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Issue cover for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: CMA Teardown, Public Safety, Traffic Board, Sports Authority, Housing Governance, And A Monday Calendar
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: CMA Teardown, Public Safety, Traffic Board, Sports Authority, Housing Governance, And A Monday Calendar

Monday's source run is public-record heavy: CMA Fest controls wind down, Metro's interpersonal-violence working group meets, Traffic and Parking has an agenda slot, Sports Authority governance stays on the East Bank watch list, homelessness governance meets at Edgehill, and the East-side calendar has a lean but useful music lane.

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Monday East Nashville Calendar: The East Room Tonight, Basement Listings Nearby, And A Low-Key Board

Public listings put Volunteer Department, The Bakery Rat, and Josh Halper at The East Room at 8 p.m., with nearby Basement listings filling out the Monday music lane.

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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Budget Work Session 4, CMA Fest Traffic, East Bank Bridges, Facebook Signals, And A Wednesday Calendar

Wednesday's source run is civic-heavy with a useful calendar tail: Metro budget work session 4, CMA Fest special-event controls beginning today, fresh East Bank bridge timeline reporting, Rebuilding Together at Riverside Revival, a supervised Facebook poll, and East Nasty's Electric Slide route.

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Metro Budget Work Session 4 Is Today, And East Nashville Should Keep Watching The Boring Part

Metro Council lists Budget and Finance Work Session 4 for 4:30 p.m. in the Jury Assembly Room, with livestream access through Metro Nashville Network.

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Rebuilding Together Has A Riverside Revival Breakfast Today, And The Housing Angle Is Not Subtle

The Building Community Breakfast runs 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Riverside Revival, with Rebuilding Together Nashville framing the event around affordable homeownership preservation.

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Wednesday East Nashville Calendar: Electric Slide, Western Wednesday, Waikiki Wednesday, And Peach Jam

Tonight's calendar gives you one running route and three music rooms: East Nasty Route 10, Skinny Dennis, Vinyl Tap, and The Basement East.

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Facebook Group Poll: Pets, Home Services, Curb Alerts, And Recommendation Requests

A supervised New posts pass found a practical neighborhood feed: found-animal logistics, home-service asks and promos, curb-alert exchanges, and local recommendation requests.

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Cover art for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Eastpoint Kicks Off, Facebook Signals, Summer Reading, And A Three-Venue Night.
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Eastpoint Kicks Off, Facebook Signals, Summer Reading, And A Three-Venue Night

Saturday's issue leads with the official Eastpoint kickoff, a supervised Facebook group poll, East Branch summer reading, three East-side music listings, and Metro cleanup options for neighbors who want a clipboard with their sunshine.

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Eastpoint's Public Kickoff Is Today. Enjoy The Party, Then Keep The Scorecard Open.

Eastpoint's official page puts the kickoff at 501 South 2nd Street from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., right after a new report said Eastpoint Flats construction has begun.

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Facebook Group Poll: Dee's Ticket Heat, Rent Pushback, And A Free-Couch Classified That Knows Its Lane

A supervised New posts scan found one public-calendar lead to verify, one housing-pressure signal to anonymize, and one classifieds item that should stay exactly that.

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East Branch Starts Summer Reading Today With Scientists In The Morning And Face Paint After Lunch

The library's Saturday plan is unusually handy: Adventure Science Center story time at 10:30, face painting at 2, and branch hours from 10 to 5.

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Events featured image for Saturday East Nashville Music Calendar: Fulton Lee, Kasvot Chatt, And Kip Moore's East Room Release
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Saturday East Nashville Music Calendar: Fulton Lee, Kasvot Chatt, And Kip Moore's East Room Release

Tonight's public listings put Fulton Lee at The Basement East, Kasvot Chatt at Eastside Bowl, and Kip Moore's album release show at The East Room.

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Events featured image for Metro's Saturday Cleanup Calendar Has Brown's Creek, Whites Creek, And Little Marrowbone On The Board
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Metro's Saturday Cleanup Calendar Has Brown's Creek, Whites Creek, And Little Marrowbone On The Board

Nashville.gov's May 30 event list gives the service-minded Saturday crowd three official outdoor options, including Brown's Creek Stream Cleanup at Browns Creek Park.

