margaret, Author at Margaret Littman

Condé Nast Traveler: In Harmony

Yes, it was, is, and will always be Music City. The twang of a guitar and the tale of a… More

Nashville Scene: Woolworth Woes: The Debate Over the Historic Site’s Current Use

In 2021, Historic Nashville Inc. included the Woolworth building downtown on its annual Nashville Nine, a list of historic sites the… More

National Trust: Launching a New Vision for Chesterwood with the Morris Center Studio

Daniel Chester French is sometimes referred to as the “Dean of American Sculpture,” a nickname as big as his most… More

Four Seasons Magazine: Nashville Harmonies

Working in concert, Music City’s most talented artists and makers prove that creativity and collaboration go hand-in-hand. Here’s where to… More

Independent Banker Magazine: First Women’s Bank Tackles Inequity

Marianne Markowitz, the former acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), was familiar with the statistics. Forty-two percent of… More

No Depression: Creative Community

You’ll be forgiven if, while reading this, you ask, “What’s the catch?” The Grahams get that a lot. Doug and… More

Outside Business Journal: Honor System

When Scott Jordan, SCOTTeVEST’s CEO and co-founder, wanted to take the pups for a hike in the summer of 2021,… More

Independent Banker Magazine: Banking for the Sustainable Food Community

If it opens its doors as planned in January 2022, Walden Mutual Bank will be the first new mutual bank… More

Independent Banker Magazine: Banking on Minority-Owned Businesses

Four community banks in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland came together to launch a $1 million interest-free loan program to… More

Independent Banker Magazine: The Race to Save a Landmark Project

When a state-of-the-art track-and-field facility in Louisville, Kentucky’s poorest ZIP code, was running out of time to raise funds, several… More

Of Glass and Gold: My Kintsugi Year in Reckoning: Tennessee Writers on 2020

My essay, Of Glass and Gold: My Kintsugi Year, appears in this anthology, Reckoning: Tennessee Writers on 2020, published by… More

Nashville Scene: Lipstick’s Staying Power

Filmmaker Erica Rose read research about the closures of LGBTQ bars. She was shocked to learn that there were perhaps… More

Nashville Scene: The influential and historic Capitol Grille is poised for big changes

Even if you’ve never stepped inside the restaurant, if you care about good food in Nashville and appreciate local chefs,… More

Moon 52 Things to Do in Nashville

Nashville is more than honky-tonks and neon lights (not that there is anything wrong with that). This book details 52… More

Independent Banker Magazine: 115 Years of Grit

At Points West Community Bank, “grit” is not a four-letter word. It’s the foundation the family-owned community bank is built… More

Preservation: Neon Dream and the Weiss Liquors Sign

On the Saturday after Thanksgiving in 2020, a small, masked crowd stood in a liquor store parking lot waiting for… More