Daily Archives: March 11th, 2010
Happy Hour: In Which The Baptists Partner With Winos
- The Tennessee Baptist Convention has thrown their collective weight behind the fight against wine in grocery stores, meaning that they’ve actually linked arms with the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association. Hell might have just frozen over. [Tennessean]
- “Nearly one in six Tennesseans has told a joke about Barack Obama’s race, and three-fourths say they’ve heard or read at least one, even though only 15 percent of Tennesseans say they would find such a joke funny.” Ouch. [Post Politics]
- Headline of the day: “Man Distracted By Cher Shoots Wife.” [WSMV]
- The Tennessee Board of Regents worries about the approximately $500K it would cost every year to weed out illegal immigrants from public universities if this new bill passes. [Tennessean]
- A fund has been set up for the kid who got side-swiped by ex-Titan Albert “Speedy” Haynesworth in December. While Albert is chilling in DC as the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL, this guy can’t walk, work, or pay any of his bills. [Tennessean]
Photo by Malcolm MacGregor.
The Tennessee Baptist Convention has thrown their collective weight behind the fight against wine in grocery stores, meaning that they’ve actually linked arms with the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association. Hell might have just frozen over. [Tennessean]
“Nearly one in six Tennesseans has told a joke about Barack Obama’s race, and three-fourths say they’ve heard [...]
Marketing Junkies Take Note: Seth Godin Speaking In Nashville Tomorrow
If this post applies to you, you should already know who Seth Godin is (if you don’t, Google his name). The important part is that he’s speaking tomorrow morning at the Nashville Convention Center as part of this year’s Country Radio Seminar, and it’s open to the public… For a price. Tickets are $40 (or $20 with a student ID) and can be purchased between 8-8:50am at the box office tomorrow morning for his keynote address at 10am. Everyone else stand back, because we’d hate to see you trampled by the hordes of marketing peeps racing to their mecca.
If this post applies to you, you should already know who Seth Godin is (if you don’t, Google his name). The important part is that he’s speaking tomorrow morning at the Nashville Convention Center as part of this year’s Country Radio Seminar, and it’s open to the public… For a price. Tickets are $40 (or [...]
Saving Local Arts: Why We Need Tennessee Rep [Bailouts]
We definitely can’t claim to be theater buffs around here, but we’ll never forget the folks who gave us our first taste of Nashville’s local professional theater scene: the Tennessee Repertory Theater. Back in October, the Rep began a series of look-ins, or sneak peeks, for their shows which gave the community a chance to pull back the curtains and see what really goes into making a theater production happen. A few weeks before the opening night of Sweeney Todd, we headed over to the NPT’s studio A to hear from the director, see the costumes, take in a few scenes while they were still in rehearsal, and even see the infamous (and fully functional) Barber Chair up close. And when opening night rolled around at TPAC, we were able to watch the show like we actually knew what we were doing.
That said, the Tennessee Rep (like all of us) is feeling the crunch of the economy and is at risk of having to shut things down completely. We don’t make many pleas here at Nashvillest, but this one hits pretty close to home. Local theater and arts, though maybe not as familiar, is as much a part of the Nashville fabric as coffeehouses, country music, and Jack Daniel’s. In order to keep it going, an anonymous donor has offered up $100,000 to save the Rep if they’re able to raise the other $100,000. So far we’ve seen local businesses chipping in, folks offering to match others’ donations, and tons of members of the local arts community pulling together in every way to try and make this happen.
Even though we’re all pretty broke right now, we hope you’ll consider giving a few bucks to salvage one of the most lovable parts of Nashville. We know we will.
Photo by s. reilly.
We definitely can’t claim to be theater buffs around here, but we’ll never forget the folks who gave us our first taste of Nashville’s local professional theater scene: the Tennessee Repertory Theater. Back in October, the Rep began a series of look-ins, or sneak peeks, for their shows which gave the community a chance to [...]
Bright & Early: Snip Snap, Snip Snap Edition
Good morning, Nashville. No drunk birds in the news this morning, but State Rep. Karen Camper (D-Memphis) did just file a bill pushing to get state regulation of vasectomies on the ballot. Best we can tell, the bill is basically a snarky response to all the talk about the state regulation of abortions. According to WTVF, Camper says, “I think men need to have a healthy discussion about how women are feeling about their rights to have a vasectomy when they want to have one, and cutting off bloodlines, and things like that.” Points for creativity, right?
- Snip & save. The state is trying to find creative ways to cut costs like reducing the prison population by taking a better look at low-risk offenders who may be able to be released into community supervision programs. Instead of the usual $60 per day that it costs to house a criminal in Tennessee, they say this option would only cost $5 per day.
- Party like it’s 2009. And in case you need something to be angry about this morning, an audit busted several TVA employees for charging things like Xboxes, televisions, and booze to company credit cards. Actually, over $6 million in “expenses” had been spread out on six cards over two years.
- Bits & pieces. Straight from the rumor mill: Vince Young may be getting dumped via txt msg … Add ‘450 jobs’ to the list of things that MTSU might be giving up to stay in business … Meanwhile, Nashville is vying for the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, which will obviously be held in Belmont’s Curb Event Center … Spring Hill’s GM plant is shutting down production and kicking out all of its employees again, but only for a little while.
Photo by pr9000.
Good morning, Nashville. No drunk birds in the news this morning, but State Rep. Karen Camper (D-Memphis) did just file a bill pushing to get state regulation of vasectomies on the ballot. Best we can tell, the bill is basically a snarky response to all the talk about the state regulation of abortions. According to [...]
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