Nashville (Tenn)
Amanda Shires Isn’t Letting Nashville, or Her Marriage, Off the Hook
Amanda Shires wasn’t trying to name-drop, honest. It’s just that she’s been working alongside country music legends since she was 15, so most of the characters who populate her anecdotes happen to need no introduction. My onyx ring reminded her of one John Prine once gave her — which she promptly dropped down a sewer […]
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Loss of Pandemic Aid Stresses Hospitals That Treat the Uninsured
“It’s horrible,” he said. Dr. Philip Elizondo, his orthopedic colleague, said the hospital had to cancel minor surgeries for health problems that subsequently ballooned. One uninsured woman he treated had torn her meniscus, lost her job and lost her house. Dr. Elizondo said he could have performed a 20-minute surgery if the patient had been […]
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At the Magic Kingdom, a ‘Magical’ Wedding
When Marissa Branch was 6, she made her first trip to Walt Disney World with her parents and grandparents. It didn’t go well. Everything about the amusement park, from its gargantuan scale to the characters, “absolutely terrified” her, she said. It would take Ms. Branch, 29, nearly two decades to return. That next trip — […]
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What to Do in Nashville, Tennessee
As the weather warms, travelers anxious to get back to honky-tonkin’ in Nashville can expect not only to find things much as they were prepandemic — Tootsies Orchid Lounge, Legends Corner and Robert’s Western World are still cranking out boisterous fun along Lower Broadway — but also a vertiginous number of new restaurants, hotels and […]
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Nashville Stars Honor Baseball’s Past by Focusing on the Future
NASHVILLE — It’s fitting that the Nashville Stars, a team for players ages 10 and under, are named in honor of an old Negro leagues team that played in Music City in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. From the aggressive base running to the all-Black coaching staff and the speaker blaring a mix of hip-hop […]
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A Pink Parade at the End of the World
Earlier this year, while planning her 40th birthday party, Ms. Cohen decided she wanted “iconic New York.” So she booked the grand ballroom of the Plaza Hotel. “I stepped into, like, my dream brain,” Ms. Cohen said. By which she meant that her February party ended up having burlesque dancers, a confetti drop, musicians on […]
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Nathan Chen Isn’t Perfect but Wins U.S. Skating Championship
NASHVILLE — Nathan Chen, one of the most successful figure skaters in U.S. history, skated in his own stratosphere on Sunday at the U.S. national championships. Five powerful quadruple jumps that launched him high above the ice. Spins as precise as a gyroscope’s. Footwork that flowed like a fast-moving river. He fell twice — once […]
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