Entertainment

Nashville's Most Un-Nashville Band

Meet Bellevue's Velvet Dogs Article by Maria Dinoia | Photography by Lisa Linn Manley In a city where every third person has a guitar pick in their pocket and a publishing deal on their mind, The Velvet Dogs are something of an anomaly. No original songs. No country. No Skynyrd, no Seger. Just a group of middle-aged guys from Bellevue who get together to play hard rock because it's what they love. And because, as band founder and bassist Ed Atlas puts it, somebody has to. "There's a law in...

Food + Beverage

Good Pours And Better Company

Southern Whiskey Society Returns For Year Four Article by Kellie Walton | Photography by Provided For the past nine years, the first Saturday of August has filled Franklin with good whiskey and even better conversation. The Southern Whiskey Society’s (SWS) Southern Food & Whiskey Experience returns to The Factory this year on August 8th. But before we get into this year’s event, let’s pour one out for how it all began.  Joseph Dulaney has lived in Bellevue since 1998. By day, he works in...

Sports + Recreation

Tee It Up Indoors At Back Nine Golf

George And Carrie Lund Have Brought The World’s Foremost Indoor Golf Experience To An Upscale Space In The Heart Of Bellevue Article by Ed Atlas | Photography by Provided Even though it’s tucked inconspicuously into a corner of a high-profile Bellevue retail corridor, the Back Nine indoor golf experience is quickly becoming a destination unto itself. The facility’s welcoming ambience and dazzling technology inspires golfers of all levels to hone their skills and immerse in a community of...

Life + Culture

Leading Ladies

The women of the Bellevue-Harpeth Chamber of Commerce supporting local businesses Article by Kellie Walton | Photography by Lindsey Baydoun Hattie DeWalt ran down to City Limits Cafe one morning because it was Coffee with a Cop day. She loves the Bellevue police officers… they're entrenched in the community the same way she is. Later that week, she learned the guy who owns City Limits had been invited to speak at Harpeth Valley Elementary School about his journey as an immigrant. He was...