Cracker Barrel and The Makings of The Modern South
We kick off our fall series on the vital role the iconic restaurant chain plays in the South and the identity crisis that may be its undoing.
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Retaining That Southern Flair
🥧 What's on the menu at Cracker Barrel · Energy consumption · Short staffed · Much more!
This Week's Events >>
📅 Visit our On The Radar list to find upcoming events around Nashville. 🎧 On Spotify: Pamphleteer's Picks, a playlist of our favorite bands in town this week. 👨🏻‍🌾 Check out our Nashville farmer's market guide and yearly festival guide. Monday, 9/9 🎸 Common and Pete Rock @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville, 8p, $36.5
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This Week in Streaming (September 10th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
The Late-Night Show Host America Deserves
Tennessee-based Comedian Pat Dixon delivers dark wit and crime reports
Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Much to Hollywood’s relief, the summer box office made a sustained rebound that could indicate the public isn’t quite ready to abandon movie
This Week in Streaming (September 3rd)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
The Spirits of Peg Leg Porker
An interview with Nashville’s resident pitmaster
Review: Between the Temples (2024)
It may be an exaggeration to proclaim that the Jews created contemporary American humor. Still, much less enduring hilarity would have ensue
High School Football Anthropology
What we can learn about a high school based on what offense they run
This Week in Streaming (August 27th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Alicia Witt and The Unorthodox Faith of Longlegs
The Nashville resident and co-star of the summer’s breakout movie talks divine inspiration and her love of The Belcourt.
Review: Borderlands (2024)
After dwelling on the fringes of Hollywood’s illegitimate genres for nearly two decades, Eli Roth was ready to put his stamp on the summer b
This Week in Streaming (August 20th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Review: Harpeth Hills Golf Course
Porter plays a round at Nashville's premier public course
Choose How You Lose
Ben Cunningham of Tennessee Tax Revolt takes the transit referendum to task
Review: Kneecap (2024)
The unfortunate result of hip-hop’s pop-music domination is that its status as a revolutionary form has become flattened. It’s a globally po