May 20 Kidsville at the Parthenon | Intersection. Come join us as musicians from Intersection, Nashville’s contemporary classical music ensemble, Intersection, show us how new music can expand our minds and ears; make your own craft inspired by the music.They will also make a craft inspired by the music. Intersection performs every third Saturday at Kidsville. LOCATION: The Parthenon 2500 West End Avenue, Nashville, 11-11:45 am. https://www.conservancyonline.com/calendar May 24 Arts Immersion. 10th Anniversary: Arts Immersion is a summer soirée showcasing Nashville’s creative community through live music, dance, theatre, and interactive art presented by Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville and the Nashville Bar Association…
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Graduates of Tennessee State University agree that he sounds better in person, him being Tom Joyner, nationally syndicated radio host and recipient of a Historically Black College Education himself. Undergraduate graduation commencement occurred Saturday May 6th in Hale stadium on campus. Due to the immense heat at last year’s ceremony and the threat of rain for this years, the commencement started early at 8:00am. With graduation rolling on through the program, many students didn’t have to wait as long as they anticipated to hear the special guest, Tom Joyner, speak some words of wisdom to the class. Focusing his speech…
NASHVILLE, TN — Katreda Norman of Nashville is being honored as one of Tennessee Justice Center’s (TJC) Mothers of the Year for 2017. The award is in recognition of Katreda’s love and courage on behalf of her daughter, Tempestt. TJC, a non-profit law firm serving Tennessee families, has honored Mothers of the Year on Mother’s Day for 17 years. Tempestt is a vibrant 31-year-old. She was born with health needs including intellectual disability and blindness. She is also prone to lymphedema, a collection of fluid in the arms and legs. When Tempestt was around six years old, her family realized…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Michael Curb, a record producer and philanthropist, spoke May 1 at the Fisk University graduation ceremony in the Temple Church in Bordeaux. Pelosi and Curb received honorary degrees. “Now you know you have a friend and a classmate in the leader’s office,” Pelosi told the 2017 graduates. The church was packed with faculty, friends, family, and former Fisk graduates with standing room only at the back. Fisk President Frank Sims introduced Pelosi as the first woman to hold the powerful post as Speaker of the House. She…
NASHVILLE, TN — How does Nashville show its love to its public school teachers? It lights up the city red and pink and launches the largest educator discount program in the Southeast! Through its second annual Show Your Love for Teachers campaign, the Nashville Public Education Foundation, joined by the Mayor’s Office and Metro Nashville Public Schools, announced today that more than 140 businesses are now providing discounts as part of this citywide effort to recognize and reward Nashville’s 6,800 public school educators. This marks a sevenfold increase from 2016’s participation. “There is nothing more important to helping our schools…
With Advanced Motion Sensory Technology, the new BMW 530i is a car that offers an uncompromising combination of dynamics and innovation. The All-New 5 Series offers unparalleled performance. Now with iDrive 6.0 and other intuitive innovations, there are more ways to interact with the vehicle than ever before – redefining what it means to be The Ultimate Driving Machine. This BMW offers drivers a hands-free experience in increasing and decreasing the volume on the radio. With a simple clockwise circular motion with one finger, turn up or down the sound instantly. The radio controls are perfectly located on the center console…
WASHINGTON, DC — Tennessee’s top two youth volunteers of 2017, Mallory Fundora, 17, of Clarksville and Wills McAdams, 14, of Murfreesboro, were honored in the nation’s capital last night for their outstanding volunteer service during the 22nd annual presentation of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Mallory and Wills – along with 100 other top youth volunteers from across the country – each received $1,000 awards and personal congratulations from Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps at an award ceremony and gala dinner reception held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, sponsored…
Special to the Tennessee Tribune By Othor Cain, Editor, Mississippi Link newspaper JACKSON, MS — In what is being billed as a surprise sweep, Democratic mayoral candidate Chokwe Antar Lumumba won an impressive, decisive and historic nine person race Tuesday to be become the Democratic nominee for mayor of Jackson. Lumumba avoided a runoff by pulling 55 percent of the vote in a crowded field that included current Mayor Tony Yarber. Yarber, who is serving the unfulfilled term of Lumumba’s father who died less than eight months after taking office, was never able to rise above the 5 percent mark,…
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Theodore Quintana, Navy Office of Community Outreach NORFOLK, Va. – A 2010 Rossview High School graduate and Clarksville, Tennessee native is serving with a U.S. Navy squadron that flies one of the Navy’s most advanced aircraft, one with an important mission: keeping watch over the skies and oceans of the world. Airman Kayla Godwin serves with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, also known as the “Bluetails,” which operates out of Norfolk. Godwin works as an aviation structural mechanic, which is responsible for maintaining all aircraft main and auxiliary hydraulic power systems, actuating…