“Look at them little legs go!” -my dad watching the Scottish Terrier during the National Dog Show

On Monday, The Boring Company's Steve Davis called the Music City Loop "amazingly safe" during a virtual town hall meeting. The same day, construction crews reportedly left the site due to safety and pay concerns.

I wrote about the @tnequality.bsky.social in this week’s cover package.

This week’s cover story: Our notes of gratitude to the community advocates, health care workers and others who make Nashville special.

Nashville contractors walk off of Music City Loop jobsite, citing months of nonpayment, safety concerns and attempted “poaching” of employees by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/25/b...

Skullduggery? 7th District mailers with no attribution or return address going out to Democratic Nashville voters, listing the incorrect date for Election Day.

Wedgewood-Houston residents and business owners tell the Scene AJ Capital has turned the area into a construction site. Will a neighborhood emerge?

Writes editor-in-chief @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social, career-best performances from Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal elevate Chloe Zhao’s ‘Hamnet,’ opening this week at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social.

Writes @betsyphillips.bsky.social: Republican Van Epps is still heavily favored to win the 7th Congressional District — but thanks to Democrat Behn, this race is no cakewalk.

I reviewed ‘Hamnet,’ opening this week at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social.

The recap GOAT returns. I have missed her.

I went to Lipscomb University, but I never — not for a single day — felt truly at home there, or felt connected to most of the university's core principles. Lee Camp, Lipscomb prof and host of No Small Endeavor, has changed my feelings about what LU is and can be. Good story here from Eli Motycka.

This week’s cover story: For 29 years, Fido has given Nashvillians somewhere to sit and stay. Here’s a look at the Hillsboro Village cafe’s long legacy.

Familial comedy-drama ‘Sentimental Value’ — opening Friday at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social — never makes a false step.

Wrote a little something about Die Spitz, playing two sold-out shows this weekend at The Blue Room. This band absolutely whips.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in Hadley Park Tuesday hours before her scheduled book event at the Ryman.

In advance of her show at the Ryman, Margo Price talks with Hannah Cron about making a fresh start with old-school country influences on ‘Hard Headed Woman.’

Tre Hargett has ordered an "age-appropriateness review" of children's books. Writes @betsyphillips.bsky.social, our leaders should not be furthering Trump's agenda when it comes to kids.

Heartbreaker.

Fido's big closing announcement looks like it was composed by Dr. Bronner

Some Lower Broad bar owners appeal their reappraisals while others seek nine-figure sales — telling two different stories about Nashville's party center.

If Jesse Buckley doesn’t win an Oscar for ‘Hamnet’ I’m going to turn into the Joker.

This whips ass btw.

He’s being celebrated by GQ today, so here’s a reup of my September cover interview with noted man MJ Lenderman for @nashvillescene.com. Among other things we talked multitool masculinity, David Berman’s AMA thread and the hilarious (and sympathetic) appeal of the sad sack

This week's cover story: The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit — ‘Muscle Shoals: Low Rhythm Rising’ — puts a spotlight on Muscle Shoals’ rise as a hitmaking recording center.

In an exclusive interview with the Scene, Margot McCormack explains her decision to close her acclaimed Margot Café & Bar after 25 years.

Opinion, from former Scene editor-in-chief Liz Garrigan: When Tennessee families go hungry, Gov. Bill Lee serves excuses instead of action — and calls it governing.

Hell yeah Vince Gilligan.

Good reporting on dark times from @formvscontent.bsky.social.

Writes @betsyphillips.bsky.social: How do we expect 16-year-olds to sit in prison for most of their lives when grown men like Casada and Cothren can’t serve two years for their misdeeds?

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Paul McCartney and his longtime band brought an age-defying 150-minute hit parade to Nashville’s The Pinnacle Thursday night. Here’s @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social’s review.

CoreCivic released its third-quarter financial report on Wednesday, noting a total revenue of $580.4 million, up by 18.1 percent from this time last year. The report detailed a net income of $26.3 million, representing an increase of 24.7 percent from the same period last year.

A government contracting document details plans to open a national call center in the greater Nashville area to coordinate efforts to track unaccompanied immigrant children and deport them.

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Fifteen government officials shared one podium on Thursday afternoon to announce a new Nashville-based joint Homeland Security Task Force at the Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse.

In honor of Wings recording seven songs in Nashville, J.R. Lind runs down seven songs we’d love to hear Sir Paul McCartney bust out when he plays The Pinnacle tonight.

Happy Paul Day to those who celebrate

Great reporting and an important story here from @julianneakers.bsky.social on CoreCivic. Hope you’ll take the time to read!

With campus resentment growing over Trump’s university compact, Vanderbilt students and faculty rallied against Chancellor Daniel Diermeier underneath the brick clocktower of Kirkland Hall on Wednesday morning.

The group did not respond to Scene sister publication the Nashville Post’s question when asked how many recall signatures were collected.

Vibrating with anticipation ahead of Sir Paul's Nashville show tomorrow night. Erstwhile @nashvillescene.com staffer and my fellow Macca-head J.R. Lind put this Music City-specific preview together for us.

Reupping for the Wednesday crowd: here’s my @nashvillescene.com interview with Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller about ‘Spyboy,’ which gets a reissue Friday, and the concert doc ‘Spyboy Live at the Exit/In,’ screening tonight at @belcourttheatre.bsky.social. Plus: the divine, Bob Dylan, and dogs

Ending this story with mention of the "looming hunger crisis" is 🔥🔥🔥

The stars are out! Prematurely.

Writes Betsy Phillips: Lee Beaman says Kid Rock got him a recent Trump appointment. This is what things have come to.

Experts, families and government officials are unsure how SNAP benefits will fare in the hours before the critical Nov. 1 deadline.

This week, Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos' excellent 'Bugonia' — still screening in 35 mm at the @belcourt.bsky.social — expands to theaters everywhere. Read editor-in-chief @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social's review here.

Editing this story by @alejandroramirez.bsky.social, I learned that Tennessee’s is the only state capitol with bodies buried within its walls. 👻 Plenty of jokes to be made about ghouls at the Capitol, etc. Just thought that was wild.