Nashville Scene

A damaged little girl and the fight over a million-dollar lawsuit

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Features, Features, Ingrid Diaz, Amanda Stinnett, Blair Durham, Jeanan Stuart

The sorriest candidates money can buy are headed our way for governor in 2010

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Woods, Bill Haslam, Roy Herron, Mike McWherter, National Rifle Association

Love-Hate Mail

• Tags: Letters, Love/Hate Mail, Kahle Reardon, Nashville, Liam Neeson, Chuck Close

On gavels and gonads

• by Gustavo Arellano
• Tags: Ask a Mexican, Sonia Sotomayor, Puerto Rico, U.S. Supreme Court, San Antonio

Today in Bigotry

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hannan, nondiscrimination, REPENT AND YE SHALL BE SAVED!, the gays

Red State Update Meets Dennis Miller

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Media, Red State Update, Video

News Flash: A Public Official Says Something Sorta Related to the Senate Sex Scandal

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Incoming! Campfield Fires Back at Finney, Shoots Odom

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Ramsey Condemns Stanley's Affair as 'Unconscionable'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Blue Dogs Are Lap Dogs for Insurance Industry

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Politics, Woods

William Walker: Grey-eyed Man of Destiny

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Hannan, badasses, history, William Walker

Egads! Yet Another Impediment to the Free Exercise of Our Second Amendment Rights

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Law and Order, Woods

Memphis TV Looks at Stanley's 'Scandalous Past'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

New York Times, Gawker, Everyone Else: Birther Movement Is Gaining Steam

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Media, Politics, Presidential Politics, Silverman, Birthers, Chris Matthews, Cocoa Puffs, Lou Dobbs, New York Times, Rush Limbaugh, Video

Crack Cocaine and a Hammer Attack: McKensie Morrison's Sordid Past

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Tree Huggers Converging on Dollywood to Teach King Coal a Lesson

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Ramsey Defends Stanley's Three-Month Silence on Scandal

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Alexander Talks Health Care on CNN

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Woods, Video

Ramsey: 'We're Going to Have Us a Big To-Do'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Goodbye, Ruby Green: Closing of Award-Winning Gallery Leaves a Void

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Media, Andy Warhol Foundation, Nashville arts, Nashville galleries, Ruby Green, Ruby Green closing

Croc O' Shit: Will This Shoe Save Crocs?

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: The Economy, aesthetic cruelty, Crocs

In Sex Scandal, Norris Makes Ramsey Look Like a Chump

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Norris Joins Calls for Stanley's Resignation

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods, Video

Gibbons Lobbies to Become Haslam's Safety Commissioner

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

'Hypocrite, Anyone?'

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

The Daily Show on Birthers

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hannan, birthers, dear god will it ever stop?, The Daily Show, Video

McKensie Morrison: Fragile Flower or Femme Fatale?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Senator's Accused Blackmailer Pours Out Heart to Phil Williams Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Paul Stanley Quits Tennessee Senate, Asks Forgiveness, Bashes Bloggers

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Zach Wamp Loves Him Some Common Folk

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Politics, nose candy, that's all well and good but who then is the pepper of the sky, Zach Wamp

Resignation Reax: State GOP Says 'Hopefully Something Has Been Learned,' and Campfield Announces Kelsey's Senate Candidacy

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Phil Williams Denies He's the Mystery Reporter in Text Messages

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Media, Woods

Cooper Slaps Down Pelosi on Health Care

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Politics, Woods, Video

Obama blundered on Henry Louis Gates Case

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Law and Order, Politics

Health Care Reform Advocates Target Alexander with TV Ad

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Politics, Woods, Video

Vanderbilt Coach Kevin Stallings Stands on Principle

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: Hannan, Sports, Kevin Stallings, the truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuth, Vanderbilt

Add Wife Beater to the List of Accusations Against Stanley

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Has the Nashville Blogosphere Lost Its Damn Fool Mind?

