Still muggy heading into Tuesday — tomorrow's pegged for upper 80s and cloud cover, no real relief yet.

This weekend felt like the city found one more way to say goodbye to Dolly: 1,600 people ran a 5K in wigs and glitter for her library fund. And I did the math on what a round on Broadway actually costs you — more on that below.

Nearly 500 locals weighed in on Broadway's real risks, and the answers were blunt: drink tampering happens even when you never set your glass down, and standard ER tests won't catch it. Unofficial cabs charge $40 for a $10 ride. The fix — never leave a drink unattended, carry $200+ cash, and go 9 PM–2 AM.

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🍺 Lakeside Lounge — $5 buys the "Party Pack": a draft beer and a shot of Kentucky Gentlemen. Best deal we've heard of all week.

🎱 Twilight Tavern — $3 drafts, $4 wells, 11 to 7 every single day. No happy-hour asterisk.

🍗 The Centennial — $3 bottles, $4 wells, and wings locals swear are worth the drive out to the Nations alone.

👀 Nashville turned "9 to 5" into an actual 5K — 1,600 runners in wigs and glitter, a Stiletto Dash in heels, and about $10,000 raised for roughly 5,400 kids' books through Dolly's Imagination Library.

🎤 Lainey Wilson is hosting the CMA Awards again — the 60th annual show, Nov. 18 at Bridgestone, her third year running. Tickets go on sale Sept. 18.

🥵 Nashville's real love language this month — the AC. Step outside, regret every decision; step back in, forgive everything.

🧘 Iconix Sunset Yoga — Tonight, 6:30–7:30pm · 131 10th Ave N · Free
Fifty minutes on the riverfront at sunset. No mat, no problem — just show up.

🎻 Grand Ole Opry: OPRY 100 — Tonight, 7pm · Grand Ole Opry House · tickets at opry.com
Superstars, newcomers, and legends on the stage that's been doing exactly this for 100 years.

📚 Family Story Time — Wednesday, 10:30am · Looby Branch Library · Free
Songs, stories, and a half hour that costs nothing and tires out a toddler.

🎸 Roger Daltrey — Wednesday, 7:30pm · Ryman Auditorium · tickets at ryman.com
The Who's frontman, solo, working through his own catalog and theirs. On sale now.

🎤 Isaiah Rashad — Thursday, 8pm · Marathon Music Works · $49–$287
The "Lil Sunny's Awful Road Trip" tour rolls through for one night only.

Nashville's Wine Train

Boards at 9 a.m. from the Tennessee Central Railway Museum on Willow Street and rolls out to Watertown and back — Coach seats run $80, Dome seats $160, and it's adults only. You're home by 6.

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