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❄️ Our snowy day advice
January 21, 2026 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Wednesday! Zillow Gone Wild’s most recent Nashville feature is all about the squiggles. My kid will happily tackle the living room to add even more design features. And hey, it’s still for sale!
What's CITY Talking About
🏛️ Metro Council Votes No on Surveillance Cameras
After a memorandum of understanding designating a $15M state public safety grant to the Nashville Downtown Partnership was deferred last month, the mayor’s office brought four specific grant expenditures to Metro Council Tuesday night for individual consideration. Councilmembers rejected funds for the purchase of new surveillance cameras, although other related items, including an armored vehicle and a tactical support post, were approved. [Metro Nashville Network]
- A non-binding resolution to disapprove of The Boring Company’s Tesla tunnels was deferred one meeting in committee. Learn more about the effects of similar tunnels in Las Vegas. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
⛺ Homelessness Increases by 40%
The number of unhoused folk in Nashville has climbed by 40% from Dec. 2024 to Dec. 2025. The Nashville-Davidson County Homeless Management Information System found that 4,318 people were experiencing homelessness last month. [WKRN]
- Listen to our conversation with Open Table Nashville about how to help our unhoused neighbors this winter. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
- If you’re experiencing housing insecurity, keep an eye out for when the Metro Emergency Overflow Shelter is open during our cold snap. [Instagram]
🛍️ Remembering Our Favorite Local Malls
On New Year’s Eve, RiverGate Mall officially closed to make way for a new mixed-use development. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, we’re remembering all our favorite local malls that are no more, from teenage hangouts to the best mall food. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
🏈 The Titans Find a Coach
After interviewing 16 candidates, the Tennessee Titans are hiring San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as their new coach. The Titans fired previous coach Brian Callahan after a 1-5 start to this season. [🔐 The Tennessean]
- Related: Watch the Titans play at our favorite sports bars in Nashville. [📰 Hey Nashville]
What To Do
Wednesday, Jan. 21
- 💰 Locals Pay What You Want (through January) | Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum | 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
- 🚸 Puppet Show | Shelby Bottoms Nature Center | 10-10:30 a.m.
- 🍎 Grocery Volunteer | The Store | 1:30-6 p.m.
- 🎸 Guitar Drop-In Music Sampler | Hermitage Library Branch | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- 😆 Fiona Cauley and Friends | The Lab at Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 🎻 Leonard Slatkin’s Hollywood | Nashville Symphony | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎭 Les Misérables (through Jan. 25) | TPAC | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎶 Gun To God’s Head | DRKMTTR Collective | 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 22
- 🌳 Nature Stroll | Fort Negley Visitors Center | Noon-1 p.m.
- 🧷 Diaper Bank Sorting and Packaging Volunteer | Nashville Diaper Connection | 3-5 p.m.
- 😈 K-Pop Demon Hunters Escape Room | North Library Branch | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- 🎹 Music in the Café: AJ Huang Collective | Frist’s Café Cheeserie | 6-7:30 p.m.
- 🎵 Spencer Thomas and Jordan Foley | Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge | 6 p.m.
- 🧀 Celebrating National Cheese Lover's Day | GREYS Fine Cheeses | 6 p.m.
- 🚀 From Mercury to Mars: A History of Human Space Flight | University School of Nashville | 6-7:30 p.m.
- 🧺 Vanderbilt Women's Basketball vs. Auburn | Memorial Gym | 6:30 p.m.
- 🏒 Nashville Predators vs. Ottawa Senators | Bridgestone Arena | 7 p.m.
- 🎭 Cherry Bomb: An Improvised Musical | Third Coast Comedy Club | 7 p.m.
- 🪕 Michael Nau w/ Magic Tuber String Band | The Blue Room | 7 p.m.
- 🎤 Brett Young | Ryman Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎸 Ashley McBryde | Chief's on Broadway | 8 p.m.
Councilmember Joy Styles is the second candidate to announce her bid for Nashville mayor in 2027’s August election. Mayor O'Connell has yet to confirm he will be running for a second term.
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