There’s no way around it, kids, just prepare for gross weather all weekend. Hot, sticky, rainy, stormy. Gonna be a weird Friday. Then an even weirder Saturday night, as the storms might arrive and roll on into Sunday. But humidity levels and temperatures are gonna decrease a little, maybe! We’re crossing our fingers. [NashSevereWx]
Get ready for the streets of downtown Nashville to look a little different. The area around Lower Broadway will be mostly closed to vehicle traffic on Saturday, June 13 and Saturday, July 11. Instead, the streets are set to be filled with pedestrians and cyclists taking part in Nashville’s latest iteration of “Open Streets” events. [The Tennessean]
Data centers — and a zoo — are at the heart of a heated debate this week. At a packed Metro planning commission meeting Thursday night, over 100 people spoke out against data centers in their community. This, as city leaders considered restrictions as to where and how these facilities can be built. [News Channel 5]
Fans from around the country flew into Nashville to watch, well, not a game, but a soccer practice. Excitement was in the air at Geodis Park on a recent 90-degree afternoon. Traditional taiko drums thundered as Japan’s World Cup team took the pitch. Nashville is the base camp for Japan’s national team, the Samurai Blue. [WPLN]
Nashville’s ever-changing skyline may soon change again. A new 36-story mixed-use tower has been proposed for Nashville Yards. It will be located next to the Pinnacle building and is in the planning stages. [WKRN]
The Spring 2026 Vanderbilt statewide poll surveyed 1,203 registered Tennessee voters from April 13 to April 29, 2026. Questions focused on the economy, artificial intelligence in healthcare, elected officials and international and domestic concerns. Spoilers: The poll found widespread economic anxiety (we’d call it downright panic,) skepticism about artificial intelligence and a decline in support of the orange guy. [Vanderbilt Hustler]
Roots has returned to Knox County School shelves. It was the cry of outrage literally heard round the world. One of the greatest African American writers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, had his book Roots removed from the shelves of Knox County schools by a secret internal committee that had deemed it too violent. [Tennessee Tribune]
Emmy-winning comedian John Mulaney is headed to Nashville this weekend as part of his latest stand-up tour. Mulaney is scheduled to perform at the Ryman June 12-14, with tickets currently on sale. The comedian is touring internationally with his newest show, “John Mulaney: Mister Whatever,” bringing his signature storytelling style and observational humor to audiences across the globe. [WZTV]
As US Women’s Hockey continues breaking barriers on the world stage, the Harpeth Hall Polar Bears are doing the same in Tennessee. On February 19, 2026, at 12:10 p.m. CST, the US Women’s Hockey Team faced the Canadian Women’s National Hockey Team for the eleventh time in Olympic history. The teams had faced prior during these Olympic Games, with the United States winning 5-0, making the championship game that ensued all the more exhilarating. [Nashville SUNN]
Tennessee political hacks found a new way to discriminate against immigrants trying to send a few dollars back home to their struggling, hungry families. A trade association representing major financial technology companies is challenging a new Tennessee law levying a tax on international financial transfers passed by the Tennessee General Assembly this year. In a Wednesday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court, the Financial Technology Association contends that the tax amounts to a “discriminatory treatment of foreign commerce [that] violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution … and the Import-Export Clause of the U.S. Constitution.” [Nashville Banner]
Weird that local media would run an Associated Press story like this without mentioning how Al Mohler and the rest of them went out of their way to dismiss and whitewash horrific child abuse. Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations. [WSMV]
PNC released its first regional economic analysis report in April, identifying Nashville as one of the country’s strongest labor markets. But for PNC economist Ershang Liang, this trend bucked her expectations. [Nashville Business Journal]
The 6th annual InterNASHional Night Market is presented by Nashville Soccer Club and it takes place Saturday night. Expect the InterNASHional Night Market you love, just bigger! Not only will the event be themed around the 2026 World Cup but it will also feature a Kid’s Zone and non-food artisanal vendors. [Visit Music City]