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Media, Phillips, Kleinheider, Ooo that is a good burlesque name!, Rose Cox, The Tennessean

Hooray! Eric Crafton's Possible Anti-Discrimination Bill Covers Everyone

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Hannan, Legislature, discimination, Eric Crafton, the gays

Stanley Makes Top 10 Conservative Idiots

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Health Care Reform Supporters Take Over Tea Party Rally

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Update: Marsha 'Don't Cry Katrina' Blackburn Brings Belly Laughs to the Big Easy

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Woods

Attacking McKensie Morrison: It Was Only a Matter of Time

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Who's the Boss? Judging by Ticket Prices, It Ain't the Guy Who Sings 'Jungleland'

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Bill Clinton, Bruce Springsteen, Harold Ford Jr., isn't Tony Danza the boss?, Jackson Day, Phil Bredesen

PETA Files Complaint Against Vanderbilt for Animal Abuse

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Around Town, Kotz, Law and Order

Along with McMillan, Herron and Kyle Supported State Income Taxes Too

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods

Stanley Watch: When Will He Quit the Senate?

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Who Has Better Sex? Democrats or Republicans?

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: By the Way, Hannan, family-values democrats?, family-values republicans or moralizing, Outrage, trick questions, who has better sex: moralizing, Video

A Young Intern and Her Senate Mentor

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Fill in the Blanks

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Hannan

Morning Roundup: See Administration Officials Spinning Through the Revolving Door

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Rachel Maddow Questions Wamp-Ensign Connection Again

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Obama Town Hall in Bristol, VA Kroger

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Hicks From the Sticks, Bristol VA, health care, Kroger, Obama, public option, yahoos, Video

No, CNN, Sen. Jim Bunning is not from Tennessee

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Media, Kentucky, network news douches, not interchangeable, Sen. Jim Bunning, Wolf Blitzer

Politico Looks Curiously at the Alien Creature Named Robin Smith

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Politics, Woods, Video

Convention Center Question? Ask the PR Flacks

• by Caleb Hannan
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Hannan, Politics, convention center, engaged citizenry, McNeely Pigott & Fox, MDHA, Mr. Curious, Music City Center

Christers Go to the Mat Against Gay Anti-Discrimination Ordinance

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: 40 Jealous Whores, Politics, Woods

My God, Was Bill O'Reilly Just...Reasonable About Lou Dobbs?

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Hargrove, a reasonable human?, Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, Richard Cohen, Southern Poverty Law Center, The O'Reilly Factor, Video

Vanity Fair Editors Take a Red Pen to Sarah Palin's Resignation Speech

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Daily Diversion, Media, Politics, Silverman, maverick, Sarah Palin, Silverman, Vanity Fair

Conspiracy Continues: Hawaii Once Again Declares Obama a U.S. Citizen

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Crazy Crap, Immigration, Kotz, Politics

Stanley Promising to Break Silence Soon

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

On TV, Stanley Says There's 'Probably Enough Evidence' to Indict His Mistress

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Tennessee-Boycotting Kentucky Coal Co.: Nevermind

• by Brantley Hargrove
• Tags: Hargrove, Hicks From the Sticks, Kentucky, plaintive douches, retractions, TECO Coal, West Virginia

Morning Roundup: Kelsey Announces Senate Candidacy and Other Depressing Developments

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

The Resurrection of States' Rights (The Non-Lynching Variety)

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Congress, Politics, The Economy

A Northern Republican Laments His Southern Party

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Congress, Hicks From the Sticks, Kotz, Politics

Cooper Says Health Reform Can't Add to Deficit

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Congress, Woods, Video

The Birthers are Right

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Birthers, Götterdämmerung, Loki, Obama

Mad 'House': Wanna See Something You'll Never Forget?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Charles Bronson, Hausu, House, Mandom, Nobuhiko Obayashi, Video

Local Man Writes Book about Local Art Form

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Around Town, Media, Phillips, Barry Mazor, The death of print journalism, the impending idiocracy

WTF? Chip Saltsman Advises Sarah Palin on Public Relations

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Woods, Video

Merle Hazard's Latest: Bail 'em Out, Good Buddy

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Barry, The Economy, bailouts, country songs with references to John Maynard Keynes, Merle Hazard, recession, Video

Attorney General Quashes Campfield's Sovereignty Scheming

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Legislature, Politics, Woods

Are Jim Cooper & Friends About to Kill Health Care Reform?

