David Lynch Behind the Curtain
🎞️ Witt talks Lynch before Dune · Private school vouchers · Sleeper bills · Film rundown · Much more!
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No Free Refills: The Starbucks Clawback Clause
☕️ Starbucks clawback clause · Burkley Allen enters vice mayor race · Metro's $16M trash-truck deal draws federal scrutiny · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope y'all are enjoying your punishingly hot Labor Day weekend. Here are some events around town this week: Tonight Gena Britt's Bluegrass All-Star Night will be at The Station Inn. The lineup includes Aaron Ramsey (Dan Tyminski Band), Gena Britt (Sister
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A Lynchian Retrospective
Dispatch from The Belcourt’s “Remembering David Lynch With Alicia Witt”
Reaching Totality
🌔 Look at the moon tonight · Library books · Historic zoning · Red 40 · David Mamet's new book · Knuckles · Oink Oink · Much more!
Meet Martin Riggs
How an early age influence of Mel Gibson’s iconic character led to the creation of my upcoming film, Knuckles.
Book Review: David Mamet's Everywhere an Oink Oink
Known for pioneering a clipped and circular style of tense workplace conversations in plays like Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed the Plow, Dav
Playin' Ball
🏀 The WNBA in Nashville · Kelsey pardoned · Rock departure for General Hospital CEO · Illegal of the week · Much more!
Build it, and they might come
🌇 American favela · Subsidizing affordability · WeGo WeGoes · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (March 11th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Words Have Meaning
🗣️ Blah, blah, blah · Freddie vs. DOGE · Fairgrounds speedway · Repeat offender of the week · Much more!
The Endurance of the Smoky Mountains
🐻 Gatlinburg Nation · Taxes for trip · Diversity our strength · Film Rundown · Much more!
Gatlinburg Nation
How the Smoky Mountain tourist town embodies America’s political realignment.
Confused by the screens
📺 The medium is the message · Traffic calming · Fruitless pushback · Illegal of the week · The Monkey · Much more!
Review: The Monkey (2025)
“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” So goes the Imposition of Ashes that marked the less-evangelical devout yesterday. Bu
What's past is prologue
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Right to have rights · Deportations · Much more!
The Stage is Set
🗺️ TN gears up for immigration challenges · Council meeting · Oscars · Week in streaming · Much more!