(NEW YORK, NY, March 1, 2017) – Grammy-winning artist Chance The Rapper will join Diana Ross, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and others as a headliner of Time Inc.’s (NYSE:TIME) ESSENCE Festival® presented by Coca-Cola®, taking place June 30–July 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. After recently making history as the first streaming-only artist to win multiple Grammys in top categories such as Best Rap Album and Best New Artist, Chance The Rapper will make his ESSENCE Festival® debut and round out the full performance lineup for the festival concert series of more than 40 acts, including new additions: No…
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released the following statement after meeting with presidents and chancellors of Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the White House: A key priority for this administration is to help develop opportunities for communities that are often the most underserved. Rather than focus solely on funding, we must be willing to make the tangible, structural reforms that will allow students to reach their full potential. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have done this since their founding. They started from the fact that there were too many students in America who did not have equal access to education.…
2nd CHANCES is excited to announce their upcoming annual Black History Celebration event. This year’s honorees are Mr. & Mrs. Bobbie Hill. The event will highlight Captain Bobbie Hill’s accomplishments as one of the first and highest ranking African Americans in the MNPD. To learn more about Captain Hill please read his bio here. His wife, Helen Hill, was the first African American Meter Reader in Metro Government. To learn more about her please read her bio here. The event will take place on Monday, February 27th, 6:30 pm at McGruder Family Resource Center – 2013 25th Avenue North
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Mayor of Nashville Karl Dean has announced his decision to run for Tennessee Governor as a Democrat in 2018. If elected he would be the first statewide Democrat to win an election in Tennessee since 2006. As Nashville’s mayor Dean served two-terms in a non-partisan role. Dean has presented himself as a pro-business moderate who wants to focus on education and jobs. “A good job and a great education are not rural or urban issues, they are Tennessee issues,” Dean said. The campaign will begin by visiting 17 Tennessee counties that have been identified as economically distressed by the Tennessee Department of…
NASHVILLE – Airbnb released a report today documenting $191 million in total spending by its guests to Nashville throughout 2016, including $74 million for the local restaurant industry alone. In 2016, Nashville’s host community welcomed 349,000 guest arrivals to the City. Airbnb guests to Nashville spend on average $184 a day, split between food, leisure, shopping, transport and groceries. All told, guests experiencing the Music City via the Airbnb platform contributed $191 million in economic activity to local restaurants, cab drivers, shops and more. Nashville has faced a recent shortage of hotel inventory, with the local hotel occupancy rate having…
NASHVILLE, TN — In Tennessee, outdated insurance policies are making it difficult and sometimes impossible for cancer patients to receive the treatment their doctors determine to be the best option. Tennessee is only one of eight states that does not equalize the patient cost for receiving anti-cancer medication like chemotherapy, regardless of whether it is delivered orally or intravenously. This prevents cancer patients from taking full advantage of today’s innovative medical advancements. Reps. Brenda Gilmore (D-Nashville), Mike Stewart (D-Nashville) and Sen. Steve Dickerson (R-Nashville) are co-sponsoring SB0922/HB1059 that aims to reduce barriers to access for cancer patients and would mean that…
February 26 A Red Carpet Evening at the Belcourt Theatre: Join film fans on Hollywood’s biggest night to watch on the Belcourt’s big screens! Walk the red carpet, and enjoy a sumptuous spread of food and drink, a fun silent auction, a glamorous VIP lounge—and lots of movie buzz! Your ticket purchases for A Red Carpet Evening support the nonprofit Belcourt Theatre (and are tax-deductible) Event starts at 7 pm. www.belcourt.org Jazz on the Move. The Nashville Jazz Workshop, in collaboration with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, continues with its popular jazz performance and education series, Jazz on the Move.…
MEMPHIS, TN — For the first time, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its annual Seatbelts Are For Everyone (S.A.F.E.) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seat belt and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout communities across Tennessee. In its fourth year, the campaign began this month and concludes August 1. According to the THSO, more than 50 percent of vehicle occupants killed in crashes in Tennessee were not wearing seat belts. In 2012, seat belts saved…
Do not be distracted. We have become so obsessed with the lies, misuses of power and rhetoric from the White House we have lost sight of some of the real issues. America’s infrastructure, which used to be the envy of the world, is falling apart and we have a lot of work to do to put it back together. Instead of worrying about repeal and replacing the Affordable Care Act, the government needs to worry about repairing and replacing our depleting roads, out of date power grid and crumbling dams. Scientists anticipate the changing weather patterns associated with climate change…
The all-new 2017 S90 is Volvo’s luxury 4-door, 5-seat flagship sedan. It takes cues from the success of the award-winning XC90 SUV and raises the bar with stunning Scandinavian design, a sumptuous interior and a powerful four-cylinder Drive-E engine. But the Volvo S90 is also making headlines on this side of the pond too. It’s the first car in the United States to offer semi-autonomous driving technology as standard. Two world-first safety technologies will also come as standard. The “Large Animal Detection” can automatically stop the car to avoid or mitigate a collision while Run-Off Road Mitigation can detect if…