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The Boro Bar and Grill will host its Second Annual Freedom Bash. This year’s Friday, July 4, concert features a great group of Murfreesboro rockers.
Come early, celebrate the holiday, and enjoy barbecue, beer, ice cream, rock ‘n’ roll and fireworks.
Here’s a look at the bands playing this year’s Freedom Bash: [read more] |
Meeting the Masters of Metal
 | | Metallica onstage at Bonnaroo. Photo by Aaron Morgan. |
Aaron Swisher 26.JUN.08
"Scanning the scene at Bonnaroo tonight . . .” screamed the ferocious James Hetfield during “Seek and Destroy” the last song of Metallica’s blistering 2-hour, 40-minute set at Bonnaroo on June 13. Having the pleasure of seeing Metallica nine times over the last 16 years, I have seen a lot of different phases during their amazing 27-year career. Although last night was not the best Metallica show I have ever seen (it’s hard to surpass the first time I saw them in 1992), it was definitely the second best. They had a fire that I had not seen in years, probably since I saw them in 1994. Every time I have seen Metallica, they deliver a memorable performance and never let down their fans, but that night they just seemed very focused, determined and willing to kick Bonnaroo’s ass, and they succeeded in doing so.
Opportunity Rings
Let’s backtrack a little bit to Thursday evening. I had just gotten home from work and I was checking e-mails, doing laundry, and getting ready to go to band practice when my phone rings. It’s my buddy Brent telling me that he had just heard that Metallica was playing a secret show at Grimey’s.
I immediately called some close friends of mine, Hardy and Mindy, Cristy, Cory, and Fahad and told them all basically the same thing, “Get your shit together and come over to my house because we’re going to Nashville to see Metallica right now!!!” [read more] |
Two Tales of Love Onstage
 | | Philip Storvik as El Gallo in “The Fantasticks” |
Terry Mayo 26.JUN.08
You can tell it’s late spring/early summer if for no other reason, couples are in love—the reason for June weddings and so many babies born in March.
None could tell love was in the air so blatantly as those at the Center for the Arts and Murfreesboro Little Theatre these past two weeks. A boy, a girl and parents so far apart in their personalities and ways of life were the themes at both venues.
“You Can’t Take it With You”
Incredibly, I had never seen “You Can’t Take it With You” in all the years I’ve been involved in theater. I have no idea how it got by me, but it could not get any better than this production at the Center, which closed this past Sunday. The stage was well lit, detailed and intricate, the space was very well utilized, and the blocking sequences were superb. The boy/girl love affair, and their total opposite families, were a terrific two hours of pure fun. [read more] |
Auténtico!
 | | Photos by Christy Simmons |
Christy Simmons 26.JUN.08
It is rare for me to be so enamored with a restaurant that I look forward to eating there twice in the same week, but this week I found such a place: a restaurant on Highway 96 in the new Publix shopping center, called Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant.
My husband and I decided to go Monday, since we were looking for a change. We were pleasantly surprised by the décor, what I like to call “Upscale Mexican.” The tables were tile topped, there was a working fountain in the entryway and you could see the kitchen in an alcove, above which hung copper pots. There were the prerequisite Latin murals on the walls, but these looked like they had been done by an artist who knew what they were doing and weren’t the garish bull fighting matadors I’ve seen elsewhere.
We were led to a table and immediately given chips and salsa. The chips were warm and the salsa was fresh and chunky, full of onions and cilantro with just the right amount of heat. I ordered their guacamole as well to eat with our chips. It was well presented on a large lettuce leaf and completely different from the grayish-green mush you find in other establishments. It was creamy and light and minced red onion, diced tomatoes and fresh cilantro added wonderful flavor. [read more] |
New book by local mother-daughter team encourages staying married
Valerie Nutt 26.JUN.08
It takes a special kind of humility to admit when you are wrong. Now imagine admitting your mistakes to the world.
That’s exactly what local author Mae Chambers has done. Her book, “Can My Marriage Be Saved? True Stories of Saved Marriages,” is a collection of 22 stories from real couples whose marriages have been saved. The first story is her own, told with uncomplicated frankness.
Chambers, who co-wrote the book with her daughter, Erika Chambers, isn’t asking for her audience’s pity, or writing a cathartic memoir. Her story and those of 21 other couples have been compiled in a faith-based novel to encourage and uplift those in troubled marriages and help point them toward counselors and programs designed to save those marriages.
Chambers herself is still married to her husband and father of her three children, John. As a couple they faced down alcohol abuse, drug issues, verbal abuse and infidelity. Twenty-three years after their reconciliation, Chambers’ dream of bringing hope to couples through her story and others like it became a reality. [read more] |
26.JUN.08 Music Notes
26.JUN.08 CD Review: Cuttlefish, Marble
26.JUN.08 CD Review: Ribbonpigeon, Young Lungs
26.JUN.08 Movie Review: The Incredible Hulk
26.JUN.08 Movie Review: Get Smart
26.JUN.08 News: MLT Event Raises Money for PKD
26.JUN.08 Murfreesboro, Meet Mr. Mayor
26.JUN.08 Opinion: Big Brother is Not My Friend
26.JUN.08 Opinion: Mortgage 101:Construction to Permanent Loan
26.JUN.08 Opinion: Gagflex: Age Brings Wisdom and Other Nonsense
26.JUN.08 Opinion: Phil Valentine: McCain Still Ignoring Conservatives
26.JUN.08 From the Editor
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