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CONTENTS NEWS

7 Voters Set Midterm Field After Heated Primary

33 Appointment Listening Elizabeth Cook stands up for herself and others on Great Television

Blackburn in, Ogles out, and Dems boost Davidson County BY ELI MOTYCKA

8 Traffic Stops and Immigration Appointments Remain ICE Targets Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition takes on case of detained immigrant mother

SCENE AND BE SEEN

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EVENTS WE’RE INTO

BY BOBBIE JEAN SAWYER

34 A New Chapter Lindsay Lou writes women back into the history of bluegrass with Bluegrass Women BY MATTHEW LEIMKUEHLER

34 The Spin

BY HANNAH HERNER

The Scene’s live-review column checks out Lip Critic at The ’58 at Eastside Bowl

This week on the Scene’s news and politics blog

BY BAILEY BRANTINGHAM

10 Pith in the Wind 13 COVER PACKAGE: ROAD TRIP 13 South Cumberland Plateau

BY STEPHEN TRAGESER

LOUDER THAN LIFE 2026 My Chemical Romance, Iron Maiden, Tool and Limp Bizkit headline North America’s largest, loudest rock festival Sept. 17-20 in Louisville, with four days, seven stages and nearly 200 bands. Tickets at louderthanlifefestival.com.

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38 Spill Your Guts

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14 Little Rock, Ark.

Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a captivating experience

Woody Guthrie documentary Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls kick-starts the Nashville Jewish Film Festival

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Whether you’re an arts lover or an outdoor enthusiast, it’s a great time to show this creative corner of the mountains some love BY ANNIE PARNELL

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NEWS

VOTERS SET MIDTERM FIELD AFTER HEATED PRIMARY Blackburn in, Ogles out, and Dems boost Davidson County

U.S. SEN. MARSHA BLACKBURN

ALL OF A SUDDEN, election season has arrived. Both major parties have chosen their candidates for the November ballot, notching a few surprises in the process and clearing senior U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s path to the governor’s mansion. Tennessee will send at least two rookies to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2027 after Republican voters tossed out scandal-ridden right-winger Andy Ogles in the 5th Congressional District and John Rose decided to run for governor rather than seek another term in the 6th. Democrats turned out in Davidson County at the highest level since 2020 — a trend that Democratic underdog Darden Copeland will need to capitalize on in order to upset vulnerable incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Van Epps, who won the 7th Congressional District seat in December’s special election. Republican state lawmakers’ choice to redraw many districts in May, just two months before early voting began, cracked Memphis’ majority-Black, heavily Democratic 9th Congressional District

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JERRI GREEN seat, while creating new races across West and Middle Tennessee — each with their own voter calculus and campaign paths. Republicans’ next few months will be an expensive game of musical chairs. State Rep. Johnny Garrett (R-Goodlettsville) likely won his spot in Washington, D.C., besting Van Hilleary in the Aug. 6 Republican primary for Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District, vacated by longtime U.S. Rep. John Rose. Garrett celebrated at Sammy B’s in Lebanon surrounded by family and friends — and hangers-on hoping for face time with Middle Tennessee’s next member of Congress. (One conspicuous absence was Garrett’s campaign treasurer, House Majority Leader William Lamberth.) Garrett, a pugnacious partisan who helped architect Republicans’ expulsion of the “Tennessee Three” in 2023, slammed Democrats in his pre-written victory speech. “I’m going to D.C. to help President Trump crush the Democrat socialists,” Garrett told the cheering dining room. “I wanna thank Presi-

dent Trump for changing the direction of this country, and reminding Americans that the government serves you. It’s certainly not the other way around.” Garrett’s platform praised Trump, who is constitutionally term-limited from the presidency through 2028, and slung arrows at trans athletes and Democrats’ left-most candidates. Garrett even fashioned his own “MAKE AMERICA TENNESSEE” campaign cap in Vols-orange block letters, à la Trump’s red MAGA hat, the spoils of the $1.2 million in personal funds Garrett loaned to the campaign. Projections now show Democrats retaking the House in November, likely landing Garrett in the future minority party. “There’s a lot of evidence that the Democrats hate America,” Garrett continued on election night, riling supporters. “One thing I’ve learned by being in the General Assembly for the past eight years is that America doesn’t need folks to run this country that hate America. If you hate America, you should absolutely leave it, period.”

Amid a crowded field, Mike Croley — a U.S. Navy veteran, Vanderbilt graduate and nonprofit founder — captured the 6th District’s Democratic primary nomination. Croley supports the legalization of recreational marijuana use, affordable healthcare and raising the federal minimum wage to $20 per hour, waging an uphill battle with the campaign slogan, “Better choices, brighter future.” Incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, seeking his ninth term in Congress, breezed through Thursday’s primary to earn the Republican nomination in the 4th Congressional District. DesJarlais has survived several personal scandals and three rounds of redistricting since voters first sent him to D.C. during 2010’s populist Tea Party backlash against President Barack Obama and corporate-friendly GOP politics. The district’s new boundaries stretch southeast from Antioch to the Chattanooga outskirts, capturing Murfreesboro, Manchester, Sewanee and McMinnville. Victoria Broderick overcame a crowded

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NEWS Japan, Hagerty was elected in 2020 over Memphis Democrat Marquita Bradshaw and has remained a loyal Trump ally. Bradshaw once again won the Democratic nomination for the seat and will give us a general-election rerun by challenging Hagerty — who defeated the Memphis activist by 27 percentage points just six years ago. State Rep. Justin Pearson handily won Dems’ nomination in the state’s expansive 9th Congressional District, which stretches from Memphis’ suburbs to Williamson County. Pearson is a rising star in Tennessee and nationally, in part thanks to Garrett and Lamberth’s harsh retribution in 2023 that turned him into a symbol of Democratic defiance alongside state Reps. Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson — with the trio labeled the “Tennessee Three” in state and national media. Pearson faces Republican state Sen. Brent Taylor in November. With most Davidson County state House and Senate seats held by Democrats who were unopposed in the primary and will be unopposed in the general, little will change in that arena come November. Except, that is, in state House District 59. Former Tennessee highway patrolman Mark Proctor edged out attorney Angie Lawless by fewer than 100 votes in the district, which is on the border of Davidson and Williamson counties. Democrats must now put a messy primary behind them if they want to protect a rare Nashville-area toss-up seat from well-connected Republican challenger Bill Hancock. D. Patrick Rodgers contributed reporting. ▼

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field including District 4 Metro Councilmember Mike Cortese to secure the Democratic nomination in the 4th. The tech professional was inspired to run in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, unleashing a wave of harsh anti-abortion restrictions in Tennessee and other red states. Rose — observing a self-imposed eight-year limit in Congress, which he says he modeled after George Washington — spent $5 million in his bid for governor only to lose to Blackburn by about 10 percentage points. Christian nationalist state Rep. Monty Fritts of Kingston came in third place with 23 percent of the vote. Blackburn faces nominal opposition in Memphis City Councilmember Jerri Green, Democrats’ pick, and will likely choose her own Senate successor from the state’s GOP bench to fill out the rest of her term. Term-limited Gov. Bill Lee swooped into Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District just days before the primary to endorse his former Commissioner of Agriculture Charlie Hatcher. Hatcher knocked off Ogles by about 4,500 votes in the redrawn district that favors rural voters. Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder won the Democratic primary in the 5th Congressional District and will face Hatcher in November. Molder modeled his campaign as an ouster of Ogles, who has been weakened by years of reputational damage, legal probes and shoddy bookkeeping. Hatcher has none of that baggage, shifting the gerrymandered district even further toward Republicans. At the completion of his first term, incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty was unopposed in his party primary. The Trump administration’s former U.S. ambassador to

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Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition takes on case of detained immigrant mother BY HANNAH HERNER

THERE’S BEEN AN overall increase in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in Tennessee since the start of 2025, and an additional uptick in the past couple of months — at least that’s what Spring Miller observes as senior director of legal strategy at Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. When it comes to civil litigation, without a public defender system for people who’ve been arrested and detained, the nonprofit advocacy organization stands in the gap. “Family members who are affected by this have to turn to this patchwork system of private attorneys and a handful of nonprofits,” Miller tells the Scene. “But those

of a Nashville mother who was detained while taking her two young children to the doctor’s office. Maria Perez (a pseudonym) has a 2-year-old with Down syndrome and a 10-month-old whom she was breastfeeding when she was detained — making the arrest counter to ICE’s own directive not to detain or arrest pregnant, postpartum or nursing individuals except under exceptional circumstances. Perez is seeking asylum from domestic violence in Guatemala, has no criminal history and has complied with every step of the immigration process since arriving, TIRRC states. After being taken into custody in Tennessee, Perez was sent to an ICE processing center in Louisiana. As of this writing, she remains in custody. “ICE and DHS continue to show blatant disregard not just for their own policies but for basic humanity,” Miller says on behalf of TIRRC. “Ripping a nursing mother from her vulnerable children and shipping her to another state is almost unimaginable, yet ICE has turned a blind

