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The Whisper Man sneaks up on Netflix viewers
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There was a time when a new Robert DeNiro film meant an automatic ticket at the theater for me and I know I’m not alone.
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Join The Contributor Breakfast Club!
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Our goal is to raise $10,000 by Oct. 8 to fully fund the next year’s worth of breakfasts (and give us room to grow!).
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Learn More About Nashville’s Increase in Homelessness
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The tide in homelessness has been turning in 2025 at the national level, after a 40 percent increase in national Point-in-Time (PIT) homelessness counts between 2016 and 2024. Nashville, however, has not been able to turn their upward trajectory around just yet.
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Q&A with Alaina Boyer
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Alaina Boyer is the senior Director of programs at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, which is headquartered here in Nashville.
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The Children Selling Newspapers in Nashville 116 Years Ago
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When I see someone selling the Contributor, I think of Lewis Wickes Hine’s time in Nashville.
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It Ends finds the finish line, but it gets lost first
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Writer-director Alexander Ullom makes his feature debut with It Ends.
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Contributor Vendor and Local Musician“Wild” Bill Warmath Remembered as Artist
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Longtime Contributor vendor and musician “Wild” Bill Warmath died in late August. He was 74 years old.
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Q&A with Contributor Co-Editors Amanda Haggard and Linda Bailey
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“A good testament to us working well together is that I always think she’s doing all the hard stuff and I’m doing all the easy stuff, and I think she thinks the opposite,”
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2417 Jefferson Street Open Again
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The Band Concurrence Shows How Music Can Transcend Destruction
On the Harbor Stage at the 2026 Newport Jazz Festival on July 31, bassist Greg Bryant and pianist Paul Horton of Concurrence were playing their way through the history of North Nashville: the clubs and communities that once surrounded Jefferson Street, the construction of Interstate 40 through them and the musical possibilities that disappeared with the physical places that had sustained them. The pair were showing that what is gone can still have life in music. Halfway through the duo’s Newport Jazz Festival debut set, Bryant asked the audience to consider where they were standing. Fort Adams had served as a summer White House during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency, which meant that 70 years after Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, a Black bassist from Nashville was standing on grounds associated with his presidency, performing music about what happened when the interstate system reached North Nashville. The historical symmetry is almost indecently tidy.
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Leading with Purpose: Andrew Terry IV Honored for Transforming Lives Through Compassion and Service
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Every organization has individuals who quietly make an extraordinary impact. At The Contributor, Andrew Terry IV is one of those leaders whose commitment to serving others extends far beyond his daily responsibilities.