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🍟 Metro approves payout to … McDonald’s?
April 4, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Friday! I hope y’all are staying safe and dry in this wild weather. My backyard creek is beginning to overflow its banks, with still lots of rain to come!
What's CITY Talking About?
⛈️ More Weekend Storms
Pres. Trump’s administration has approved an emergency declaration for Tennessee after our intense round of storms. FEMA can now coordinate relief efforts. [WPLN]
- More severe weather is expected on Saturday. Watch out for flash floods. [Nashville Severe Weather]
- Images from the storms [NewsChannel 5]
- Our guide to tornadoes [Hey Nashville]
🍟 Metro Approves Payout to McDonald’s
Metro Council approved several payouts at its Tuesday meeting, including one to a Nolensville Road McDonald’s after a trash truck damaged its drive-thru. We’re chatting about that and more on the City Cast Nashville podcast’s Friday News Roundup. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏠 Saving Belmont-Hillsboro
Belmont-Hillsboro was once home to a 1970s community association that sought to preserve the neighborhood’s diversity amid white flight and urban renewal. Now only 5% of its residents are Black, and historic homes and duplexes are being torn down in favor of multi-million dollar mansions. However, some community members are organizing to save the neighborhood. [Nashville Scene]
👮 Undocumented Immigration Bill Deferred
The state Senate has tabled a bill that would allow Tennessee law enforcement to incarcerate undocumented immigrants, followed by a 72-hour notice to vacate the state, until 2026. The proposed law violated a 2012 Supreme Court decision. [Tennessee Lookout]
- The food festival that supports immigrants and refugees [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
Test Yourself on Nashville Trivia
The old adage says “April showers bring May flowers,” and our deluge of rain seems to prove that. But is April really Nashville’s wettest month? Test yourself to find out!
What Is Nashville’s Wettest Month?
Furball Friday
Oh my heart, I’m head over heels for this dapper fella! Seven-month-old tripawd angel baby Kingston is named after the Faye Webster song. Before his human family adopted him, Kingston sustained an injury and had surgery to remove his leg at the beginning of this year. He’s now fully healed and playing harder than ever! Go Kingston!
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What To Do
Friday, April 4
- 🫏 2025 Mule Day | 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. | $10 | Maury County Park, Columbia
- 🥔 Food Bank | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Volunteer | Glencliff
- 📮 Make a Postcard With Hatch Show Print | 10 a.m.-Noon | $29.95 | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- 🛍️ StateMint Nashville | 10 a.m.-8 p.m. | Free entry | Nashville Fairgrounds
- 🧺 Fridays by the River | 3-8 p.m. | Free | Shelby Park Riverview Pavilion
- 😆 Nashville Comedy Festival | 7 & 9:15 p.m. | $24.50+ | Multiple locations
- 🎵 Lyle Lovett With the Nashville Symphony | 7:30 p.m. | $60+ | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 🎭 “Sunday in the Park With George” opens | 7:30 p.m. | $52.75+ | TPAC
- 🎤 Umphrey's McGee Presents umBOWL XI | 7:30 p.m. | $45+ | Ryman Auditorium
- 🔦 Spring Lantern Hike (12+) | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | $18 | Owl’s Hill Nature Sanctuary
- 🎶 The Stolen Faces - A Tribute to Europe '72 | 8 p.m. | $21.90 | Brooklyn Bowl
- 🎸 Led Zeppelin 2 - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin | 8 p.m. | $27.22+ | The Basement East
Saturday, April 5
- 🫏 2025 Mule Day | 6 a.m.-6 p.m. | $10 | Maury County Park, Columbia
- 🧒 MNPS Countdown to Kindergarten Fair | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | Free | Lentz Public Health Center
- 🚮 Vol Call: Spring Cleaning Litter Pick-Up | 10 a.m.-Noon | Volunteer | Warner Parks
- 🧶 Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Free | oneC1TY
- 🌷 Tennessee Tulip Festival | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | $15+ | Lucky Ladd Farms
- 💃 Chappell Roan Drag Brunch (18+) | 11 a.m. | $26.25+ | The Lab at Zanies
- 🎭 “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” opens | 2 p.m. | $37.50 | Nashville Children’s Theatre
- 🎥 Stepping Into the Unknown: Films From the Bob Dylan Archive | 2:30-4 p.m. | $29.95 | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- 🎹 Analog Jazz and NJW Present: Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet | 5-7 p.m. | $36.51+ | Analog at Hutton Hotel
- 🥃 10th Annual Whiskey Warmer | 6-9 p.m. | $55+ | Westhaven's Skube Swim Center
- 😆 Nashville Comedy Festival | Multiple times | $17.75+ | Multiple locations
- 🎭 Nashville Story Garden: “Human Resources” closes | 8 p.m. | $24 | OZ Arts
Sunday, April 6
- 🏃 Hero Hustle | 8 a.m. | $18.83+ | Veterans Park
- 💐 Spring Market | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Free | Green Door Gourmet
- 🧶 Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Free | oneC1TY
- 🌷 Tennessee Tulip Festival | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | $15+ | Lucky Ladd Farms
- 🎵 Musician Spotlight: Jaime Hanna | 1-1:45 p.m. | $29.95 | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- 🎭 Sunday in the Park With George | 2 p.m. | $52.75+ | TPAC
- 🐴 Saddle Up! Volunteer Open House (16+) | 2-4 p.m. | Volunteer | Franklin
- 🎼 Orchestra in Orbit | 3 p.m. | $22+ | Schermerhorn Symphony Center
- 😆 Nashville Comedy Festival | Multiple times | $38.25+ | Multiple locations
- 🏒 Nashville Predators vs. Montreal Canadiens - Kids Day | 6 p.m. | $21+ | Bridgestone Arena
- 🍎 Bad Apple Comedy | 6:30-9 p.m. | $10 | Cyanide Cider
- 🎶 half•alive presents: Persona World Tour | 7 p.m. | $52.97+ | Marathon Music Works
Here’s some news to end the week on: Peninsula chef Jake Howell is a James Beard finalist! Best of luck, Jake!
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