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eye to their own directives and has done just that to Maria.” While many of Tennessee’s ICE arrests have happened through jails, TIRRC focuses on cases that for the most part fall into two categories: arrests at traffic stops, and arrests at ICE offices. In the former, while the Tennessee Highway Patrol has worked closely with ICE, Miller says she has not observed Metro Nashville Police Department taking part in such operations. But the latter strategy has become increasingly prolific in recent months, she says. A Nashville-based florist named Melanys was detained in July during a routine immigration appointment. Miller describes the arrests as “designed to terrorize.” Miller says people often comply with ICE’s calls to come to their facilities because they’re trying to comply with the immigration process overall. Sometimes a call is out of the blue, and sometimes it’s part of a routine check-in schedule. “In a lot of those cases, they can’t be deported until there’s been an adjudication or a determination of their application that’s pending, and the only reason it’s still pending is because the government hasn’t resolved it,” she says. “So they’re being detained for no reason.” Some of the people TIRRC works with have greencard applications that have been pending for years, Miller says. The delay is not necessarily due to eligibility, but because the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is backlogged. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients are part of this too, as the bi-yearly DACA renewal process has slowed to a crawl. “Those are strategies that are ensnaring so many of our neighbors, community members, people with really deep ties who are just a part of our community, and also people who’ve been trying to comply with our very backlogged and very complex and very byzantine immigration process,” Miller says. The Tennessee General Assembly’s Republican supermajority, with help from top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, made immigration its top issue this year. Among legislation that passed during the 2026 session was a bill that requires local sheriffs to work with ICE, and another that makes it a class-A misdemeanor for any undocumented adults to be in the state following a final order of removal. Detention power is not criminal — it’s civil, Miller explains. Thanks to new ICE and Department of Justice interpretations of long-standing laws regarding detention and bond eligibility, many of those detained are not eligible for bond hearings, including everyone who entered without inspection, regardless of their criminal history or lack thereof. The only lawful use of detaining is to ensure that someone shows up to their immigration court date, or because someone is a risk to public safety. In the case of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez, ICE claimed the former. Rodriguez, a Spanish-language reporter for Nashville Noticias, was arrested and detained earlier this year while driving a car with the news outlet’s logo on it. She had been closely following ICE arrests in South Nashville, and her attorneys accused ICE of retaliation. ICE claimed she had overstayed her visa, which her attorneys denied. “We are seeing so many arrests in which neither of those criteria are met,” Miller says. “We are seeing just a really cruel and abusive use of that detention power.” ▼

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Mayor Freddie O’Connell announced last week the hiring of Sarah Childress as the head of the newly established office of entertainment. Childress will serve as executive director of the office after being the top pick of the Nashville Entertainment Commission. She comes to the role from WNPT, where she served as director of strategy and operations. O’Connell on Thursday signed new legislation passed by the Metro Council officially establishing the new office, following uncertainty surrounding the Nashville Entertainment Commission earlier this year. O’Connell’s initial budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 would have scrapped the commission. Following public outcry, the mayor’s office reversed course and proposed a restructure with the office of entertainment. The Nashville Entertainment Commission received $300,000 in this year’s budget, passed by the council.

On Thursday night, after securing the Republican nomination for governor, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn told her crowd of supporters at the Knoxville Convention Center: “If you’re someone who wants a God-fearing, freedom-loving, flag-waving, guitar-picking, NASCAR-loving, Vol-cheering, pro-life, lowtax beacon of freedom, you are in the right place.” As opinion columnist Betsy Phillips points out, Republicans have been running the state for decades now. Writes Phillips: “It’s wild for Blackburn to run on a message that’s basically, ‘Hey, remember when most Tennesseans didn’t feel any shame about being Republican? Let’s go back to that!’ when she is one of the Republicans who brought all this shame to the party.”

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From Asheville and Highlands to Little Rock and beyond, here are our recommendations for late-summer getaways For our eighth annual Road Trip Issue, the Scene dispatched correspondents on fact-finding missions in six areas within a day’s drive of Nashville: Asheville, N.C.; Knoxville; Little Rock, Ark.; Casey, Ill.; the South Cumberland Plateau; and Highlands, N.C. In this issue, find rundowns of what to do and where to stay in each of these locales, complete with tips for dining, entertainment, sightseeing and more. Need more recommendations for a quick getaway? You can also check out our past Road Trip Issue installments at nashvillescene.com. See you on the road, and safe travels!

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AS YOU HEAD down I-24 toward Chattanooga, you’ll pass across the South Cumberland Plateau, home to kaleidoscopic natural splendor with state parks and hiking trails galore. It’s only about 90 minutes from Nashville to the vicinity of Monteagle, Tracy City and Sewanee, so it’s an easy day trip. However, you can get even more out of the experience if you plan a longer stay, as my wife and her pals discovered in early spring — so much so that we repeated the trip in July with our 18-month-old. Kids mean you’ve got to be even more ready than usual to pivot; sure enough, we woke up to rain on the first day of our visit, so backup activities quickly became primaries. But we had a blast nonetheless. STAY While chain hotels are not far away, your alternatives range from Tracy City’s Goat Pen Hostel to RV parks and glamping resorts. Shortterm rentals of tiny homes in wooded settings are attractive, and they are abundant around the Big Fiery Gizzard Creek Reservoir. If you need multiple beds or bedrooms, be aware that these spaces often include bunk beds tucked into a hallway or a loft bedroom up a ladder — great for lots of parties but not all, and definitely not us and our adventurous toddler. We ended up in a one-room guest house near Tracy City with its own private yard. It might work better for a solo or couple trip (I thought, as my son fought a nap by making a game of shoving his hand in my mouth), but it was charming, comfortable, convenient and well-kept. DO The biggest attraction here is the outdoors. Starting in 2022, a group of eight wild areas established in 1978 as South Cumberland State

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Park has been divided up. We were closest to what is now Fiery Gizzard State Park, at the north end of the legendary Fiery Gizzard Trail. There are many ways to take manageable bites at it, but the longest route is more than 16 miles over terrain casual hikers like me call “very challenging.” You can get from the North Trailhead to the South Trailhead at Foster Falls by car in about 15 minutes, but hardy souls get a permit and spend the night in trailside camping areas to soak in gorgeous views, including several other waterfalls and swimming holes. Savage Gulf State Park, home to another beloved trail called Stone Door, was also formerly part of South Cumberland State Park, and it’s about a 40-minute drive away in Beersheba Springs; another spinoff is Head of the Crow State Park, 20 minutes away in Sewanee. For cyclists and others who prefer their paths paved, a 12-plus-mile section of the Mountain Goat Trail is open between Tracy City and Sewanee, with much more under construction along what was once the Mountain Goat Railway. Juggling the weather and the needs of a little one, we spent an hour on a beautiful 1.3-mile loop through the woods and around the water on Lone Rock Trail at Grundy Lakes. There’s also a playground and a small swimming beach on the site, which was reclaimed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps and is home to coke ovens once run with the unpaid labor of incarcerated men. Outdoor activities are bound to work up your appetite. To satisfy it, check out Hank’s Corner Grille or Tracside in Tracy City, where you’ll also find breakfast as well as baked treats at Dutch Maid Bakery & Cafe. Our favorite spot was Monteagle’s Mountain Goat Market, which has a delectable panoply of hearty, generous sandwiches and pizzas, plus delicious

coffee drinks. You’ve got several options for a fancy dinner, and we were thrilled with the one we picked: La Bella Pearls in Sewanee. Nestled among thriving gardens and tall trees, the building appears to have been a home at one time, and it felt wonderfully like going to dinner at Mom’s — provided Mom has an antipasto bar and cooks an excellent steak. (Bonus: We asked ahead of time to make sure it was OK to bring the little guy, and despite not having a kids’ menu they were happy to whip him up some tasty pasta with red sauce.) Staying in the South Cumberland area made it much easier to visit places we would struggle to get to on a regular weekend. The Lodge Museum of Cast Iron and Factory Store is a short jaunt down the interstate in South Pittsburg, and was a fun rainy-day stop (plus, the discounts are serious on factory-second cookware). We were also just a few minutes from Pelham, home of renowned underground concert venue The Caverns — you could easily build a weekend around a cave tour, a show and a hike. Manchester isn’t far away either, and reviewers on Airbnb say a relaxing stay there made their Bonnaroo a delight. There are other annual events to watch for too: Monteagle is home to the long-running Mountain Market arts and crafts fair, and the Grundy County Swiss Historical Society hosts its Swiss Heritage Celebration at the Stoker-Stampfli Farm and Museum in nearby Gruetli-Laager. We even fit in a stop along the way at The Bell Buckle Cafe, a fantastic meat-andthree at the crossing of some of the nicest country roads I’ve driven in a good while. Though we didn’t exactly have the trip we planned, we made some great memories, which is what it’s all about. ▼

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Rock’s Argenta Historic District has plenty of options when it comes to delightfully greasy food. We chowed down on poutine and a delicious Spam, egg and cheese sandwich. I discovered you can order an entire six-pack of Miller High Life ponies — unopened — to drink throughout the night or take home. As someone with a deep adoration for cheap, cold beer, I found this to be the obvious choice. It was at Four Quarter that we struck up a conversation about Malört (after seeing a parody voting sticker that said “I Malörted”) with a friendly bartender named Andy, who gave us a slew of dining recommendations around Little Rock. This led us to George’s, an Italian-inspired finedining eatery where we had a phenomenal pasta dish with duck, short-rib bolognese bucatini, and peach bruschetta with stracciatella, cucumber and prosciutto — all paired with a bottle of pinot grigio that was worth the pretty penny. Attached to George’s was Barnaby, a speakeasy where I enjoyed a cocktail called the Chicago Greyhound made with vodka, Campari, lime, grapefruit and, yes, Jeppson’s Barrel Aged Malört. (Consider this the Little Rock sequel to the Malört Report I wrote for the Scene’s Drinking Issue in July.) Another recommendation of Andy’s was Vino’s, a perfectly weathered spot that offers New Yorkstyle pizza by the slice and serves as a music venue and hub of the city’s punk music scene, having hosted performances from Green Day, Fugazi and Little Rock-born Evanescence. We also enjoyed coffee and cinnamon rolls at The Root Cafe, as well as a wide array of beer selections at Lost Forty Brewing, where we met several other out-of-towners exploring the area. When first roaming around Little Rock, it felt like an eerily quiet city. But once we discovered the lively and welcoming people and places at its core, it became easy to understand the appeal behind the charming state capital and its rich history. Even if I never go back, I can finally say yes to Johnny Cash’s question of “Have You Ever Been to Little Rock?” ▼

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Asheville, N.C.