• by Pete Kotz
• Tags: Congress, Kotz, Politics, The Economy

Morning Roundup: Ramsey Throws Elbow at Wamp and Reporters Look at the Legislative Interns Program

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Morning Roundup: Stinging Wasps, Egotistical Creepy Men and Eco Catastrophes

• by Jeff Woods
• Tags: Breaking News, Woods

Neko Case, fan-eater

• by Rob Harvilla
• Tags: Features, Neko Case, San Francisco, Vermont, Flannery O'Connor

The Jesus Lizard, Torche, Harvey Milk and Nashville Cream '80s NightThe Jesus Lizard, Torche, Harvey Milk and Nashville Cream '80s Night

• Tags: The Spin, David Yow, The Jesus Lizard, Nashville, Harvey Milk

The kids from The Kindergarten Circus are more than alright

• by Sean L. Maloney
• Tags: Features, Murfreesboro, Phil McGraw, Lil Bill, Logan Sissom

With renewed candor, Maia Sharp finds an Echo of the truth

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Features, Jim Keltner, Portland (Maine), Maia Sharp, Randy Sharp

Umbrella Tree, ever vivid and quirky, offer a world of new sounds—and sights—on The Letter C

• by Jewly Hight
• Tags: Features, Derek Pearson, Jillian Leigh, Gresham, Nashville

Neko Case, Umbrella Tree, The Kindergarten Circus and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes

Paul Burch Featured on NPR's Song of the Day

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, National Skyline, Honey Blue, NPR, obsession-worthy, Paul Burch, Still Your Man

Weekend Round-Up: Perfect Game Style Part 2

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, gypsies!, Jason Lytle, Kindergarten Circus, Lone Official, Neko Case, The Clutters, weekend round-up

Weekend Round-Up: Perfect Game Style Part 1

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Caitlin Rose, Dexateens, Grungestock, Heypenny, Mark Buehrle is a baller, weekend round-up

Walk It Out: The Walkmen Play Mercy Lounge Sept. 27

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Mercy Lounge, Rod Stewart of indie rock? Maybe not really, The Walkmen, Video

Road Trip to Chicago: Pixies Perform Doolittle

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, Chicago, Doolittle, Pixies, wanna grow up to be a debaser

Leonard Cohen Tickets On Sale Aug. 3

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Leonard Cohen, Video

And Nashville's Favorite Local Band Is...

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Wow, toast

Neko Case at The Ryman, 7/25/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Neko Case, none of her boyfriends, The Ryman

The Decemberists Play The Ryman Sept. 27

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Laura Veirs and the Hall of Flames, Ryman, The Decemberists, they're after me Lucky Charms!, Video

Danity Kane's Shannon Bex: The Next Garth Brooks?

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Creamtastic, Garth Brooks, Shannon Bex

Golden Nugget: Loretta Lynn in Nashville, 1969

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, 1969, beehives, Golden Nugget, Loretta Lynn, the old sing-and-bolt, Video

Lambchop's Singalong: Wagner & Co. Steal the Show at Merge's 20th Anniversary

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, 20? Totally old enough, Lambchop, Merge Records

Paramore or Less: Hayley Williams and the Charismatic Frontperson Problem

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, CFP, Paramore

Do MP3 Blogs Suck Now?

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, blogging, MP3

Caption Contest: Green Day Ticket Giveaway!

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Creamtastic, caption contest, Green Day, tickets

Team Rocky Top! Yay!

• by Ashley Spurgeon
• Tags: Moving Pictures, National Skyline, America's Best Dance Crew, imaginary guns and backflips, Team Rocky Top, Video

Nashville Cream 8 off 8th Finale: '90s Night, Tonight!

