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Tweet Honky Tonk Central, Sept. 6, 2020Photo: Alex Kent In July, as Nashville was hitting new highs for COVID-19 positivity rates and hospitalizations were surging across Tennessee, TMZ published a video of Lower Broadway with the title “No-Maskville.” The nearly 90-second clip taken from a car shows what looks like a normal scene for the street on a weekend night — and that’s what was so confounding about it. Large crowds crammed into small indoor bars, with many mo...

Capitol Riots Alleged Zip Tie Guy Arrested in Nashville Eric Munchel is allegedly the man pictured inside the U.S. Senate chamber with tactical gear and plastic restraints Tweet Eric MunchelPhoto via the Metro Nashville Police Department The man allegedly shown inside the U.S. Senate chambers wearing tactical gear and carrying plastic restraints in chilling photographs from last weeks attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested in Nashville on Sunday. He is Eric Munchel, a 3...

Everything You Absolutely Must Do in Nashville This Weekend Thrillist 5 days ago © Rare Bird Easter events obviously dominate the weekend calendar, but there are plenty of non-bunny-related activities to check out. From online performances of Shakespeare and concerts by two notable local Grammy-winners to a casual fun run around Shelby Park, you needn’t see a Cadbury egg if you don’t want to. But what fun would that be? Midtown Not only is Jasper’s one of the best new restaurant addit...

Share This year has been a hell of a decade. But we dont have to tell Nashville that. A pandemic, worsened by poor leadership at the state and federal levels. A historic and deadly tornado cutting right through the heart of the city. Protests over police violence and racial injustice. Conflict, furloughs, illness, deaths — a goddamn presidential election. We at the Scene have covered as much of it as we could get our arms around in 2020, and our photographers have the shots to show ...

The 2020 Boner Awards From superspreader events to screw-ups by Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn and beyond, here’s our annual list of bloopers and blunders Tweet We at the Scene didn’t name our annual Boner Awards what we did simply so we could make cheeky puns. That’s just a bonus. Other former mayors get parkways or Metro office buildings named for them. Bill Boner, mayor from 1987 to 1991, gets this issue — now in its 31st year — as an annual hono...