Monthly Archives: June 2016
Learn about Tiny Homes in Nashville at Team Green Adventures’ next Engage Green workshop
On the first Wednesday of each month, Lightning 100’s environmentally focused Team Green Adventures group hosts a free, green-minded Engage Green workshop, focused on a mix of sustainability stuff. One month you’ll tour the Vanderbilt University campus and learn about their sustainability efforts, another, you’ll meet with concrete experts to learn about nature-friendly building... Read More
Two new East Nashville homes with hard-to-find perks
East Nashville house hunters, we’re proud to introduce two spectacular new properties in the neighborhood: 2699A Hody Drive and 2699B Hody Drive in the charming and hilly Fortland Park area. These homes have everything you’d expect from a new, high-end property: a breezy, open layout, stone countertops, stainless appliances, warm wood floors, stylish upscale fixtures... Read More
Powerful hooks lead the way at Nashville Pride festival
Every June, the Nashville Pride festival pulls together an exemplary lineup of musicians, along with a slew of vendors and nonprofits, food trucks and family activities, and gives Nashvillians a weekend to fully focus on celebrating unity, equality and community. This year’s festival, set for Friday June 24 and June 25 in Public Square Park downtown,... Read More
Celebrating International Day of Yoga with ongoing free Nashville yoga classes
Today — June 21, 2016 — is International Day of Yoga, meant to celebrate a practice that “embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being.” The Nashville area is absolutely brimming with yoga studios, from East Nashville to... Read More
Living close to one of Nashville’s ‘greatest treasures,’ Centennial Park
Travel + Leisure magazine hasn’t been shy about praising Nashville — its readers have hailed us as the “Destination of the Year,” it’s told people “What to Eat, Drink, and Do” in our “Boomtown,” it’s called us “the most dynamic city in the South.” It’s enough to give an It City a big head. This... Read More
The Thirth of July: the King of East Nashville block parties
Every year around now, we’re all gearing up to celebrate Independence Day — planning for burgers, drinks, fireworks, maybe a trip downtown for the massive Let Freedom Sing festivities. In East Nashville, though, the celebration starts early. Each year on July 3, North 12th Street between Ordway and Calvin are closed off to traffic,... Read More
WXNA brings freeform radio back to Nashville airwaves
We can make a lot of different arguments about how radio, and how we consume it, has changed through the years. But many of us agree on something that’s been lost along the way: its larger place as a discovery tool. It’s easy to hear (and re-hear) your favorite hits on any number of... Read More
Celebrate Negroni Week in Nashville and help deserving charities
In the world of classic cocktails, the Negroni is on the muscular side: strong, bitter and powerful, with gin, vermouth and Italian herb liqueur Campari, served as an aperitif to get your appetite going. (A deep video dive into it, above.) A less classic but totally classy twist on the history of the Negroni:... Read More
Open house this weekend at Porter Road Place in East Nashville
After many months of hard work and dedicated, labor-of-love attention, we’re overwhelmingly proud to finally be able to welcome you into the homes of Porter Road Place in East Nashville: This Sunday, June 5, we’re hosting an open house at 1421 Porter Road, a 3-bedroom, 2 full- and 2 half-bath beauty that offers a... Read More