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🏆 Local chef wins Netflix BBQ competition
July 11, 2024 · – Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Thursday! Did y’all participate in the Ultimate McKay’s Road Trip challenge? I heard it was wild, with long lines and some stores closing due to overcapacity. Several teachers who completed the challenge are using the $800 credit to build classroom libraries, while Nicole Valentine will buy books for kids in Napier, since the Pruitt Library Branch is closed until the fall.
What's CITY Talking About?
🗳️ Early Voting Starts Tomorrow!
Are you ready to vote in the Aug. 1 primary election? Sen. Charlane Oliver, co-founder of the Equity Alliance, explains why state and local races matter on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
- Here are the early voting locations. [Nashville.gov]
🎨 Artists Should Finally Receive Their Grant Money
The Metro Human Relations Commission accepted a conciliation agreement resolving the Title VI complaint from artists versus the Metro Arts Commission. After a long struggle, 26 public art projects should now receive their grant money. [Nashville Scene]
🏆 Local Wins BBQ Competition
Nashville chef Shaticka Robinson, owner of Coley’s Jook Junt food truck, won season three of Netflix’s “Barbecue Showdown.” Congrats! [🔒 Nashville Business Journal]
🏠 Metro Needs Your Housing Feedback!
Metro's Housing Division’s Unified Housing Strategy will outline affordable housing goals and development plans, and they’re seeking opinions from locals at public sessions. The last session will be at the Bordeaux Branch Library on July 18. [WPLN]
- If you can’t attend the meeting, complete the survey. [Nashville Unified Housing Strategy]
What To Do
Thursday, July 11
- 📽️ Tailgate Movie Nights: "Clueless" | 7 p.m. | Free | Tailgate Brewery, West Nashville
- 🛍️ In-Store Volunteer | 8:30-11 a.m. | Free | The Store
- 😋 Burger Week | All day | $7 Burger Specials | Across Nashville
- 🎥 "Top Gun" Presented by NightLight | 7:30 p.m. | $16.56+ | Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park
- 🎢 Adventure Science Center Presents: Amusement Park Physics | 2-3 p.m. | Free | Looby Library Branch
- 🕯️Smokin Thighs Owner Matt Carney Vigil | 7:30 | Free | Smokin Thighs
Friday, July 12
- 🛶 Harpeth River Cleanup | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Free | Foggy Bottom Canoe & Kayak Rental
- 🍣 Sumo + Sushi | 7-9 p.m. | $83.07+ | The Dohyō at The Fairgrounds
- 🎥 Movies in the Park: "Secondhand Lions" | 8 p.m. | Free | Franklin Public Square
- 😋 Burger Week | All day | $7 Burger Specials | Across Nashville
- 📽️ Dive-In Movies: "Elemental" | 6 p.m. | $32.99+ | Nashville Shores
- 🎵Styx & Foreigner with John Waite | 7 p.m. | $59+ | Ascend Amphitheater
- 🧑🎄 Christmas in July | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Free | Old Hickory Village
- 😆 Live at the Lipstick Lounge Stand-Up Comedy Show | 6-9 p.m. | $13.67 | The Lipstick Lounge
Have a great day!
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