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Per Nashville’s typical downtown celebration routine, enough roads are closed this weekend that it’s probably best to avoid driving near downtown...

Fourth of July is one of our favorite times to be in Nashville, and the challenge this year is to pack our days as full as we can with any of the billion events happening this weekend...

Good morning, Nashville. We may be seeing calorie information on restaurant menus after all, since Governor Phil vetoed a bill yesterday that would’ve reversed the Metro Board of Health’s decision to require it a few months ago. And why did he veto it...

Though we’re going a little crosseyed looking at it, we love the curves in this snapshot of the Bicentennial Mall amphitheater by geeuuvee. Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props...

If you’ve been reading us for a while, you probably know that we’ve kept a pretty close eye on the aftermath of the TVA’s Kingston ash spill back in December...

If you’ve been reading Nashvillest for longer than a couple weeks, it should come as no surprise that we’re really big fans of hot chicken over here...

We hoped that this day would never come when we reported in January that Rosario’s Mexican Restaurant in Edgehill Village was filing for Chapter 11. Unfortunately, times haven’t gotten any easier, and the restaurant’s doors have closed for good - A heavy blow to the neighborhood...

If you’ve got an extra gun (or three!) just lying around the house and collecting dust, you can drop it off at one of several locations around town today or tomorrow in exchange for… a circus ticket...

Good morning, Nashville. The Environmental Protection Agency released a list of the 44 most hazardous coal ash storage sites in the country, and guess which state isn’t on it? Tennessee...

Another day, another national ranking. Today we observe as Hickory Hollow Mall is included in America’s 10 Most Endangered Malls by US News, citing the departure of a few pretty much every chain store as the reason for slapping on the “endangered species” title...

Good morning, Nashville. The sun is out, it might not even reach 90 degrees today, and it sounds like a perfect day for… another tea party? You may recall the one that drew a few thousand people back in April, and this one will probably attract some of the same folks...

This summery capture comes to us from elemak and was actually taken in Calhoun, TN near the Cherokee National Forest. If you’re looking for an easy day trip with some beautiful natural sights, Cherokee is a great place to start...

The Tea Party rally downtown ended up drawing upwards of a thousand people today to protest Obama’s policies, though it was “a much smaller turnout” than the one back in April...

Today is the last day to make your voices heard in the Tennessean’s Toast of Music City reader’s choice poll, so get your clicking fingers ready and get in there and vote! And uh, if you could pay special attention to the “Best Blog” category, that would be great. S

Good morning, Nashville. We’re not gonna lie: All the breaking news in the past 24 hours has us pretty worn out. As of this morning, Sgt...

Apropos of nothing, here are some Thai elephants painted up to look like pandas, or “pandaphants,” if you will. From the Daily Mail: These elephants were painted black and white to look like the pandas who have stolen all their fans...

Good morning, Nashville. Franklin is really stepping up its game in an effort to catch more folks in the act of speeding...

Lots of big news today, not the least of which is GM’s choice of Michigan over Spring Hill for building its new small car. Consequently the Spring Hill plant, which employs more than 3,000 people, will be taking an indefinite hiatus later this year...

We wish we were kidding right now, but you know that house stuck under the overpass on I-40? It’s still there. Due to some complications with removing it, the estimated clearing time has been bumped up for the umpteenth time to 3am...

It’s hard to top The Neverending Story, but we’re pretty excited for the new film series coming to the Belcourt Theatre this weekend...

From photographer niseag03: “I had read about a campaign for law enforcement in various cities in which cars were being strategically placed with a larger than life nail in the hood to show that driving drunk (or “hammered”) you get “nailed.” I never thought I’d see one for myself...

Good morning, Nashville. An investigation is underway after a mysterious fire started outside of the Women’s Clinic in south Nashville, which provides medical and surgical abortions...

Under that mysterious black sheet is one of the eight new giant buffalo sculptures now adorning Dickerson Road. From WSMV: “A lot of people had fun with the buffalo theme by wearing T-shirts, welcoming the herd.” This will never get any less funny...

What do Chipotle and Chuy’s have in common? Without getting into a debate about burritos and Tex-Mex and what really is or isn’t Mexican food, they share a common bond of some very, very enthusiastic fans. And those very, very enthusiastic fans should be excited to hear these updates...

Well, Tennessee’s unemployment rate is now 10.7%, which is the highest it’s been since November 1983. Beer us, please...

We’re never quite brave enough to hang out in the front yard with a camera during a thunderstorm, so we’re glad that folks like Chris1051 are. Chris caught this spidery cluster of lightning bolts over a neighbor’s house last night using a wide aperture and a 3-second exposure...

