Nashville Scene

A Face In The Crowd

• Tags: Features, Features, Diane Townsend, Nashville, Bowling Green, George Townsend

Bubba Goes to Hollywood

A local documentarian stirs national debate with a reality TV show about hillbillies

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Nashvillian Dub Cornett, Christopher Rice, Beverly Hills (California), CBS Corporation

Rooting for the Doves

Trigger-happy candidates bear—and bare—arms over Labor Day

• by Phil Ashford
• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Frist, Lamar Alexander, Phil Bredesen, Bob Clement

A List

• Tags: Features, Features, Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt Commodores, Georgia Institute of Technology, Middle Tennessee State University

Love/Hate Mail

Funding the arts

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Metro Arts Commission, Cleveland, Nashville Chamber Orchestra

Shameless Self Promotion

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, Jackie Brown, Quentin Tarantino, Americana Music Association Conference

Mellencamp to Release CD with Anthrax Theme

Mellencamp to Release CD with Anthrax Theme

• Tags: Features, Features, John Mellencamp, Nashville, Tom Brokaw, Indiana

Small Stakes

Forest Hills battles the Sequoia Club over very little

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Forest Hills, Jim Anderson, Charles Evers, Larry Peterman

Football

• Tags: Features, Features, Howard Gentry Chris Ferrell, Thomas Merton, Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt Commodores

Anniversary Anxiety

Will we do justice to 9/11?

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Features, Features, George W. Bush, Norbert Walker, United Nations, Susan Sontag

News Briefly

Now, let the mudballs fly

• Tags: Features, Features, Lamar Alexander, Bob Clement, AFC South Division, American Football Conference

Planting the Evidence

A Deep Throat calls with an aesthetic abomination across the river

• by Christine Kreyling
• Tags: Features, Features, Jim Fyke, Kmart Corporation, Nashville

Center of Attention

The new East Nashville Center for the Creative Arts seeks to foster community by teaching music and the arts to neighborhood children

• by Doug Brumley
• Tags: Stories, Matt Slocum, Nashville, Chris Donohue, East Nashville Center for the Creative Arts

New Traditionalists

Belmont fundraiser show chronicles legacy of American Impressionist Frank Vincent DuMond

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Belmont, Arthur Maynard, John Osborne, Nashville

Smart Art

A public art project is planned in the name of protecting water quality

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Margo Farnsworth, Cumberland River, The Parthenon

Southern Living (and Dying)

Mississippian Brad Watson’s delicate prose captures small-town life, but his diffuse narrative is too ambitious

• by Julie Hale
• Tags: Stories, Brad Watson, Earl Urquhart, Barry Hannah, Parnell Grimes

The Sun Also Rises

The bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle. So were some of the best bands.

• by Grant Alden
• Tags: Stories, Mudhoney, Seattle, Sub Pop Ltd., Nashville

Their Big Fat Success

So who’s responsible for turning My Big Fat Greek Wedding into a huge hit?

• by Donna Bowman
• Tags: Stories, Nia Vardalos, The Independent Film Channel LLC, Hollywood, Chicago

Portrait Power

Stanford Fine Art displays two noteworthy portrait paintings

• Tags: Stories, Andrew Jackson, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Nashville, The White House

You’re Lookin’ at Country

Elizabeth Cook brings fresh energy, down-home roots and a stunning voice to the Grand Ole Opry—and to country music

• by Robert L. Doerschuk
• Tags: Stories, Elizabeth Cook, Warner Bros. Records Inc., Jeannie Seely, Hee Haw (TV Show)

Glass Act

A look at some of Nashville’s best wine-by-the-glass selections

• by Jim Myers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville

Ten Under Ten

Ten meals under $10

• by Jim Myers and Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Jim Myers, John Stevenson, Nashville, Louisiana

Hair of the Dog

The Bloody Mary—it’s not just for breakfast anymore

• by Adam Deal
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Bloody Mary, Fernand Petiot, Nashville, Gerst Haus

Say It Isn’t So

A disgruntled fan writes the owners and players

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, National Football Conference, National Football League, NFC East Division, Philadelphia Eagles

Tequila Sunrise

The Scene goes in quest of Nashville’s best maragrita

• by Erin G. Edwards
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Grand Marnier, La Paz, Las Palmas

A Matter of Taste

Local wine stores offer the best in continuing education

• by Jim Myers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Calvin Trillin

Food Notes

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Brazil, Kirkwood, Michael DeGregory

The Coldest Beer in Town

Multitudes of beer joints claim the title—all but one must be lying.

• by Erin G. Edwards
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Gerst Haus, Lindsay Bohannon, Nashville, Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc.

A Trip to the Islands

The new Caribbean Hut is pretty much the kind of restaurant you’d find on a beach in Jamaica—laid-back and tasty

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Caribbean, Antioch, Styrofoam, Nashville

Food & Drinks

A look at what's good to eat and drink in Nashville

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Eric England

The Dish

A delicious look at some of Nashville’s signature dishes

• by Jim Myers and Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Josh Weekley, Deb Paquette, Anita Hartell

A World of Refreshments

Nashville’s explosion of ethnic foods comes with beverages

• Tags: Columns: Stories, India, Vietnam, Jim Myers, Thailand

The New Scene

Just a few short years ago, Nashville was no place to eat...

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Jody Faison, Eric England, Birmingham

Fried and Gone to Heaven

Three recipes for those who’ll fry anything once

• by Jim Myers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Martha Stamps, Jack Arnold, Ida Ramsey, Fannie Flagg

Barkeeps

Four profiles of some of Nashville’s longest-working bartenders

• by Adam Deal
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Joss Hodges, Nashville, Calvin Armstrong, Sanford

Gastronomic Gadgets

Tools for diehard foodies

• by Angela Wibking,photos by Virgil Fox
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Viking Culinary Arts Center, India, Carmen Valldejuli, Emeril Lagasse

Sports Desk

From the Scene’s desk at McCabe Pub

• Tags: Columns: Stories, AFC South Division, AL West Division, American Football Conference, American League (Baseball)

Bottoms Up

We have no bars in Nashville, but that hasn’t dampened our enthusiasm

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Pat Craddock

Get Out of Town

Where Nashville’s foodies eat on vacation

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, San Francisco, Nashville, Norman (Oklahoma), Jay Pennington

Stupid Painter Tricks

How to spot a decent house painter, and how to fix mistakes the bad ones make

• by Walter Jowers