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Music
A National Magazine Called Murfreesboro a Music Mecca in 1997. The Label That Earned It Lasted Nine Years.
Spongebath Records ran out of Murfreesboro from 1993 to 2002, fed bands to DreamWorks and Elektra, and signed a teenager…
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Construction
It Spent Forty Years as a Bank and Nearly Became a Hotel. Now It’s Where Rutherford County Pays Its Bills.
Rutherford County's departments moved into a renovated former bank at 120 East Main Street on Aug. 28 — a $17.2…
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Family
15+ Family Things to Do Around Murfreesboro This Week
A big week for free family programming in Rutherford County: therapy dogs, gross science, Lego club, pajama story time, plus…
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Family
Five Countries Share One Independence Day. The Discovery Center Gives Them a Saturday.
Hispanic Heritage Day runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Discovery Center at Murfree Spring —…
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Music
Ten Years Ago This Morning, MTSU’s Station Stopped Playing Jazz at 11 O’Clock Sharp
On Sept. 2, 2016, MTSU's WMOT 89.5 abandoned a 47-year-old format at 11 a.m. and became an all-Americana station. Ten…
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News
Two Armies Once Shared a Meal on This Lawn. On Sept. 26 the Rule Is Simple: No Ticket at 3:01, No Beer.
The 12th Annual Oktoberfest at Oaklands Mansion runs 4 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 26. Tickets are online-only and the…
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Free
One of the Union’s Biggest Earthen Forts Never Fired a Shot. On Sept. 19 It Hosts an Art Show.
The 22nd Greenway Art Festival brings juried artists to the Old Fort Park trail on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 10…
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News
He Takes the Oath Today. The Interstate Belongs to the State and the Landfill Is With the Courts.
Randy Allen is sworn in as Rutherford County mayor today, inheriting a $9.2 billion interstate project the state has already…
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News
The Rule Said a Phone App Would Do. Rutherford County Put 34 Weather Stations on the Ground Instead.
Rutherford County Schools has installed 34 on-site weather stations reading lightning, wind, rainfall, air quality and wet bulb globe temperature…
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Free
Seven Times That Saturday, Somebody Fires a Cannon. In Between, There Is Music.
Arts in the Parks returns to Stones River National Battlefield on Saturday, Oct. 17 - three artillery demonstrations, two bands,…
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