Nashville Scene

A Little Time Off

Heading out for the proverbial weekend jaunt

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Winchester, Chattanooga, Helen Keller

Summer's Wardrobe

Who wears short-shorts?

• by Danny Solomon
• Tags: Features, Features, Cheetos, Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, Birkenstock Sandals

A Post-Gazpacho World

A sampler of cold soups

• by Martha Stamps
• Tags: Features, Features, A|X Armani Exchange, Gap Inc., Audrey Hepburn, Metropolitan Home Magazine

Fun In The Sun

Other

• Tags: Features, Features, Tennessee, Franklin, Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Nashville

Supersizing It

Fulton calls at-large seats unfair, others disagree

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Dick Fulton, Nashville, Cecil Branstetter, Jim Murphy

Glimpsed Beauty

To be a man is to be a girl-watcher

• by Adam Ross
• Tags: Features, Features, Houston, New York City, Manhattan, William Shakespeare

Serious Water

Just don't disturb the octopi

• by Steven Womack
• Tags: Features, Features, Costa Rica, Nashville, Nicaragua, Steven Womack

Those That Demand, Reward

The fruits of summer

• by Nicki Pendleton Wood
• Tags: Features, Features, Tennessee, Millersville, Florida, Alabama

Thunder Road

Runnin' and gunnin' down Tennessee's two lanes

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Watertown, Murfreesboro, Mulberry Hill

Bulldog Politics

Murray Philip goes countywide with a bid for mayor

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Phil Bredesen, Dell Inc., Bill Purcell

Life of the Mind

Summer classes, camps, & stuff

• Tags: Features, Features, Jennifer Helm, YMCA, YWCA, Belmont Univ.

Sol Food

Worth the Drive

• Tags: Features, Features, Santa Fe, Brisas Cantina, Nashville, Blimpie International Inc.

No Parking

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Lee Noel, Vickie Saito, Phil Bredesen, Parking Commission

Summer Guide '99

A season to be dealt with aggressively

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville

Doggin' It

A pound volunteer's diary exposes animal neglect

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Brian Todd, Metro Animal Control Center, John Seales

On Schedule

A kid's summer can be hard to find

• by Kay West
• Tags: Features, Features, Texas, Arkansas, Manchester, Florida

Summer Means New Love

Of all the seasons, only the hottest one makes for lasting romance

• by Ben Taylor
• Tags: Features, Features, George Elliott, Rona Jaffe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Frank Sinatra

Used-car once-over, part 1

Check that car yourself first

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Features, Features, Scott Kilmer

Peace Offering

Local monument gets a long-awaited restoration

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Coley Coleman, Giuseppe Moretti, Franklin Pike

Welcome to the New Flesh

David Cronenberg blurs reality and illusion in the devious "eXistenZ"

• by Jim Ridley, Donna Bowman, and Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, David Cronenberg, Michael Hoffman, Jet Li, Hong Kong

Raw Beauty

June Carter Cash steps out on her own for the first time in 25 years

• by Michael McCall
• Tags: Stories, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Vicki Hamilton, Marty Stuart

Animated Behavior

New show and new gallery space offer interesting new directions for local art

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Ruby Green, Greg Pond, Chris Campbell, Richard Reesman

Rock Steady

Three bands stay true to rock 'n' roll, with mixed results

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Fountains of Wayne, Adam Schlesinger, Tom Petty, Kurt Heasley

Blockbuster This

Like a thunderstorm, summer films advance

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Will Smith, The Walt Disney Company, Mike Myers, Austin Powers

High Notes

Local trumpeter offers compelling mix of jazz and gospel

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Stories, Rod McGaha, Max Roach, Nashville, Clark Terry

Time to Read

A look at this summer's literary samplings

• by Michael Sims
• Tags: Stories, Sharon Lovejoy, Joanna Trollope, Bobbie Ann Mason, Christopher Tilghman

Dogfight

Two writers square off with remarkably similar novels

• Tags: Stories, Natchez Trace, Paul Auster, Timbuktu, John Berger

Fore, You Hacking Dog!

Public golf at its best and worst

• by Jim Molpus
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Professional Golfers' Association, Atlanta, McDonald’s, Peachtree Creek

The Good Life

A bit of Italy grows in downtown Franklin

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Franklin, Andy Markos, The Bronx

Bigger, Better?

Ask Don Meyer and Sara Lee

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Don Meyer, Jason Watts, Sara Lee Corporation, Nashville

Got Wallboard?

Canadian building products may save us all from ruination

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, USG Corporation, Great Land, Chicago, The New York Times Company

Shrinkage

"The Tennessean" looks at downsizing its pages

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville Predators, National Hockey League, NHL Central Division, NHL Western Conference

Use the Mouse, Luke

The Jedis return with some new multimedia tools

• by James Hanback Jr.
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Anakin Skywalker, Interactive Pictures Corp., George Lucas, Christopher Reeve