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🚆 But I thought we couldn’t have subways…
August 11, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
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What's CITY Talking About?
📰 News Outlets Sue the State
Several news outlets are suing Tennessee over a provision of the recently enacted PEACE Act that makes it a crime to come within 25 feet of law enforcement when ordered to stay back. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, Nashville Banner president Steve Cavendish explains why he joined the suit. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🚗 But I Thought We Couldn’t Have Subways …
In a recent meeting, The Boring Company announced that its planned Tesla tunnel from the airport to the Music City Center downtown was just the “first leg” in what it hopes will be an expansive transit system under Nashville. Locals are expressing concern about being left in the dark. [Nashville Banner]
- The company compares our proposed tunnel to the Las Vegas Loop. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🎶 Superstars Join Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Country superstars Brad Paisley and Emmylou Harris are among the new class to be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Paisley has won three Grammys with 41 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and Harris has won 13 Grammys and is considered one of the greatest American folk singer-songwriters. [WPLN]
💈 Barbershops as Community Health Hubs
More than two dozen local Black barbershops are participating in Tennessee’s Cutting Out Stigma program, which trains barbers to spread awareness about HIV/AIDs in the hopes of preventing treatable deaths. Black individuals are six to seven times more likely to contract and die from HIV than people of other races. As community hubs, barbershops make an ideal place for outreach. [Nashville Banner]
What To Do
Monday, Aug. 11
- 🍜 Help Feed Our Nashville Neighbors at Martha O'Bryan Center, multiple times (Volunteer)
- 🏰 Enchanted Castles at Cheekwood, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
- 🧶 Crochet and Knitting Club at Hadley Park Library Branch, 10 a.m.-Noon (Free)
- 🎵 Lunchtime Music at Church Street Park, Noon-1 p.m. (Free)
- 🎥 Summer Movie Matinee: “The Hunger Games” at Green Hills Library Branch, 1-3 p.m. (Free)
- ✂️ Mindful Making Mondays: Craft Night at kinda collected, 6-8 p.m. (Free)
- 😆 New Material Monday at Zanies, 7 p.m.
- 🤠 Hot Country Mondays at Skinny Dennis, 9 p.m.-Midnight (Free entry)
Tuesday, Aug. 12
- 🧷 Diaper Bank Sorting and Packaging for Nashville Diaper Connection, multiple times (Volunteer)
- 💻 GeekCause Virtual Orientation, Noon-12:45 p.m. (Volunteer)
- 🧑🌾 12 South Farmers Market at Sevier Park, 4-7 p.m. (Free entry)
- ⭐ Starry Night Story Time at Bordeaux Library Branch, 6-6:30 p.m. (Free)
- 🧘 Gentle Yoga at Richland Park Library Branch, 6-7 p.m. (Free)
- 🎥 Summer of Sound: “Festival Express” at Riverside Revival, 6-8:30 p.m.
- 🎵 The Weeknd: After Hours Til Dawn Tour at Nissan Stadium, 7 p.m.
- 😆 Comedy Ramble at The Lab at Zanies, 7 p.m.
- 🎶 The Fray at Ryman Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
- 🎤 Sounds of Welcome: A Benefit Concert for NICE at 3rd and Lindsley, 7:30 p.m.
- 🎙️ Pitch Meeting at Analog at Hutton Hotel, 7:30 p.m. (Free)
⭐ My event pick of the week: “A Vote of Her Own — the New Musical” at the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre from August 14-17. This musical tells the story of Nashville’s integral role in women winning the right to vote!
Free · Daily