In Hustle & Flow, a Memphis pimp, played by Terrence Howard, goes after his dreams of becoming a hip hop artist. Ludacris, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, and Taraji P. Henson also star. Filmed In: Memphis, Tennessee If You Like: 8 Mile, Crash … [Read more...] about Film Friday: Hustle & Flow
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Film Friday: Elizabethtown
After a shoe designer fails on a large scale and is fired from his company, he finds out that his father has passed away. He meets a flight attendant on the way to his father's funeral that changes the way he looks at life. Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, and Jessica Biel all star in the Cameron Crowe-directed romantic comedy. Filmed In: … [Read more...] about Film Friday: Elizabethtown
A First Timer’s Guide to Bonnaroo Music Festival
The South is home to many well-known music festivals, but it's Bonnaroo Music Festival that brings in music lovers from all over the country to the small town of Manchester, Tennessee every year, a town an hour outside of Nashville. The farming community is transformed from fields into its own village full of tents, campers, and stages. It's four days of friendliness, as … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Bonnaroo Music Festival
The South’s Best College Towns
The South is the land of college football as a religion, so it makes sense that the college towns here are on another level than those you'll find anywhere else in the country. What makes a great college town is a level of pride, not just for the school and its sports teams, but for the city as a whole. It has its own culture outside of the university, particularly in those … [Read more...] about The South’s Best College Towns
Visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art
The Hunter Museum of American Art is set overlooking the Tennessee River, is one of the most impressive art museums in the South. The museum itself is a work of art, made up of three different buildings with varied architectural styles. The first is an early twentieth century mansion that was first converted into a museum. The second and third are a building from the … [Read more...] about Visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art