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THE DRIVE TO Asheville has been marked by the impacts of Hurricane Helene. Amid the beautiful mountain views, parts of I-40 have been reduced to a single lane in either direction after portions of the roadway washed into the Pigeon River due to the 2024 disaster — the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017. But as the city continues to recover, its doors are open for tourists, and it’s a great time to show Asheville some love. Long a hot spot for its arts community, craft beer buzz and hiking access, Asheville has also seen renewed attention on its music scene due to recent high-profile indie-rock acts like Indigo de Souza and Wednesday. It’s an ideal trip for an arts, culinary or outdoor enthusiast — and even better if, like me, you’re all of the above. STAY Camping and hostel options abound in Asheville, while boutique hotels are walkable to downtown offerings. My partner Levi and I split the difference and stayed at the Log Cabin Motor Court, a 1930s-era roadside cabin lodge 10 minutes from downtown. Offering quirky comforts and a woodsy feel, it’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was a filming location for the 1958 Knoxville-set moonshine noir Thunder Road. We stayed in Lazy Dazy, a cozy one-room cabin with a king-size bed and two writing desks. It also has a big front porch that was built around a tree — the perfect place to sit in a rocking chair, sip a strong cup of coffee and watch the rain roll in. DO We got into Asheville right before sunset on a Friday, leaving just enough time to catch the weekly community Asheville Drum Circle and peruse the shops downtown. Malaprop’s Bookstore has an in-house cafe and a mystical “Curio Cabinet” section (I took home a tarot deck), while Madam Clutterbuckets sells goth gifts with a mission of disability advocacy. There are also several quirky museums, including the Moogseum, dedicated to synthesizer mad scientist and UNC-Asheville pro-

fessor Bob Moog. It’s a fascinating trip through the intersection of science and music — with playable synths and theremins on site. Fans of esoteric tunes will also love Fleetwood’s, a combination dive bar, vintage shop, music venue and wedding chapel that makes for a perfectly scrappy choose-your-own-adventure. On Friday, we caught a rollicking bill of local artists: queer cyberpunks CamGirl, dystopian thrashers Madder Max, pop-punk act My Gal Monday and powerhouse arena rockers Halogi. As Scene managing editor Alejandro Ramirez explored in depth for 2021’s Road Trip Issue, Asheville is a great gateway to the Blue Ridge Parkway and Appalachian hiking options. We wanted a quick Saturday outing, so after picking up a Red Hot Chili Mocha from double-decker bus cafe Double D’s Coffee and Desserts, we headed to the Fryingpan Lookout Tower Trail. It’s an easy, out-and-back route with impressive views — and no shortage of overlooks along the way. That night, we stopped by Blank Space for an art show by sculptor Kallen DeHart, whose tongue-in-cheek works in clay and wood consider artifact and impermanence. That’s also top of mind at Marquee, a sprawling art bazaar in the River Arts District — a neighborhood heavily impacted by Helene. Since then, several Marquee stalls feature striking displays of works that survived the hurricane alongside their wares. One painter, Erica Schaffel, has spearheaded efforts to honor lost artworks and fundraise for impacted artists, creating a commemorative art book and card deck set called The Flood Collection. Levi is vegan, so as we planned our trip, we asked a friend for veggie-friendly restaurant recommendations. He replied “lol this is Asheville” — and plant-based or not, the city’s culinary scene is excellent. Chai Pani, the James Beard-recognized Indian restaurant group behind spice brand Spicewalla, runs a street food eatery called Botiwalla that’s perfect for a quick bite. We loved the malai chicken rice bowl, masala smashed potatoes and the Gobi 65, plus their delicate, creamy chai. Biscuit Head and High Five Coffee, meanwhile, are top-notch spots for breakfast.

High Five’s Cesspool of Cinnamon latte is the stuff of dreams, with a warmth that blooms in your mouth with each sip, and High Five serves a generous lox bagel and multiple vegan cream cheese options. Biscuit Head’s Greenvillain is a towering sandwich piled with country-fried pork, jalapeño cream cheese, bacon gravy and a sunny-side up egg. The side of chow chow provides a digestive, so you don’t feel it sticking to your ribs. The decadent vegan fare at Plant could convert a die-hard carnivore. Their Flatbread and Spread appetizer pairs salty za’atar crackers with rich roasted red pepper dip and tangy preserved lemon and date sausages, while their crispy mushroom mole has perfectly grilled zucchini. Levi opted for the Piccata 79’s crunchy tofu with chickeny sauce. For a drink, I indulged in their Phoebe Bridgers-inspired white Russian riff, the Stranger in the Alps, which has a nutty nuance through sesame and cacao nib toppings. And of course, there are the breweries. Asheville has dozens, from local indies to largescale corporations. Zillicoah’s ample space leaves room for food trucks like the delicious Filipino Master BBQ, and their Oyster Beech Lager has a briny merroir from Carolina oysters. Burial is a trendy spot with brews that sound like a metal album track list. Their Enlightened Aren’t We All showed me the error of my IPA-hating ways, and foudre-aged black lager Pitiless Indifference is chocolatey, malty and surprisingly light. Want something heavier? Imperial stout Become Your Uneclipsed Indulgences So That You May Be Unjudged is worth the mouthful. Beer fans can also spend an afternoon touring the sprawling campus of craft beer pioneers New Belgium Brewing Company, the creators of Fat Tire and Voodoo Ranger. Our guide emphasized the company’s ecological and neighborly responsibility, and pointed out murals in the facility that were painted by local artists in the wake of Helene. Another example of the resilience and sense of community in this creative corner of the mountains — and another way to try some delicious brews. ▼

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Casey, Ill. WORLD’S LARGEST MAILBOX ONE OF THE THINGS on my bingo card this year was “kitsch girls’ trip,” and a journey to the town of Casey, Ill., more than scratched that itch. Casey has marketed itself as “Big Things, Small Town,” and the “big things” part is quite literal. Think: a mailbox the size of a studio apartment, a rocking chair with a seat as large as a city transit bus, and a truck key that towers over the auto shop it advertises. Located about a four-and-a-half-hour drive from Nashville, Casey is often a pass-through locale for Midwest travelers, so locals were surprised to learn that it was, in fact, our destination. In Casey and its neighboring Greenup, we found a reprieve from Nashville’s heat, plentiful gambling options, a hefty dose of Midwest Nice — and yes, plenty of kitsch.

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STAY Even locals have embraced the treat that is The Candy Kitchen, an Airbnb rental located just 15 minutes from Casey’s big things. It’s not uncommon for Casey’s residents to book a staycation there, I’m told. It’s located in a converted 1940s soda parlor with the tin ceilings, kitchen and soda counter still intact, and The Candy Kitchen’s owners honor its history with antiques adorning the space. The hosts are kind enough to keep the joint stocked with some sweet treats too. Part of the reason I chose this spot is because my grandma would always talk about how much she liked working as a “soda jerk” in my own small Midwestern hometown. Standing behind the counter of the now-defunct fountain, I caught a small glimpse of the dexterous and exciting work she did. (The 1950s-ambiance YouTube video that played when we entered certainly didn’t hurt either). A family could easily produce a home-cooked meal in the space, or just pretend to be soda parlor employees, as we did. The assortment of beautiful glass ice cream dishes added retro flair to the ice cream we bought at the grocery store down the street. If you have a bigger party, might I recommend including the

