Nashville Scene

Sonny Rollins Heads Up Best NSO Jazz Series Ever

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Sonny Rollins, Nashville Symphony, Nashville jazz, Branford Marsalis, Cassandra Wilson, Larry Carlton, Video

New Interactive Maps Show Plenty of Segregation in Nashville and Throughout U.S.

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: By the Way, Nashville racial map, Nashville segregation

The Gipper at the Century Mark: A Little Balance

• by Bruce Barry
• Tags: Politics, Ronald Reagan, Chris Devaney, Christopher Hitchens, evil trees

Not Funny vs. Funny: Reporter Dennis Norwood's Vagina Monologue Isn't a Hit

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Dennis Norwood, cooter, Tennessee politics, Second Amendment

May-Be-Not Town? I Have Questions

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, May Town Center, Jack May, May Town Center 2.0, Bells Bend

Pick of the Day: David Lynch's Lost Highway at Midnight

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, Lost Highway, Robert Blake, David Lynch, Belcourt, Bill Pullman, Matthew Wilder, Pullman or Paxton?, Video

Pick of the Day: Wine, Food & Film with The Quiet Man at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Film, The Quiet Man, Belcourt, John Wayne, John Ford, Maureen O'Hara

The Economist: White Southern Democrats Have All But Vanished

• by Jack Silverman
• Tags: Silverman, Video

Breaking News: Fashion Force Kelly Cutrone Confirms Appearance at Nashville Fashion Week

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Fashion, Kelly Cutrone, Nashville Fashion Week, boo-yah, Kell on Earth

Breastfeeding Laws Re-Re-Revisited: Ladies, New Permission Granted to Whip 'Em Out Longer

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Around Town, public breastfeeding, age restriction

A Nashville neighborhood fights the lingering effects — psychological and physical ­— of last May’s devastation

Flooded & Forgotten

• by Stephen George

You Must Remember This: Casablanca Next Up as Regions Free Days Unveils Schedule

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Regions Free Days, free Nashville arts events, Nashville arts, Nashville Symphony, Nashville Children's Theatre, Belcourt, Casablanca

Peter Guralnick on Pete Wilson's Nashville Jumps Radio Show This Morning

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Pete Wilson, Peter Guralnick, Nashville Jumps, Save WRVU!

Casada Files Bill to Keep Gay Out of TN Cities

• by Stephen George
• Tags: Legislature, David Fowler, Jim Gotto, Family Action Council of Tennessee, discrimination, nondiscrimination, Tennessee Equality Project, GLBT, Glen Casada

Bottoms Up: Could Wine Sales in Tennessee Grocery Stores Create New Jobs?

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Politics, Around Town, wine sales in grocery stores, Tennessee wine sales

Pick of the Day: Creating a Green Dot Campus at Sarratt

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Vanderbilt, Nashville violence prevention, Nashville violence against women, Green Dot, Creating a Green Dot Campus, Sarratt Gallery

Pick of the Day: Maria Bamford at Zanies

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Maria Bamford, Zanies, Comedians of Comedy, Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Zach Galifianakis, Video

'Know Your History' Mobile Tour Sets Up Today at TSU

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Around Town, Know Your History Mobile Tour, TSU, Black History Month, Video

Pick of the Day: Peter Guralnick Hosts Sam Phillips Doc at Sarratt

• by Joe Nolan
• Tags: Film, Peter Guralnick, Sam Phillips, Sun Records, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash

Pardon Me: 'Marijuana Martyr' Bernie Ellis Appeals to President Obama

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Presidential Politics, Bernie Ellis, medical marijuana, Tennessee medical marijuana, Marijuana Martyr, President Barack Obama, presidential pardon

Flipping Channels: Shawn Ryan's Chicago Code Heats Up the Windy City

• by Ron Wynn
• Tags: Media, The Chicago Code, The Shield, Shawn Ryan, The Good Wife, Justified, Timothy Olyphant, Elmore Leonard, Method Man

