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📹 MNPD wants access to security cameras
November 15, 2024 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
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📹 MNPD Requests Security Camera Contract
The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) has requested Metro Council approve a new contract with security tech firm FUSUS, which would allow MNPD to access privately-owned surveillance cameras. A previous contract with FUSUS was withdrawn earlier this year after outcry from the community. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🥶 Overflow Cold Weather Shelter Prepares for Winter
The Nashville Office of Homeless Services is prepping its Overflow Cold Weather Shelter for when temperatures fall at or below 32 degrees for three hours or more. In addition to hot meals, the shelter will have on-site triage services to help people find permanent housing, pet accommodations, and community alerts through a text system. [NewsChannel 5]
🎉 IndigeNash Celebrates Native Culture
Local Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican musician and Indigenous activist Shayna Hobbs started IndigeNash, a Native-led 3-day art and music festival, to celebrate multi-tribal Native cultures and their creativity today. The festival is Nov. 22-24 at The Forge. [Nashville Scene]
🏫 MNPS Rezones Hundreds of Students
To keep students closer to their neighborhoods and to decrease overcrowding, the Metro Nashville Public School board voted unanimously to rezone hundreds of students for the 2025-2026 school year. The public charter LEAD Cameron Middle School objected to the rezoning, worried it would deplete enrollment. [The Tennessean]
- MNPS Director Dr. Battle discusses the overcrowding problem. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
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Your Weekly Nashville News Quiz
How closely were you following Nashville’s news this week? Test yourself on our weekly news quiz 📝
Hint: It’s an open-book test — the answers are in this week’s Hey Nashville newsletters and City Cast Nashville podcasts. I’ll shout out every person who gets all five questions correct in a future newsletter!
Here’s the first question:
Which Tennessee celebrity recently invested $4.5 million in a Nashville Public Library program?
- Taylor Swift
- Dolly Parton
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Nicole Kidman
Where Is It?
I’m retiring the Where Is It? challenge to launch the news quiz, but I wanted to let people know where last week’s picture was taken, and celebrate the winners!
This women’s suffrage statue is located at Centennial Park, near the Parthenon. Nashville played an integral role in passing the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, and this statue honors the women who made that happen.
🏆 Congrats to Dominique “Nico” Marlow, Parvathi “Parv” Santhosh-Kumar, Deb Varallo, Joy Mariano, Beth Loughrige, and Regina Egan for correctly guessing the location! I hope y’all win some fights today.
What To Do
Friday, Nov. 15
- 🎼 Sonic Symphony | 8 p.m. | $59.10+ | TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall
- 🐕 Furever Homecoming: A Vintage Ball | 7-11 p.m. | $100 | Fat Bottom Brewing
- 🛍️ Christmas Village starts | 9 a.m.-9 p.m. | $12+ | The Fairgrounds Nashville
- 🎭 Emma Sandall with Paul Vasterling: “An Ambivalent Woman of 37” | 8 p.m. | $25+ | Oz Arts
- 🎵 The Weird Sisters | 9 p.m. | $12.11 | Eastside Bowl
- 🍸 Rounds For Hope | 7-10 p.m. | $21.95 | Riverside Revival
- 🤠 Cosmic Cowboy Club | 7-9 p.m. | Suggested $25 donation | Adventure Science Center
- 🥙 Cold Food Sorting | 9-11:30 a.m. | Volunteer | Bridgestone
- 🕯️ Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay | 7 & 9 p.m. | $33+ | The Parthenon
- 🍽️ Date Night Dinner Series | 5-9 p.m. | $70+ | Frothy Monkey
Saturday, Nov. 16
- 🎻 Nashville Cats: Kristin Wilkinson | 2:30-4 p.m. | $29.95+ | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- 🚌 Storytime with “Wheels on the Bus” from Nashville Children's Theatre | 10:30 a.m. | Free | Parnassus Books
- 🎉 MNPS Celebration of Schools Parade & Fair | 1-5 p.m. | Free | Nissan Stadium
- 👋 Vol Call: Pullin’ Party | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Volunteer | Warner Park Nature Center
- ☕ Holiday Coffee Tasting and Roastery Tour | 9-11 a.m. | $45 | Summit Sisters Coffee, Old Hickory
- 🍁 Fall Color Hike | 9:30 a.m. | $15 | Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary
- 🛍️ Christmas Village | 9 a.m.-9 p.m. | $12+ | The Fairgrounds Nashville
- 🎭 Emma Sandall with Paul Vasterling: “An Ambivalent Woman of 37” | 8 p.m. | $25+ | Oz Arts
- 📚 Richland Park Book Sale | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Free Entry | Richland Park Library Branch
- 🎙️ Jeezy | 8 p.m. | $96.44+ | Marathon Music Works
Sunday, Nov. 17
- 🎼 Wild Symphony | 3 p.m. | $20+ | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🎵 Chelsea Cutler and Jeremy Zucker Present Brent Forever: The Tour | 7:30 p.m. | $50+ | Ryman Auditorium
- 🛍️ Christmas Village ends | 9 a.m.-9 p.m. | $12+ | The Fairgrounds Nashville
- 🎨 Frist Arts Fest | 1-5:30 p.m. | $15 | Frist Art Museum
- 🧑🌾 Garden Harvesting & Maintenance | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Volunteer | BELL Garden
- 🍄 Mushroom Art! | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Free | Hermitage Library Branch
- 🎄 8th Annual Merry Mayhem | 12-6 p.m. | Free Entry | Capitol Theatre, Lebanon
For some juicy weekend gossip, check out these excerpts from former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s new book, “It’s What You Do Next” 👀
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