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Cumberland Road Guesthouse — a refurbished gas station Airbnb nearby? DO One thing about the town of big stuff is that the size of said stuff varies greatly. The World’s Largest Rocking Chair is probably my favorite, because it is the biggest. (At least to my eye. I admit I didn’t bring a tape measure.) The World’s Largest Mailbox, Pitchfork, Barbershop Pole and Golf Tee have a similar grand effect. They’re among the 12 items that have the official Guinness World Records certification, but there are another 20 or so additional big things you can find in and around Casey’s Main Street (including the unofficial Big Minion). The Big Bat is located outside the USA Softball of Illinois Hall of Fame Museum, and the Big Knitting Needles and Big Crochet Hook pique customer interest at a local gallery called Under His Wings. (Each item has a Bible scripture engraved on it. Big things do stand a higher chance of being visible to the man upstairs, I suppose.) After an hour on a rented golf cart near the building housing the World’s Largest Wooden Shoes (optional, but a very enriching experience), we checked off almost the entire list. Casey’s “Big Things, Small Town” pitch started in 2012 with the World’s Largest Windchime, which used some old pipes from local Jim Bolin’s pipe-laying company. In fact, he built almost all of the big things and used mostly recycled materials in the intervening years. I was so sad to hear that Bolin passed earlier this year, which added a little bit of gravity to these sites. While the giant things in Casey were the draw of the trip, Greenup, Ill. — also known as the “Village of the Porches” — is not to be missed. Staying on the main drag of the tiny town, we were able to fulfill a bit of a walkable-city fantasy. We relished the opportunity to gamble at the American Legion Post 566 across the street, with slot machines and tiny pull-tab gambling tickets, each the size of a piece of confetti. We also

got drinks at The Hub Cap just down the street, where the canned seltzers cost “no money” by Nashville standards. Further down the road, you’ll reach the Longest Covered Bridge in Illinois, a recent addition that locals are quite proud of. We liked local haunt Chances R Sports Bar & Grill so much that we left with merch. We tried a local delicacy, “the Horseshoe” — Texas toast, hamburger, shredded cheese, fries and a cheesesauce topping. It was bar food at its finest, chased with some great cocktails, including a peachring-flavored concoction that I was thinking about for days to come. At the bars in Greenup, my Tennessean friends were able to experience a true Midwestern goodbye — we thrice headed for the door and ended up pausing to chat with locals about our trip. We felt a bit famous, and as a former small-town Midwesterner myself, I felt a familial tie to the people there. In Casey, we sniffed out more pull-tabs at the VFW Post 5762, not far from the World’s Largest Swizzle Spoon. Casey Coffee Company in downtown Casey was incredibly good — another recommendation from locals. They serve up a killer bagel sandwich and have an expansive menu of coffees and teas. On the site of the aforementioned pitchfork, Richards Farm Restaurant was excellent. The highlight was a salad bar with deli salads galore and several soups and breads. For small-town folks like me, Richards has more of a special-occasion price point, but it was one of my favorite meals in quite some time — and I loved the cozy interior. There was one more big thing to see before we reached Nashville: a Superman statue at the Super Museum in Metropolis, Ill. And we couldn’t re-enter the casino-free state of Tennessee without hitting up Harrah’s Metropolis. Standing next to big things, you’ll feel small in stature — but the Casey locals made sure we felt large in spirit. ▼

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Knoxville

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Creperie or a seat at Pete’s Restaurant & Coffee Shop, a local diner that’s as friendly today as when it opened in 1986. Cruze Farm Ice Cream is a must for decadent, freshly churned soft serve that’s positively bonkers (especially their Butterscotch Dip), but go during the day to skip the lines. Around the corner, check Golden Threads for whimsical vintage, CitiFid-O for furry friends, and Nothing Too Fancy for good-looking Tennessee gear. Start your cultural education at Tennessee Theatre, an elaborately decorated “movie palace” built in 1928. They host it all — symphonies, concerts, plays, comedy. When we walked in to see Pixar’s Cars, I was stunned. Crystal chandeliers, painted ceiling, lavish fabrics; it was all more sumptuous and gorgeous than I remembered, which isn’t surprising as the last time I visited I was several beers deep, being dragged to Widespread Panic against my will. (Tip: For kids’ movies, come a few minutes late unless your toddler is more eager to hear the theater’s famous Wurlitzer organ than to see Lightning McQueen.) Outside you’ll find Gay Street, Knoxville’s historic main drag, and at its north end, the funky, floral Potchke Deli. Yiddish for “to fuss or tinker,” Potchke nails the basics while also making things feel new. Sweet pepper relish on the flawless lox bialy; a fresh, hand-rolled celery-salt bagel topped with labna and chili oil; or the ne plus ultra of matzoh ball soup. Order the latter with “fuss” (chili crisp, pepper sauce, herbs) on the side, and enjoy the first half Bubbe’s way before dropping your flavor bomb. (Tip: Hit their Cedar Bluff bagel shop on your way out; you will crave their so-tender-they-don’t-need-toasting bagels when you get home.) A couple blocks away is The Old City, the artistic, industrial heart of downtown where 19th century warehouses became bars, studios, shops and more. Hit the boisterous Brother Wolf for a Tomato’tini (a “bloody” martini garnished with mozzarella), grab Japanese treats at Red Panda Grocery or tuck into Kaizen for Wild Boar Lumpia and Thai Wings (fish sauce, black vinegar). Next door, vintage store Contra is a must for any Vol fan — I found a Tennessee “Liberty

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MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

[COME ONE, COME ALL TO THIS TRAGIC AFFAIR]

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

You might think My Chemical Romance would take the easy path with their Long Live The Black Parade tour, which commemorates the album that still inspires swoopy-haired teens and emo adults two decades after its release. The album’s original 2007 tour brought era-defining fashion and creepy but cool over-the-top theatrics, including blimps that would rise over the crowd during the album’s title song. Would it have been so bad for the band to just do that again, 20 years later? We’ll never know. Instead, MCR cooked up an elaborate new world for this tour that features, among other things, the fictional nation of “Draag,” a cast of characters including the Grand Immortal Dictator, the constructed language of Keposhka, and an overarching narrative that progresses with each stop on tour — plus new musical additions to Black Parade tracks for Gerard Way and company to blast out in their black-colored marching band outfits. In an era when nostalgia tours and movie remakes can amount to easy dollar signs, you have to tip your cap to MCR for taking a big swing and trying to reinterpret, not just replay or repackage, their most popular work. Pierce the Veil opens in Nashville. COLE VILLENA 7 P.M. AT NISSAN STADIUM 1 TITANS WAY

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[THIS MAGIC MOMENT]

SMX26: THE SANDLOT

The Sandlot has played on a loop so consistently in our house that it’s become a part of my family’s DNA. Released in 1993 and set in the early 1960s in the San Fernando Valley, it follows Scotty Smalls, a new kid in town who desperately wants to fit in with a group of baseball-obsessed boys. The quintessential summer movie coasts on vibes and uses a similar voiceover narration as A Christmas Story and Stand by Me to make millennials nostalgic for a time they didn’t even experience. The Sandlot has so much heart and is endlessly quotable (“You’re killing me, Smalls!”), which has given the film its long-tail effect. And although it has been a tremendous season for movies, a family of four can’t set foot in a theater without dropping at least $80. Thankfully, Regal theaters are selling $1 tickets to screenings of The Sandlot on Thursday, so your crew can continue to love it FOR-EV-ER. TOBY ROSE 11 A.M. AT LOCAL REGAL THEATERS

[LIGHT WORK]

RUTH CHASE: UNBREAKABLE LIGHT

California-born, Nashville-based artist Ruth Chase makes mostly figurative paintings that combine personal curiosity and scientific sensibility. For Unbreakable Light, an exhibition of new and recent paintings, sculptures and video that opens Thursday at Galerie Tangerine, she will open up a conversation about the enduring mystery of light. Her inclusion of vintage photographs brings a spiritualist perspective to the work — viewers familiar with the images from the early 1900s of séances and ectoplasm will find a lot to love here. “I have become obsessed with light, science and consciousness, pulling on the thread and following it wherever it takes me,” Chase says in her artist’s statement. “The work is a record of what I’ve been noticing, a collection of meditations disguised as art.” The exhibit will also include a new series of carved wall sculptures called “Light Keepers,” which function as altars and repositories. LAURA HUTSON HUNTER

THROUGH OCT. 29 AT GALERIE TANGERINE; OPENING RECEPTION 6-8 P.M. SEPT. 3 900 KING HOLLANDS AVE.

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THROUGH AUG. 29 AT THE BARBERSHOP THEATER 4003 INDIANA AVE.

[LOVE HURTS]

MONKEY BARS THEATRE CO.: GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES

Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries first premiered at the Alley Theatre in Houston in 2009, and has since enjoyed a number of notable productions — including a highly acclaimed off-Broadway revival starring Kara Young and Nicholas Braun, just last fall. So it’s really exciting to see this darkly compelling work being staged here in Nashville. Presented by the newly established Monkey Bars Theatre Co., Gruesome traces the unconventional relationship of Kayleen and Doug, who originally meet in their elementary school nurse’s office, and continue to bond over “injury, heartbreak and their own selfdestructive tendencies” over the next 30 years. It’s an unusual piece — unfolding in nonlinear fashion and carefully balancing sharp humor with profound trauma. But in the capable hands of director Leslie Marberry — along with actors Kenzie Wynne and Dustin LaFleur — Gruesome promises a great evening of theater. Whit’s Wheels will be onsite, serving up coffee drinks before every show, and there’s a postperformance talkback set for Aug. 21. AMY STUMPFL AUG. 13-22 AT THE 4TH WALL ACTING STUDIO 1703 JO JOHNSTON AVE.

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FRIDAY / 8.14 [SPEAK SOFTLY]

BEBEL GILBERTO

The 1990s were a fertile time for postmodern Brazilian music. The inventor of the famed bossa nova rhythm, guitarist and singer João Gilberto, released one of his best albums, João, in 1991. The album featured his magisterial reading of Caetano Veloso’s “Sampa,” and it summed up bossa nova three decades after Gilberto created it. Meanwhile, Arto Lindsay’s 1997 Mundo Civilizado brilliantly fused funk and samba, complete with a definitive Al Green cover. Another great post-bossa nova release was Bebel Gilberto’s 2000 Tanto Tempo, which boasted great sonics courtesy of the album’s producer, Suba. The daughter of João Gilberto

and singer Miúcha, Bebel Gilberto broke through commercially with Tanto Tempo, which became one of the biggest-selling Brazilian albums outside Brazil. Suba’s production added subtle touches of electronica to songs that came out of the sophisticated, soft-spoken traditions of bossa nova and its musical cousin, the 1970s Brazilian genre known as MPB (música popular brasileira). In a tragic twist of fate, Suba died in 1999 while rescuing the master recordings for Tanto Tempo from a fire in his São Paulo studio. It’s a seductive album with an edge that distinguishes it from other bossa nova extrapolations. Friday at City Winery, Bebel Gilberto plays Tanto Tempo, marking the quarter-century since its release. EDD HURT 7:30 P.M. AT CITY WINERY 609 LAFAYETTE ST.

