NASHVILLE, TN — Thistle Farms, a nonprofit social enterprise serving women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction, announced the addition of a new CBD line to their beloved body and home products. The organization’s new collection features a CBD-based Body Balm, which is a high-impact topical balm stick to deliver targeted relief for aching muscles, scented with our signature Calm essential oil blend. The new Bath Soak elevates workout recovery and self-care beyond epsom salt baths with a CBD infusion to promote overall relaxation and stress relief. “We believe providing responsible, naturally-derived body products and pain relief options has an…
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NASHVILLE, TN — David Williams, II was a fan from the beginning. When he first heard of Music City Baseball’s initiative to bring baseball home to Nashville, and to honor the Negro Leagues legacy in his city, his comment was clear and direct. “This opportunity is much bigger than the game of baseball.” Last week, in a salute to Williams’ impact, the legacy of the Stars, both in Nashville and in his hometown of Detroit, and his continuing inspiration to baseball across the region, Vanderbilt University’s baseball program announced that they renamed their Black and Gold Fall World Series the…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — University musicians will welcome the community home for the holidays Monday, Nov. 28, for a special gift — an MTSU Presidential Concert — when they bring their annual performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” to Hinton Hall for the first time in years. The MTSU Schola Cantorum, comprising the School of Music’s top upper-division vocal majors and graduate students, will perform in a 6 p.m. concert inside the Wright Music Building at 1439 Faulkinberry Drive. They’ll be joined by two guest soloists: soprano Alice Matlock Clements, an MTSU alumna, and Nashville-based baritone Ryan Bede. MTSU music faculty,…
Will Feature Tastings of Over 20 Handcrafted Wines, Wine & Music Pairings, Live Performances, Games & More (Nashville, TN) — City Winery Nashville – the one-of-a-kind restaurant featuring an intimate music venue and fully operational winery – will host the fifth-annual Nashville Harvest Festival on Sunday, November 6 from 11am-5pm. Bringing together wine and music enthusiasts, the festival will kick off the fall season with thoughtfully curated culinary tastings, wine & music pairings, live performances on the Garden Patio and in the Barrel Room, over 20 City Winery wines to sample and more. Wine booths stationed outside the restaurant will…
FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE — Returning for its 6th year, the Tennessee International Indie Film Festival (TIIFF) is scheduled to be held at WORLD WIDE STAGES in Spring Hill, Wednesday, November 2 – Sunday November 6, 2022 . The festival will screen more than 80 films and offer three industry panes that explore various significant aspects of filmmaking. Executive Director of TIIFF Nan Puetz says that attendees for this year’s festival are in for a treat. “ This year’s festival has some very prestigious pieces,” Nan says. Now that we are in our 6th year the quality of films, we are screening…
Community leaders Charles and Andrea Overby, Bible teacher Lisa Harper and retired minister and Metro Nashville Public Schools administrator Dr. David Jones, Jr. are the recipients of the 2022 Joe & Honey Rodgers Christian Civic Leadership Awards. The awards will be given Monday at the annual Operation Andrew Group fundraising banquet, which will be held at 6 p.m. in the grand foyer of the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on the Belmont University campus. Operation Andrew Group, established on the heels of the 2000 Billy Graham Crusade held in Nashville, seeks to build on that momentum by partnering with…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–242 students from 63 higher education institutions in 16 countries have been named University Innovation Fellows. The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that all students gain the attitudes, skills and knowledge required to navigate a complex world and build the future. These student leaders from schools around the globe create opportunities to help their peers build the creative confidence, agency, and entrepreneurial mindset needed to address global challenges. Fellows create student innovation spaces, start entrepreneurship organizations, facilitate experiential workshops, work with faculty and administrators…
By Ronald D. Collier, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCP Dear Editor: I would like to submit this letter for consideration for publication. I read with great horror a number of articles in the lay press questioning the effectiveness of a colonoscopy. These articles stated that there is a value to a colonoscopy, but it may not be as much as previously thought. As a surgeon and intensivist, who comes from a family with a significant family history of colon cancer, I read the basis article in the New England Journal of Medicine. The conclusions were based on approximately 84,000 participants between…
By Mel and Pearl Shaw of Saad&Shaw Major corporations, foundations, politicians and community stakeholders are constantly showered with awards and honors because of their influence, power, and wealth. Often it is the same people getting awards, to the point that the awards can lose their luster and meaning. It’s not only the general public who notices what’s going on, but the awards can lose meaning for the honorees themselves. Perhaps now is the time to look at awards ceremonies and refocus them to include unsung heroes that change the quality of life within our communities and across the country. Before…
First-of-its-Kind Entertainment Law and Policy Program for HBCU, HSI, and MSI Grads Also Opens 2023 Application WASHINGTON, DC — The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program (EICOP) this week announced Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures as the first member studios to participate in the MPA-EICOP Entertainment Law and Policy Fellowship. The MPA and EICOP launched the Fellowship in June. The two inaugural Fellows are recent graduates from Howard University School of Law and Spelman College. This year-long, immersive program gives Fellows a unique, multi-faceted opportunity to learn and experience entertainment law and policy, respectively, in…