City Cast Nashville
♿ Disability access in Nashville
December 10, 2024 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Tuesday! Diversity is a core City Cast value, and every year we collect demographic data from our podcast guests to hold ourselves accountable. Here’s how we measured up!
What's CITY Talking About?
♿ Disability, Transit, and Healthcare
Disability rights advocate Robby Barbieri joins the City Cast Nashville podcast to talk about life as a disabled person in Nashville right now, as well as his successful fight to change Tennessee state law for people with disabilities. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
👩🏻💼 ACLU-TN Executive Director Leaves Nonprofit
ACLU of Tennessee Executive Director Kathy Sinback leaves the nonprofit after serving two years in the role. The board of directors has named Phyllida Burlingame as its interim executive director. [Nashville Scene]
⚽ FIFA Club World Cup Games Coming to Nashville
GEODIS Park will host three FIFA Club World Cup games in June 2025. Nashville SC Season Ticket Members will be able to purchase tickets on Dec. 17, and the general public on Dec. 19. [Nashville SC]
- Listen: Your guide to Nashville’s soccer scene. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🐅 Zoo’s Expansion Plans
The Nashville Zoo is one of the fastest growing in the nation in terms of attendance, largely due to annual events like Zoolumination. In 2025, the zoo will expand its Leopard Forest section to include five critically endangered animals, and a new orangutan exhibit is a future priority. [The Tennessean]
- Want to visit the zoo? Here’s my advice! [Hey Nashville]
What To Do
Tuesday, Dec. 10
- 🎶 Tuba Christmas Nashville | 11 a.m. | Free | First Baptist Church
- 🐦 Salute the Songbird with Maggie Rose | 7:30 p.m. | $24.66+ | Chief’s on Broadway
- 🎄 Deck the Balls | 5-7 p.m. | $125 | Poindexter at the Graduate Hotel
- 🎵 Wyatt Flores & Josh Crutchmer - Performance, Conversation & Signing | 12-1 p.m. | $49.99+ | Grimey’s
- 🧚 Fairy Forest | 10-11 a.m. | Free | Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
- 🐟 Feast of Seven Fishes Dinner | 6-9 p.m. | $115 | Amerigo Nashville
- 🥫 Help Fight Food Insecurity | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Volunteer | The Branch of Nashville
- 🧶 Happy Froggers Knit and Crochet Social Group | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Free | Edmonson Pike Library Branch
Wednesday, Dec. 11
- 🎄 Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Lost Christmas Eve Tour | 7 p.m. | $69+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎶 Leslie Odom, Jr. — The Christmas Tour | 7:30 p.m. | $40+ | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🎁 Christmas with The Tenors | 7:30 p.m. | $44.40+ | CMA Theater
- 🎅🏽 Santa Breakfast & Sing-A-Long w/ Music Makers | 9:30-11 a.m. | $25 | Monkey’s Treehouse
- 🍽️ Trufflepalooza | 5-10 p.m. | Free Entry | Carne Mare
- 🎥 Holiday Screenings: “The Holiday” | 6 p.m. | Free | W Nashville
- ❤️ The Mistletoe Match: A Holiday Sip, Snack, Spark Mixer | 7-9 p.m. | $43 | Truman's American Ace Wine & Cocktail Bar
- 🥫 Restocking The Store | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Volunteer | The Store
- 🤔 Then and Now: The History of Minority Communities in Nashville | 5:30-8 p.m. | Free | Main Library Branch
Thinking about adopting a pet? From today until Dec. 15, Nashville Humane Association has lowered adoption fees to $50 as part of the nationwide BISSELL Pet Foundation’s Empty the Shelters event 🐶
Free · Daily