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• Tags: Features, Features, Billy Volek, Nashville, Steve McNair, National Collegiate Athletic Association

The Night Watchman

Ron Crowder, AIDS victim and former junkie, takes to the streets to fight HIV

• by Matt Pulle, photography by Susan Adcock
• Tags: Features, Features, Ron Crowder, Nashville, Leslie Davis, Vietnam

A List

• Tags: Features, Features, Harold White, Nashville, Carolyn Baldwin Tucker, Jim Gotto

Vanderbilt's March Madness

• Tags: Features, Features, Southeastern Conference, Vanderbilt Commodores, Vanderbilt University, Kevin Stallings

Love/Hate Mail

Learn it the first time!

• Tags: Features, Features, Tennessee, Nashville, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Martin Brady

Rhea County Welcomes "All People of Goodwill"

Resolution seeks to overcome legacy of "Monkey Trial"

• Tags: The Fabricator, Dayton, J. C. Fugate, David Hansen, Krista Collinwood

Risk Avoidance

Tennessee Democrats ignore the issue of this election year

• by Roger Abramson
• Tags: Features, Features, Websense Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, Tennessee, George W. Bush

The Lady Captain

Senior Hillary Hager leads the women Commodores into the Sweet 16

• by Jack Hurst
• Tags: Features, Features, Hillary Hager, Melanie Balcomb, Vanderbilt University, Abi Ramsey

Faded Love

Despite modest production values, Boiler Room Theatre's latest musical succeeds on good lyrics and fine singing

• Tags: Stories, Erin Parker, Tim Carroll, Mark Beall, Doug Bright

Pick of the Week

Night Train to Nashville ♦ Opening Saturday, March 27

• Tags: Stories, Michael McCall, Nashville, Dexter Romweber, Berlin

At Home in the World

Memphis poet embraces human—and natural—complexities

• by Pablo Tanguay
• Tags: Stories, Tina Barr, Cairo (Egypt), Black Land, Tupelo

In His Own Voice

Free jazz saxophonist Arthur Doyle brings his unique style of playing to Springwater

• by David Maddox
• Tags: Stories, Arthur Doyle, Tennessee State University, Donny Hathaway, Gladys Knight

Powerful Pipes

World-class organist Olivier Latry visits from Paris, France, to perform on Christ Church Cathedral's new pipe organ

• by David Maddox
• Tags: Stories, Olivier Latry, Olivier Messiaen, Nashville, Arthur Doyle

The Quick and the Undead

Dawn of the Dead is a meaty remake

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Zack Snyder, James Gunn, Sarah Polley, Homer Simpson

Live Shots

Dispatches from recent performances around town

• Tags: Stories, John Dwyer, Joss Stone, George Carlin, San Francisco

Pure and Simple

Talented cast transcends talky script in Big Bawl Baby Productions' staging of Shaker slice-of-life drama

• Tags: Stories, Anne Frank, Arlene Hutton, Neal Ashmun, Nashville

Closer to Heaven

Indie producer Vachon highlights upcoming Nashville Film Festival

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Stories, Christine Vachon, Timothy Carey, Nashville, Tom Kalin

Murder in Music City

Fictional gumshoe pursues clues all over Nashville

• Tags: Stories, Mary Saums, Nashville, Willi Taft, Shepherd Center

Music Note

Memorial service to be held Tuesday for singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer

• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Seattle, Michael Johnson, Parker McGee

A Face in the Crowd

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Thomas Batts, Cumberland River, Food Lion LLC

Group Therapy

Rockabilly is back...again

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, David Lynchian, Elvis Presley, Amy Waddell

The Prosecution Rests<$>

The Tennessean's error compounds negative perception of defendant

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Karen Anderson, Max Roybal, Gregg Miller, The Tennessean Newspaper

Claiming Their Steaks

Stoney River feeds Williamson County's appetite for an upscale steakhouse, and feeds it well

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, O'Charley's Inc., Rich May, Tony Halligan

Von Diesel Style

Diesel gains luster and appeal with U.S. debut of Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Europe, Mercedes-Benz International Inc., North America

Crush of the Week

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Janice Zeitlin, Oscar Wilde, Richard Feaster

Money for Nothing

Why the debate on the school budget misses the point

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Bill Purcell, Renaissance High School, Liza Minnelli, Antioch

We Hear...

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Memphis, J.C. Fugate, Jon Sparks, Memphis Commercial Appeal

Dining Notes

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Fred Grgich, Ted Prater, Josef Gutzmirtl, Anita Hartell

The Disc Jockey

A zombie classic comes back from the grave...and again, and again

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, George A. Romero, Harvey Milk, Elijah Wood, Peter Berg

Web Site of the Week

Bogus Dubyaspeak, almost as funny as the real thing

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, George W. Bush, Robert E. Lee Senior High School, Iraq, Mel Gibson

Don’t Go Quietly

Nashville converts to Metric at Exit/In show

• by Elizabeth Orr and Marie Yarbrough
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Beth Cameron, Doni Schroader, Emily Haines, Metric (Musical Group)

Weekend Updates

Observing Murphy’s Law and more

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Nashville, Bill Lloyd, Steve Allen, Matthew Barney