Margaret Littman

It’s not as well-known as Tennessee’s other ‘villes, Nashville and Knoxville, but Clarksville, the state’s fifth-largest city is worth visiting for its reliably pink sunsets and a compact, walkable downtown district chock-full of independent shops, bars, and a central urban park.

When Winter Storm Fern hit Nashville late last month, more than 230,000 Nashville Electric Service customers lost power. For some, the outages, caused by a heavy buildup of ice on power lines and soon-to-fall trees, lasted nearly two weeks, all while temperatures dropped into the single digits.
The weather had some obvious consequences throughout Nashville’s music community. Country Music Hall of Famer Marty Stuart canceled his tour after he slipped on the ice and fractured his wrist, leaving...

In January, Elliston Place’s The End posted that for the first time in the independent music venue’s 27-year history, it was struggling to pay rent. The club posted a link to its GoFundMe campaign, and within four hours, it met its $25,000 goal — primarily through small donations — and gratefully closed the request.
But the public asked to keep making donations. “We are seeing lots of messages about reopening donation acceptance,” venue ownership posted on social media. “Instead of further do...

Nashville has more live music venues per capita than any other city, according to the Nashville Independent Venues Study, conducted in 2023 and 2024. Those indie music venues are on a roller coaster of being behind on rent, then having enthusiastic public support. It’s a mix of booking acts and needing to sell a can of water and a T-shirt. It’s a mix of state legislation, business-plan pivots, GoFundMe campaigns and cheap beer.

The artsy mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina never makes you choose between a culture-rich city getaway, packed with gallery browsing and fine dining, or a mountain retreat with hiking, biking, and rafting. Instead, it delivers on both. (Note: This article was written before Hurricane Helene.)

Cook County Illinois's property tax system is complex and burdensome. Here’s how it can be fixed.

Early Hollywood contracts stipulated that film stars couldn’t travel more than a two-hour drive away from Los Angeles—in case they were urgently needed back on set. Nestled in the desert just east of L.A., Palm Springs became a natural choice for a getaway. The location lured the A-listers, but the views and 350 annual days of sunshine kept them there. Today, a diverse group of travelers—from snowbirds and golfers to drag queens and music lovers—flock to the sunny refuge. This article offers a guide to the picturesque town.

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Women ownership of music venues is not new to Nashville. One of the most famous venues in the city was once owned by a woman, and it was under her tenure that it cemented its spot in music history.

For many people, Route 66 evokes a specific kind of experience. It’s car culture. It’s Jack Kerouac. It’s neon signs. It’s even Radiator Springs in the animated movie “Cars.” A new set of virtual lesson plans looks to expand this perception.

In 2022, B&H Kosher Dairy Restaurant sas the only New York restaurant to receive a Backing Historic Small Restaurants grant from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With the monies received, Fawzy and Aleksandra “Ola” Abdelwahed, B&H’s proprietors since 2003, have upgraded the restaurant’s exterior by making it look more like it did back in the day.

The work of Helen Torr was oft-overshadowed by that of her husband, Arthur Dove. Thanks to a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and an innovative approach for telling women’s stories on the part of the Trust and the The Heckscher Museum of Art, that’s no longer the case.

Whether you love history, art, or nature, the Volunteer State has a hotel experience for you.

From the expanse of the Mississippi River to the heights of the Great Smoky Mountains, here are the Tennessee boutique hotels, camping compounds, and storied resorts we suggest for exploring Memphis, Nashville, and beyond.

It’s been 17 years since the phrase “Me Too” was coined as a means of bringing awareness to sexual abuse and harassment. Sixty years since the Equal Pay Act passed. Six years since celebrity chef John Besh left his own company in a flurry of headlines after allegations of sexual harassment by 25 different women.
Yet here we are.

Between 1819 and 1969, the United States operated more than 400 boarding schools in 37 states designed to culturally assimilate Indigenous children in the United States—a practice of forced labor and mistreatment of children as young as four years old, that often included physical and emotional abuse. Complete erasure of their cultural identity was the goal.