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[TIMBER!]

STREET THEATRE: THE WOODSMAN

We usually think of L. Frank Baum solely in terms of his bestselling (and often-adapted) children’s fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. But Baum would actually go on to write 13 more books set in the magical Land of Oz — including The Tin Woodsman of Oz. You can revisit this beloved character’s haunting backstory as Street Theatre opens its 21st season with the acclaimed 2012 stage work The Woodsman. Written by James Ortiz (with music by Edward W. Hardy, and lyrics by Jay Adana), The Woodsman follows the dark tale of Nick Chopper — a solitary mortal who falls in love with a Munchkin named Nimmee, and is cursed by the Wicked Witch of the East. Told almost entirely through movement, music and bunraku puppetry, this fascinating work takes on timeless themes of love, loss and transformation. Directed by Jonah M. Jackson (with musical direction by Randy Craft), the show’s cast features a great mix of new and familiar talent, including Payton Justice as Nick Chopper and Meg Harkins as Nimmee, along with Micheal Walley, Kyla Ledes, Nikki Berra, Matthew Hayes Hunter, David Lin, Eve Petty, Jasmine Taylor and Jude Williams. Jackson also created a number of custom puppets for the production, along with local legend and master puppeteer Brian

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SPORTS

[PUMPING IRON]

NASHVILLE FIT SHOW

Did you know Nashville is considered a hotbed for women’s bodybuilding? For those curious about the sport — which, historically, has often been viewed through a male lens culturally — head over to Municipal Auditorium on Saturday for the Nashville Fit Show. Hundreds of women, from teenagers to near-octogenarians, will be vying for the title in all eight National Physique Committee Women’s Divisions. Now in its ninth year, the Nashville Fit Show is the world’s first all-female NPC-sanctioned bodybuilding competition. The event was founded by local bodybuilding athlete and coach Whitney Wiser Savage, who is an International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation Pro Olympian and has competed at the prestigious Olympia competition in Las Vegas. Nashville Fit Show is an NPC National Qualifier, meaning a strong performance could catapult a competitor to the national stage. LOGAN BUTTS

8:30 P.M. AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM 417 FOURTH AVE. N.

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SATURDAY / 8.15

[ONE MORE INDECENT ACCIDENT]

FOO FIGHTERS W/QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & MANNEQUIN PUSSY

You could apply many adjectives to onetime Nirvana skinsman and longtime Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, but perhaps the most fitting one is “indefatigable.” The 57-yearold just can’t quit — can’t quit cranking out records, popping up as a talking head in rock docs, making cameos in various media and shepherding arena tours. This year, Grohl and his band dropped Your Favorite Toy, the Foos’ 12th album and second since the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins. Grohl himself played drums on the band’s last, 2023’s But Here We Are, while massively talented touring drummer Ilan Rubin took over behind the kit for Toy. The new record has plenty of the booming, distorted guitars and howling vocals the Foo Fighters have come to lean on over the past three decades, but Nashvillians who turn up for the band’s show Saturday at Nissan Stadium probably won’t hear much of it — recent set lists show the hit parade you might expect (“My Hero,” “Monkey Wrench,” “Learn to Fly,” “Best of You” and so on) alongside plenty of pyro and crowd-pleasing, instrument-swapping antics. And attendees need to find their seats in time for this one — in addition to an opening performance from badass Philly punks Mannequin Pussy, Nissan Stadium will get an

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all-killer-no-filler second-slot set from Grohl’s desert-rocking pals Queens of the Stone Age. Doors open at 4 p.m., with the show starting at 5:30. D. PATRICK RODGERS 5:30 P.M. AT NISSAN STADIUM 1 TITANS WAY [FIT FOR A KING]

MANDY BARNETT

Bluesy country torch singer Mandy Barnett returns to 3rd and Lindsley Saturday night for a performance billed as Mandy Barnett Sings Elvis: The Music of the King. “You’re going to get a lot of Elvis on this one because it’s the day before the anniversary of his death,” Barnett tells the Scene. One of Nashville’s finest vocalists for three-plus decades, Barnett first appeared on the national radar as the 18-year-old star of the musical Always … Patsy Cline, which debuted at the Ryman Auditorium in 1994. Since then, she has released a series of critically acclaimed albums; had her music featured in numerous film and television productions; and appeared on a variety of national television programs, including The Tonight Show, The Late Show and Sessions at West 54th. The Chicago Tribune called her “a torch singer in the grandest sense of the word,” while Billboard lauded her “big, silky, expressive voice.” She currently hosts the SiriusXM program Sundays With Mandy on the Willie’s Roadhouse channel. Barnett will be accompanied Saturday by her current band — Andy Reiss (electric guitar), Matt Severs (electric guitar), Jason Bales (acoustic guitar), Catherine Marx (piano), Chris Autry (bass) and Josh Hunt (drums) — plus backing vocalists Gary Pigg, Brent Rader and Kim Fleming. Country singersongwriter Erin Viancourt opens the show. DARYL SANDERS

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Hull. Audiences can also look forward to scenic design by Garner Harsh and costumes by Melissa Durmon, plus choreography by Joi Ware.

[IT’S ICONIC]

TLC & SALT-N-PEPA W/EN VOGUE

In 2019, I was dispatched by a local newspaper to cover New Kids on the Block at Bridgestone Arena. The group embarked that summer on the Mixtape Tour, bringing along a slew of hitmakers who struck a soft spot with Gen X and elder-millennial audiences. I walked into the show with remarkably low expectations (some nights you work for a paycheck, right?), and of course the show was a blast. The audiences ate up every second of the take-me-back-in-time performance, this curmudgeonly writer included. It’s safe to expect similar nostalgia-isn’t-a-fad energy from the audience in attendance for TLC and Salt-N-Pepa (who played the Mixtape Tour in 2019, and headlined that year’s Nashville Pride festival) Saturday night in Williamson County. The songs in TLC’s discography — “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” “Unpretty” — provided the soundtrack to a generation. For those who catch the show, it’ll be a chance to travel back in time for a few hours, forgetting how many years have passed — in your life and, sigh,

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JOYCE MANOR W/SWEET PILL, GLITTERER & FFO CHILLIN

When I’m deep in the throes of the saga that is dating in 2026, my friend Katie will turn to me and say, in the wise words of Joyce Manor, “It’s such a stubborn reminder one perfect night’s not enough.” The line — which comes from the 2011 track “Constant Headache” off the California-based pop-punk band’s self-titled debut album — so simply and bluntly puts into words what I’m often thinking during this modern era of love and loss. Now, 15 years, several albums and numerous performances since Joyce Manor first uttered this line, the band is headed to Nashville’s Fogg Street Lawn Club on Saturday in support of their newest record I Used to Go to This Bar. The nostalgic record ever so slightly incorporates alt-country influences into the group’s well-established emo-rock discography, providing a fresh sound for one of the bands that helped cement the pop-punk renaissance of the early 2010s. Also performing at Fogg Street this weekend are FFO Chillin, Philadelphia-based emo rocksters Sweet Pill and Glitterer (a Title Fight spinoff). One can hope that with all these sets lined up, perhaps — just this once — one perfect night will be enough. JULIANNE AKERS 5 P.M. AT FOGG STREET LAWN CLUB 648 FOGG ST.

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TUESDAY / 8.18

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[WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?]

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“IN PLAIN SIGHT,” ALFREDO GONZALES

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What’s there to say about U.K. pop maestros Squeeze that hasn’t already been said — what thoroughly deserved praise hasn’t been heaped upon these Beatles of New Wave — since they burst on the scene in the late 1970s? Anyone wanting to learn how to write complex human stories into songs you can sing at the bar would

TEXAS CHAIN SAW DAY

“On the afternoon of August 18, 1973, five young people in a Volkswagen van ran out of gas on a farm road in South Texas. Four of them were never seen again.” Despite the film’s insistence, this did not actually happen. But the date has since become a celebratory one for fans of the lurid, grimy, sweltering masterpiece that is The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Tobe Hooper’s gruesome — and uber-influential — classic has been analyzed to death. If you’ve forgotten just how potent the onscreen images are (think of Leatherface swirling his chainsaw during a feverish sunrise, or original Final Girl Sally Hardesty caked in tear-streaked blood in the back of an old pickup), head to one of our local Regal or AMC theaters to celebrate Texas Chain Saw Day, a yearly gathering of Hooper Heads and Horror Hounds. Just don’t run out of gas on the drive over. Visit fathomentertainment.com for showtimes — though it’s mostly showing at or near 7 p.m. in the Nashville area. LOGAN BUTTS AT LOCAL REGAL AND AMC THEATERS

SUNDAY / 8.16

PARTISAN

[I JUST CAN’T TAKE NO PLEASURE IN KILLING]

[ART FOR A CAUSE]

PARTISAN

pARTisan, an art exhibition that brings together Tennessee visual artists who are examining urgent social and political conversations in their works, is back for its second year. Hosted by David Lusk Gallery, pARTisan raises funds for the artists and Tennessee Rise, a PAC working to elect progressive candidates. The exhibition features the work of 29 Tennessee artists (up from 26 last year, which was the inaugural

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JOYCE MANOR

event), including Alfredo Gonzalez, Ashley Doggett, Amanda Micheletto-Blouin and Briena Harmening. Last year the show generated more than $31,000 in sales. Sales take place through an online auction. Sarah Baer, one of the show’s curators, says there was an intentional effort to bring Memphis artists into the event this year. “Memphis has long been at the center of many of the state’s most consequential civic and political issues, including the recent redrawing of district lines that diluted Black voting power,” Baer says. “While this year’s exhibition is based in Nashville, intentionally including Memphis artists was an important first step as we hope to expand pARTisan to Memphis in the future.” MARGARET LITTMAN

THROUGH AUG. 23 AT DAVID LUSK GALLERY 516 HAGAN ST.

