NASHVILLE, TN — The Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, through its partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has teamed up to create the inaugural Motorsports Art Auction to benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Featured paintings from seven talented and diverse artists focused on the motorsports community can be acquired through this very unique and worthy auction. The digital online art auction will run through Sunday, Aug. 7 – the final day of the three-day Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in downtown Nashville – with all of the proceeds going directly to the Children’s…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Painting and Michelle Reeves were introduced to each other later in her life. The Nashville artist’s colorful abstract work “Woven” has been selected as the background for this year’s official logo of Artober Nashville, an annual month-long celebration of the arts and humanities in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. A program of NowPlayingNashville at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Artober Nashville 2022 is set for Sept. 26-Oct. 31. The annual event highlights the depth and variety of the arts community and its many public offerings, while encouraging participation in the arts from residents and tourists alike. Reeves…
WASHINGTON /PRNewswire/ — Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated elected Dr. Stacie N.C. Grant as its 26th International President and Chief Executive Officer during the organization’s biennial international convention in Philadelphia. A New York native, Grant received the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Barack Obama. She is a CEO, award-winning author, international speaker, and trainer. A life member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Grant has served on every level of the organization as an active and financial member for 33 consecutive years. She brings decades of professional and business development expertise with corporate and not-for-profit entities nationwide, as well as community engagement partnerships to her new role. As the Sorority’s International President, Grant will focus on building technology and…
Cookeville, Tennessee – The legacy of three Tennessee Tech University professors is living on in an organization they began on campus in the mid 1980s. The Upper Cumberland Humanities and Social Sciences Institute began when English professor Homer Kemp and history professor Calvin Dickenson joined forces to create a way to foster historical research and be of public service in the Upper Cumberland. They were later joined by their former student, Tech history professor Michael Birdwell, who was commonly called “Birdie.” With the last of these three men passing away earlier this year, their fellow Tech history professor and friend,…
Knoxville, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville announces a call for proposals for the 2023-2024 exhibition season at the Emporium Center. Single artists or groups of artists living within 250 miles of Knoxville are encouraged to submit proposals for monthly exhibitions taking place June 2023 – June 2024. Located at 100 S. Gay Street on the corner of Gay Street & Jackson Avenue in downtown Knoxville, admission is free, visits are self-guided, and exhibitions are generally appropriate for all ages. The deadline for entries is midnight on Sunday, October 23, 2022. The Alliance seeks proposals from…
Those who know fundraising know that nonprofit life is full of intrigue, twisted paths, pure luck, genius, generosity, and more. This is the first in an occasional series of fictional fundraising short stories. By Mel And Pearl Shaw of Saad&Shaw Dr. Taylor pushed back his red leather chair from his mahogany desk and looked out the large, beveled glass window that overlooked the courtyard. The cherry blossoms were in bloom a little early this year. Expected, given the warm winter, but unexpected as it was still March. The short-lived beauty was so intoxicating, creating an aura of promise. “Anything is…
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU seniors and Murfreesboro, Tennessee, residents Dallas Glover and Jonas Farmer received the Journey and Leadership awards, respectively, during the summer 2022 Graduating Veterans Stole Ceremony, held Wednesday, July 27, in the Miller Education Center second-floor atrium. They were among 20 student veterans recognized and presented red stoles at their upcoming graduation at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6, in Murphy Center. Forty-four student veterans are scheduled to graduate that day. Stole ceremonies have become a three-times-a-year tradition for the host Charlie and Hazel Daniels Veterans and Military Family Center, home to more than 1,000 student veterans and…
By John E. Warren, Publisher The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Recently, the California Department of Justice released a report which showed that African Americans are the greatest victims of Hate Crimes in the State. This is not surprising since we have always been the victims of Hate Crimes, with law enforcement seeking to underreport for fear of looking bad. At the writing of this editorial, there are more than 42 active investigations of shootings by law enforcement personnel in the State of California. This fact came to light recently as the San Bernardino Police Department attempted to avoid an investigation…
(Black PR Wire) Sharifah Hardie today announced the launchof Support My Black Business, a crowdfunding platform designed solely to assist local Black businesses generate funding, as well as her intent to raise $1.5B across the newly launched platform to help Black businesses keep their doors open. The repercussions of the global pandemic are yet to be over, especially for Black entrepreneurs who are struggling to grow their businesses. Businesses need financial support to survive the fierce competition and the still changing economic scenario due to continuous random COVID outbreaks.In a situation where entrepreneurs are finding it tough to get their…