That’s the beauty of a barcade and all the other variations of bars with activities: The main attraction isn’t the alcohol.
Out, About: This is Halloween
There is a lot happening around town. So what I really want to spotlight — or rather, lantern light — is one of the lesser-known events this Saturday.
‘A very different interpretation’: The Frist invited local Latinos to share their reactions to art from ‘Spanish America’
The Frist Art Museum’s latest exhibit opens Friday. It’s called “Art and Imagination in Spanish America.” The pieces you see are from 1500 to 1800, but what you hear in this exhibit are decedents of “Spanish America” in 2023.
Out, About: Where to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day and beyond
The week before Columbus Day, sometime in early elementary school, I came home and started to proudly recite the poem I’d just learned: “In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean bl–” My mom cut me off.
Out, About: Ice, ice, baby. Hockey’s (almost) back!
Yes, I am from Florida, which famously has no winter. But I am the biggest hockey fan. Well, second biggest.
Out, About: Much ado about… something
Every summer, I look forward to Summer Shakespeare with a nostalgia that’s not exactly my own. I’m not sure if you can inherit wistfulness or if it’s a learned trait, but mine is certainly my mother’s.
Nashville’s next mayor will be Freddie O’Connell
Freddie O’Connell is officially moving up from councilmember to the head of Nashville’s Metro government. Voters chose the progressive candidate, O’Connell, as the city’s new mayor in a runoff election on Thursday.
Out, About: Swing your partner round and round
I successfully avoided line dancing, square dancing or any kind of boot scooting for four years in Nashville — until last weekend.
Out, About: An unexpected way to battle this heat
Curling — yes, the one you take an odd fascination with every Winter Olympics before forgetting about its existence for four years — is right here in West Nashville.
Out, About: Fun at the fair(s)
The Tennessee State Fair opened last night in Lebanon, and I can practically smell the funnel cakes from my desk in Metrocenter.
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