WEDNESDAY / 8.19 [PEDAL TO THE METAL]

BRONWYN

Bronwyn’s new album Rattlin’ Bones marks the bluegrass fiddler, singer and songwriter’s transition from instrumentalist to full-fledged bandleader. Because this is post-Billy Strings bluegrass, Bronwyn delved into songwriting on Rattlin’ Bones, and her songs reflect the reality of a hardworking musician who interacts with the world through the lens of travel. Bronwyn made a splash playing a weekly residency at Madison venue Dee’s Lounge a couple of years ago, and Rattlin’ Bones is a lighthearted modern bluegrass album that dresses out the songs with the usual array of hot licks. The album features guest turns by Nashville country singer Timbo and guitarists Bryan Sutton and Frank Rische. On “Gallatin Road,” Bronwyn sings: “Anything goes out on Gallatin Road / You can drive slow or put the pedal on the floor.” The song certainly captures one aspect of my experiences driving through, say, Madison, where you’d do well to watch out for stray impediments and jaywalking locals. Rattlin’ Bones also features a couple of songs about

being on the road, and the licks are as tasty as any bluegrass fan could wish for. The album is a travelogue of Nashville and beyond, with the caveat that I avoid driving on Gallatin Road as much as possible. Bronwyn will play a short set as part of Aug. 19’s Grand Ole Opry lineup, with other performers including Opry debutant Troy Cartwright, Hendersonville bluegrass group The Isaacs and comedian Aaron Weber. EDD HURT

7 P.M. AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY HOUSE 600 OPRY MILLS DRIVE

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[ONE PERFECT NIGHT]

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still be well-served to sit down with their catalog. Co-founders and principal songwriters Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook revealed both their voracious musical appetites and their sly sense of humor in naming their band after the final Velvet Underground album, which featured no original members of the group. Putting it diplomatically, their 1978 self-titled debut (produced by VU cofounder John Cale, no less) didn’t really show what they were capable of, and the follow-up Cool for Cats was much more representative of their skill. For their latest act, Difford and Tilbrook are revisiting songs they wrote in 1974, when they’d recently met and were 19 and 16 years old, respectively. Released in March, the new album Trixies showcases the sophisticated influences (Stevie Wonder, Sparks and so much more) they were using to teach themselves to become brilliant writers — with the advantage of five decades of experience, along with a crack band. Sunday, they’ll return to the Mother Church, with master of dance rock Adam Ant joining the party.

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the world — since these groups ruled the airwaves. MATTHEW LEIMKUEHLER 7:30 P.M. AT FIRSTBANK AMPHITHEATER 4525 GRAYSTONE QUARRY LANE, FRANKLIN

[DAMN RIGHT, I’VE GOT THE BLUES]

BUDDY GUY 90

Buddy Guy, one of the last of the legendary Chicago bluesmen, turned 90 on July 30 and is celebrating that milestone with the Buddy Guy 90 Tour, which makes a stop at Ryman Auditorium Aug. 19. Earlier this year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer picked up his ninth Grammy award for his most recent release, 2025’s Ain’t Done With the Blues. Wednesday’s show will be a homecoming of sorts for Guy, who has worked extensively in Nashville over the past two decades with producer-drummer Tom Hambridge. He recorded his past seven albums here with Hambridge at the helm, all of which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. In addition to producing his records, Hambridge usually tours with Guy, although studio commitments kept him from joining the blues legend on this tour. Even so, he tells the Scene he may sit in with Guy’s band at the Ryman. “I just love playing with him,” Hambridge says. “He’s just a beast when he’s out there, playing 100-and-some-odd shows a year. … It’s a beautiful thing and keeps him young.” Guy will be accompanied at the Ryman by guitarist Ric Hall, bassist Orlando Wright, keyboardist Dan Souvigny and new drummer Melvin Carlisle. Blues torchbearer Christone “Kingfish” Ingram will open. DARYL SANDERS

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RED ARROW’S ANNUAL Nashville Hot Summer exhibition is a warm-weather-themed affair that routinely plays fast and loose with the expectations of commercial gallery summer art shows, which traditionally offer saleable artists in big group displays. It’s a strategy that encourages visitors even in the thickest humidity — and it also appeals to tourists. Red Arrow is one of the most dynamic and consequential galleries in the city, and this fourth iteration of Nashville Hot Summer is an idiosyncratic assembly of the gallery artists’ disparate approaches to painting, printing and photography. This version of Nashville Hot Summer isn’t strictly a show of abstract art, but every work in the exhibition features some degree of abstraction or stylizing. Many of the 2D pieces on display demonstrate the Next New Formalism that I’ve been covering as an emerging movement in the New York art market and increasingly on display in Nashville. Red Arrow is taking Knoxville native Brianna Bass for a solo exhibition in their booth at The Armory Show to celebrate the beginning of New York’s fall art season, Sept. 24 through 27. Bass recently received her MFA from Yale and still lives in Connecticut. Her abstract paintings are meticulously laid out in undulating grids of shades and hues that correspond to color theory formulae. Despite the pieces’ painstaking preparations, Bass applies her colors with just enough painterly gusto to make them gooey and sexy instead of strict and precise. Add in the trippy op-art effects her wildest compositions

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can induce and Bass triangular satin banner printed with an illustrais one of the gallery’s tion by Serbian artist Monika Lang. It depicts a standout artists. sequence of three geometric abstract renderings “Lumiphage,” hanging of a sun setting over a blue ocean. It looks like in Nashville Hot Summer, it fell off someone’s sailboat, or maybe it was a is emblematic of the part of a weird kite with a long streamer that artist’s best work. Bass’ hangs from the triangular banner like a colorful pixel-like colored cells tail. Together these pieces put viewers in mind form a vertical wave of both beaches and boats, but their sunset of squirming oil paint themes remind viewers that we’re now closer on canvas. The snaky to the beginning of college football season than squiggle looks like it’s glowing purple, pink the Fourth of July. and green. It’s committed formalist work that’s What makes a big group show like this so delightfully free of narratives, interrogations fun are the wild combinations of arrangements and propaganda, and it’s why I think Bass will and juxtapositions that naturally canoodle make a big splash in the Big Apple. and collide. Additional works from Annie Brito Linda King Ferguson’s “Equivalence: Hot Hodgin, Brady Haston, Dax van Aalten, Jennifer Summer” combines distemper and acrylic on Pepper, John Paul Kesling, Julian Rogers, Karen canvas. It’s a small abstract painting with a comSeapker, Kelly Williams, LeXander Bryant and position that resembles a bowl-like form defined Sam Angel make Nashville Hot Summer a mustby colored rectangles. The surface is dominated see summer event. ▼ by a pinkish orange that recalls the orange sherbet from an ice cream truck Push-Up treat. The colorful shapes reflect the vibrant palettes of summer — from flower gardens to pool toys to bikinis and baseball uniforms. It’s another strong formalist work that conveys the warmth of the season and its colorful delights with only hues and tex“SIGNAL tures. When you look at this MARITIME FLAG,” painting, you smell coconut “NO ORDINARY SUNSET,” VESNA lotion and your hair gets frizzy. VESNA PAVLOVIĆ PAVLOVIĆ Vesna Pavlović’s photograph of a sunset on a beach, “No Ordinary Sunset,” delivers on its title with the artist printing the image on white birch Nashville Hot Summer: board. It’s a gorgeous, unexpected presentation Edition 4 that puts the amusingly on-the-nose sumThrough Aug. 22 at Red Arrow mertime subject in a sophisticated formalist conversation with a show that’s mostly full of paintings. The artist’s “Signal Maritime Flag” is a

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APPOINTMENT LISTENING Elizabeth Cook stands up for herself and others on Great Television

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BY BOBBIE JEAN SAWYER

ELIZABETH COOK

MIDWAY THROUGH Elizabeth Cook’s new album Great Television, out Friday via Thirty Tigers, the proudly rocking and twanging singer-songwriter nods to four artists who’ve been maligned by both the media and the music industry. Three are superstars Whitney Houston, Britney Spears and Courtney Love; the fourth is Mindy McCready, the country singer who earned a string of hits at the very start of her career in the 1990s and would go on to battle her demons in the public eye until her death in 2013. “I feel you Mindy, you’re now gone above,” Cook sings in “The Easy Kind,” an anthemic song featured on Great Television. “There’s Whitney

and Britney and Courtney Love / There’s nothing like being misunderstood / When people want bad, they don’t mind using good.” The song, whose album version features Wynonna Judd, is an ode to so-called “difficult women.” It’s a reflection on the fickleness of fame — and how the music industry mines artists for capital and content only to cast them aside in their most vulnerable moments. “It’s, unfortunately, a bit of a thing with women — especially in the music business — and women that come to a tragic end or tragic status,” Cook tells the Scene. “These women were layered and nuanced, and also bleeding hearts and [in] an immense amount of pain.

