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Cover Story /NATIVE | Issue 86 | Nashville, TN

Chelsea Kaiah James

Why aren't there any ears sculpted onto the presidents of Mt. Rushmore? Because American doesn't know how to listen. - Unkown

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Can You Dig It?

How urban farming nonprofit Trap Garden is working to eradicate Nashville’s food deserts

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Secondhand Sorcery

A look inside the beautifully cheesy world of Crappy Magic

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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.

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Write All About It

How literary nonprofit The Porch is giving local writers the tools—and the confidence—they need to share their stories

Cover Story /NATIVE | ISSUE 82 | NASHVILLE, TN

Home Sweet Home

Joy Williams returns to Nashville and to a timeless sound

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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

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Just The Two Of Us

Darren and Stacy King are rebuilding the family band one track at a time as Sucré

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 81 | NASHVILLE, TN

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

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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

Cover Story /NATIVE | ISSUE 79 | NASHVILLE, TN

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

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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

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 79 | NASHVILLE, TN

The Cafeteria

Located in downtown Nashville’s storied Arcade, the oldest restaurant in Tennessee marches on, one nourishing bowl of “chile” at a time

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 78 | NASHVILLE, TN

Candid, No Camera

With Bad Ideas, vlogging superstar Tessa Violet gets real about music

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Cirrus Business

Artist Marilyn Murphy on clouds, surrealism, and her new exhibit at Cumberland Gallery

Cover Story /NATIVE | ISSUE 77 | NASHVILLE, TN

Why Not?

After a decade in the music industry, synth duo Biyo is marching to the beat of their own (808) drum

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Flippin’ Out

East Nashville’s No Quarter looks to put the change between your couch cushions to good use

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Kind of Blue

NATIVE interviews local sculptor, artist, and former Blue Man Josh Elrod

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Paws for the Cause

Feline-friendly bakery The Catio is offering plants, pets, and pastries on the East side.

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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.

Cover Story /NATIVE | ISSUE 75 | NASHVILLE, TN

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

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(Not So) Distant Shores

Julia Sullivan and her team at Henrietta Red have gained national recognition for their fantastic seafood-forward menu . . . in Tennessee?

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 75 | NASHVILLE, TN

On Island Time

New bar Pearl Diver aims to give us all a tropical yet thoughtful getaway on the East side

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 74 | NASHVILLE, TN

Middle (East) Tennessee

Lyra co-owners Hrant Arakelian and Liz Endicott are bringing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine to the former Holland House space

Cover Story /NATIVE | ISSUE 74 | NASHVILLE, TN

Happy Place

Following his Hap EP, creative powerhouse Groh is finally making art on his terms

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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

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The Long and Winding Road

Local poet Leslie Garcia discusses her—and by extension, her family’s—harrowing path to poetry

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The Ties that Bind

A conversation with artist Beizar Aradini

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Sometimes a Bar is Just a Bar

Mas Tacos’ Teresa Mason takes the reins at venerable Eastside bar Wilburn Street Tavern

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Down By The River

A look into Blue Moon Waterfront Grille, the best little marina restaurant you’ve (maybe) never heard of.

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Into the Deep End

How pop producer Super Duper went from writing jingles for Lexus to producing R.LUM.R’s hit “Frustrated”

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 72 | NASHVILLE, TN

Who are You Wearing?

Maria “Poni” Silver weaves stories and people into the pieces at Black by Maria Silver

Cover Story /NATIVE | ISSUE 72 | NASHVILLE, TN

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.

Feature /NATIVE | ISSUE 72 | NASHVILLE, TN

Crazy Like a Fox

Road to Roo champs The Foxies on grunge-dance situations and empowered pop females

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Normalize It

How Christie and Will Tarleton are changing Tennessee’s opinion on hemp through YUYO Botanics

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Hail Seitan

Ben Stix and his seitan business and deli The BE-Hive are making vegetarianism fun

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A Piece of the Pie

NATIVE sits down with Margo Price ahead of her three-night run at the Ryman