Nashville Scene

Diamond Dogs

• by Ben Taylor
• Tags: Features, Features, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Pearl Harbor

Ill-Gotten Gains

New state tax plans would unduly burden nonprofits

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Tennessee, Tennessee Nonprofit Association, Nashville, Doug Anderson

Old vs. New

Comparing the papers then and now

• Tags: Features, Features, The Tennessean Newspaper, Leonard Assante, Frank Sutherland, Gannett Co. Inc.

The Sundquist Model

Purcell is either risking failure—or he doesn’t have much up his sleeve

• by Phil Ashford
• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Purcell, Phil Bredesen, Don Sundquist

Al Gore: Phone Home

• Tags: Features, Features, Al Gore, Tennessee, George W. Bush, Bob Clement

In Full Bloom

Franklin’s historic Carnton Plantation is the best garden tour in town

• by Donna Dorian Wall
• Tags: Features, Features, Franklin, Gerry Doell, John McGavock, Carnton Association

Scene Gardener

May’s watering leads to June’s payoff

• by Beth Flood
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Friendly Local Garden Center, Texas, United Kingdom

The Week That Was

Trash talk

• Tags: Features, Features, Coleman Womack, Melissa Vangyija, Vanderbilt University, Bill Purcell

All Sprawl

The Nashville area earns some dubious distinctions

• by Christine Kreyling
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Southern Environmental Law Center, Trip Pollard, Atlanta

Iron Chef Comes To Nashville

Local chefs duke it out in famed Japanese TV competition

• by Jonathan Harwell Jr.
• Tags: Features, Features, Iron Chef, Nashville, Kim Totzke, Fukui

Summer Guide 2001: Swimsuit Issue

• Tags: Features, Features, Everything But Water Inc., Sara Evans, Russ Harrington, Mary Beth Felts

All Summer Long

Hot things to do for kids and grown-ups

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Belle Meade Plantation, Renaissance Center, Collinsville

Get Out of Town

Weekend getaways for the summer traveler

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Features, Features, Asheville, Maria Grotto, Bowling Green, Rome

Summer of 1963

A season after tragedy, spent indoors

• by Adora L. Dupree
• Tags: Features, Features, Knoxville, Austin, Chattanooga, Frank Slaughter

Virtual Victories

Daily fares well in comparison of news Web sites

• Tags: Features, Features, The Tennessean Newspaper, Nora Paul, The Hartford Courant, Louisville

Grading The Daily Part 4

From the Experts

• Tags: Features, Features, John Mashek, Robert Healy, The Tennessean Newspaper, Nashville

List

• Tags: Features, Features, Jonathan Harwell, Chris Gaines, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, George Jones

The Next David Halberstams?

These Tennessean journalists get high marks

• Tags: Features, Features, The Tennessean Newspaper, Nashville, Ray Waddle, David Climer

Where East Meets West

Hyundai tempts herd of SUV shoppers with value-priced Santa Fe

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Features, Features, Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Santa Fe, Mexico, Ford Escape

Love/Hate Mail

Writing wrongs

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, The Tennessean Newspaper, Memphis, Portland (Oregon)

The Paper That Can’t Spell

Independent study shows The Tennessean is riddled with errors

• Tags: Features, Features, Barbara Henry, The Tennessean Newspaper, Dave Green, Syracuse University

Cutting-edge Technology Used For Non-cutting-edge Music

“I never downloaded a song by that woman, Miss Bonnie Tyler”

• Tags: Features, Features, Napster Inc., Bonnie Tyler, Stephen Justi, Sheila Conner

Making a Mark

Law enforcement and prosecutors pursue thumbprinting bills

• by Joseph Sweat
• Tags: Features, Features, Joe Majors, Nashville, American Civil Liberties Union, Tennessee

The State Spins

Prosecutors considered reenacting Workman’s crime

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Philip Workman, Glenn Pruden, Paul Summers, Wendy’s

A Digital Season

Our critics take a look at the summer movie highlights

• by Donna Bowman, Noel Murray, And Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Kevin Smith, Daniel Clowes, Steven Spielberg, Christina Ricci

Fermenting Mead

Dulcet-voiced singer-songwriter pursues a more indicative sound—and a wider reception—on sophomore release

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Jeff Buckley, Nashville, David Mead, Adam Schlesinger

Forced Labor

Strong scripts, mixed performances mark two current local theater productions

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, Misty Lewis, Actors' Equity Association, David Grapes, Jane Martin

Their Own Way

Two adventurous jazz players push the music in new directions

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Stories, Hugh Ragin, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Clark Terry, Abdourahmane Diop

KRAPP’S LAST TAPE/THE ZOO STORY Opening Thursday, 5/17

Friday, 18th

• Tags: Stories, New Mexico, Nashville, Tift Merritt, Brian Niece

Caught in Flux

Local choreographer pushes ahead, despite upheaval in local dance scene

• by Maureen Needham
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Sonje Mayo, Nashville Ballet, RoyEl Wooten

Hammock Reading

Scene writers offer summer reading suggestions

• Tags: Stories, William Gass, Adair Lara, Hollywood, Sally Mann

Her Brilliant Career

Having found success in L.A., former Nashvillian Karen Essex returns to take part in screenwriters conference

• by Beverly Keel
• Tags: Stories, Essex, Hollywood, Nashville, Los Angeles

Man Without Fail

Mississippi singer finds his voice on sweetly mournful album

• Tags: Stories, Neilson Hubbard, Edward Stevenson, Hard Rock Cafe International Inc., Clay Jones

Branch Managers

The rules of how and when to trim a tree are really pretty simple

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville

The Ratings Game

The XFL, cat-philosophers, and the decline of Western Civilization

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, National Football League, NBC Universal Inc., Vince McMahon, New York-New Jersey Hitmen

Danger Zone

Cop threatens to shoot Channel 4 chopper

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Corrections Corporation of America, U.S. Department of Justice, The Tennessean Newspaper, Don Aaron

Hold the Vine

Nashville can look forward to a summer of wine

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Kenny Winchell, Steven Spurrier, Warren Winiarski, Paris