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🚔 Inside the rapid-fire traffic stops for ICE
November 6, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Thursday! I’ve got another local restaurant stepping up until SNAP benefits resume: Kids can eat for free at Rock N Roll Sushi in Donelson, no purchase needed. Thanks to reader Robin M. for bringing this to my attention! I’m adding all of these to a list on the City Cast Nashville website. If you know of more, send me an email 🫶
What's CITY Talking About
🚔 Sparse Documentation During May’s ICE Activity
Nashville Banner has inspected more than 1,700 pages of incident reports from May’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in South Nashville, and found that the Tennessee Highway Patrol rarely documented reasons for initial traffic stops. Troopers also made rapid-fire stops, pulling people over every two minutes and twenty seconds on average during the first night of ICE operations. [Nashville Banner]
💰 Should CoreCivic Be Paid More?
Tennessee’s Department of Correction is seeking a $13 million contract increase for Brentwood-based private prison company CoreCivic, despite a recent riot at one of its facilities and a high inmate death rate. [Tennessee Lookout]
- The Department of Justice is currently investigating CoreCivic for civil rights violations. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏘️ Nashville Debates Housing Bills
Dozens of residents attended Metro Council’s Tuesday meeting to discuss four new housing bills, and seemed evenly split between those in support of the legislation and those against. The bills moved forward, but councilmembers will continue to hear arguments about them in December and January. [Nashville Banner]
- Metro’s deputy director of planning and development recently provided us with an overview of the four bills. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🎨 Exploring Nashville’s Art Scene
On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re talking with two local artists about Nashville’s booming visual art scene, from challenges local artists face to art crawls and where to find hidden gems. We may be known for music, but Nashville sure does have a fantastic art scene, too! [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
What To Do
Thursday, Nov. 6
- 🎨 Sort and Organize Art Supplies | Turnip Green Creative Reuse | 10 a.m.-Noon | Volunteer
- 🧑🎨 Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm (through Jan. 26) | Frist Art Museum | 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
- 🐉 Adult Dungeons and Dragons | Edmonson Pike Library Branch | 5-7:30 p.m. | Free
- 📖 Kenny Chesney | CMA Theater | 5:30 & 8 p.m.
- 🐦 “Birding to Change the World” | Warner Park Nature Center | 6-7:30 p.m. | Free
- 😆 Marie Faustin | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 🎼 Verdi’s Requiem | Schermerhorn Symphony Center | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎵 Paul McCartney | The Pinnacle | 8 p.m.
- 🎶 Ella Langley | Ryman Auditorium | 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 7
- 🧑🎄 A Country Christmas (through Jan. 3) | Gaylord Opryland
- 🇺🇸 Living History with the 10th Illinois | Fort Negley | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | Free
- 📚 Fall Book Sale | Edgehill Library Branch | 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
- 💉 Middle Tennessee Tattoo Expo | Nashville Fairgrounds | 2-10 p.m.
- ✏️ Kids' Poetry Writing Workshop | Parnassus Books | 4-5 p.m.
- 🎄 Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration | Tanger Outlets | 5-8 p.m. | Free
- 🏐 Vanderbilt Volleyball vs. Tennessee | Memorial Gym | 7 p.m.
- 👻 Spooky: A Halloween Eve Cabaret Fundraiser | The Barbershop Theater | 7-8:30 p.m.
- 🍸 Ice Cream Cocktail Mixology Class | Tipsy Scoop | 7-8:30 p.m.
- 🎸 Bryan Adams | Bridgestone Arena | 7:30 p.m.
- 🦃 ThanksKilling: The Musical (through Nov. 22) | Street Theatre Company | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎶 Ella Langley | Ryman Auditorium | 8 p.m.
- 🎤 Booker T. Jones | Riverside Revival | 8 p.m.
Do you have a giant Norway Spruce in your yard that needs to be removed? Metro Parks is on the hunt for Nashville’s Christmas tree, and they’ll remove it for you if yours is chosen. Contact them by Nov. 17.
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