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Cover art for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Eastpoint Starts, Friday Music, Summer Reading, And A Moonlit Parks Lane.
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Eastpoint Starts, Friday Music, Summer Reading, And A Moonlit Parks Lane

Friday's issue is a weekend-setting run: Eastpoint Flats construction is now reported underway, the official neighborhood kickoff is tomorrow, three East Nashville venues have public listings tonight, and East Branch Library starts summer reading Saturday.

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Eastpoint Flats Has Officially Moved From Renderings To Shovels. Now Count The Promises.

A new Tennessean report says construction has kicked off on Eastpoint Flats, with 323 affordable units, child care, retail, and a public kickoff tomorrow on South 2nd Street.

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Events featured image for Friday East Nashville Music Calendar: Basement East Boots, Eastside Bowl Rock, East Room Indie Stack
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Friday East Nashville Music Calendar: Basement East Boots, Eastside Bowl Rock, East Room Indie Stack

Three public venue listings make tonight easy to triangulate: Boot Scootin' Boogie Nights, Matt Mann & The Shine Runners, and Cooper Moore / Alysia Josephine / Whail / RowenBeau.

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East Branch Library Turns Saturday Into The Kid Plan: Dinosaurs, Scientists, And Face Paint

East Branch is open Friday until 6 p.m., then starts Summer Reading Challenge weekend Saturday with Adventure Science Center story time and face painting.

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Events featured image for Metro's Friday Parks Board Has A Fort Tour, Bluegrass Under The Moon, And One Easy Night Walk
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Metro's Friday Parks Board Has A Fort Tour, Bluegrass Under The Moon, And One Easy Night Walk

Nashville.gov's May 29 event list points to a citywide outdoor lane: Fort Negley in the morning, Full Moon Pickin' Party at night, and Moonlight Meander at Bells Bend.

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Cover art for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Storm Response, Budget Round Three, Housing Homework, And Eastpoint's Groundbreaking Week.
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Storm Response, Budget Round Three, Housing Homework, And Eastpoint's Groundbreaking Week

Thursday's source pass is civic-heavy: the Winter Storm Response Commission has a public hearing at 9 a.m., Metro's third budget work session is at 4:30, a homelessness housing committee meets at Park Center East, and Eastpoint's official kickoff window is finally here.

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A Homelessness Housing Committee Meets On Woodland Today, Which Is Not Just Metro Calendar Filler

The Continuum of Care Housing Opportunities Committee is listed for 2:30 p.m. at Park Center East, with an official charge to expand affordable housing solutions for people experiencing homelessness.

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Events featured image for Thursday East Nashville Calendar: The East Room Gets The Album Release, East Branch Gets The Utility Lane
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Thursday East Nashville Calendar: The East Room Gets The Album Release, East Branch Gets The Utility Lane

Thursday's East Side plan is simple: Miggie Snyder's Hot & Young album release at The East Room tonight, East Branch Library open noon to 8, and a reminder that not every useful calendar needs to act like a festival poster.

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Cover art for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Budget Work Session 2, Emergency Prep, Eastpoint Countdown, And A Very Wednesday Calendar.
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Budget Work Session 2, Emergency Prep, Eastpoint Countdown, And A Very Wednesday Calendar

Wednesday's public-source run is a source-desk day: Metro's second FY27 budget work session is at 4:30 p.m., Council's emergency preparedness group meets at 12:30, Eastpoint is moving toward a public kickoff, and the neighborhood calendar has Cold at The Beast plus RobinAugust at The '58.

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Events featured image for Wednesday East Nashville Calendar: Cold At The Beast, RobinAugust At The '58, A Shelby Bottoms Survival Hike, And Library Story Time
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Wednesday East Nashville Calendar: Cold At The Beast, RobinAugust At The '58, A Shelby Bottoms Survival Hike, And Library Story Time

Today's useful East Side calendar runs from 11 a.m. lapsit story time at East Branch Library to a 1 p.m. Shelby Bottoms survival hike, then splits at night between Basement East and Eastside Bowl.

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Cover art for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Budget Work Session, East Bank Homework, And A Tuesday Night That Refuses To Be Boring.
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Budget Work Session, East Bank Homework, And A Tuesday Night That Refuses To Be Boring

Tuesday's public-source run is civic-heavy and calendar-practical: Metro's FY27 budget work session starts at 4:30 p.m., the East Bank authority cancelled its 9 a.m. meeting, TPAC's East Bank plan needs a record check, and the neighborhood still has shows, trivia, and honky-tonk homework.

