Nashville Scene

Here to Stay

Schools director Pedro Garcia is a hot commodity, but he’s not going anywhere

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Pedro Garcia, Florida, Nashville, Jeb Bush

Repeating History

Cooper backs another half-a-loaf plan on medical benefits

• by Phil Ashford
• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Clinton, Nashville, Marsha Blackburn, Fred Thompson (Politician)

A Face In The Crowd

• Tags: Features, Features, Tom Sturdivant, Liz Murray Garrigan, Nashville, Atlanta

SARS Hits the Capitol

• Tags: Features, Features, Phil Bredesen, David Fowler, Tennessee, C. John Wilder

A Gift for Mom

At Renewal House, addicted mothers and their children retreat from lives of unthinkable degradation to find sobriety and family life—one day at a time

• by Liz Murray Garrigan
• Tags: Features, Features, Bonita, Nashville, Alcoholics Anonymous, Department of Human Services

Love/Hate Mail

Priestly protestations

• Tags: Features, Features, Nashville, TGI Friday's Inc., Kenneth Swanson, Hollis Hampton-Jones

Shameless Self Promotion

• Tags: Features, Features, Ira Gershwin, Marriott International Inc., Warner Park

A List

• Tags: Features, Features, Vanderbilt University, Gordon Gee, Nashville, Michael Watley

News Briefly

The gods they thundered

• Tags: Features, Features, Tennessee, Mike Price, Nashville, The Weather Channel Enterprises Inc.

Play Ball?

The Nashville Sounds face a stadium-skeptical city

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

Purcell Hires Doubles

Doppelganger campaign strategy in works

• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Purcell, Saddam Hussein, Fabricator Investigative Bureau, Fort Walton Beach

A Big Look Around

A survey of some half-dozen art openings proves the visual arts are alive and well in our city

• by Angela Wibking
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Sylvia Hyman, Nicole Pietrantoni, Frank Murphy

Land of the Lost

Two everydudes get swallowed by the void in Gus Van Sant’s Gerry

• Tags: Stories, Gus Van Sant, Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, Jack London

Sound and Vision

Local trio Venus Hum’s warm, ethereal electronic pop is well-represented on their major label debut

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Stories, Tony Miracle, Venus Hum, Annette Strean, Blue Man Group

A Mouthful

Masterpiece Theatre can’t quite do justice to Zadie Smith’s White Teeth

• Tags: Stories, Samad Iqbal, London, Zadie Smith, Archie Jones

An NFF Wrap-Up

This year’s Nashville Film Festival continued the event’s impressive growth and promising development

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Nashville, A.W. Vidmer, Jimmy Martin, Oprah Winfrey

Pick of the Week

Thursday, May 8th ♦ T-Model Ford/Robert Belfour

• Tags: Stories, CD, Robert Belfour, Nashville, Andrew Bird

Upcoming Shows

• Tags: Stories, Tony Trischka, Daniel Lanois, Bela Fleck, Doug Brumley

With Class

ACT I deftly handles W. Somerset Maugham play

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, W. Somerset Maugham, Caroline Davis, Debi Shinners, Melissa Bedinger-Hade

Out of This World

How good is Samurai Sushi? So good that customers don’t want anyone else to know about it

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Choo Choo, Yun Choo, Nashville, California

Sports Desk

From the Scene’s desk at McCabe Pub

• Tags: Columns: Stories, John Stockton, National Basketball Association, Pacific Coast League, Knoxville

Up in Here

The lowdown on attics

• by Walter Jowers
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Newell Rubbermaid Inc., Elvis Presley

Destiny’s Child

Sin and spin in the NCAA

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Mike Price, Larry Eustachy, Phil Fulmer, Iowa State University

Food Notes

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Bongo Java Roasting Co., Jennifer Sicard, Susan Love, Challenged Athletes Foundation