Listen A world premiere Friday night at OZ Arts Nashville ends a trilogy about climate change and the environment. “Falling Out,” the latest show from a New York-based dance company, is also likely the first time audiences will see Brooklyn flex dancing, Japanese butoh and life-size puppets together on stage.
New York-Based Dance Company Returns With Another World Premiere At Nashville’s OZ Arts
Will Sexual Harassment Attacks Sway Tennessee Voters In Testy U.S. Senate Race?
Listen With less than a month until the midterm elections, the U.S. Senate race in Tennessee is intensifying and attack ads are increasing. One of the latest attacks came from the National Republican Senate Committee, a group that supports Marsha Blackburn.
At Last Senate Debate, Blackburn Attacks Bredesen On Handling Of Sexual Harassment Claims
Listen Democrat Phil Bredesen pushed back Wednesday night on the claim that he mishandled sexual harassment allegations when he was governor, in the sharpest of many points of contention during the last U.S. Senate debate in Knoxville.
MTSU’s Next Step: Convince The State To Allow New Law School
Listen The Middle Tennessee State University board unanimously approved plans Wednesday to transfer Indiana-based Valparaiso University’s law school to its Murfreesboro campus. The school’s leadership says the move makes sense for its mission and the region’s needs. But before the transfer can officially occur, MTSU has to convince the state the law school is actually […]
Dean, Lee Offer Contrasts In Kingsport Debate, But Time For Changing Minds Grows Slim
Listen Republican Bill Lee and Democrat Karl Dean continued to keep their campaigns civil Tuesday night in Kingsport, where the two held their second debate. They largely passed up on direct attacks, but there were some places where they sought to highlight their contrasting views.
Coverage Delays For TennCare Enrollees On Trial
Listen Litigation challenging delays in TennCare coverage for people who qualify finally goes to trial this week, four years after a class action lawsuit was filed. TennCare argues the problems are sufficiently resolved, while the Southern Poverty Law Center presses for a more effective fix.
Nonpartisan Coalition Races To Register Tennessee Residents Before Deadline
Listen Today — Oct. 9 — is the last day before the November election to register to vote in Tennessee, and in Davidson County, officials say more people are signing up. The uptick could be attributed to the number of community groups doing outreach, including the Tennessee Black Voter Project, a state coalition trying to register […]
Neighbors: The Distressed Comedian
The story of how Stephen Spinola got to Nashville is not a typical one. The stand-up comedian posted a tweet on the day of Trump’s inauguration that got him in a lot of trouble, so much that death threats started pouring in. Fearing for his life he uprooted from New York to settle in Tennessee, […]
Taylor Swift’s Senate Endorsement Creates Frenzy Beyond Tennessee
Listen The conversation around Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Democrat Phil Bredesen even got the President’s attention. President Donald Trump — who has campaigned for Republican Marsha Blackburn in the Tennessee senate race — told reporters that Swift’s endorsement has made him like her music 25 percent less.
Nashville Officer Charged With Homicide Stopped, Searched Black Drivers More Often, Data Shows
Listen A white Nashville officer is under intense scrutiny after fatally shooting a black man while he was fleeing, allegedly with a gun. Now, as Officer Andrew Delke faces a homicide charge, one Vanderbilt doctoral candidate has crunched more than a year of his traffic stop data, which suggests some trends in his style of […]
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