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Metro's Budget Work Session Starts Tonight, Which Means East Nashville Should Read The Boring Part

The first FY27 Budget and Finance work session is Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. Education, public safety, transportation, housing, and the pieces that decide whether complaints become line items are all in the room.

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Cover art for Tuesday Night East Nashville Calendar: Vana At The Beast, Cowpokes At Eastside, Skinny Dennis Doing Its Thing.
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Tuesday Night East Nashville Calendar: Vana At The Beast, Cowpokes At Eastside, Skinny Dennis Doing Its Thing

The day after Memorial Day does not get to be quiet: Basement East has Vana at 7, Eastside Bowl has Honky Tonk Tuesday, Skinny Dennis runs Coors & Cowboys, and M.L. Rose has trivia on Gallatin.

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Cover art for Facebook Capture Notebook: New Therapists, Inglewood 82 Events, Theater Bug, And Bluebell The Great Dane.
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Facebook Capture Notebook: New Therapists, Inglewood 82 Events, Theater Bug, And Bluebell The Great Dane

The supervised New Posts scan produced useful leads, not a free-for-all: a wellness-center update, Inglewood 82's public event schedule, Theater Bug's June 6 one-act, and a missing Great Dane item that needs phone-number redaction.

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Facebook Capture Pass Two: Plant Parenthood, Foster Foodies, Green Water At Cleveland Park, And A Sandwich Shop Mystery

The second chronological Facebook scan produced three solid follow-ups: a Bongo Java East plant fundraiser, a RARE foster-dog event at Dreamburger, and a Cleveland Park maintenance question. The rest mostly belongs in classifieds, guides, or the hold pile.

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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Holiday Math, Storm Timing, East Park Caution, And A Cookout Window

Memorial Day's local stack is practical: WeGo holiday service, the new Waste Services rule, library closure, Shelby Bottoms holiday listings, East Nashville Beer Works timing, WSMV rain odds, and one careful East Park safety report.

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East Park on Woodland Street in East Nashville.
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The East Park Gun-Scare Report Is A Good Reason To Keep The Facts Tight

WSMV reported a driver said she saw men pointing rifle-style weapons at traffic near East Park. Police confirmation was still pending in the station's story, so the useful version is caution, not rumor fuel.

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Shelby Bottoms Greenway in East Nashville.
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The Memorial Day East Side Checklist: WeGo Runs Holiday Service, Libraries Close, Trash Uses The New Rule

The useful version of Memorial Day is one screen long: transit runs lighter, libraries are closed, the trash schedule uses the 2026 Monday rule, and Shelby Bottoms is a check-before-you-go building day.

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The beer garden at East Nashville Beer Works on Trinity Lane.
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East Nashville Beer Works Has The Memorial Day Cookout. The Weather Says Go Early.

The Trinity Lane cookout is the cleanest East Side holiday plan on the board: noon start, grilling until 5, the full menu still there, and WSMV's highest rain chance waiting closer to dinner.

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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Rain Potholes, Brush Piles, Fire Budget Math, Bikes, And Weekend Plans

The May 22 run is heavy on practical neighborhood stuff: rain may wake up potholes, NDOT is back to regular brush collection, the fire budget has an East Bank question, Bike to Work Day is downtown, and Shelby Bottoms has Saturday nature programming.

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Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure office.
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Rain Is Back, Potholes Are Rude, And Brush Pickup Is Finally Back On The Regular Schedule

NDOT says rain may expose more potholes, while regular brush collection resumed May 20 after the enormous Winter Storm Fern debris cleanup.

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The Basement East in East Nashville.
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Your East Nashville Weekend Starts With Bikes, Sad Songs, Fungi, And Tai Chi

Bike to Work Day starts downtown this morning, The Basement East has Noah Gundersen tonight, and Shelby Bottoms has a very East Nashville Saturday split: tai chi and fungi.

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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Broadway Fireworks, Grocery Math, East Bank Deadlines, And Wednesday Plans

The May 20 run has a free Super Bowl celebration on Lower Broadway, an East Bank timeline check, a deferred grocery-tax vote, and a practical East-side night calendar while Facebook and Nextdoor wait for supervised capture.

