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🏛️ TSU interim president suddenly resigns
December 12, 2024 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Hi there! We’re remembering two shining lights who passed this week: Poet Nikki Giovanni, who graduated with a history degree from Fisk University, and local musician Larysa Jaye. May their memories, and their voices, be a blessing 💙
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🌭 The Jewish Cowboy on Hotdogs and Hate
Chef Wes Scoggins, a.k.a. the Jewish Cowboy, joins the City Cast Nashville podcast to discuss Nashville Hanukkah traditions, and how he fended off neo-Nazis this summer via the simple act of offering them a hot dog. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🎶 TN Live Music Fund Needs $16.5 Million
The TN Live Music Fund, created earlier this year to support independent venues, will need $16.5 million in its first year. Private and public sources can donate to the fund, which will provide grants to independent venues and performers. [🔒 Nashville Business Journal]
🎨 Metro Arts Finalizes Grant Formula
Metro Arts has finalized a plan for distributing its much smaller pool of grant money for the current fiscal year. They will use a scaled-down version of last year’s funding formula, created by the arts community, to give $3.2 million to arts nonprofits and individual artists, down $7 million from 2023. Metro Council will consider the plan in January. [WPLN]
- Inside the Metro Arts funding crisis with three local dance communities. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏛️ TSU’s Interim President Resigns
Tennessee State University (TSU) interim President Ronald Johnson resigned Wednesday amid the historically Black university’s continuing financial hardships. He took office on July 1 after TSU’s board of trustees appointed him to a one-year term to help the university financially recover. It’s unclear as of our press time why he resigned. [The Tennessean]
What To Do
Thursday, Dec. 12
- 🎄 Five Points Franklin Christmas Market | 4-7 p.m. | Free Entry | Downtown Franklin
- 🎤 Justin Timberlake - The Forget Tomorrow World Tour | 7:30 p.m. | $75+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎶 Leslie Odom, Jr. — The Christmas Tour | 7:30 p.m. | $55+ | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🍷 Craft & Wine at the Graduate Hotel | 5-7 p.m. | $30 | Poindexter at the Graduate Hotel
- ✍️ Writing Workshop | 4-6 p.m. | Free | Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
- 🍲 Food Project Volunteers | 5-8 p.m. | Volunteer | Glencliff
- 🖌️ Frist Art Trunks: Katsushika Hokusai Block Printing | 3-4:30 p.m. | Free | North Library Branch
Friday, Dec. 13
- 🍸 Franklin Holiday Spirits Cocktail Festival | 6-9 p.m. | $55+ | The Factory at Franklin
- 🩰 NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet | 7 p.m. | $24+ | Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
- 🚗 Drive Through Christmas Lights | 5-8 p.m. | Free | Cannonsburgh Village
- 🛍️ Porter Flea Holiday Market Preview Night | 6-9 p.m. | $27.31 | Nashville Fairgrounds
- 🎄 Horton’s Holiday Village starts | 4:30-10 p.m. | Free | Henry Horton Campground
- 🎵 Little Big Town + Sugarland: Take Me Home Tour | 7 p.m. | $43+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎶 Music for Seniors Holiday Concert | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Free | Frist Art Museum
- 🕯️ Candlelight: Magical Movie Soundtracks | 7 p.m. | $33+ | Parthenon
- 🍅 Help Feed Our Nashville Neighbors #UWGN | Multiple Times | Volunteer | The Martha O'Bryan Center
If you haven’t already, now’s the time to grab a flu shot. Flu season has arrived, and a new report from the CDC says Tennessee is showing a moderate level of flu activity.
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