Root beer floats appear to be the summer’s big trend. Hey, we’ll take pretty much anything if it’s free! Following a very enjoyable Free Float Day at Sonic, A&W will be holding a Free Float Day of their own, doling out free small root beer floats tomorrow from 2pm-8pm only...

There’s really nothing like a Craigslist straight-shooter with a sense of humor! Thanks to Shana for the submission! Very ugly painting for sale - $75 (Columbia) I should believe in the things I put on Craigslist, but please I am not blind...

Good morning, Nashville. As part of a last-ditch effort to salvage some jobs within Metro, the city council will be going back over some budget revisions tonight that will hopefully save 17 positions...

Flickr user Fallingwater123 spotted this lone rose hanging on the handle of the Acklen mausoleum in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Eerie capture, but we love the color contrast. Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post...

Good morning, Nashville. Over the past few months, we’ve been following the story of three VA hospitals, including one in Murfreesboro, that may have infected dozens of veterans with HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C through the use of contaminated medical equipment...

We love Bonnaroo and everything, but we’re really really glad we’re not the ones cleaning it up. [WKRN] Speaking of Bonnaroo, it almost sold out this year and CMA festival attendance was up 7.2%...

If you’ve been following us for a while, you know that we at Nashvillest can never resist a good piece of John Rich news. Last night during a CMA-inspired segment on Larry King Live, he hinted about some aspirations to run for governor of Tennessee (thanks to Frank S...

Good morning, Nashville. Whether you were out chasing down one of the elusive Beastie Boys rumors (wait, was that just us?) or getting evacuated from LP Field along with 50,000 of your closest friends, last night was pretty rough all around...

After tonight, analog television is no more. If you’re still not sure whether or not this affects you, check the above flowchart from our friends at the Consumerist. [Consumerist] GM appears to be holding the Spring Hill plant for ransom to the tune of $200 million...

Well, after a gruelling decision-making process, we’re awarding the fine prize of a $20 gift card to The Perch toElizabeth Lee and Jessie Gilmorefor their joint submission (they can fight over the prize)! It was really a three-way tie, so we flipped a few coins...

Good morning, Nashville. Few things are spookier (or photogenic!) than an old abandoned state penitentiary, and as of this afternoon, we’ll have another one in our midst...

It’s been a rough year for a lot of folks, what with the whole economic recession and the astronomical unemployment rate and such. Everyone’s cutting back on spending, and that may mean that you trimmed away your trip to Bonnaroo this year. Ouch. We feel your pain, but don’t worry...

Good morning, Nashville. Last night, the Metro Council approved funding for upwards of $600 million in construction projects all around the city...

Long-time contributor Grey Street Girl spotted this guy along the side of the road somewhere close by...

Some of you were all a-twitter this morning about a power outage in Cool Springs and Brentwood. The culprit? Some birds playing a little too close to the substation...

Good morning, Nashville. While we’ve all been tightening our belts a bit over the past year or two, one thing is not suffering a bit in the face of this recession: The CMA Music Festival...

Nashville has a lot of 5Ks. Nashville has a lot of fundraisers. Nashville also has a lot of 5Ks that are also fundraisers, but something about Ellie’s Run For Africa stands out amidst the noise...

We just got our favorite quarterly email - That’s right, it’s time for 2009’ssecond Nashville Originals discount gift certificates sale! We’ve had several readers wondering when this day would be here, and we’re here to tell you that it has arrived… Almost...

Good morning, Nashville. It was a rough weekend for East Tennessee after some Department of Energy contractors accidentally poisoned 30,000 fish in Oak Ridge...

You may recognize this blessed carrier of tacos from Five Points, but the infamous Twittering taco truck Mas Tacos Por Favor has been making the rounds quite a bit lately. Flickr contributor John Lamb snagged this shot in the parking lot of the Nashville Scene’s office in the Gulch last Friday...

We might not be accomplishing much in this state this year, but we’ll at least have green vending machines. [WSMV] And Tennessee’s revenue shortfall for the month of April? $112 million. [WTVF] But enough about that...

Saddle up your catfish! Or rather, take the kids out to Shelby Park tomorrow for the 7th Annual Catfish Rodeo & Water Festival, which coincides with Tennessee’s Free Fishing Day...

This weekend in Gatlinburg marks the beginning of a week-long Firefly Light Show in the Great Smoky Mountains. Thousands of fireflies blink in unison, and visitors travel from all over to visit the spectacle...

