What happened in Shelbyville in 1869? Plus, the local news for January 2, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: A 19th century gun battle
Nearly two years in, early skeptics help steer East Bank and stadium projects forward
2025 will mark two years since Nashville passed what was one of the nation’s largest-ever sports subsidies. That contentious deal for a new Tennessee Titans stadium was tied to another major project: development of the East Bank. Here’s where the projects stand.
NashVillager Podcast holiday edition: Happy new year!
What were our favorite NashVillager essays of 2024?
Gray bats are flourishing in a Tennessee cave thanks to one simple conservation trick
Bat populations have been on the decline in the U.S. for decades. But the grey bat has been making a major comeback in Tennessee.
NashVillager Podcast holiday edition: Under the trees
What are your tree stories?
The key question that caused chaos at Metro Arts in 2024
The debate can be summed up like this: should Metro Arts focus its grantmaking on individual artists or arts nonprofits? The issue has divided Nashville’s arts community.
Jimmy Carter’s relationship with Habitat for Humanity
President Jimmy Carter was involved in many things after he left the White House. One of the most prominent was Habitat for Humanity. He left a legacy of volunteering and trying to help those in need.
NashVillager Podcast holiday edition: Understanding Nashville through literature
Fact or fiction?
A Covenant mom reflects on election ‘déjà vu’
In the wake of the presidential election, the dynamics at the Tennessee State Capitol captured in the “Supermajority” podcast have taken on new meaning. “I don’t know where I belong,” says Melissa Alexander, “and I think a lot of America, maybe, feels the same way.”
Crossover made the boundaries of country and roots music a little less clear in 2024
Linda Martell — the too-long-overlooked, first Black woman to reach the country charts in the early 1970s — reemerged on Cowboy Carter to drop some wisdom on us this year: “Genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they? Yes, they are.”
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