Commentary Archives - The East Nashvillian

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By Lisa McCauley / July 13, 2017 July 13, 2017

Greetings. I’m Lisa McCauley, and the magazine you’re reading is my brainchild. Although I’ve been publishing The East Nashvillian for …

By Emma Alford / March 9, 2017 January 20, 2023

Just before 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, we stuffed our signs — plastered with varying degrees of sarcasm, wit, …

By Craig Havighurst / September 12, 2016 September 12, 2016

When I moved to Nashville in late 1996, the buzz was about Americana music, even if nobody was calling it …

By Sarah Hays Coomer / July 11, 2016 January 20, 2023

I've done a shit-ton of work on my body over the last few years, not muscle-building, weight-loss kind of work, …

By Stacie Huckeba / July 11, 2016 January 20, 2023

Hey, did you guys hear that Steve Poltz moved here? That’s so kick-ass and crazy. Lots of good people have …

By Sarah Hays Coomer / May 10, 2016 January 20, 2023

Thursday at 5 p.m., 30 minutes before I had to be back home for my sitter. I was heading in …

By Stacie Huckeba / May 10, 2016 January 20, 2023

There is an undercurrent in East Nashville lately. It is sort of becoming an “us vs. them” situation. It’s the …

By Sarah Hays Coomer / March 8, 2016 January 20, 2023

I’ve always been a moderately political person. I was psyched to vote in my first election at age 18 and …

By Stacie Huckeba / March 8, 2016 January 20, 2023

Play a fucking train song!” That was the anthem of the “new” East Nashville back in my day. That was …

By Sarah Hays Coomer / January 8, 2016 January 20, 2023

I spend a lot of time in January coaching my clients on New Year’s resolutions, mostly trying to talk people …