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💃 Should nightclubs have a curfew on this street?
January 12, 2026 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
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What's CITY Talking About
🏎️ Who’s Fighting Against NASCAR at the Fairgrounds?
On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re chatting with a member of Citizens Against Racetrack Expansion for Nashville to learn what it’s like to live next to the Fairgrounds Speedway, and why CARE is fighting to change the Metro Charter and put affordable housing at the Fairgrounds instead. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🚨 Remembering Violent ICE Activity in Nashville
The recent killing of poet and mother Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent has local advocates remembering a 2019 incident in Nashville, where ICE officers shot and wounded 39-year-old Jose Fernando Andrade-Sanchez outside a Food Lion. [WKRN]
- A new state law prohibits being within 25 feet of law enforcement activity, which will make it harder to film ICE here like bystanders did in Minneapolis. [WKRN]
- Local news outlets are suing the state over the bill. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
- A state lawmaker has proposed legislation that would prohibit ICE from entering public school and church properties without notice. [Tennessee Lookout]
💬 Public Speaks Out on Buchanan Street Restrictions
After lengthy public comment and debate, the Metro Planning Commission has deferred voting on commercial overlays along Buchanan Street in North Nashville. The overlays would prohibit certain types of new businesses from building within 100 feet of residential properties, and require new nightclubs to close by midnight. [Nashville Banner]
🚑 Metro Director Placed on Leave After Investigation
Nashville’s Department of Emergency Communications Director Stephen Martini has been placed on administrative leave — after refusing to resign — following an investigation that revealed “serious factual findings” against him. For years, DEC employees have submitted anonymous complaints to councilmembers about his conduct. [Nashville Banner]
- Read the investigation’s findings here. [Ogletree Deakins]
- Last year, we chatted with Councilmember Tasha Ellis about the complaints against the director. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
What To Do
Monday, Jan. 12
- 📚 English Classes | Madison Library Branch | 10 a.m.-Noon
- 🧑🎨 Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm (through Jan. 26) | Frist Art Museum | 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
- 🧷 Diaper Bank Sorting and Packaging Volunteer | Nashville Diaper Connection | 4-6 p.m.
- 🧘 Breathwork/Somatic Movement | Donelson Library Branch | 6-7:30 p.m.
- 🃏 Magic Monday: Casual Commander Night | Game Point Cafe | 6:30-10 p.m.
- 😆 Nateland Live | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 🎸 Grunge Night 13 | The Basement East | 8 p.m.
- 🕺 Motown Monday | The 5 Spot | 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
- 🐦 Observe Winter Bird Banding Research | Warner Park Nature Center | 8 a.m.-Noon
- 🪑 Chair Yoga | Bordeaux Library Branch | 10:30-11:30 a.m.
- 🍽️ Free Community Dinner | Trinity Community Commons | 4:30-6:30 p.m.
- 🏒 Nashville Predators vs. Edmonton Oilers | Bridgestone Arena | 7 p.m.
- 🎶 Ondara | 3rd and Lindsley | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎸 Love Now Sessions – An Intimate Evening with Sheryl Crow | Woolworth Theatre | 7:30 p.m.
- 🤠 Honky Tonk Tuesday | Eastside Bowl | 7 p.m.
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