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Creamtastic, '90s Night, 8 off 8th, cool beans, flannel, Mercy Lounge, nobody had cell phones yet really

Suggestion Box: Blog Roll Maintenance Time

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, like Rod Blog-ojevich

The Dynamites Feat. Charles Walker Release Burn It Down, Announce Dates, Stay Awesome

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, general badassery, soul, The Dynamites feat. Charles Walker

Attack Attack! 'Stick Stickly' Video Video Die Die

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Wow, Attack Attack, wut, Video

Those Darlins: Rolling Stone Breaking Artist

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: National Skyline, Lake Fever Sessions, Those Darlins, Tugboat Productions

All We Seabees Call It Folkin' Quits [Updated]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Hot Goss, All Be Sea-in' Ya, All We Seebees, bummerino metropolis

Tickets For Bruce Springsteen at Sommet Center On Sale Tomorrow

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Sommet Center, Springsteen, Ticketmaster

Nashville Cream 8 off 8th: '90s Night, 7/27/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, 8 off 8th, And the Relatives, Martians Go Home, Ocelots, Shit Sandwich, Shoot the Mountain, The Carter Administration, The Mattoid, The Privates, Slideshow

'90s Night Video Round-Up

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, 8 off 8th, covers, Video

The Video Theory: Help Theory 8 Raise Money and They'll Shoot Your Band!

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Aaron Hartley, doo it!, Kickstart caveat, let's make a movie!, Theory 8

Go Team: What Your Band Needs Is a Mascot. No, Really.

• by Sean Maloney
• Tags: Creamtastic, doo it, indie rock mascots, it's a meme!, roflcopter, sad grandpa, too lazy to drop shadow

M. Ward Discusses Hold Time, Zooey Deschanel, Monsters of Folk and More

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Interviews, M. Ward, Monsters of Folk, She & Him

Next Big Nashville Early Bird Tix On Sale Now

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Next Big Nashville, NBN, Rush, the early bird gets the white belt and capri pants, tickets, your face

Lyric Rat: Not a Big Indie Rock Fan, Either

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, Wow, Lyric Rat, why don't you like me?

Circle Players Do 'Fame' at the Nashville Farmer's Market

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Moving Pictures, lighting up the sky like a flame, wanting to live forever, Video

Let's Not Leave This Up to Fate, Guy With the White Pants

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, craigslist, me so porny, missed connections, white pants

Judas Priest at Municipal Auditorium 7/22/09

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Judas Priest, Municipal Auditorium, Whitesnake

Popular Bands That Formed in Nashville?

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Creamtastic, Nashville, popular bands, rock 'n' roll rules

Because They're Punk Rockers, Yes They Are: Jemina Pearl Cuts Track With Iggy Pop

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: National Skyline, Wow, Abegg your pardon?, fresh track, Iggy Pop, Jemina Pearl, Or are they?, Audio

Fiery Furnaces Debut 'Charmaine Champagne' Video, Come to Mercy Lounge, Other Stuff

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Moving Pictures, Fiery Furnaces, fresh vid, lean and mean pop machine, Michael Eades, Video

From homemade ice cream to gelato and froyo, it's the Time of the Great Freeze in Nashville

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Reviews, Mike Duguay, Corrado Savarino, Oreo Cookies, Reese's Pieces

The Love is Back: Whole Foods Grill Seduces with Summer Menu

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, catfish in Nashville, Whole Foods

Slow and Steady Wins a Grand-Now with NO Entry Fee

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, competitive cooking, contests, free events, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, slow cooking, Southern Food and Wine Festival

Snack Tray: Bacon Cakes, Tomato Sandwiches and One Funny Site

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Party Mix, Anatolia, bacon cake, Can't Stop the Serenity Nashville, Criterion Collection, DontEvenReply.com, Evil Chef Mom, F. Scott's, Fat Boy's BBQ, Frederick Seidel, Good Food Matters, Jeanne Dielman, Jimmy Carl's, Phil's Bar-B-Que, tomato sandwiches, Ulika, WhedonFest

Monell's Coming Soon to Berry Hill

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Berry Hill restaurants, meat-and-three in Nashville

Sweet CeCe's: Worth Its Weight in Cold

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Belle Meade restaurants, frozen yogurt in Nashville

DaVinci's Half-Price Friday Dinner Is Genius

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Happy Hour, Weekend Bites, kid-friendly activities, pizza in Nashville

Drive-Through Dinners Get Nip and Tuck

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Recipe File, blogs and bloggers, fast food, Nicki P. Wood, White Castle

Belle Coming to Belle Meade Plantation

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Belle Meade restaurants, locavore cuisine in Nashville, restaurant openings in Nashville

Far East Nashville Vietnamese Restaurant Opens in East Nashville

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, East Nashville restaurants, pho, Vietnamese restaurants in Nashville

Take Home a Taste of Mafiaoza's Entrées

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurants, Retail, 12 South restaurants, Corrieri's, Italian cuisine, Italian food in Nashville, pizza dough, retail

Southern + Food + Wine...What's Not to Like?

