Nashville Scene

News Briefly

• Tags: Features, Features, The Tennessean Newspaper, Mike Jameson, TASER International Inc.

Righting Poetry

Vanderbilt professor Mark Jarman set out to save poetry from itself—and succeeded brilliantly

• by Pablo Tanguay
• Tags: Features, Features, Claire Jarman, Ray Jarman, Robert McDowell, George Hitchcock

Blowing Their Tops

Businesses complain about the new Midtown strip club while Jimmy Lewis, its landlord, bares his naked soul over the Musica statue

• by Claire Suddath
• Tags: Features, Features, Jimmy Lewis, Cassie Aitkens, Jim Boyd, Lincoln Navigator

Rudy Kalis sees pink slip perfectly

Credits Dr. Ming Wang for ability to see fine details on dismissal

• Tags: The Fabricator, Rudy Kalis, Ming Wang, Steve Ramsey, NASCAR

Hurricane Vicki

Channel 2 News director delivers low morale and ratings

• by Matt Pulle
• Tags: Features, Features, Nancy Hauskins, Vicki Montet, Tennessee, Al Gore

"There's Nothing Going On"

Southwest Davidson County residents get nervous as bulldozers clear pristine land...for a Wal-Mart?

• by John Spragens
• Tags: Features, Features, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Charlie Tygard, David Lowry, Inglewood

Doctor Right

Will Bill Frist be the conservatives' Golden Boy in 2008?

• by Roger Abramson
• Tags: Features, Features, Bill Frist, Bill Schneider, Steve Gill, Cable News Network LP LLLP

A Good Clean Show

Local concert producer Hugh Bennett stages third annual concert to promote awareness about addiction and recovery

• Tags: Stories, Hugh Bennett, Nashville, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Country Music Association

Fresh Start, Again

Tennessee Repertory Theatre enters its next season with new leadership and other, smaller changes

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Stories, Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville, David Alford, Tennessee

Full of Grace

A powerful new drug-smuggling drama makes no wrong turns

• by Victor J. Morton
• Tags: Stories, Joshua Marston, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Entertainment Weekly, Scarlett Johansson

Bigger is Better

Thrills, spills and unimaginable feats in surfing documentary Riding Giants

• Tags: Stories, Riding Giants, Stacy Peralta, Hawaii, Laird Hamilton

Great Expectations

Vanderbilt's Great Performances series promises another year of inventive, if shortened, programming

• Tags: Stories, Mary Costa, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Southeastern Conference

Hardcore Troubadour

New tribute album reconnects songwriter prototype Stephen Foster with his songs

• by Paul V. Griffith
• Tags: Stories, Stephen Foster, Tamara Saviano, Joe Ely, Huckleberry Finn

Dive Bar Redux

Shooting the spirit of long-gone Lower Broad

• Tags: Stories, Nashville, Lucinda Williams, David Eason, R.B. Morris

Tell Me a Story of Deep Delight

Two new collections reveal the South at its storytelling best

• Tags: Stories, Michael Knight, Sonny Brewer, Suzanne Kingsbury, William Gay

Johnny Bragg, 1925-2004

The life and music of the late gospel and R&B singer testify to a spirit that no prison could confine

• by Bill Levine
• Tags: Stories, Johnny Bragg, Sam Phillips, Nashville, Bob Clement

The Making of an Icon

Photography exhibit gives viewers a glimpse of Andy Warhol as he crafted his public persona

• by Paul Deakin
• Tags: Stories, David McCabe, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Vanderbilt University

A Face in the Crowd

• Tags: Columns: Stories, George Clinton, Todd Austin, Van Halen

Every Court's His Court

Kobe Bryant's money and celebrity will never disappoint him

• by Randy Horick
• Tags: Columns: Stories, AFC East Division, American Football Conference, Kobe Bryant, Miami Dolphins

Life Is Sweet

East Nashville bakery offers excellent pastries and a testament to following one's dream

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Jerry Krause, Ellen Einstein, Los Angeles

A List

• Tags: Columns: Stories, Laura Bush, New York City, John McCain, Michael Moore

Uneasy Riders, Raging Bulls

New Scorsese DVD collection amounts to a career summation

• by Noel Murray
• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Martin Scorsese, Hollywood, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Harvey Keitel

Web Site of the Week

Why Rover might need those AAs

Group Therapy

Vue from the top

• by Amy Waddell
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville Castle, Nashville, Trafalgar Square

Weekend Updates

Where vegemite meets Freud, and softball plays hardball

• Tags: Late Edition: Stories, Nashville, Kylie Harris, Tommy Emmanuel, Centennial Park

Dining Notes

New in 12 South, and a change of name and ownership in Sylvan Park

• by Kay West
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Nashville, Portland, Bob Sillers, Daniel Maggipinto

Shots

What Im Driving At

Fall Clearance

• by Marc K. Stengel
• Tags: Columns: Stories, Dodge Ram, Volkswagen Phaeton, Saturn ION, Audi TT