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The Pink Prom: A Release Party With Okey Dokey
It was a wild night at Okey Dokey's Pink Prom Release Show on Monday, January 30th. Check out this video and relive all the pink high school glory. black and gold rolex submariner replica devon star wars watch replica carbon fiber hublot replica
Can You Dig It?
How urban farming nonprofit Trap Garden is working to eradicate Nashville’s food deserts
Secondhand Sorcery
A look inside the beautifully cheesy world of Crappy Magic
Double Scoop of Happiness
Kokos Ice Cream creators Jerusa van Lith and Sam Brooker want to show you just how good ice cream can be.
Write All About It
How literary nonprofit The Porch is giving local writers the tools—and the confidence—they need to share their stories
Home Sweet Home
Joy Williams returns to Nashville and to a timeless sound
Flying High Again
The Catbird Seat, Nashville’s home for avant-garde cooking, resets every two years, bringing on new head chefs and new concepts. This time, Will Aghajanian and Liz Johnson are here to share their dynamic culinary vision with our city’s luckiest diners
Just The Two Of Us
Darren and Stacy King are rebuilding the family band one track at a time as Sucré
Blitzkrieg Bibimbap
Much like the Ramones song it’s named for, Babo—East Nashville’s newest Korean bar and restaurant—finds success in keeping it simple
Journey to the Center of the Palate
With Chaatable,Chef Maneet Chauhan and her husband and partner, Vivek Deora, have brought the street food of their Indian childhood to the streets of Nashville
Dealing in Disruption
Southern Grist uses mango purée, eighty thousand cereal marshmallows, and cacao nibs to create some of the weirdest—and best—beers in town
The Dance Club
Take Lucy Negro, Redux—Caroline Randall Williams’ Shakespeare-inspired book of poetry about black identity and womanhood—add the Nashville Ballet, plus music from Rhiannon Giddens, and what do you get? One of the most groundbreaking events in the country
The Homecoming Queen
Natalie Prass channels the shock of the 2016 presidential election into a grooving work of female empowerment, The Future and the Past
The Cafeteria
Located in downtown Nashville’s storied Arcade, the oldest restaurant in Tennessee marches on, one nourishing bowl of “chile” at a time
Ain’t No Tater High Enough
An afternoon selling potatoes with Potato Mountain 615
Candid, No Camera
With Bad Ideas, vlogging superstar Tessa Violet gets real about music
Cirrus Business
Artist Marilyn Murphy on clouds, surrealism, and her new exhibit at Cumberland Gallery
Why Not?
After a decade in the music industry, synth duo Biyo is marching to the beat of their own (808) drum
Flippin’ Out
East Nashville’s No Quarter looks to put the change between your couch cushions to good use
Kind of Blue
NATIVE interviews local sculptor, artist, and former Blue Man Josh Elrod
Paws for the Cause
Feline-friendly bakery The Catio is offering plants, pets, and pastries on the East side.
The Man Behind The Mask
NATIVE sits down with Performance Studios’ Gary Broadrick, the man who’s helped fill Nashville with fright for more than two decades.
The Art of Seclusion
After writing in an abandoned rubber band factory for three months, Nashville native and roots-rock poet Rayland Baxter has emerged with Wide Awake, a politically charged anti-manifesto that’s still fun enough to play at a backyard cookout
(Not So) Distant Shores
Julia Sullivan and her team at Henrietta Red have gained national recognition for their fantastic seafood-forward menu . . . in Tennessee?
On Island Time
New bar Pearl Diver aims to give us all a tropical yet thoughtful getaway on the East side
Middle (East) Tennessee
Lyra co-owners Hrant Arakelian and Liz Endicott are bringing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine to the former Holland House space
Happy Place
Following his Hap EP, creative powerhouse Groh is finally making art on his terms
Getting a Handle on It
Daisha McBride woke up one morning with fifteen thousand new fans. She took them to Nashville, where she’s assumed a role as a pioneer in the city’s hip-hop scene
The Long and Winding Road
Local poet Leslie Garcia discusses her—and by extension, her family’s—harrowing path to poetry
The Ties that Bind
A conversation with artist Beizar Aradini
Sometimes a Bar is Just a Bar
Mas Tacos’ Teresa Mason takes the reins at venerable Eastside bar Wilburn Street Tavern
Down By The River
A look into Blue Moon Waterfront Grille, the best little marina restaurant you’ve (maybe) never heard of.
Into the Deep End
How pop producer Super Duper went from writing jingles for Lexus to producing R.LUM.R’s hit “Frustrated”
Who are You Wearing?
Maria “Poni” Silver weaves stories and people into the pieces at Black by Maria Silver
Speak for Yourself
Nashville Youth Poet Laureate Haviland Whiting doesn’t shy away from the truth—and she wants other teens to follow her lead.
Crazy Like a Fox
Road to Roo champs The Foxies on grunge-dance situations and empowered pop females
YOU DON’T KNOW MO (BUT YOU’RE ABOUT TO)
Fat Mo’s serves faraway burgers from a bygone era
Normalize It
How Christie and Will Tarleton are changing Tennessee’s opinion on hemp through YUYO Botanics
Hail Seitan
Ben Stix and his seitan business and deli The BE-Hive are making vegetarianism fun
A Piece of the Pie
NATIVE sits down with Margo Price ahead of her three-night run at the Ryman
With A Little Help From My Friends
How Paramore drummer Zac Farro found a new sound—and himself—with his new project, HalfNoise
