"The City Paper" is a pretty great free local newspaper that focuses more on hard news and local…read moreevents than arts and entertainment. While "The Scene" is the publication to check out for music and film reviews and occasional news features, "The City Paper" is a great way to check out the goings-on of the city that may not be covered in "The Tennessean." "The City Paper" has several pick-up locations all over the city, but if you're unable to track a copy down, you can always read their full issues at www.nashvillecitypaper.com. They have some really strong writers, and they focus mainly on city politics rather than state or national news. They have some good features in their Lifestyles and City Voices sections, and most issues are at least worth picking up.

The City Paper lacks the crazy antics or really hard hitting stuff the Scene carries so from a…read morereadability standpoint, it's not the paper to catch your eye or make you think. The Tennessean is your normal Newspaper standpoint so you get everything from fires and crime, National and world news, to some little bits about a civic project here and there. Normal Newspaper stuff. The City Paper seems to me to be aiming for just being generally informative about whats up in Nashville with regards to businesses, neighborhoods, and not so much focus on cirme or car accidents. I am in real estate so obviously, I use it a lot just to stay up to date about developments, new industries coming in, things the mayor may be doing etc.. I have to be frank that with 3 kids and a career my time is limited to skimming headlines for articles that are relevant to me and my goals or activities. I really can't give it an honest critique for accuracy or editorial content. I use it strictly to get information and I certainly feel I find more useful tidbits that I do in the Tennessean about what's going on in our fine city.

This free magazine should be something everybody should pick up every month. It's easy to find,…read morejust go into just about any liquor store in town and it should be there. They have great articles about, who would have guessed it, wine that you can find in and around Nashville. I know from experience you may have to go on one heck of a search for some bottles, but all in all, most are easy to find. They also do run through of the best bottles you can find on the cheap, but they also make sure and give thorough descriptions of those on the inexpensive side for those of us that don't just use it for a small glass here or there then use the rest of it for cooking.