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🌪️ Why NOAA cuts could devastate Nashville
March 7, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Hooray for Friday! Where does Rep. Andy Ogles spend the night while in D.C., what does local car dealer Lee Beaman have to do with it, and why is it newsworthy? We’re chatting about that and more on the City Cast Nashville podcast’s Friday News Roundup.
What's CITY Talking About?
👮♀️ MNPD Adopts Sexual Misconduct Policy
After more than six months of review, the Metro Nashville Police Department has agreed to adopt the sexual misconduct policy proposed by the Community Review Board. [Nashville Banner]
- The Community Review Board, explained [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🎒 Bill Excluding Some Immigrant Students From School Advances
Lawmakers have voted to advance a bill that would allow public schools to deny immigrant children without legal status from attending school, or to charge them tuition. Ruby Aguilar, a Nashville teacher who testified against the bill, argued that “Education is not merely a privilege, it is a shared human right every child should have access to.” [Tennessee Lookout]
🏘️ More Affordable Housing Coming
Downtown affordable housing units built in the early 2000s allowed buyers to resell their condos at market rate after only five years. The East Bank development’s affordable housing units, however, must remain affordable for 99 years. [NewsChannel 5]
- Meanwhile, Nashville’s affordable housing fund has made its first loan for the acquisition of a four-unit home in Madison. [The Tennessean]
🌪️ How NOAA Helps Local Weather Reporting
As Nashville remembers the devastating March 2020 tornadoes, Pres. Trump’s administration is making cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service, which were integral in local weather reporting during the storms. [Nashville Banner]
- NashSevereWx on why NWS is important [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
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Test Yourself With Nashville Trivia
If there’s something that brings every Nashvillian together, it’s complaining about potholes. One of the issues Mayor Freddie O’Connell ran on was fixing our pothole problem, but how effective has he been? Test yourself on this week’s Nashville trivia question!
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Furball Friday
Luna is ready for the rain! This sweet girl loves being outside in any weather, and doesn’t mind wearing this adorable rain jacket in the least! I don’t think I’d be able to resist buying a matching jacket for the whole fam.
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What To Do
Friday, March 7
- 📗 Wishing Chair Productions presents “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Free | Main Library Branch
- 🥫 Sort & Organize for the FreeStore | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Volunteer | FreeStore
- 🐶 Community Care With Puppies | 4-7 p.m. | Free | Mill Ridge Park
- 🖼️ Frist Fridays (21+) | 7-10 p.m. | $30 | Frist Art Museum
- 🎭 Hadestown opens | 7:30 p.m. | $72.30+ | TPAC’s Jackson Hall
- 🎸 Gary Clark Jr. | 7:30 p.m. | $44.50+ | Ryman Auditorium
- 🎵 The Legendary Life of Tom Petty Featuring Clayton Bellamy | 7:30 p.m. | $29 | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🎶 Movements With Citizen | 7:30 p.m. | $52.09+ | Marathon Music Works
- 🩰 Ballet Folklórico de México | 7:30 p.m. | $44.70+ | TPAC’s Polk Theater
- 🎤 Katt Williams: Heaven on Earth Tour | 8 p.m. | $81.25+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🎙️ The Emo Night Tour (18+) | 8 p.m. | $23.10+ | The Basement East
Saturday, March 8
- 🧑🌾 Community Day | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Volunteer | Glen Leven Farm
- 🌷 Cheekwood in Bloom begins | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | $23+ | Cheekwood
- 🧸 Teddy Bear Clinic | 9:15 a.m.-4 p.m. | $10 + Admission | Nashville Zoo
- 🧒 Gnu Tales | 10 a.m. | $12 | Third Coast Comedy Club
- 🧗 Spring Break Scavenger Hunt | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | $54 | The Adventure Park at Nashville
- 🎶 Music in My Neighborhood: Storytime Ensemble | 10:30 a.m. | Free | Southeast Library Branch
- 🍀 Family Program: Irish Step Dancing | 11 a.m.-Noon | $29.95 | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- 🧙 Sing-along Saturday: Wicked the Movie | 2-5 p.m. | Free | Hermitage Library Branch
- 🎭 Hadestown | 2 & 7:30 p.m. | $48.30+ | TPAC’s Jackson Hall
- 🗡️ The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show | 6-9 p.m. | $84.95 | Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
- 🩰 Ballet Folklórico de México | 7:30 p.m. | $44.70+ | TPAC’s Polk Theater
- ⚽ Barbie Game Day™: Nashville SC vs. Portland Timbers | 7:30 p.m. | $29.75+ | GEODIS Park
- 🎤 Ike Reilly Assassination | 8 p.m. | $25.26 | Eastside Bowl
Sunday, March 9
- 🧸 Teddy Bear Clinic | 9:15 a.m.-4 p.m. | $10 + Admission | Nashville Zoo
- 👶 Child Care for Dream Streets Moms | 10:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. | Volunteer | 37209
- 🎵 Musician Spotlight: Jen Gunderman | 1-1:45 p.m. | $29.95 | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- 🧒 LEGO Club | 2-4:30 p.m. | Free | Green Hills Library Branch
- 🎶 Iconic Women of Music | 3-5 p.m. | $30 | Williamson County Performing Arts Center
- 😆 Dr. Ben & Friends | 6:30 p.m. | $24.50 | The Lab at Zanies
- 🎭 Hadestown closes | 1 & 6:30 p.m. | $48.30+ | TPAC’s Jackson Hall
- 🎶 Make Them Suffer | 7 p.m. | $25 | Eastside Bowl
- 🤠 Dixon Dallas w/ Liam Slater | 8 p.m. | $32.87+ | The Basement East
Reminder: This weekend is daylight saving time! Set those clocks one hour ahead before you go to bed Saturday night 🕑
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