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🏃 Why this legislative session might end FAST
February 10, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Good mornin’! Listen, no judgment, but if you still have your Christmas tree up, this is the last week to drop them off to be recycled.
What's CITY Talking About?
🏕️ Wanna Get Away?
On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re talking about the best glamping spots near Nashville, from cozy winter retreats to unique outdoor escapes for the whole family. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏳️⚧️ DOJ Backs Out of TN Transgender Ban Case
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn its challenge of a Tennessee ban on gender-affiming care for minors. Plaintiffs in the challenge included a Nashville-based teen and her parents. The Supreme Court will still rule on the case. [Tennessee Lookout]
👩🏻🎤 Making Music Venues Accessible
Disabled professor Cynthia George, a punk frontwoman, has created a Disabled to the Front advisory committee to help make bars and venues more accessible. She’s seeking disabled Nashvillians to share their experiences and join the committee. [Nashville Scene]
- The state of disability access in Nashville [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🧑⚖️ Looming Trial Involves Dozens of Lawmakers
Lawmakers might be racing to finish this legislative session because nearly two dozen members have been subpoenaed in the federal trial of former Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada and his aide Cade Cothren, including current House Speaker Cameron Sexton. [The Tennessean]
- Meanwhile, Cothren claims Sexton might help indict him for cyberstalking. [NewsChannel 5]
What To Do
Monday, Feb. 10
- 🥔 Food Bank | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Volunteer | Glencliff
- 🧒 Story Time Friends feat: Gary Lyons | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Free | Madison Library Branch
- 💵 VITA: Volunteer Income Tax Assistance | 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Free | Southeast Library Branch
- 📕 Adriana Herrera in Conversation With Katie Garaby | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Parnassus Books
- 🤼 WWE Monday Night RAW | 6:30 p.m. | $43.55+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎥 Le Movie Night: “Ever After” | 6:30-9 p.m. | Free entry | Pont Neuf
- 😆 New Material Monday (18+) | 7 p.m. | $16.25 | Zanies
- 📽️ “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President” | 8 p.m. | $15.50 | The Belcourte Theatre
Tuesday, Feb. 11
- 🧘 Tai Chi | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Free | Donelson Library Branch
- ❤️ Pack Love Boxes | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Volunteer | 37208
- 🪡 Turnip Green Creative Reuse: Freedom Quilts | 6-7:30 p.m. | Free | Bellevue Library Branch
- 🏀 Vanderbilt Men's Basketball vs. Auburn | 6 p.m. | $35+ | Vanderbilt University Memorial Gym
- 🎶 Kylie Morgan & Friends - Songwriter Night Benefitting Small World Yoga | 6:30 p.m. | $73.75 | Riverside Revival
- 🧑🍳 Dine Nashville: Collaborative Chef Experiences | 6:30 p.m. | $125 | Butter Milk Ranch
- 🎤 MICHELLE w/ Ayoni | 7 p.m. | $23.30 | The Blue Room
- 🐕 My Furry Valentine: Love Songs Saving Lives | 7:30 p.m. | $35+ | The Troubador
- 🎵Salute the Songbird, Special Guest: Brittney Spencer | 7:30 p.m. | $27+ | Chief's on Broadway
- 🎭 & Juliet opens | 7:30 p.m. | $60.30+ | TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall
- 🎻 Macabre Riddles: Works for Harp and Strings | 7:30 p.m. | Donations | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🎂 Ernest Tubb’s Birthday Jamboree | 8-10 p.m. | $10 | American Legion Inglewood Post 82
🎟️ A reminder: If you have an event you’re organizing or that you’re excited about, please let us know! (Tip: Submit events online at least two weeks beforehand.)
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