Good morning, Nashville. By now, we’re all pretty familiar with the Guns in Bars bill saga, which was passed by the state legislature and vetoed by Governor Phil and then passed again over the course of the past two weeks...

Good morning, Nashville. We’ll start off today with a burning question: Which of you folks are among the lucky 5,000 Nashvillians whose parking tickets were found stuffed in clerks’ desks at the Metro courthouse yesterday...

Benefit shows are a dime a dozen in Nashville, and it gets to the point where we usually just tune them out. Yet tonight’s fundraiser at Rocketown for Ruthie Sayles, a Nashville resident in need of a $100,000 surgery stemming from a preexisting condition, is hard to ignore...

This should make us all feel better: All of the rain has made some humain bones float into the Cumberland River, and those bones could apparently be 6,000 years old. Who the heck was in Tennessee 6,000 years ago besides the dinosaurs!...

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Why can’t it be 8pm right now?! Tonight from 8pm-midnight, Sonic Drive-in’s are handing out free small root beer floats. If we remember correctly, many Sonics actually ran out of ice cream last year...

Fannie Mae Dees Park, better known as Dragon Park, was one of our first really fun discoveries in Nashville after we moved here. We love the lighting in this film shot by lets take your car (yes, real actual film!) of one of the mosaicked dragon humps that appears to rise out of the ground...

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Remember last year’s Toast Of Music City? If not, let us refresh your memory. TheTennessean’s readers voted Shoney’s, Golden Corral and Olive Garden as some of the top spots to grab a bite to eat, and Nashvillest readers were mortally offended...

School’s out, the kids have already broken the Wii and they’re “bored to death.” What to do? Thankfully, Regal Cinemas and Harpeth Community Church have got your back with their summer movies for kids programs...

Good morning, Nashville. After a long weekend of waiting, the 2,500 employees at the Spring Hill GM plant were told this morning that the plant will be halting production indefinitely as a part of the company’s restructuring...

Let’s start with the good news, since this is Happy Hour: Though Tennessee’s unemployment rate almost hit 10% last month, Williamson County had a net gain of 800 jobs...

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It’s Friday! It’s Friday! Our first stop this weekend is going to be the Urban Project Graffiti art show at The Showroom, because we’re dying to see this one before it closes next week...

You know, we always figured the huge Kingston TVA ash spill would eventually make the rounds to national news, but GQ wasn’t exactly the publication we had in mind...

Beginning this Saturday, March 30, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art will be having Free Summer Saturdays. Before you get too excited, know that the “free” only extends to children 17 and under… But still, a generous offer...

Good morning, Nashville. The June 1 deadline for bankruptcy filing is closing in quickly for GM, whose stocks have fallen a painful 15% since yesterday morning...

It wasn’t until recently that we learned about The Showroom’s Urban Project graffiti art on display this month in The Arcade. A last-minute show pulled together out of necessity, the Urban Project exhibit features work by ten local graffiti artists and urban designers...

Good morning, Nashville. We’re on the edge of our seats today, waiting to learn exactly where Governor Phil is making his $160 million in state budget cuts. Early discussions included 1,000 state job cuts, but it looks like that’s being avoided - at least for now...

Nashville is 11th among America’s Bargain Cities, according to Forbes. We were ranked on four criteria - Cost of living, housing opportunity, unemployment rate and average salary...

The Green Wagon, the tiny little environmentally-friendly general store tucked away in Sylvan Park, is ambitiously opening a second location near East Nashville’s 5 Points this summer. Owner Jennifer Casale opened The Green Wagon’s first location less than six months ago, in early January...

Good morning, Nashville. We hope that you enjoyed your long weekend as much as we did...

Little did we know when we posted this review of Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack that hot chicken was going to be the buzz of the summer...

With Memorial Day behind us, Opryland wastes no time getting the party started. The annual Poolapalooza summer series is essentially a big, free pool party for grown-ups (though all ages are welcomed this year), and it starts this Friday at Opryland’s Cascades pool...

Good morning, Nashville. Governor Phil is none too pleased with a fancy lobbying group called Families USA released a report yesterday that found all sorts of things wrong with CoverTN, our state’s public health insurance program...

We already knew that Nashville had some pretty bad drivers. Our daily commutes are such an adventure that we’re really not surprised that Tennessee drivers scored 38th place in a test administered by GMAC Insurance to test basic driving knowledge...

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy the long weekend stuffing yourself with barbeque and hanging out in the sun. Not that anyone needs our suggestions, but we’ve pulled together a list of our suggestions for the weekend...