'Boro-mance: Murfreesboro Ranks No. 8 on Amazon's Most Romantic Cities List

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Crazy Crap, what is romance?, Amazon, Murfreesboro, Bucket City, Hooters

Beaman Park: A Review (The OTHER Beaman Park)

• by Betsy Phillips
• Tags: Phillips, Beaman Park, Green Hills parks, Nashville park reviews, Metro Parks

As the religious right gears up to fight a new nondiscrimination policy, council progressives tussle over the approach

Mood Fight

• by Stephen George

Metro may be arriving backward at a fairgrounds master plan, but at least it's getting there

Fairgrounds Follies

• by Christine Kreyling

Tennessee's outmoded lethal-injection process has accomplished what activists couldn't: effectively stopping the death penalty

Lethal Objections

• by Jeff Woods

The Titans' coaching search shows the little absurdities of the NFL's effort to promote minority coaches

The Rooney Farce

• by J.R. Lind

How will my kids ever learn about late fees and rental protection?

Requiem for a Video Store

• by Lindsay Ferrier

Dee Goodz, Charity Ward & Sleezy Dee Tonight at Jazz and Jokes

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Dee Goodz, Charity Ward, Sleezy Dee, Jazz and Jokes, Video

Lake Fever Presents The Chris Crofton Show, Episode 46

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Chris Crofton Show, Drink half, save half for Kamala, The Boogie-Woogie Man, Diet Rite soda syrup on the floor, balls aren't the same things as dreams Larry, Billy Beer, He banged my mama, I WANT THAT CLEANED UP YESTERDAY., You could knock someone out with a Moondog's taint, I done burnt my laig, We don't have any magician's flame tape, THERE AIN'T NO ROOM IN THAT BIRDHOUSE, Grinderman

Stream Jessica Lea Mayfield’s Tell Me, The Non-Comms’ Fresh Tracks, Mumford and Sons Footage, Hepatitties’ Free Download & The Strokes’ Newest Single [Media Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Dan Auerbach, Fresh Tracks, Fresh Vids, The Non-Commissioned Officers, Hepatitties, Square People, Mumford and Sons, The Strokes

Monday Morning Rumors

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Hot Goss, Mumford and Sons, the other other other basement, Alice Cooper, Vince Gill, Ke$ha, Springwater, rumors

The Paperhead's 'Back to Those Days,' Full-Length Due March 22 [Fresh Track]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Creamtastic, The Paperhead, fresh track, psych rock, Back to Those Days, Nashville's Dead

Tristen on Daytrotter, Brian Ritchey’s ‘Don’t Say I’ Video, Deep Vibration’s Strange Love, Yelawolf at Phatkaps & More [Media Bits]

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream, Media Bits, Tristen, Daytrotter, croonstress, Brian Ritchey, The Deep Vibration, Strange Love, Yelawolf, Phat Kaps, The Nudity, Those Darlins, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, fresh vids, fresh tracks

Monster Energy Music as a Weapon Tour V Featuring Korn, Disturbed and Sevendust Tonight at Bridgestone Arena

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Cream Calendar, ARE!, ass, baggy, by request, chugga chugga, clowns, cue pick-slide, da-boom-na-da-mmm-dum-na-ema, Disturbed, head to Bridgestone Arena, honest advertising, In This Moment, Korn, Korn-er Shop, mayyy, musical masochism, musical munitions, READY!?, Sevendust, weaponary, Xanga, YOU!

