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Q&A with Matt Wiltshire
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Matt Wiltshire is a household name in the economic development and affordable housing world in Nashville.
Back to School
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What Metro Nashville Public Schools Faces This School Year
As school heads back into session for the 2026-27 year, Metro Nashville Public Schools faces a number of new challenges, opportunities and mandates that affect students, teachers and families. From new laws from the state legislature to increased state spending on vouchers to new school start times and a giant budget, MNPS starts the year with a bevy of things on the slate. Here are a few of the larger items facing the district:
MNPS Makes Adjustment to School Start and End Times
After community input and surveys to families last year, Metro Nashville Public Schools will start this year with a new schedule. Start and end times for elementary, middle and high school will now be staggered, with later start times for high school and elementary and no change to the middle school schedule.
Hoboscopes: August 12, 2026
Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained trash can repairman, or a registered hot sauce brand.
Remembering the Legacy of Steve Lindstrom
I remember thinking: who is this middle-aged man who looks like he just came out of a business meeting but has endless energy for outreach?
Q&A with Kaycee Ensign
Ensign currently serves as the Housing Policy Manager working in Metro’s Housing Division, which is part of the Planning Department.
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The Art of Honesty
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Recently while traveling for work in Chicago, I came upon an art gallery along the Magnificent Mile. I’d noticed the enormous canvas works walking by before I noticed the free entry sign at the front door and walked in. Quietly, I paced myself through the floor-to-ceiling paintings, noticing how the artist had hidden images in the paint itself in some of them. Layers of bright yellow, green and shades of pink and purple paint were outlined in thick strokes of white and black on one. I thought: “Is that smoke rising from a building?
Vendor Writing
The Living Room
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This open forum, The Living Room, was the brain child of Rev. Don Beisswenger and a few others, which met after the noon meal at DPC on Wednesdays. Rev. Beisswenger died in 2018.
Vendor Writing
Marcus
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I became homeless about a year and a half ago. Like a lot of people, I found my way to the day center at the Room It The Inn here in Nashville.
Features
The Army versus aliens in War Machine on Netflix
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Word of mouth was consistently strong, so I was glad to finally watch this tense survival story that pits a crew of would-be Army Rangers against the titular war machine — a walking extraterrestrial armored vehicle.
Hoboscopes
Hoboscopes: June 17, 2026
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Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained group photographer, or a professional driver on a closed course.