, if you live or [...]
Bright & Early: We’ve Got A Case Of The Mondays Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Do you see this? The beautiful redbud trees, clear and brilliant blue skies, and the sunshine? This was the scene on Saturday, but it will not be the scene today. Nay, today it will probably snow. And if we seem upset about this, it’s because we are. We’ve gone from 76 and [...]
Bright & Early: You Know That It’s Toxic Edition
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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