NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville Symphony invites local students of diverse backgrounds to audition for Accelerando, its music education initiative designed to prepare gifted young musicians from underrepresented ethnic communities for pursuing music at the collegiate level and beyond. Launched in 2016, Accelerando engages individual students in grades 5-11 over a multi-year period with extensive instruction, performance and learning opportunities, and will also offer students and their families assistance with applying for collegiate music programs. All services are provided free of charge. Students and families interested in participating in Accelerando are invited to attend one of several community meetings, where…
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January 26 Chinese New Year Party. Celebrate the Year of the Fire Chicken with traditional and not-so-traditional snacks and activities. It’s all going down at Nashville Public Library, Bordeaux Branch Library 4000 Clarksville Pike, Nashville. Starts at 3 pm. Contact: (615) 862-5856. January 29 Enchanted Brides Bridal Show. Visit with photographers, florists, wedding planners, cake designers and more who can help you create your dream event. See the latest in bridal and tuxedo designs at our fashion shows at the gorgeous Hutton Hotel. Use code freetickets to get free admission for the bride and groom. LOCATION: Hutton Hotel 1808 West End Avenue Nashville, 1-4 pm,…
MEMPHIS, TN — Know someone who enjoys planning events from start to finish? Great, because we’re hiring an event planner and production manager. Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity. Please apply by Feb. 3, 2017 at https://www.latinomemphis.org/jobs Now accepting festival vendors as we are expecting thousands of festival goers. Have you heard? Memphis in May and Latino Memphis have partnered to salute Colombia both at the Memphis in May International Festival and the Latino Memphis Festival. Of course, we can’t have a festival without some tasty food and local vendor shops! We have opportunities for nonprofits, artists,…
NASHVILLE, TN — In celebration of Black History Month in February, the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra (NPO) will perform two concerts that showcase the powerful poetry of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison in the song cycle Honey and Rue by André Previn. With rhythms of jazz, blues and overtones of spirituals, this cycle speaks to the black, outsider experience from a female perspective. The program is bookended by an orchestral transcription of J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #2 with its folk song roots. This concert program, free and open to the public, will be performed at…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced Danielle Whitworth Barnes as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Human Services effective February 6. Barnes, 41, is currently the deputy commissioner and general counsel for the Tennessee Department of Human Resources (DOHR). She will return to the Department of Human Services (DHS) to lead the agency where she started her state government career in 2004, replacing Commissioner Raquel Hatter, who last month announced plans to return to the private sector. One of Barnes’ greatest accomplishments has been co-authoring and implementing the 2012 Tennessee Excellence, Accountability and Management (TEAM) Act, an…
One day after Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, women and men around the world are marching on cities around the world to protest the new Commander-in-Chief and promote women’s rights. The Women’s March, as it’s called, originally centered on Washington, D.C. But the cause has spread quickly, and many other cities—New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Denver, Houston, London, Paris, and so on—are experiencing turnout measured in thousands or tens of thousands. See our online photo gallery for more photos of this event.
NASHVILLE, TN — Join Sizwe Herring and EarthMatters Tennessee on February 18th, 2017 for the start of a comprehensive, 8 week Fundamentals Of Permaculture course and Green Collar Job Training class! Meet with our community for classroom work and speakers at the Indoor Growers World Complex on Trinity Lane and at the mystical and beautiful lands of Shelby Park in East Nashville and Summertown, Tennessee. Herring, Executive Director of EarthMatters Tennessee, a 25 year old non profit based in East Nashville seeks to educate and inspire through our examples of landscape restoration and succession into abundance using permaculture ethics and…
CHATTANOOGA, TN — Chattanooga women gathered at Wildflower Tea Shop & Apothecary on Market Street to share why they are participating in the Women’s March and to respond to Senators Alexander and Corker’s rushed repeal of the Affordable Care Act without a replacement, a move that would leave millions without health care and rip away key protections and benefits of the ACA for women which include: A ban on defining pregnancy as a pre-existing condition, A ban on insurance companies’ gender discrimination or charging women more than men, Increased access to free preventive care like mammograms and cancer screenings, Free…
NASHVILLE, TN — Chief Steve Anderson today presented awards to six individuals whose outstanding work during 2016 earned them Employees of the Year honors. Detective Chuck Fleming from Sex Crimes is the Investigative Services Bureau Investigator of the Year. His relentless eight-week investigation led to the identification of the man alleged to have been responsible for the violent stranger rape of an 18-year-old nanny in Hamilton Creek Park last August. Detective William Ashworth from the Central Precinct is the Field Operations Bureau Investigator of the Year. His painstaking month-long investigation led to the identification, indictment and arrest of the three…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.; January 21, 2017 – The Dr. Katherine Y. Brown Leadership Academy (KYB Leadership Academy), a nonprofit that aims to empower young African-American women, launched its 2017 year by hosting a leadership retreat with their 2016 and 2017 cohorts. The mission of KYB Leadership Academy is to educate, train, coach, and mentor ladies with a focus on building skills that contribute to leadership development, civic engagement, and social responsibility. The organization’s primary focus is to grow and expand the capacity of women leaders to contribute to improving community life. To kick off 2017 the organization presented the first of…