The Truth, new live music venue in Nashville A new music venue opened in Nashville at Wedgewood Village. The Truth, created by Live Nation, is a three-story music venue that can hold up to 4,400 guests. The venue holds private events, with one of the spaces being a state-of-the-art vinyl room for VIP guests and a custom bar for various occasions. The space also has a terrace for guests to eat. On Oct. 1, country superstar Miranda Lambert performed her sold-out opening night s

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Zach Watkins) Belmont University closed out its week-long Humanities Symposium on Oct. 2, celebrating 25 years of critical conversation, cultural exploration and language. “When we started this symposium, we started it because we believed passionately about the humanities as not just an academic, but a humanistic endeavor,” said Maggie Monteverde, English Professor and one cofounder of the symposium. The Humanities Symposium became an annual tradi

Belmont Vision Multimedia (Zach Watkins) Evan Bradds didn’t make things easy on himself when he scheduled No. 2-ranked Duke University for his head coaching debut. The Bruins are traveling to Cameron Indoor Stadium, one of college basketball’s most iconic venues, to take on the five-time national champion Blue Devils for an exhibition game on Thursday. After spending last year at Duke as an assistant on head coach Jon Scheyer’s staff, Bradds knows firsthand the atmosphere he

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Zach Watkins) A collection of documents, songs, letters, poems and notes from country music legend Johnny Cash now has a home at Belmont University. Cash’s children gave Belmont his personal archives in July. Since then, the process of digitizing some of the archives and offering classes related to them has begun. “We are thrilled that our father’s archive has found a home at Belmont University,” said the Cash family in a press release. “An enormou

Belmont volleyball after a 3-0 win over Evansville University (Ariel Murphy) Belmont’s volleyball team remained undefeated in Missouri Valley Conference play after beating the University of Evansville in three sets on Saturday. It took the Bruins less than 90 minutes of play to overpower Evansville’s potent offense and improve to 4-0 in conference play. “I think [Evansville] has a lot of great young players that keep getting better,” said Belmont’s head coach Fritz Rosenberg.

Belmont Vision Multimedia (Zach Watkins) Belmont’s women’s soccer team lost 2-1 to the Southern Illinois University Salukis after an encouraging first half on Saturday. A late momentum shift led to the loss as SIU took greater advantage of opportunities than the Bruins, who seemed set to dictate the pace. Despite taking significantly more shots and shots on goal than SIU in the first half, none of them were able to be converted into scores. “We had the momentum most of the f

Lucy Kay (Kate Basler) Belmont’s volleyball team remained undefeated in conference play after its 3-0 win over Indiana State Sycamores in Friday’s Missouri Valley Conference home opener. While Belmont’s 3-8 record in non-conference play didn’t yield the results the team looked for in the win column, the lessons learned from the tough opening slate have paid dividends throughout the Bruins’ 3-0 start to MVC play. “I think now in conference play, we know what we’re capable of,

Cameron Boozer and Evan Bradds (Kali Akridge) For the second year in a row, Belmont is hosting the Memphis Grizzlies’ preseason training camp at the Crockett Center for Athletic Excellence. The Grizzlies will be on campus for training camp Tuesday through Friday, return to Memphis for an open practice at the FedExForum on Sunday, and travel to Atlanta for their opening NBA preseason game against the Hawks on Monday. The Grizzlies will look to improve upon a 25-57 season in

Belmont's College of Medicine. (Provided by Belmont University) Belmont released significantly more specific information on why the College of Medicine's accreditation status was placed on probation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and what it’s doing to improve. This information was in response to nine pages of anonymous letters sent to the Vision, local media, Provost David Gregory and President Greg Jones. Neither Belmont nor the Vision were able to identify

On the corner of Lafayette Street and Charles E Davis Boulevard stands Church of the Messiah. Most mornings the area may not look like anything special, but not on the morning of Sept. 17. On the outside of the building, a line of people sit on a nearby curb. Some talk to others in line, some keep to themselves. As they wait, a man sets up a unit that sits at the far-right side of the parking lot. Both the unit and the truck it’s connected to are decorated with the same word

Mary Blakely Heuer, a sophomore Music Education major, teaches a girl how to play the ukulele at the Grab a Uke and Jam station. (Kate Basler) The Creative Arts Collective for Christian Life & Faith brought the first annual Art & Wonder Festival to life on Saturday, right on Belmont's campus. The festival brought together live music, film screenings, art exhibitions, hands-on art activities, a kids zone, food trucks and vendors for Belmont students and the public to see. Dr.

