It's a heat advisory kind of Monday — high near 94 and the humidity's not letting up till tonight.

This weekend alone: Dolly's new hotel started taking guests, Jelly Roll got caught leaving his own bar in the middle of the afternoon, and Brad Pitt picked a quarry outside Franklin for his next movie premiere. Never a slow one around here.

Paramount is skipping the red carpet for Franklin: Brad Pitt's new thriller "Heart of the Beast" gets its world premiere at FirstBank Amphitheater on September 16 at 8 p.m., and Pitt himself is expected to show up. It's free, and RSVP details are on Visit Franklin's site.

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Where locals actually eat — Way beyond hot chicken and BBQ. The replies turned into a real list of where Nashvillians eat on a Tuesday night.

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The amphitheater everyone still compares things to — Starwood closed in 2006, but ask any longtime local about outdoor concerts and this is still the measuring stick.

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12 places even some locals don't know — Arrington Vineyards makes the list at 30 minutes out, and so does Springwater, Tennessee's oldest bar, personality included.

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Dolly's new hotel started taking guests today — The 245-room SongTeller Hotel opened for reservations this morning in downtown Nashville, with the full public opening, alongside the Life of Many Colors Museum, set for September 29.

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Jelly Roll got spotted leaving his own bar — No show, no announcement. He just walked out of Jelly Roll's Goodnight Nashville into a regular Saturday night on Broadway, and 151 people had something to say about it.

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Nashville residents didn't hold back — We asked what's not keeping up with the city's growth. Roads led the replies, but they weren't alone.

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Grateful Monday — Tonight, 7 p.m., Acme Feed & Seed, Free. The Stolen Faces cover the Dead every single Monday, all ages, no cover — close to a Nashville institution at this point.

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Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter — Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Marathon Music Works, $40.30 to $123.11. Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock, three-quarters of the real band, with Frank Carter fronting. Not a tribute act.

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AMERICANAFEST feat. Amy Grant & Melissa Etheridge — Tuesday, 6 p.m., 3rd and Lindsley, Free. Two Nashville legends on a free bill during festival week. Doors early, it'll fill up.

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Emily West & Friends Honoring Dolly Parton — Wednesday, 1 p.m., 3rd and Lindsley, $27.56. A dozen-plus women songwriters, including Wendy Moten and Twinnie, spend an afternoon on Dolly's catalog. Feels like the right week for it.

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Duckhorn Wine Dinner at Char — Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Char Restaurant, $130. Five courses, paired wines, one seating. Splurge territory, but it's the kind of night you plan a babysitter around.

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Ruby Falls — Tennessee's underground waterfall is about two hours outside Nashville near Chattanooga: a guided, roughly one-mile cave walk to a 145-foot waterfall, 1,000 feet below Lookout Mountain. Adult tickets run about $28.95, and weekend slots fill up.

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