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🏆 Nashville’s biggest blooper goes to …
December 6, 2024 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Friday! If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, I’ve got a packed event list below ⬇️
What's CITY Talking About?
🏆 This Year’s Boner Awards Go To …
Nashville Scene has released its 35th Annual Boner Awards list of the year’s biggest local bloopers. Topping the list is legislation against vaccines in vegetables, chemtrail drama, and a bit of oversharing from a Brentwood lawmaker. Read the complete cringe-worthy list for some laughs. [Nashville Scene]
🏠 TSU Receives Grant for Affordable Housing Research
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has granted Tennessee State University a $1 million grant to study affordable housing issues in Nashville. The university will research displacement in Nashville’s gentrified neighborhoods, and the effectiveness of HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program. [NewsChannel 5]
📹 Dramatic Metro Council Meeting
On today's Friday News Roundup, the City Cast Nashville podcast team is joined by Metro Council contributor Nicole Williams, who takes us inside Tuesday's dramatic Council meeting, where a proposed contract with surveillance tech platform Fusus was rejected by a single vote. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🎙️ The Swiftie Empire’s Home
While Taylor Swift’s enormous fandom has swept the nation, the heart of her empire remains in Nashville. From a teen with big aspirations at Hendersonville High School to eighth-grade Bluebird Cafe performances, Swift first made a name for herself in Nashville. [The Tennessean]
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:
🏆 Only three of you got all five questions correct last week! Congrats to Sophia W., Mary, and Michael M.!
Furball Friday
Meet reader Vanessa L.’s 7-year-old Australian Shepherd Harley, who loves spending time with her mom (and sometimes Dad, too). She enjoys going to the barn with Mom and hanging out with horses and running together. Vanessa says, “She is a diva and the queen of her own world, but we love her.” I love you too, Harley! You most certainly are a queen! 👑
What To Do
Friday, Dec. 6
- ⛏️ Invasive Plant Removal | 1-3:30 p.m. | Volunteer | Shelby Bottoms
- 🌿 Mistletoe 2 Merchants starts | 9 a.m.-8 p.m. | $10+ | Farm Bureau Expo Center
- 🎅 Story Time with Santa | 10 a.m. | Free | Breeden's Orchard
- 🧶 A Quilted Christmas | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Free | Bell Buckle Downtown Pavilion
- 🚗 Drive Through Christmas Lights starts | 5-8 p.m. | Free | Cannonsburgh Village
- 🎺 Big Band Christmas 2024 | 6-9 p.m. | $25.32+ | Reyes Mexican Grill
- 🩰 Nashville’s “Nutcracker” opens | 7 p.m. | $50+ | TPAC Andrew Jackson Hall
- 🎉 A McCrary Kind Of Christmas | 7 p.m. | $21+ | Riverside Revival
- 🎤 Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well World Tour | 7:30 p.m. | $74+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎄 “A Christmas Carol” opens | 7:30 p.m. | $58+ | TPAC Polk Theater
- 🐀 The Wooster Group: Symphony of Rats opens | 8 p.m. | $25+ | Oz Arts Nashville
Saturday, Dec. 7
- 🥯 Our First Anniversary Party | 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | Free Entry | Bagelshop
- 📚 Holiday Storytime | 9 a.m. | Free | Parnassus Books
- 🎅 Santa at the Ryman | 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. | $32.65 | Ryman Auditorium
- 🎉 Holidays in the Vue Parade | 10 a.m. | Free | Bellevue
- 🎀 Shop Local Holiday Market with Santa | 10 a.m.-2 p.m. | Free Entry | Nashville Farmers’ Market
- 🎨 Holiday Art Market | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Free Entry | Art & Soul Nashville
- 🍪 Carols, Cookies, and Crafts | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Free | Tennessee State Museum
- 😍 Conexión Américas Holiday Bazar | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Free Entry | Casa Azafrán
- 🛍️ Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Free Entry | Nashville Fairgrounds
- 🎁 East Nash Holiday Bash ends | 4-9 p.m. | Free | East Nashville
- 🎶 Yulefest | 5-8 p.m. | Free | Goodlettsville Visitors’ Center
- ⭐ Public Star Party | 7-9 p.m. | Free | Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
- 🔊 Kacey Musgraves: Deeper Well World Tour | 7:30 p.m. | $63+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎤 Six One Tribe, Chuck Indigo, LotisMusic, Quez Cantrell | 8 p.m. | $20 | Eastside Bowl
Sunday, Dec. 8
- 🌲 Community Tree Distribution for Tornado Survivors | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Volunteer | Clarksville
- 🛍️ Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Free Entry | Nashville Fairgrounds
- 🌿 Mistletoe 2 Merchants ends | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | $10+ | Lebanon
- ☃️ Christmas in Brentwood | 3-7 p.m. | Free | Brentwood Academy
- 🌮 Taco Week ends | All Day | $5 | Various Locations
- ❣️ Recharge & Resist: An Evening of Hope | 7-8:30 p.m. | $25 | The Estelle
- 🎶 Nashville in Harmony | 7:30 p.m. | $58 | The Parthenon
- 🎷 Ryan Middagh: A Very Merry Bari Christmas | 7:30 pm. | $43.40 | Nashville Jazz Workshop
- 🐀 The Wooster Group: Symphony of Rats closes | 8 p.m. | $25+ | Oz Arts Nashville
- 😆 Punchlines & Poo-Bags | 8:30 p.m. | $24.50 | Zanies
Before you head out to eat this weekend, you might want to check out the latest worst restaurant inspection ratings. There are some big names on this list 👀
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