NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Metro Human Relations Commission hosted the inaugural Randy Rayburn Friendsgiving Feast last week at Nashville’s Farmers Market to launch its “Humans Over Hate” initiative. The host’s Executive Director Davie Tucker Jr. said MHRC was extremely excited about the event and the impact the initiative can make in communities in and around Nashville. “We’re interested in the general health, safety, peace and general welfare of all mass millions,” Tucker said. “This seems one of the things that we need to do.” Tucker said Humans Over Hate launched the “No Hate On My Plate” initiative, which will be working with…
Author: Logan Langlois
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Local baking aficionado’s Gramma’s Hands Sweetery received a Ruthies Award Nomination earlier this week in the dessert category, according to Gramma’s Hands owner and founder MoNique Ivory. She said the Ruthies Award nomination “is awesome,” and adds to several accomplishments Gramma’s Hands has achieved while in operation. Ivory said these accomplishments include several awards that have been won by a staple menu item of the sweetery – their ‘Good Good’ cinnamon rolls. Ivory said the menu of Gramma’s Hands is updated year-round with new and interesting sweets designed to delight the public. She said though she likes…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Vanderbilt Scarritt Bennett Center saw the screening of the impactful documentary “Tennessee 11” recently, which follows 11 Tennesseans who hold a wide variety of beliefs from across the political spectrum working together to draft solutions built on common ground on issues of gun rights and safety. Community activist Ron Johnson, one of the participants documented in “Tennessee 11,” said the screening was “beautiful.” It was followed by a Q&A where audience members could ask questions regarding the documentary and address its topics for the purpose of stirring up more conversation in the community and encouraging more…
NASHVILLE, TN – Nashville Film Festival has wrapped up its 2024 year, and according to the festival’s Executive Director Jason Padgitt, with great success. Padgitt said the festival itself was able to hold a wide variety of entertainment for guests, showing a total of 150 films that hailed from 25 different countries around the world. “It’s been terrific and it’s really great to see something that you get to imagine all year come to life,” Padgitt said. “Just seeing the reactions of the audience and the filmmakers, and really everybody associated with the Film Festival, has been really gratifying and…
NASHVILLE – Project 2025 remains a key talking point of the upcoming election cycle, but how would the plan directly affect Tennessee? Colin Seeberger, a senior advisor for Communications at American Progress, recently published a piece breaking down how the implementation of Project 2025 could negatively impact the average Tennessean. He said that Project 2025 shifts the tax burden from the wealthy on to the middle class, and that under the plan, the average Tennessean supporting a family of four could see a yearly tax increase of $2,420. Seeberger said Project 2025’s proposals on “limits or lifetime caps on [Medicaid]…
NASHVILLE – Several Nashvillian community action groups have come together to host an upcoming ‘City-Wide’ Stop Hate In Nashville Rally. The rally was organized largely by longtime civil rights activist Venita Lewis, Hamid Abdullah of The Brothers Round Table, and John Smith of John Smith Marketing. The rally is scheduled for Aug. 17, 3 p.m. at the Nashville Metropolitan Courthouse steps. Venita Lewis said that the rally has a general but important purpose: to pull Nashville together and take a stand against hateful rhetoric and actions that have taken place across Music City at an alarming rate in recent years.…
MURFREESBORO – Lilly’s Hot Chicken brought fried gold to the last Murfreesboro Hot Chicken Festival, winning “Best in Boro” as well as a slew of praise from new and old customers alike. Co-owner and co-founder Chris Lilly said it was an honor to participate in the competition, and that the recipe they used which won them “Best in Boro” is a signature recipe served daily at their business. He said Lilly’s Hot Chicken has received unending public supportsince first opening their food truck on May 6, 2021, and then their brick-and-mortar restaurant on the same date two years later. Lilly…
NASHVILLE – The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has become one of the biggesttalking points this presidential election cycle Alarms regarding the documents’ disturbingproposals have been ringing among political commentators, academics and social media. Project 2025’s proposals include firing thousands of civil servants, expanding the president’s power, dismantling the Department of Education, halting abortion pill sales and altering the United States climate and environmental policies, among other steps. Many call Project 2025 extreme and a direct threat against minority communities and women and an assault on individual rights, civil liberties and the environment. “When you think about who is going to…
By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — Among applause and celebration, Nashville welcomed the opening Davidson County’s first publicly developed permanent supportive housing project last week. Strobel House, located at 110 Jo Johnson Avenue, is open and accepting applications from unhoused individuals looking for physical, mental and emotional support. The furnished, modern-looking building currently offers a total of 90 individual living spaces. These living spaces are complete with a bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen. Many of the people who took part in the construction or funding of the building were in attendance during the opening day ceremony, as well as…
By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — The summer of love is coming to the Jefferson Street Sound Museum this Saturday, as the building will be hosting a one-day exhibit for legendary guitar player and vocalist Jimi Hendrix, as well as a Q&A sesssion about his legacy. Rock music and Jimi Hendrix historian David Piercy said the informative and entertaining exhibit will be opening at 11 a.m. with a $25 cover for the full day, and closing at 5 p.m. Jefferson Street Sound Museum founder and curator Lorenzo Washington said Hendrix is one of the most asked about ‘60s and ‘70s…