April 3-9 Fisk University to Host 88TH Annual Spring Arts Festival. Fisk University will host the 88th annual Spring Arts Festival, Themed “Fisk and the Arts: Journey through the Decades”, the festival will showcase the current artistic contributions of students, faculty, and staff, along with a student film festival showcase. Get the complete scheduled at: https://www.fisk.edu/articles/fisk-university-to-host-88th-annual-spring-arts-festival Contact: (615) 329-8672. April 6 “Display LIVE: An Usher & Aaliyah Tribute Showcase.” Join us for a great night as a group of Nashville-based singers, dancers and musicians put on amazing performances to celebrate two larger than life entertainment icons!! “Display LIVE: an Usher & Aaliyah…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Legendary radio personality Tom Joyner will deliver the undergraduate commencement address during Tennessee State University’s spring graduation on May 6. More than 800 students will receive degrees in various disciplines at the ceremony in the William Jasper Hale Stadium on the main campus. The ceremony begins at 8 a.m. Joyner, host of the nationally syndicated radio program, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, is a graduate of Tuskegee University. An entrepreneur and philanthropist, Joyner is a champion of historically black colleges and universities. His foundation, the Tom Joyner Foundation, supports HBCUs with scholarships, endowments, and capacity building enhancements.…
The 2017 Mazda 6 Grand Touring is what happens when good engineering and creative design come together. The cabin of the Mazda6 is designed to envelop you in sporty refinement, with a large center console and a sleek dash and instrument panel that complement the Mazda6’s available leather-trimmed sport seats. When Driving Matters, performance is never compromised for fuel efficiency. So Mazda up with a way to enhance both with SKYACTIV® TECHNOLOGY. This is a unique engineering approach that gives you a better driving experience with up to an equally impressive EPA-estimated 35 HWY MPG1. Standard on every Mazda6, is the MAZDA CONNECT™2 infotainment…
The 2017 Jeep® Cherokee Trailhawk® is the ultimate expression of rugged off-road performance, delivering remarkable Trail Rated® 4×4 capability so that all you have to worry about on the trail is having fun. The expert design and flexibility of the interior ensure that you can do it all in comfort. Trailhawk® features a 1-inch lift with an off-road suspension, red front and rear tow hooks, unique 17-inch aluminum wheels with all-terrain tires, unique fascias to improve approach and departure angles, and skid plates to protect the underbody of your vehicle. Trail Rated® 4×4 capability is achieved with the Jeep® Active Drive Lock 4×4 System which comes…
It’s almost tax day! Need help getting your taxes files on time? You may want to try the AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program, a free tax assistance and preparation for taxpayers with low to moderate income. This tax season, nearly 400 volunteers will prepare tax filling documents at 66 locations across Tennessee. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is the nation’s largest free tax assistance and preparation service, giving special attention to those 60 and older. You do not need to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use this free service. “Every year, the AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program helps thousands of…
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor The job of a lifetime is something most aspire to but, for some, the fantasy simply is much too difficult to even comprehend. Brown is a 21-year veteran of the automotive industry, and she has spent 18 of those years at Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA). There she found the “job of a lifetime,” despite being a woman in a male-dominated industry. Today, as Brown serves as Volkswagen’s Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, her passion for diversity and inclusion is fulfilled daily. “I firmly believe that workplace diversity increases employee engagement and drives organizational…
NASHVILLE, TN — A veritable Japanese street food feast – with offerings both savory and sweet – awaits festival goers Saturday, April 8th at the Ninth Annual Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival. Authentic Japanese and Japanese-inspired menus from the largest array of food trucks and vendors to-date are sure to whet appetites large and small at the annual spring festival. Included among the tasty traditional street food snacks from Japan featured this year will be Yakitori, bite-sized food on a skewer; Okonomiyaki, a savory filled and grilled pancake; Takoyaki, grilled octopus fritters; Bento, a Japanese-style boxed lunch; Ramen, wheat noodles in…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor WASHINGTON, DC — In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,” John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press and boldly declared their mission: to be the voice of the African-American community, standing up for victims of injustice, and championing the unsung. Dedicated, resilient and strong Black women, who account for a significant number of the 211 African-American owned newspapers and media companies that are members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), stand at the forefront of that mission, today. As Women’s History Month concluded, NNPA President and…
MEMPHIS, Tenn – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees President Lee Saunders will attend a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating two sanitation workers, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, whose gruesome deaths on the job led Memphis sanitation workers to strike for better work conditions, economic and civil justice, and recognition of their union, AFSCME Local 1733. It was their struggle that drew the support of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bringing him to Memphis where he was assassinated for his beliefs and activism. “The sanitation strike is one of American history’s most powerful examples of the unbreakable link between civil rights…
The Tau Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. will commemorate the 49th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a wreath laying ceremony on April 4, 2017 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet School located at 613 17th Avenue N, Nashville, Tennessee. The ceremony will begin at 6pm-7pm. Dr. King was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and the brothers of Alpha use this ceremony to celebrate his life and his legacy. The Tau Lambda Chapter invites you to join them in this 49th Anniversary celebration of the “Drum Major for Justice”.