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The two best limited series of 2024 are streaming straight off the bookshelf
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Both shows boast storied antecedents, great talents and cinema-quality production values.
Soulful Dudes
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In the 1990 hip-hop anthem “Fight the Power,” Chuck D of Public Enemy slammed Elvis Presley. Elvis may have been “a hero to most,” but for the militantly conscious rapper, that “sucker” was a “straight-up racist,” lumped with the conservative icon John Wayne.
The lyrics evoked the long, complicated debate over Presley’s legacy: Did his music bridge a racial chasm, or did he steal from Black artists? In Before Elvis, Preston Lauterbach flips the frame on this question. He explores Elvis through the lives of the Black musicians who shaped his style.
Hoboscopes: February 26, 2025
Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a registered herbalist, or a certified dishwasher.
Feral: Little Pal
Part 1 of 3 of the true story of a wild (feral) cat colony over a 3-year time period. My observations and involvement.
Learn More About Community Organizing
Federal edicts and missiles over these past couple of weeks have created chaos among nonprofit organizations, state and local agencies and others who are focused on serving people who struggle to make ends meet. Among some of the confusion created by the White House was the threat of halting a large portion of federal grant funding that Congress has allocated for agencies serving some of the most vulnerable populations in our nation. It remains unclear what direction the federal government intends to take next.
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‘Look Into My Eyes’ documents contemporary loneliness and the supernatural
Q&A with Mike Hodge
Cumberland Furnace
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A Few Questions with Jordan Huffman
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Metro Councilmember Jordan Huffman was elected in fall of 2023 and represents District 14.
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Learn More About the Criminalization of Homelessness
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Oral arguments for the City of Grants Pass v. Johnson lawsuit began in the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday, April 22.
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Barnard’s Flying Machine
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In 1897, Arthur W. Barnard hauled his 46-foot-long flying machine to the top of the hill on the west side of the Centennial grounds.
Hoboscopes
Hoboscopes: April 10, 2024
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Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a registered member of the Saved by the Bell society, or a beloved personal injury attorney.
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Open Table Nashville raises over $20,000 in one-mile walk fundraiser
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The magnitude of that travel over time — and the toll it takes on our homeless community — is exactly what Open Table Nashville hoped to convey this March.