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Chairman & Leadership Changes in the TN House
🏛 TN House reshuffles some leadership positions · Shocker: Voters blame NES for poor response to ice storm · Is Nashville for renters? · Much more!
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📅 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. Monday, 2/9 🎸 Dark Hound w/ Doom Mutual @ The Basement, 7p, $12.85, Info 🪕 Bluegrass Monday with
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Book Review: Adult Drama
What does art that passes an amorphous purity test look like? It’s the question that has remained woefully uninterrogated in the wake of #Me
Skrmetti On the Record
🏛️ The AG talks Title IX · Blacking out · Why don't you ride the bus · Book review · Much more!
Singh-ing All The Way To The Bank
💰 Metro Arts Director makes off like a bandit · Much Ado About Nothing · Behind the curtain · Much more!
"I can't stop yawning!"
🥱 I can't hear your concern over my yawn · Antioch's retail theft problem · Summer of carnage · Streaming this week · Much more!
A Night at the Movies
🍿 O'Connell introduces Magnolia · Looking at the sky · WeGo is not safe · Oversight for illegals · Much more!
Dr. Ming Wang's Unwavering Vision
👁️ Dr. Ming Wang's new movie · Illegal to break law · Matter of Pride · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
Dr. Ming Wang’s Persistence of Vision
The world-famous Nashville eye surgeon survived China’s Cultural Revolution. Now, he’s entering the world of the multiplex with a new movie about his life.
City Without A King
👑 A reflection on Memphis · "Gun violence" · Tainted gas · Planet of the Apes · Much more!
Review: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
It’s conventional wisdom that the movies of 1968 were as polarizing as its politics–a time of assassinations, 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Chi
Memphis, City of Kings
A city of legend, of song, of hallowed and heroic memories that will endure despite its flaws
Chesterton in Nashville
🗺️ Chesterton observes Nashville · Local news has a normal one · Police oversight · Numbers · Much more!
Vols look strong headed into tournament
⚾️ Tennessee and Vanderbilt both make tournament · Metro Arts shakedown · Not a citizen, not a problem · Much more!
Bill Burr Speaks to Nashville
🎭 Bill Burr gets it · WeGo, TheyLeave · Swifties and Preslies · Felons and Chemtrails · Much more!
Bill Burr Takes on Lower Broad
The comedian’s pragmatic social critique offers a promising version of Nashville.