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Know Your Rights

By Amanda Haggard | February 12, 2025

The Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) has intensified its efforts to inform and protect immigrant communities and empower their allies.

Feral: Little Pal

Yellow Graphic reading: Vendor Writing

Part 1 of 3 of the true story of a wild (feral) cat colony over a 3-year time period. My observations and involvement.

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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.

‘Look Into My Eyes’ documents contemporary loneliness and the supernatural

Movie poster of Look Into My Eyes. It features an illustration looking into the window of an apartment building. In the window is a woman sitting at a table illuminated by a candle.

Most Nashvillians will know filmmaker Lana Wilson for her Taylor Swift documentary, Miss Americana (2020). Wilson also directed the Brooke Shields documentary Pretty Baby (2023) as well as an examination of extremism and abortion in America (After Tiller, 2015), and a meditation on suicide in Japanese culture (The Departure, 2017). Wilson’s new movie, Look Into My Eyes reads like a blend of the filmmaker’s curiosities with interesting personalities and particular cultural trends.

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February Art Show

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Reflecting on a Century of Waffle Shop

By Erin Bell | December 25, 2024

The Downtown Presbyterian Church is full of gratitude to the community for supporting this year’s Waffle Shop so enthusiastically. We are particularly thankful for our corporate sponsors, including The Contributor. As hoped, nearly 500 people attended and we raised over $15,000! All of the funds from Waffle Shop are allocated to the church’s mission to provide a free meal to the community each Saturday morning. This year’s event was a celebration of Waffle Shop’s traditions, the Christmas holiday, and our downtown community — all while supporting a very worthy cause!

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My Memories of The Downtown Presbyterian Church’s Waffle Shops Past

By Jimmy Cheshire | December 25, 2024

My memories of past Waffle Shops long preceded my ever attending one.

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Put a Bird On It

By Joe Nolan | December 25, 2024

One of the year’s best horror films is going Cukoo on Hulu

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Q&A with Vivian Wilhoite

By Judith Tackett | December 25, 2024

Vivian Wilhoite is a long-standing public servant.

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Column: Learn More About Unauthorized Camping on Public Property

By Judith Tackett | December 25, 2024

Last month, Tennessee arrested 10 unhoused people in Downtown Nashville for unauthorized camping.

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Ways To Help

By Amanda Haggard | December 18, 2024

10 Ways to Build Community in Nashville

Tell your friends to buy and read the newspaper from a Contributor vendor. You’re already there if you’re reading this, but chances are you have at least a couple of folks in your circle who’ve never had the pleasure of interacting with one of our vendors or reading the paper they sell. Vendors grow their microbusinesses by purchasing more copies for 50 cents, which they sell on the street for $2. This is the vendors’ money to keep. Free papers, gear and map badges (reserved locations) incentivize vendors to grow their microbusinesses.