City Cast Nashville
❓ What to do if you encounter ICE
February 5, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Wednesday! I hope y’all are enjoying this warm weather while it lasts. If you’re new here, we call this season false spring. Winter will return shortly, so don’t put away those coats quite yet.
What's CITY Talking About?
🧊 ICE Worries & Immigrant Rights
What should you do if you encounter ICE? On the City Cast Nashville podcast, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition staff attorney Sarah Subramanian gives her recommendations, and lists the key rights that everyone should know — regardless of their status. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🪧 “Day Without Immigrants” Rally
A “Day Without Immigrants” rally was held on Monday at Centennial Park to protest anti-immigrant policies locally and nationally. Many immigrant-run businesses shut down for the day. [WKRN]
- More on our state’s controversial new immigration bill [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🪴 Hemp Ban Temporarily Paused
Hemp products will remain legal in Tennessee until at least June, when a challenge against the state’s ban on selling most hemp products will be heard in a Nashville court. [Tennessee Lookout]
- The hemp products being sold in Nashville [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🍽️ Legendary BBQ Joint Closes
After more than 60 years, Mary’s Old Fashioned Pit Bar-B-Que on Jefferson Street is closing. Mary Seals opened the restaurant in 1962, and it switched hands later to her granddaughter Katresa Fizer, who plans to retire. Hundreds lined up to have one last bite. [Nashville Banner]
What To Do
Wednesday, Feb. 5
- 🌳 Nature Storytime | 10-10:30 a.m. | Free | Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
- 📗 Black History Month Story Time | 10-11 a.m. | Free | North Library Branch
- 👀 Nissan Free Wednesdays | 10 a.m.-8 p.m. | Free | National Museum of African American Music
- 🛍️ Grocery Volunteer | 1:30-6 p.m. | Volunteer | The Store
- 🏀 Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball Games 1 & 2 | 5 p.m. | $15+ | Nashville Municipal Auditorium
- 🍽️ Rise Against Hunger | 5-7 p.m. | Volunteer | Von Elrod's Beer Hall & Kitchen
- 🧑🍳 Dine Nashville: Collaborative Chef Experiences | 6 p.m. | $110 | Henley
- 🌱 Let Love Grow | 6-9 p.m. | $150 | Butcher & Bee
- 📚 Libba Bray in Conversation With Sharon Cameron | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Parnassus Books
Thursday, Feb. 6
- 🛍️ Grocery Volunteer | 8:30-11 a.m. | Volunteer | The Store
- 🎨 Adult Acrylic Painting Class | $30 | 3-5 p.m. | Williamson County Enrichment Center
- 💗 TNLittles x Wanna Spoon: Galentine’s Pop-Up | 5-8 p.m. | Free | Wanna Spoon Cereal Bar
- 📚 Poetry in Color: Art Inspired by Black Voices | 6-7:30 p.m. | Free | Inglewood Library Branch
- 💃 Latin Dance Class | 7 p.m. | Free | Move Inclusive Dance, Franklin
- 🎶 Spread the Love Night | 7-10 p.m. | Donations | Vinyl Tap
- 🎼 Beethoven's Ninth: Ode to Joy opens | 7:30 p.m. | $57+ | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🎵 Old Dominion | 8 p.m. | $81+ | Ryman Auditorium
🍸 Did you participate in Dry January? If you want to extend that past January, or just decrease your drinking, check out this cool new booze-free store.
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