KNOXVILLE, TN — In celebration of its 40th Anniversary Season, Knoxville Opera presents Puccini’s Turandot at Knoxville Civic Auditorium on Friday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 25 at 2:30 p.m. Forty-five minutes prior to each performance, Maestro Brian Salesky will host an opera preview for an in-depth look at the history, story and music. The opera will be performed in Italian with projected English supertitle translations. Pre-opera dining hosted by Knoxville Opera Guild is available for each performance. Beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, February 23, a 3-course dinner at Ruth’s Chris is available for $75 per…
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By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — A small crowd of demonstrators rallied outside City Hall recently and marched three blocks to Sheriff Daron Hall’s office on 2nd Avenue. “We need a clear statement from him whether or not he’s going to stand with immigrants and stop his collaboration or is he going to continue to sow fear and lack of confidence within our community,” said Cathy Carrillo, Spokesperson for Nashville Community Defense. Six years ago, Hall was enforcing the controversial 287(g) program in Nashville which deputized local police and sheriff deputies as federal Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents. Thousands…
By State Rep. Brenda Gilmore NASHVILLE, TN — Recently I have joined with my fellow Democrats: U.S. Congressman Jim Cooper and the members of the Tennessee House Democratic Caucus, as well as, my Republican colleague State Senator Steve Dickerson in a statewide push to encourage voter registration and turnout. The initiative, titled Project Register, is asking more than 70 Tennessee organizations representing more than 125,000 employees to remind their workers twice a year that they can now register to vote online and make voter registration a part of their new employee processing. The reason for this push speaks for…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – Metro has hired an Atlanta firm, Grifffin & Strong, to conduct a study of the city’s contract-letting. Two previous disparity studies in 1999 and 2004 documented the city’s dismal record in doing business with black firms. As a result of those studies Nashville started a Procurement Nondiscrimination Program (PNP) in 2008. But after a decade, its critics call it a dismal failure. “It’s not about them finding new facts. It’s about political will. Is the city willing to correct years of disparity by implementing some of their recommendations?” asked former Councilman Don Majors. “We…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The city council approved a referendum on Mayor Megan Barry’s $9 billion transit plan last week. They also voted to create a special committee to look into the Mayor’s affair with her former bodyguard to make sure there was no misuse of city funds. It passed 30-7-0. And that wasn’t even the good news. The city council also passed an ordinance that will keep Nashville General Hospital open until June of 2019 and another one that will pay Meharry Medical College $4.4 million the city owes and give Nashville General Hospital $13.2 million to…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Metro Public Health Department is taking part in a state-wide effort to make it easier to get the best protection against influenza by offering free flu shots at a special walk-in clinic at the Lentz Health Center from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Friday, February 16. Health officials say it is not too late to get a flu shot. Free flu shots are available on a walk-in basis from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday – Friday at all three Health Department locations (East Health Center, 1015 East Trinity Lane; Lentz Health Center,…
Nashville, Tenn. – Once again aspiring entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to turn their ideas into something sustainable and thriving, as Corner To Corner announces March 6th, 2018 as the date for The Academy Nashville’s spring cohorts. The Academy Nashville is a ten-week program that equips its participants with the guidance, entrepreneurial support, and the means needed to take action and turn their passion into a business. This spring will see The Academy Nashville run three simultaneous cohorts at local community centers throughout the city. All three will be held every Tuesday evening at 6 PM for 10 weeks. The…
Credit is finally going where it’s due. The song “We Shall Overcome” has left an indelible mark on American culture. Part gospel hymn, part protest anthem of the civil rights movement, the origin of the song had been in doubt, until recently. Published in 1947 as “We Will Overcome” in the People’s Songs, the tune had been attributed to folk singer Pete Seeger, who heard Black tobacco workers singing a similar tune during a strike in the 1940s. Though Seeger never claimed to write it, many credited him for bringing it forward and turning it into one of the most popular…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) will open the application process for organizations to participate in this year’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on Thursday, February 1, 2018. The goal of SFSP is to ensure that children 18 and younger who benefit from free and reduced meals during the school year continue to have that same access to nutritious meals during the summer. The application process is designed to seek out organizations, government entities, schools, religious entities, and non-profit residential camps who are interested in sponsoring the program and serving meals to children in their communities.…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The sanctuary at First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill was full again last month for a community meeting about Nashville General Hospital. The Metro Stakeholders Work Team sponsored the listening session. Three weeks ago a “Conscious Conversation” at the church featured five panelists who spoke to 300 people about the future of Nashville General and Meharry Medical College. This time community members spoke their minds. Judy Cummings, a minister and RN, moderated the event. She said the meeting was the place to ask questions and get answers about healthcare in the city. She also said…