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Game Point board game cafe in East Nashville.
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Wednesday Night On The East Side Has Board Games, A Run, And A Basement East Throwback

A practical May 20 mini-calendar: Game Point at Bongo East, East Nasty's Route 8, The Basement East's 80s/AC-DC tribute night, and a quieter East Branch Library lane.

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Facebook screenshot showing the Talk Nice clothing swap and listening party flyer.
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A Talk Nice Clothing Swap Is Bringing Clothes, Matcha, And Live Music To Saturday Morning

A Facebook post in the East Nashville group says Talk Nice Vintage is hosting an Everything Must Go clothing swap and listening party on Saturday, May 23 at 10:30 a.m.

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A Local Floral Maker Is Testing Prototype Bouquets In The East Nashville Feed

A Facebook post from an East-side resident offered prototype bouquets, free East Nashville and Madison delivery, and real photos of the arrangements.

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The Facebook Feed Had Flowers, A Clothing Swap, And A Tiny Show Calendar

The Facebook New posts pass now has three standalone stories, plus this hub for the capture logic and what we deliberately skipped.

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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Super Bowl, Council Math, Trees, Market Tents, And Rain

The May 19 run found a 2030 Super Bowl vote, an East Bank board seat, a Gallatin sidewalk funding bump, a Shelby Park field-trip grant, NES tree-trimming politics, a Tuesday market, and late-day rain chances.

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Tonight's Council File Has Gallatin Sidewalk Money, Shelby Park Buses, And NES Tree Drama

The May 19 Council materials include an East-side-ish sidewalk funding bump, a Shelby Park field-trip grant, an East Bank Authority election, and two NES resolutions still carrying Winter Storm Fern smoke.

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Nashville Electric Service building.
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The NES Fight Has Moved From Ice Storm Outage To Tree-Trimming Moratorium

A May 19 Rules Committee resolution asks NES and the Electric Power Board to pause recently announced vegetation-management changes, keeping the Winter Storm Fern trust fight alive.

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Issue cover for Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Hawkers, Rockabilly, Potholes, Childcare, And The Group Chat
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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Hawkers, Rockabilly, Potholes, Childcare, And The Group Chat

The May 15 run found a Main Street restaurant back from fire damage, a three-day Eastside Bowl weekender, a South 8th childcare event, pothole math, and one very East Nashville mothball dispute.

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Nashville Filled 10,995 Potholes This Year, So Yes, Your Tire Is Being Dramatic For A Reason

After the January ice storm, NDOT's repair count gives East Nashville a practical script: report the hole, name the road owner, and stop relying on group-chat screaming alone.

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The Mothball Fence-Line Argument Has An Actual Answer

A private East Nashville thread turned one fence-line dispute into useful advice: mothballs are pesticide products, not outdoor snake control, and hubNashville is the cleaner complaint lane.

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Today's East Nashville Source Pass: Coffee Money, Road Safety, East Bank, And The Beast

A May 12 scrape turned up a Starbucks incentive vote to watch, two tourism-money meetings, a Vision Zero check, East Bank movement, and one very loud night at The Basement East.

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Gallatin Road near Briley Parkway in Nashville.
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Road Safety Has A 5 P.M. Meeting, And The Potholes Have Receipts

NDOT's Vision Zero meeting and hubNashville's service-request stats make one thing clear: the best neighborhood complaint comes with a request number.

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East Branch Is Open Late Today, Which Counts As Infrastructure

The East Branch Library is open noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, and yes, that is a useful neighborhood fact dressed as a tiny civic miracle.

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East Nashville Is Officially Breaking Up With Grass

A tiny-yard confession turned into clover talk, micro-flower enthusiasm, and the very local realization that a lawn can be both small and exhausting.

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What People Are Mad About This Week: Parking, Patios, And A Suspiciously Confident Sign

A recurring outrage forecast for East Nashville's most renewable natural resource: informed irritation.

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Classifieds Are Coming For Jobs, Gear, Kid Stuff, And Neighborhood Pleas

A self-serve marketplace where East Nashville can sell a guitar pedal, find a babysitter, or beg someone to take the extra moving boxes.

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