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Alton Brown, Deen Boys, Food Network, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Neelys, Southern Food and Wine Festival

Putting the "C" in CSA

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: CSA, community farming, CSA, Delvin Farm

Savarino's Spumoni..So Money

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, Hillsboro Village restaurants, Italian food in Nashville, spumoni in Nashville

Provence Hosting Local Food Fête July 25

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: CSA, Events, Weekend Bites, Hillsboro Village restaurants, locavore cuisine

Hey, Hey, Paula?

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, late-night eats, Nolensville Road restaurants

Amerigo Veterans Purchase Chain

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Amerigo, restaurant bankruptcy in Nashville

Food Superstitions: I Know This Is Totally Ridiculous, but Still, Just in Case...

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Fun and Games, Good advice, food superstitions, meat-and-three in Nashville, salt

Chicken Chocolate Balls, Miso Soup and Shipwreck Night: Camp Food Ain't What It Used to Be

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Travel Advisory, camp, kid-friendly activities, kids say the darndest things, outdoor eating, s'mores

Earn a Tassle for Your Toque with Gaylord Opryland's Michael Swann

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, cooking school, Food Network, Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, Southern Food and Wine Festival

Innovation in Coffee Cup Lids

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Coffee Filter, coffee in Nashville, innovation, Krispy Kreme

Open Sesame: Ali Baba Brings Late-Night Mediterranean to Downtown

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, downtown restaurants, late-night eats, Mediterranean food in Nashville

'Fame' Flashes at the Farmers' Market

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Farmers' Markets, Fun and Games, flash mob, Nashville Farmers' Market, Video

Mas Maracas: Local Mexican Chain Adding Two Stores

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Belle Meade restaurants, East Nashville restaurants, kid-friendly restaurants, Mexican food in Nashville

We Drove Our Server Crazy, Bless His Heart

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Bite Your Tongue, Restaurants, Arnold Myint, Belmont Boulevard, ChaChah, Nicki P. Wood, tapas, wine

Cooking up Deals on Morsel Code: Julie & Julia and More

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Free Bites, Fun and Games, contest, Julie & Julia, Morsel Code, movie sneaks in Nashville

Empty Plate: Our Weekly Open Thread Is Batter Dipt With Love

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Open Thread, Bites open thread, Nashville restaurant news, Nashville restaurant tips

Loveless Piggy Popcorn: Practically Perfect in Every Way

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Foods, Recipe File, addictions, bacon, Nashville gifts

First Bite: Taco Party

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: First Bite, late-night eats, Mexican food in Nashville, midtown restaurants, Springwater

'Nashville Scenes' at the Acorn-An Update

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Acorn, events, repertory theater in Nashville

Who's the Top Master Chef of Top Chef Masters?

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Food Fight, People, celebrity, competitive cooking, television, Top Chef Masters

Is it a Sin to ChaChah on the Sabbath?

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Bites, Wine, bargains, ChaChah, Monday deals, Sunday brunch

Sip Café: Where Coffee Fell in Love with Ice Cream

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurants, East Nashville restaurants, ice cream in Nashville, Riverside Village restaurants

Our 'Mad Men' Party Gets a Menu

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Party Mix, TV Dinner, Mad Men, menus, party, television

Gee, Let's Get Rid of This Old European Junk

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Good advice, Kitchen Gear, Chinese crap, Goodwill, kitchen gear, secondhand stuff

Red Light Special: Holland House Coming to East Nashville

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Restaurant openings, cocktails in Nashville, East Nashville restaurants, restaurant openings in Nashville

Free Stuff Alert: Buca di Beppo Handing Out Lasagna

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Events, free food

Ockerman's Famous Scallops: Former Councilman Wins Food Network Contest

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: People, Recipe File, ceviche, competitive cooking

First Bite: Far East Vietnamese

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: First Bite, East Nashville restaurants, Vietnamese restaurants in Nashville

