I took shots of chili ramen, Nesquik and root beer flavored Malört — all for journalism. www.nashvillescene.com/food_drink/c...

Here are a few of Tennessee’s newest laws: ⚪️Public schools are now allowed to display the Ten Commandments. ⚪️Political ads must post disclaimers if they use AI deepfakes falsely depicting candidates. ⚪️Healthcare providers are banned from asking minors about gender-affirming care. Read More:⬇️

This week’s cover package is our Drinking Issue: Rounding up some savory cocktails, hunting down drink specials, issuing our first Malört Repört and more. https://www.nashvillescene.com/food_drink/coverstory/drinking-issue-2026/article_531ad072-c810-4e61-9f59-ee5459aaf4ec.html

If I send you this it means I refuse to answer your questions, or anyone’s questions, or engage in good faith in any way.

The Tennessee State Senate gaveled out of session in April, but two months later, nearly half the chamber — including nine Republicans — has aligned against Tennessee executions.

A few words from me — thorough but I'd never call it comprehensive! — on the year so far in Music City music.

I cooked a Lidey Heuck weeknight salmon recipe with sesame and ginger and then I interviewed John Early about MADDIE’S SECRET for @nashvillescene.com

State and local government leaders and Fisk University officials addressed growing community concerns over an on-campus data center at a town hall on Monday.

Mayor O’Connell’s office filed condemnation legislation on Monday seeking to use eminent domain to acquire the property a zoo-adjacent property currently being eyed for a data center.

The Totally Normal Guy Club

Unfortunately I've been forced to say "Chud" more times today than in the rest of my life combined.

This week’s cover package: In our annual Pride issue, we talk to The Cowgays, profile local queer Christian leaders, highlight the best of Nashville Pride and more. https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/coverstory/nashville-pride-issue-2026/article_9467a463-125e-4377-b62e-c277c6d3ed00.html

A newly released independent review notes Nashville Electric Service's lack of preparedness for emergency management, restoration and communications after January's ice storm.

Talking to producers, film commissioners and other industry insiders about how Nashville’s film scene has forged its own path.

I drove out to my native Sumner County to interview Steve-O about his burgeoning animal sanctuary, The Radical Ranch.

Calling all procrastinators! Today is the last day to submit entries to our "You Are So Nashville If ..." contest. Get your submissions in:

I always appreciate @dpatrickrodgers.bsky.social for letting me have room to think out loud. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

This morning my dentist gave me two "You Are So Nashville If ..." submissions while his fingers were in my mouth

This week’s cover story: Arts editor Laura Hutson Hunter investigates how ceramics artists are taking over Nashville’s art scene. https://www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture/coverstory/nashville-ceramic-artists/article_c958d92c-40a9-44e1-93ab-ffbfe34c29a2.html

Calling this "The Meander" is an interesting choice.

@nashvillescene.com on Nashville's Juneteenth celebrations. www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

Labor-of-love doc about late, great Nashville comic Ralphie May screens tomorrow night at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social.

A new law permitting some use of sandwich boards may help small businesses — but other signage complexities remain.

Thanks to Nashville’s deep ties to the region and an impressive pitch from the city, Japan is calling Music City home during the 2026 World Cup.

Mayor Freddie O’Connell issued an executive order Monday putting the “full weight of Metro government” behind efforts to pause the development of large-scale data centers.

Love this Bonnaroo pic by @formvscontent.bsky.social for the Scene.

I wrote about the nicest civic event I think I’ve ever been to. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

From columnist Betsy Phillips: On Saturday, the Nashville City Cemetery unveiled a bench honoring enslaved people buried there.

Fun ’Roo Day 2 rundown, featuring yours truly on The Strokes and Turnstile.

Nashvillians came out in droves to Thursday's Planning Commission meeting in support of a crackdown on data centers.

An ancient text from yours truly — back when I was writing things like cover stories about downtown EDM festivals.

This week’s cover story: The historic zoning commission wrote a whitewashed story of a 100-year-old model home in Green Hills East. The history lives deeper. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/green-hills-model-home-historic-zoning/article_8ac2de68-0cd3-4c69-8442-857eada34a42.html

Fisk University alumni and North Nashville community members gathered outside the historically Black college’s campus Wednesday to speak out against the school’s plan for a data center.

Nashvillian Morris Frank co-founded The Seeing Eye almost a century ago. Since then, the organization has paired nearly 20,000 people with guide dogs.

More than six years after East Nashville’s destructive 2020 tornado, local businesses like Asphalt Beach, FLWR Shop and High Garden still feel the effects.

Scoopy update here from @julianneakers.bsky.social ...

Travelers, the insurance company representing Metro, has filed a lawsuit against the Nashville Downtown Partnership, Block by Block and SMS Holdings for $10 million in damages related to last summer’s fire in the Nashville Public Library garage.

One Wish Willow would be a great drag name

“It was my belief back in 2016 that the way to save democracy was to destroy it ... I was wrong about that. And I realized that it’s much easier to tear something down than it is to build it back up.” Check out my interview with Rich Logis below.

Leaving MAGA’s Billboard Campaign Targets Nashville www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim... @alejandroramirez.bsky.social @nashvillescene.com

As Margot says goodbye to East Nashville’s Five Points, Party Fowl moves in — and the neighborhood’s high rent prevents small business entry.

Middle Tennessee-based private prison giant CoreCivic has made hundreds of millions of dollars from its contracts with ICE. Wall Street wants even more.

From opinion columnist Betsy Phillips: A grocery tax cut is swell and all, but the real problem is that the people who make Nashville great aren’t earning enough money to live here.

IT IS TIME.

Been a couple months since I’d heard from the right-wing guy who likes to rip pages out of the Scene, scrawl on them and send them back to me. Was getting worried about him!

The Scene staff does a great job of breaking down Tennessee's historic congressional redistricting. We dive into the special session's key moments, ongoing lawsuits, the civil rights history that underscores the new map and help you locate your new district and find out who's running for office.

This week’s cover package: A four-part look at the fallout from the Republican supermajority’s successful gerrymandering attempts. https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/seeing-red-tennessee-redistricting-legislature/article_cce19558-419c-4ef4-8c94-be44f6ef32c3.html

Watson Grove’s Edgehill campus may see major changes soon: The congregation has partnered with a national real estate developer, following many historically Black congregations in the area that have been redeveloped or sold outright in the past decade.