Press Release: Josh Radin to Pull Women Into 'Force Field of Lust' Tonight at Cannery Ballroom

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Wow, bros and brah-hams, force fields of lust, girls of romance novel dreams, gross, Josh Radin, meat marketing, sex-Radin, The You+Dallas Team, Things to do after beer pong

Hey Singers, Auditions Feb. 18 for Rent at The Nashville Dinner Theatre

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Whatevs, American Idol, Boston Strangler, Eminem, Nashville Dinner Theatre, Rent, singing, Steven Tyler is the worst, the hard sell, Video

Tokyo Police Club & Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at Exit/In, 2/5/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Tokyo Police Club, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Exit/In

Dashboard Confessional Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Swiss Army Romance at Cannery, March 31; Also, LOL

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Dashboard Confessional, Cannery Ballroom, Emo Game, Swiss Army Romance, pomade and tears, frowny emoticon, Name the Emo Icon!, if a pompadour could cry

Nelson, Westbound Rangers, Yann Tiersen, Less Than Jake & More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Nelson, Westbound Rangers, Yann Tiersen, Less Than Jake, Naxos of America

Peter Guralnick on Pete Wilson's Nashville Jumps Radio Show This Morning

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Music, Pete Wilson, Peter Guralnick, Elvis Presley, Sam Phillips, Save WRVU!

Deerhoof w/Ben Butler and Mousepad & R. Stevie Moore at Mercy Lounge, 2/4/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Deerhoof, Ben Butler and Mousepad, R. Stevie Moore, force field of lust, Mercy Lounge, Slideshow

Paramore, Deerhoof, Todd Snider and More: Inside This Week's Music Section

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Liner Notes, Paramore, Deerhoof, Todd Snider

Monotonix w/PUJOL & Hawkfish at The End, 2/2/11

• by The Spin
• Tags: The Spin, Monotonix, The End

Katy Perry to Play Bridgestone Arena, Aug. 19

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream Calendar, Katy Perry, Bridgestone Arena, baby you're a firework, Kitty Purry is admittedly a better cat name than Snacks, Video

KORT Goes A.V., Theatre Intangible Breaks and Enters, Nahnee Bori Uploads New Album [Newsy Bits]

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, KORT, A.V. Club, Nahnee Bori, Cody Uhler, Theatre Intangible, Tony Youngblood, WRVU

Photo of the Week: These Guys

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Whatevs, photo of the week, Forgotten Fable, Not Just Country, facepaint

Hammock Still Not Slowing Down, Collaborating With Aussie Legends The Church

• by Ryan Burleson
• Tags: Creamtastic, Hammock, The Church, ambient, post-rock, Australia, vinyl, not resting, taking it to the limit

The Effort to Save WRVU Marches On: Benefit Show at Exit/In, Open Letter From Blair, Soundcloud Shout-Outs

• by Steve Haruch
• Tags: Cream, WRVU

Weekend Round-Up: Football Style

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Cream Calendar, weekend round-up, Deerhoof, R. Stevie Moore, Dr. Dog, Mary Gauthier, Music as a Weapon Tour, Gary Smokey's Live Karaoke, How I Became the Bomb, Cheer up Charlie Daniels, Twin Tigers, Diarrhea Planet, Tokyo Police Club, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

Friday Video: Taylor Swift Raps Nicki Minaj on 107.5 The River

• by D. Patrick Rodgers
• Tags: Moving Pictures, Taylor Swift, adorable, Intern Adam, 107.5 The River, Nicki Minaj, Babygirl Tay-Tay, Video

Gruff Rhys' 'Sensations in the Dark' [Fresh Vid]

• by Adam Gold
• Tags: Moving Pictures, feelin' good, Gruff Rhys, Hotel Shampoo, mariachi-tinged, Nashville on film, Sensations in the Dark, The Basement

Paramore schism highlights Nashville's longstanding unease with art, commerce and religion

The Honesty Imperative

• by Ryan Burleson

On their first LP in three years, Deerhoof push the boundaries of pop noise once again

Must Fight Current

• by Grayson Currin

The Storyteller is part rock show, part stand-up comedy and all Todd Snider

The Raconteur

• by Edd Hurt

Time to Eat Our Words: Finding a Better Term Than 'Foodie'

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Open Thread, Open Thread, the word "foodie"

