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The Weekendist: Hug A Tree, Hide An Egg Edition
Happy weekend, Nashville. This weekend is packed full of springtime fun, from Earth Day to Egg Hunts to a good, old fashioned zombie prom. Don’t let looming showers keep you indoors! All of our picks for this weekend will take place rain or shine. Nashville Earth Day Festival. Saturday, April 23 at Centennial Park, 11am-7pm, [...]
Nashville Rollergirls Kick Off Another Derby Season At Municipal Auditorium This Saturday
It’s derby time again! (No, not that derby, although it’s coming up too.) The Nashville Rollergirls are strapping on their skates for their first double-header of the 2011 home season this Saturday, and you don’t want to miss it. Our Rollergirls were on fire last season in their new home at Municipal Auditorium, scoring an [...]
Last Chance To Get Your Roller Derby Fix This Weekend (This Year, At Least)
The final days of the Nashville Rollergirls’ season are nigh, but don’t think they’ll go out quietly. Show up Saturday to for the Rollergirls’ last hometown bouts of the season, a double header against the Ft. Wayne Derby Girls. That’s two bouts for the price of one, and it’s the last time you’ll see them [...]
Nashville Rollergirls Host Honky Tonk Stomp This Weekend [Guest Posts]
(The legit ladies, photo courtesy of Chris Wage) I’m not entirely sure what came over me. Maybe it was all those ads for Whip It, but somehow I found myself on a mission to to drop in on and participate in a Roller Derby practice. Somewhere on 65 it hit me: not only am I [...]
Saturday: See The Soon-To-Be-Homeless Rollergirls Close The 2009 Season
The Nashville Rollergirls are back in town this Saturday for their first home bout in over two months (and the last one of the 2009 season), and we’re just hoping that it’s not one of their last bouts ever. Our Rollergirls are looking for a new home, as the clock ticks away to June 30, [...]
Nashville Rollergirls Last Home Bout [Nashvillest PSA]: It Will Sell Out, Dummies
The Nashville Rollergirls are back at home this Saturday for another sure-to-sell-out bout at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, their last WFTDA-sanctioned home bout of the season. Nashville, here’s the thing. Every month, we tell you to buy your tickets in advance. And every month, we’ve got someone whining to us that they didn’t get in [...]
Saturday: Nashville Rollergirls Back At Home To Take On New Orleans
Roller derby is back in town! On Saturday, the Nashville Rollergirls All Stars have their next home bout against the Big Easy Rollergirls of New Orleans. Our ladies tasted some sweet, sweet victory at their last sold-out home bout against the Tampa Tantrums, and we’re more than ready to watch them claim another victory. The [...]
Don’t Miss This: Last Chance To Brave The Roller Derby
We can’t believe it’s already the end of the roller derby season. Our beloved Rollergirls are having their last bout on Saturday, and it’s an Intraleague Championship bout between the X-Pistols and the Damsels of Distress. Track down your favorite local Rollergirl hawking $10 tickets before Saturday (or buy online) or it’s $15 at the [...]
The Weekendist: Just Breathe Edition
If the air quality the whole weekend sucks as much as it did today, we’ll be staying holed up in Nashvillest HQ (oh wait, we’ll be doing that anyway). But just because we’re losers doesn’t mean you have to be losers too. Strap on an air filter mask and hit the town! FRIDAY Umbrella [...]
Weekend Field Trip: Nashville Rollergirls’ Southern Hospital-ity
Last night, Nashvillest headed out to see the Nashville Rollergirls take on the B-Funk All Stars at the Southern Hospital-ity roller derby event featuring DJ Fat Andy. For the uninitiated, roller derby is kind of a rough sport where two teams race around a track and try to lap each other as many times as [...]
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