Attendees at the Art & Wonder festival. (Kate Basler) This weekend marked the first annual Art & Wonder Festival at Belmont, which showcased music, dance, film, writing, studio art and photography celebrating the Christian story. "We want people to be uplifted and find more meaning and value in their faith and creativity and art," said Nick Baird-Chrisohon, associate director of programming for the Creative Arts Collective, the group which organized and hosted the festival. T

Belmont Vision Multimedia. (Olivia Abernathy) “Primetime,” the new film about the behind-the-scenes stories and controversy of NBC’s show “To Catch a Predator” and its host, seems set to join the growing list of indie successes of 2026. The film was directed by Lance Oppenheim, making his debut narrative feature film. It stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, show host of “To Catch a Predator,” and Skyler Gisondo as Dan Plumb, a young actor hired by the show to serve as a de

Belmont Vision Multimedia (Zach Watkins) Belmont's men’s soccer team overwhelmed the University of St. Thomas in the team’s first-ever meeting with a 3-0 shutout Friday night. The Bruins had a dominant first half, followed by a strong second half, for their third straight home victory and second shutout of the year. “They wanted to be the aggressor, and we didn’t really need to chase the game. So we let them have the ball a lot more and just made sure we forced them,” said

Yurial and Aaron Espinoza at a Hispanic Student Association event (Olivia Edwards) For Derek Vasquez, Hispanic Student Association president, the next three weeks’ celebration is an opportunity to celebrate his culture and the Hispanic community. “The fact that we have a whole month to celebrate us Hispanics, it means a lot,” said Vasquez. “Even though there are a lot of laws and rules that want us out of the country, there’s still a month for us, you know?” Belmont Univers

Dr. Mary Ann Pethel, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former Congressman Joe Kennedy III at the inaugural On Common Ground conversation Belmont’s On Common Ground conversation series kicked off on Monday with a conversation between two former politicians on the rule of law and the future of politics in America. The conversation was between former U.S. Attorney General and former dean of Belmont’s law school Alberto Gonzales and former Congressman Joe Kennedy

Belmont Vision Multimedia (Zach Watkins) Belmont was defeated by its crosstown rival Lipscomb University 3-1 in the Battle of the Boulevard Saturday night, but not without delivering a close and stressful match. In the fourth set, Lipscomb scored the match-winning point, making the score 25-23. However, Belmont’s head coach, Fritz Rosenberg, challenged the point and, if overruled, Belmont had the chance to tie the sets 2-2 and take it to the fifth set. However, the call di

Elijah John (Kali Akridge ) The Belmont men’s soccer team erased a 1-0 early deficit against the University of Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles Friday night and prevailed with a 4-1 win. After falling behind in the first half, the Bruins found their rhythm with four straight goals, two of which were within a minute and a half of one another. “Soccer is a 90-minute game. You just got to keep playing through it,” said Belmont’s head coach David Costa. “Our guys just stepped up

Bruins reach up for the blocks (Chandler McGuire) Belmont’s volleyball team had opportunities to upset Vanderbilt University, but two late runs in the third and fourth sets sent the Commodores back across Wedgewood Avenue with a 3-1 win. Vanderbilt improved to 8-0 on the year, while Belmont became just the third team to avoid being swept by the Commodores, joining Rutgers University and the University of North Carolina, which was ranked No. 13 in the country at the time. Thi

Belmont's Jack C. Massey building. (Olivia Abernathy) Belmont was not included in either Time magazine’s 2026-2027 list of the 500 best universities in the country or Niche’s top 20 colleges in Tennessee. While these lists help guide upcoming students to universities, Belmont’s exclusion will not change its student-focused approach, said Belmont Provost David Gregory in a statement. Gregory declined to be interviewed in person. “Instead of chasing any single publication’s ra