I think that it’s kind of testament to a fault with society that there’s not a little bit more grace and compassion given.” The singer explores her own tenuous relationship with fame, as well as the impact of media saturation on all of us, throughout the Shooter Jennings-produced project. Cook is all too familiar with being thrust into the national spotlight. Though she was already a staple of Nashville’s alt-country scene at the time, a 2011 interview on The Late Show With David Letterman put the Florida-born artist on Hollywood’s radar, leading to an ill-fated development deal for a CBS sitcom. “It was validating in that a lot of people saw a lot of potential in me,” Cook says of the aftermath of her appearance with Letterman, who’s still a close friend. “But it was really challenging to try and mine out of that what I was supposed to do. I felt a little bit like I was chasing fool’s gold. I knew I had music and writing in my back pocket, and the payoff for success in that world was just too big for me to not explore if you consider where I come from — what I come from. To be able to help my family and have more security was something that I felt a responsibility to do.” The stirring “Okeechobee Mud” aches with a longing for home and recalls fellow Floridian Tom Petty’s opus “Southern Accents.” “Razorwire Wall,” a scorching collaboration with Turnpike Troubadours’ Evan Felker, was written about dropping her ex-boyfriend off at jail. Great Television is a reminder that Cook has long been, and remains, one of country music’s greatest storytellers. Some of the album’s most striking songs explore forgotten or underreported stories. “Girls of Atomic City” is about the women who moved to Oak Ridge, Tenn., in the early 1940s to unknowingly work on the Manhattan Project. Meanwhile, “Thiokol Tripwire” recounts a 1971 explosion at the Woodbine Thiokol chemical plant in Camden County, Ga., one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history. The plant produced trip flares for use in the Vietnam War, and it employed primarily Black women, providing a steady source of income that was severely lacking in the region. “People in that area would not hire women to work — and specifically would not hire Black women,” Cook explains. “There was only really a paper mill [or] sawmill. That was the only gig in town. [Woodbine Thiokol] hired a lot of Black women, and that really gave them an income

and a way to support their families and improve their lives that they hadn’t had access to. … Much like the atomic bomb, it wasn’t without great cost.” The album is being released as Cook once again steps under a brighter spotlight. The Easy Kind, a narrative film starring Cook as a semi-fictionalized version of herself, recently screened at the IFC Center in New York and at the Belcourt. The film was also an official selection in the Tennessee program at the 2025 Nashville Film Festival. As part of the production, director Katy Chevigny filmed footage of Cook over the course of eight years. “She lived for a while in East Nashville and became interested in the music community,” Cook says of Chevigny. “She was there right when Todd [Snider] and I — and Chuck Mead and [Gillian Welch and David Rawlings] — had really been pushing along in our careers.” Chevigny first became interested in making a film about the singer after seeing her perform at The 5 Spot during the lead-up to the release of Cook’s 2016 album Exodus of Venus. “I stalled her, because I thought, ‘Oh my God, what a horrible idea to make a documentary about this mess — it’ll be used against me,’” says Cook. “But, eventually, I did agree to meet with her, and something just drew me to keep exploring it with her. I agreed to let a documentary crew start following me to little things I was doing, like the Opry, or a rehearsal or a gig around town.” The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024 and, though she’s incredibly proud of the project, Cook says she was initially “absolutely mortified” at thought of the film screening. “I hid out that whole week,” she says. “[There were] like 1,000 people or something … not a lot. And the other people are literally Will Ferrell, Martha Stewart, Angelina Jolie and Hillary Clinton. That’s who’s hanging around.” In a full-circle moment, Cook’s old pal Letterman even makes an appearance as himself in the film, which has earned praise from viewers and critics who’ve caught screenings around the country. “It’s gotten easier the more people that see it and respond favorably to it. But it’s still kind of a scary thing every time.” ▼

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Lindsay Lou writes women back into the history of bluegrass with Bluegrass Women BY MATTHEW LEIMKUEHLER

HANDS ON THE DICE BY BAILEY BRANTINGHAM

Bluegrass Women out Friday, Aug. 14, via Work of Bart

FROM LEFT: BRITTANY HAAS, LINDSAY LOU, SARAH JAROSZ

HISTORY CLASS IS in session. The subject: women in bluegrass music. Your teacher: Lindsay Lou. This week, Lindsay Lou — who got her start in Michigan and has become a key player in the city’s forward-thinking pickin’ scene — releases her new album Bluegrass Women, a collection of time-tested songs written by women of past generations and played by some of the most sought-after musicians in Nashville today. Co-produced with Grammy-winning engineer Shani Gandhi, the 10-song project features a can’t-miss ensemble. Contributors on the lengthy roster include Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull, Sarah Jarosz, Alison Brown, Aoife O’Donovan, Bronwyn, Laurie Lewis and Phoebe Hunt. The full rundown is right on the front cover of the record where it can’t be glossed over. Bluegrass Women highlights overlooked songwriters. They made major contributions to the bluegrass canon, but are seldom mentioned alongside Bill Monroe, Doc Watson and other foundational players in a genre historically dominated by men. “There’s a father of bluegrass, but there’s no mother of bluegrass,” Lindsay Lou says with a laugh, speaking from backstage at the Grand Ole Opry. Moments before our interview, she made her Opry debut, performing “I’ve Endured,” a cut from Bluegrass Women originally written by Appalachian banjo player Ola Belle Reed. Album contributors Emma Rose and Wila Frank joined her onstage, as did Opry regular

Rhonda Vincent. “[The idea] is just to highlight where women’s voices have been all along with these songs that are really important and popular — and sung all the time by people who don’t even know they were written by women.” Lindsay Lou began laying seeds for the project about a decade ago. Shortly after she moved to Nashville, she learned that “All I Ever Loved Was You” — a staple made famous by Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs — was written by Skaggs’ mother, Dorothy Skaggs. She also discovered that “I Only Exist” (made famous by Ralph Stanley and later covered by Dierks Bentley, Kelsey Waldon and Billy Strings, among others) was co-written by Joyce Morris and Jimmie Stanley (wife of Ralph). Over time, two songs grew into an album. Bluegrass Women includes a richly harmonized rendition of “Like a River,” written by folk singer Kate Wolf. Toward the end of the record, there’s also a spirit-shaking take on “CC Rider,” the bedrock classic first recorded (and thus effectively given a defined form) by Ma Rainey, followed by a wistful spin on “Freight Train,” a song passed between generations after being written in the early 20th century by Elizabeth Cotten. “Representation is important,” Lindsay Lou says. “We’re seeing this huge moment where there are so many women in the scene, pickin’ and playing and being a part of bluegrass music. And that’s because of people like Molly Tuttle and Sierra Hull and Sarah Jarosz. They’re there because of people like Alison Krauss

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and Alison Brown and Missy Raines. It really matters to see someone who’s like you doing the thing that you want to do. It just feels really meaningful and impactful. It gives me a feeling of surprise and delight and encouragement all at once to find out that women’s voices have been in this music all along — and have written some of my favorite songs.” That fun and invigorating energy continued when she brought her collaborators together in the studio. “The reason we do [this] is because of the way it feels to play music together, standing in a circle,” says Lindsay Lou. “So I said: ‘You’re gonna show up. We’re gonna stand in a circle and we’re gonna play the song. And we’re gonna jam it, and we’re gonna see what happens and what feels right, and then we’ll track it.’ And that’s what we did. … I really wanted it to feel like we were jamming.” A four-part mini-documentary filmed during the sessions will be released on Lindsay Lou’s YouTube channel over the coming weeks. She’ll be on the road this fall in support of Bluegrass Women, with her nearest performances scheduled for CaveFest at Grundy County underground venue The Caverns. There she’s set to perform during the kick-off party on Oct. 9 as well as do a full-album tribute to Sublime’s self-titled LP and be an artist in residence. ▼

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THE RAIN WAS relentless on Saturday afternoon, giving the revelers at East Nashville’s annual Tomato Art Fest a cold shower. Sodden but undeterred, a collection of local weirdos tramped up Gallatin Pike to The ’58 (with a capacity of 225, it’s the middle-sized of Eastside Bowl’s three show spaces) to finish out their night with some New York-style electro-punk mayhem. Music City’s Impediment and Soot joined Brooklyn digital hardcore standouts Lip Critic for the Nashville stop on their Theft Destiny Tour, turning the glass-walled room into a sweaty little Crock-Pot of distortion, howling and borderline hazardous mosh pits.

