If Halloween were a store, it would be Hail in East Nashville. In the heart of the East side off Porter Road, Hail might be the only place where you can buy jewelry and a jarred pig fetus in the same place. But if a pig fetus isn’t quite your style, maybe you’d prefer a […]

College is a time for personal growth, academic maturity and horses. It is, at least, for a student who can’t imagine a life without the freedom only felt atop 1,500 pounds of majestic beauty or without the aroma of picking stalls clean of horse manure. Moving to college can’t stop a horse lover’s Ariat boots […]

About 70 miles south of Nashville down a narrow road at the edge of Lawrence County, a brown automatic gate opens to a small country house with a white paneled roof and a dark gray fence surrounding a small porch. A tie-dyed peace sign flag hangs out front and a large rectangular sign reading “Welcome […]

Two Bits is not your typical Demonbreun bar. Squeezed between Tin Roof and Dawg House Saloon, its blue sign and a brick-sized Jenga game show you the way to go. Walking through its front doors is like taking a stroll down memory lane. It’s like waking up at age 13, playing Mario Kart and yelling […]

As Murray State Racer guard Cameron Payne steps forward and toes the free-throw line in a recent Belmont basketball home game against visiting Murray State, senior Fred Schmidt sprints down the aisle of the bleachers behind the opposing teams’ goal towards the floor. His normal seat in the configuration of the pep band is near […]

The doctors said she would never walk, but they never said she wouldn’t run. When Sydney Bolen was diagnosed at birth with Cerebral Palsy, her parents were immediately told to start picking out wheelchairs. Luckily for Sydney, her parents defied doctors’ orders and when she was old enough to walk, signed her up for track, […]

Who knew faith and fashion could go hand in hand. Not Megan Phillips. “I was called by the Lord with a vision to do this,” said Phillips, 22. By this, Phillips meant fashion. She knew she loved the concept of making something wearable as a piece of art and after spending a summer in the […]

I walked into a small office space located in the Edgehill Village complex just a few blocks from Belmont University. R&B music was playing softly from a laptop sitting on a long table. It, along with a few chairs, were pushed up next to a brightly colored, orange wall on one side of the room. […]