Big Deal: Half-Off at Garden Brunch Cafe

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Cheap Eats, Garden Brunch Cafe, Jefferson Street eats, Jefferson Street restaurants, Karl Carpenter, Jennifer Carpenter, Nashville brunch, Nashville breakfast, red velvet pancakes

Cheerwine Slims Down, Visits Tennessee Campuses

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Drinks, Cheerwine, soft drinks, Southern soft drinks

Fish & Co. Reopens, Hires Veteran Chef Josh Weekly

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Fish & Co., Louis Osteen, Josh Weekly, 12South restaurants, restaurant openings

Local Bravo Gelato to Sweeten Graceland's Super Bowl

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, Bravo Gelato, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Graceland, Benefit dinner, Super Bowl, Elvis, "Sonny ... Red ... you go long."

Wine, Food & Film with The Quiet Man Tonight at Belcourt

• by Jim Ridley
• Tags: Events, Whole Foods, Belcourt, Village Wines, The Quiet Man

Take the Plastic-Free February Challenge

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Events, Plastic-Free February, plastic-free living, reducing waste, eco-friendly products, green products, we're wrappin' about wax paper

Something to Hang Up and Hanker After: Kitchen Gadgets as Cheesecake

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: Fun and Games, food art, kitchen gadgets

Olive the Fact That Kalamata's is Coming to Belmont Blvd.

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Belmont restaurants, Restaurant openings, Kalamatas, CZOJ, Orange you glad I only made an olive pun

Wandering Wino: My Heart Belongs to Cru - Valentine's Edition

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wandering Wino, wine tastings, Village Wines, Bistro 360, Watermark, Grace's Wine and Spirits, Macke's, Woodland Wine Merchant, Margot, Frugal MacDoogal, Rumors East, 100% Italiano, September's

Amerigo Wants to Help You Out for Valentine's Day

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Restaurants, Amerigo, date nights, Valentine's Day, prix-fixe menus

So-Easy Valentine Treats on Talk of the Town Tomorrow

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: TV Dinner, Alison Lewis, Ingredients Inc., food bloggers, Talk of the Town, Valentine's Day recipes

Wine Wednesday: Sometimes You Just Need a Bottle of Plonk

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Wine, Wine Wednesday, wine, cheap wine, plonk, Colonial Discount Wine and Liquors, Franklin Road, Smiling Elephant

Pig & Pie Taking Shape in Former Hot Kabobs Space

• by Nicki Wood
• Tags: Restaurant openings, Pig & Pie, John Hamilton, barbecue, White Bridge Road restaurants

Crown Affair at Christ the King on Feb. 12 Looks Like a Fun One

• by Chris Chamberlain
• Tags: Events, benefit dinners, desserts, bakeries, Christ the King School

Paquette Takes Over Kitchen at Miel — Just Temporarily

• by Dana Kopp Franklin
• Tags: News

Hot Little Buns: Your Valentine's Day Special, Courtesy of White Castle

• by Tracy Moore
• Tags: Cheap Eats, White Castle, Valentine's Day, squeezers

Fresh fare and friendly service give Thai market and eatery Ginger strong odds for success

Good Duck With That

• by Carrington Fox
• Tags: Dining, Ginger Thai Restaurant

Javier Bardem's performance makes Biutiful worth the punishment

Terrible Beauty

• by Steven Hale

Mike Leigh's company loves misery in his return to form Another Year

Unhappy Go Lucky

• by Michael Sicinski

Murat Kaboulov's legacy of industry

An Artist's Life

• by Laura Hutson

Joan Rivers says it's too soon to laugh at the Arizona shootings — but not much else

Can We Talk?

• by Tracy Moore

February's First Saturday art openings deliver a candy box full of heart-quickening treats

Crawl Space

• by Joe Nolan

Vanderbilt professor David Wood stretches his artistic wings

Existential Wanderings

• by Laura Hutson