Impediment hit the stage first, offering a brief moment of indie-rock calm before the hardcore storm. Singer-guitarist Happy Haugen, guitarist Jackson Berra and bassist Lawrence Rogers tuned up their instruments in sync, almost a part of the show itself, before diving with drummer Sean Booz into their beloved fuzzy “twangle rock” jams. Between songs, Haugen hastily shoved his glasses back up the bridge of his nose and shared anecdotes about shepherd’s pie and Steve Harvey, while Rogers pulled wildly emotive faces and sang along to every song they played. The quartet blasted through their short catalog, stirring the crowd during fan favorite “All the Time!” and even throwing in a punk-steeped, Superchunk-schooled cover of The Clean’s “Anything Could Happen.” Post-hardcore noise rockers Soot went next, with frontman Micah Mathewson wasting no time launching into the stage antics he’s known for. Minutes into the set, he hopped off the stage and backed up through the center of the crowd, stirring up a mosh pit in his wake. The middle of the room became a

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blur of sweaty bodies as Crocs-wearers dodged an onslaught of Doc Martens. Moments later, Mathewson handed a miniature mixing board to someone in the crowd, giving them full control of the distortion and other effects. A little later, Mathewson singled out the same fan and handed off his guitar. They nailed the subdued melody of “Hands,” earning an earnest forehead kiss from the singer. After blazing through their signature gnarly, snarly, reverb-heavy tunes, the group wrapped by teasing a new record with an unreleased song called “The Straw.” A short while later, Lip Critic kicked off their set with the brain-melting opening yowl of

SOOT “Yard Sale (230 Take),” a song near the end of their new album Theft World. The project takes the term “concept album” to unexpected dimensions. During the band’s 2024 tour, frontman Bret Kaser was a victim of identity theft. An obsessed fan (whose purchases included everything the band had released so far on Bandcamp) eventually came forward as the culprit, claiming to have decoded hidden messages in Lip Critic’s music. The group sat down for an extended interview with the admitted perpetrator, whose story inspired Theft World in ways the

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band has so far chosen not to fully explain. Lip Critic powered through nearly all of Theft World while sprinkling in favorites from its predecessor Hex Dealer. Minutes into the set, during the lengthy chorus of “Jackpot,” Kaser ordered the crowd to get moving. “Now Nashville, Tennessee, we came here tonight for one reason and one reason alone,” Kaser screamed. “And that reason is to shake some ass in this room tonight. I want to see you shake what you got, motherfuckers.” Though they recorded as a trio, the group is touring as a hard-charging quartet. Mikey Sandvig rocked out on his drum kit completely barefoot, while Connor Kleitz contemplatively paced back and forth, seeming to channel his entire being into running the production console that fired off samples and controlled effects. During the harsh and thunderous “Sermon,” Kaser took a page from Mathewson’s playbook, hopping off the stage to rush the middle of the crowd. He leaped back and commanded the crowd to spin, sending the circle pit into overdrive as the beat kicked in. Between songs, Kaser stopped to shout out Soot, exclaiming how lucky Tennessee is to have them. He also thanked Impediment and joked about his envy of the band. “Beautiful group of people, handsome as fuck as well,” Kaser said. “It sucks to play after them — we look like we’re Claymation or some shit. I look like a Coraline side character in this bitch.” The show drew toward its close and Lip Critic kicked the energy back up with familiar favorite “Milky Max.” Kaser handed off his mic to a fan for the chorus, which allowed him to trade places for a few moments with the band’s other drummer Danny Eberle. As onlookers recorded video of the undulating circle pit from the other side of the room’s glass doors, Lip Critic ended the show with Theft World’s frantic closer “200 Bottles on Eviction.” Among the hijinks, Kleitz lifted two speakers like dumbbells, which felt just about right given the feats of strength characterizing the whole gig. ▼

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WRITER-DIRECTOR Jane Schoenbrun has found and defined a very specific lane in contemporary cinema, digging deep into the way that identities develop, especially alongside genre conventions. They’re making horror films that deal with horrors of the body and mind, and the schism between the two. I Saw the TV Glow in 2024 was a remarkable work of empathy — wrangling dysphoria and nostalgia together into an enigmatic mystery that allowed anyone paralyzed by past regret to understand today’s persecuted perspectives. And their debut, 2021’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, is one of those films that sticks in your brain forever, a microbudget masterpiece that helped define the voice and vision of today’s liminal horrors. But Camp Miasma is a different kind of liminal space; a shared conspiracy between archetype and memory. It’s the way that Crystal Lake and Haddonfield, Ill., and Springwood (which is both California and Ohio) offer a fixed place for our memories to unfurl in — where you had sleepovers and what you did there and what you watched all sort of coalesce in the mind’s eye. Nothing is an exact fit, because canon is — like the synapses in the brains of those who watch and those who remember — loosey-goosey. The films that Schoenbrun’s new Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma harkens to are places to be horny, and terrified. Places where the big moments that don’t pertain to bills and being responsible adults hold sway, and the freedom that comes from disrespectability. It’s why these films depict and market to teens with symphonies of hormones and blood. “Why is it,” I can hear the voices asking, boomers and Gen Z in alignment, “that this particular age of the slasher film, from the end of the ’70s through the mid-’80s, holds so much power over so many people?” Horny terror is one of those fusions that has always been with

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us, but there was something about the trap door from the Disco Era into Reaganomics that made it imprint with some extra oomph. (Personal theory: The heightened fear of nuclear annihilation, which was both comprehensive and strangely impersonal, made the hands-on mayhem of the slasher into something more meaningful — artisanal, even. Nuclear apocalypse did not offer enough time for one last little bang.) In the world of this film, the Camp Miasma franchise — as the witty and expansive opening credits show us — is several decades of dark imagination. We get a feel for its world and tendril-like sequels through VHS boxes, video games, action figures, posters and all the ephemera that keeps a work of art alive in the modern consciousness. Trends like 3D, going into space, changing locations, grimdark reboots and sloughing off continuity to return to elusive basics — they’re all part of what we see before we meet Kris, a young queer filmmaker famous (and infamous) for a remake of Psycho from the point of view of the shower curtain. As played by Hacks’ beloved Hannah Einbinder, Kris is very aware of what she represents: queer representation meant to manufacture queer representation for a big media company during that brief period of time when the culture sought out diversity both as a way of strengthening outreach and representation but also as an unspoken atonement for decades of racism, sexism, homophobia and whatever other transgressions seemed perfectly accessible and marketable at the time. She’s aware of all this, and sensing an opportunity, she’s aiming to bring back to the series its original final girl, Billy. Billy (now played by Gillian Anderson, with a Norma Desmond turban and a bit of her Blanche DuBois) left the industry years ago and is holed up in the old sleepaway camp where they shot the first Camp Miasma back in the ’80s.

It’s an isolated but sumptuous life, surrounded by memorabilia and vast chambers and overstuffed cushions and a nice screening room, but also a lake that may hold the actual resting place of the franchise’s masked killer Little Death (Jack Haven, in a remarkable wordless performance). That’s the problem, you see. Because Little Death is fictional. But when something spends four-plus decades popping in and out of the collective consciousness, playing supporting roles in all manner of nightmares, fantasies, cosplays and cultural trappings … well, isn’t that reality? As Kris and Billy get to know each other, both personally and aesthetically, there’s something happening. Schoenbrun has described this film as Portrait of a Lady on Fire during a Friday the 13th sequel — and damned if they didn’t get that exactly right. Is it possible to build empathy and liberation on a foundation of blood and guts and snow and lake? Schoenbrun very much seems to think so, and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — in addition to being the best film I’ve seen so far this year — may be the most humane film about sexual awakenings in ages. But beyond that, this is a horror film, specifically a slasher, that delights in the accoutrements of the genre. Junk food, boozy swill, dipping sauces of all sorts, purloined beers, convenience store racks’ worth of candies and snacks (seriously, so many racks of candy get stacked you feel like Juicy J should have written a song about it — like Gremlins, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Bros or The Stuff, this is one of those films that really understands what candy represents), sweaty backs, the bowling alley gutter guards that are diaphanous clouds of skunk weed and full-tilt pheromones, and gushing torrents of viscera. I don’t know Jane Schoenbrun, but I can see them working diligently to make this a rewarding and captivating experience regardless of what level you want to experience it on. Grad students and gorehounds and theorists and bad babysitters and tweens who think they’ve seen everything previous generations have to offer. All in awe of this libidinous and luxurious journey deep into the subconscious, giving rise to something for an unforeseen future. ▼

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The Guthrie family’s Judaism — what daughter Nora Guthrie calls in the film “a goulash of religions,” complete with a Hanukkah tree — is another cornerstone of their unique family life, lovingly brought to life in the film. Anecdotes happy and sad sparkle with wry wit: Arlo Guthrie recalls his relief at his bar mitzvah because his famous father took all the attention in the room, and later finds humor in grief while recounting losing Woody to Huntington’s two weeks after the release of his debut album. “He heard Alice’s Restaurant, and then he died,” he quips. Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls isn’t afraid to complicate Woody Guthrie’s mythos. Scholar Will Kaufman, whose book Woody Guthrie, American Radical centers the musician’s activism, points out Guthrie was raised by a middle-class, conservative politician father, and moved to California not to flee the Dust Bowl but to kick-start his music career — a contrast to the Okie everyman image he cultivated. The depiction of Greenblatt’s early Zionist advocacy is rosier, and at times, the film leaves looming questions unanswered. As NPR has reported, Yiddish is currently seeing a revival thanks to both pandemic hobby learners and reclamation by young American Jews who are critical of Israel, but the language’s modern resonances aren’t explored. A sudden, unexplored reference to the Guthrie family’s coincidental Brooklyn connection with future far-right Israeli extremist Meir Kahane is jarring to say the least. There are contradictions on the tip of this film’s tongue — oppression and liberation, solidarity and violence, history and today — and they may be more than this film can chew. Where Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls finds its firmest ground is in the loving family at its heart: the rich artistic relationship between Guthrie and Greenblatt, its illumination of Yiddish history, and its resonance with the history of the American left. ▼

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