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Dia de Muertos

By Amanda Haggard | October 21, 2026

This year Nashville will have its first free community Dia de Muertos celebration at the Nashville City Cemetery, which is the oldest continuously operated public cemetery in the city.

Hoboscopes: October 21, 2026

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a registered Waymo driver, or a trained werewolf veterinarian.

Unabomber bombs on Netflix

Kaczynski origin story fumbles its radical truth

From the Written Words to the Streets of Nashville

Franklin Webb printing has printed the Contributor since the newspaper’s first issue in 2007.

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Learn More About Nashville’s Fight to Keep People Housed

By Judith Tackett | December 24, 2025

The city of Nashville is fighting to keep local homelessness programs intact and Nashvillians housed.

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The original Nashville Predator and its mysterious missing tooth

By Bill Carey | December 24, 2025

A half-century ago, a construction company unearthed the remains of a saber-toothed cat that had lived in present-day downtown Nashville 11,000 years ago.

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Q&A with Ashford Hughes Sr.

By Judith Tackett | December 24, 2025

Ashford Hughes Sr. is the Executive Officer of Student Success and Opportunity for Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS).

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Hoboscopes: December 17, 2025

By Mr. Mysterio | December 17, 2025

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained poinsettia detoxifier, or a certified windshield wiper technician.

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Homelessness Year in Review 2025

By Amanda Haggard | December 17, 2025

The Contributor looks at the events and policy shifts that shaped the year

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Frankenstein is monstrous and masterful on Netflix

By Joe Nolan | December 10, 2025

Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein delivers Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel as the sprawling gothic epic it was always meant to be.

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