Whitfield's Team Launching Brio Bistro Italiano

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: News, Restaurant openings, Bellevue restaurants, restaurant openings

Je T'aime Pommes d'Amour

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Food Fight, competitive cooking, contests, CSA, salsa, tomatoes

Buffalo P's Appeases Pork-Lover With Beef

• by Brent Rolen
• Tags: Barbecue, First Bite, barbecue in Nashville, Gallatin restaurants

The Hurt Locker ticks with tension; Coppola's Tetro is crazy with passion and better for it

• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Kathryn Bigelow, Francis Ford Coppola, Iraq, Scott Foundas

The Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola on film (it's over), critics (can be lazy), and marriage (it's tough to be his wife)

• by Aaron Hillis
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia, Hollywood, Cannes

As unconventional as the warfare it depicts, The Hurt Locker is a ticking time bomb of a movie

• by Scott Foundas
• Tags: Reviews, Reviews, Iraq, Kathryn Bigelow, Baghdad, Jeremy Renner

Tennessee Rep Presents 'Nashville Scenes'

Curtain Raiser

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Andy Kanies, Bakari King, Bobby Wyckoff, Carrie Tillis

Gogol Bordello at Exit/In

The Best Little Whorehouse in Ternopil

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, The Clash (Band), Eugene Hutz, Nashville, The Pogues

Ginger Rue at Davis-Kidd

Rue the Day

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Emily Woods, Bonne Bell Inc., Teen Vogue, New York

Little Big Man at The Belcourt

Oxymoronic

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Dustin Hoffman, Arthur Penn, Cheyenne, Little Bighorn Battlefield

Jason Lytle Opening for Neko Case at The Ryman

The Daddy of Grandaddy

• by Ben Westhoff
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Jason Lytle, Modesto, Bozeman, California

Call Me Home at MBA's Paschall Theatre

The House I Live In

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Rick Seay, Nashville, Caroline Davis, Gregg Colson

Olde Worlde Theatre Company's The Magic Kettle at The Belcourt

The Pot Called...

• by Emily Bartlett Hines
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Harry Potter

Yourself and the Air at The End

Call Me the Breeze

• by Timothy C. Davis
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Conor Oberst, Joan of Arc, Omaha, Tim Kasher

Beauty and the Beast at Donelson's Senior Center for the Arts

Tale as Old as Time

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Kaine Riggan, Nashville, Alan Menken, Howard Ashman

Nashville's Soul: Images of the Sacred at the Parthenon's East Gallery

Divinely Inspired Art

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Tamara Reynolds, The Parthenon

Music That Will Make You Cream at Mercy Lounge

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville, Chapel Hill, Superchunk, The Smashing Pumpkins

Fame at Looby Theatre

Learning How to Fly

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Brentwood, David Arnold, Hannah McGinley, Kate Adams-Johnson

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Car Wash

The Evil League of Evil Is Watching

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Lebowski Fest, Felicia Day, Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion

Grungestock at Cannery Ballroom

Too Soon?

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Rage Against The Machine, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Mother Love Bone

M. Ward at the Cannery

She-Less Him

• by Chris Parker
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Guitar Centers, M. Ward (Musician), Conor Oberst, Jim James

New on DVD: [•Rec] / End of the Line

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Hollywood, Roman Polanski, Toronto

Dead Man's Cell Phone at Belmont's Black Box Theater

Call Waiting

• by Martin Brady
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Mary-Louise Parker, Alice Raver, Brooke Bryant, C.J. Tucker

Naked Without Us at Mercy Lounge

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Wooten Brothers at 3rd & Lindsley

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Big Gorgeous Neo-Abstract at The Showroom

BGNA

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Ice Art and Trunk Show at Magpie

The Ice Trunk Cometh

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Untitled's Glow Show

Shine a Light

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Our Critics Picks, Nashville

Max and the Wild Things at Cafe Coco

Where the Wallace Things Are

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Music City Brewer's Festival at Hilton Park

Hop to It

• by Carrington Fox
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Humankind Benefit for Retail Space

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Ice Day at Nashville Zoo

Ice Ice Baby

• by Jack Silverman
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