Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: Turn Off Your Computer And Go Outside Now
- Dolly Parton is officially the 10th most powerful person in Tennessee. Not that we don’t love Dolly, but what? [Tennessean]
- We’ve got some stimulus money and now we get to start replacing some of our shady bridges. [WSMV]
- It’s official: Mississippi is trying to kill us. [WSMV]
- Since the school rezoning has caused such a ruckus, the school district has added a couple more dates for public Q&A’s. [City Paper]
- If you’re out and about this weekend with nothing to do, head over to the Nashville Zoo because they just added a couple of Giant Anteaters that sound about as awesome as they do terrifying. [WTVF]
Photo by Grey Street Girl.
Dolly Parton is officially the 10th most powerful person in Tennessee. Not that we don’t love Dolly, but what? [Tennessean] We’ve got some stimulus money and now we get to start replacing some of our shady bridges. [WSMV] It’s official: Mississippi is trying to kill us. [WSMV] Since the school rezoning has caused such a [...]
The Weekendist: First Day Of Spring Edition
Happy Vernal Equinox, Nashville. As of 11:44am today (according to the eternally-accurate Wikipedia), it is officially spring. And with spring comes more things to do on the weekends. It’s inevitable! Anyhow, the weather is supposed to be great this weekend, so crawl out of hibernation for a few hours. Here are our picks for what’s going on around town:
FRIDAY
- Free Rita’s Italian Ice (First Day Of Spring). Rita’s Italian Ice in Hermitage. We posted about it just this morning, but don’t forget!
- Whole Foods Chili Cookoff. Green Hills Whole Foods, 4pm-7pm. If you hurry, you can make it to Whole Foods at 4pm for a good old fashioned chili cookoff. A $5 donation gets you samples of all the different resulting chilis, which sounds like a great dinner to us.
SATURDAY
- Free admission to Cheekwood. Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, 9:30am-4:30pm (Sunday 11am-4:30pm). The last few times Cheekwood offered free admission, it was like, 20 degrees out or something. The sunny springtime weather is a much better time to check out the beautiful gardens at Cheekwood, and save $10 a ticket at the same time.
- Nashville Lifestyles’ 2009 Cover Dog Search. Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, 1pm-3pm. Conveniently enough, Nashville Lifestyles is holding their 2009 Cover Dog search at Cheekwood, on free day! But don’t get all excited just yet, because entering your puppy in the competition will set you back $25 ($20 in advance). The winning dog will be featured on Nashville Lifestyles’ May issue.
- Tennessee Rep Presents Rabbit Hole. Johnson Theater at TPAC, showtimes here. Saturday is the opening night of Tennessee Rep’s newest offering, Rabbit Hole, but it runs through April 3. You may remember at the beginning of March when we posted about helping to save Tennessee Rep. The good news is that they were able to raise the $100k, which was matched by an anonymous donor, to save the organization… But they could still use your continued support. If you have to pick something to spend your money on, we encourage you to toss it in their direction.
- A.C. Newman with The Broken West. The Mercy Lounge, 9pm, $12. If A.C. Newman’s name doesn’t ring a bell, try The New Pornographers on for size. Though he’ll be flying solo on Saturday night, we’re still excited to see him play.
SUNDAY
- Giant, Enormous, Bigger-Than-You-Could-Ever-Imagine Pillow Fight. Centennial Park, 5:45pm. You know you don’t have anything better to do with your Sunday evening. Canceled! :(
- Since there’s nothing else going on at all on Sunday, our friends over at Nashville Feed have rounded up some drink specials for a relaxing way to wind down the weekend.
Photo by Cabbage_Babble.
Happy Vernal Equinox, Nashville. As of 11:44am today (according to the eternally-accurate Wikipedia), it is officially spring. And with spring comes more things to do on the weekends. It’s inevitable! Anyhow, the weather is supposed to be great this weekend, so crawl out of hibernation for a few hours. Here are our picks for what’s [...]
Photo Of The Day: March 20, 2009 [Feel Good Friday]
His name is Winston, he lives here in Nashville, and he has one heck of a smile. Happy Friday, y’all! Thanks to pr9000 for the submission.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to the pool or tag them with “Nashvillest” if you’re feeling lazy.
His name is Winston, he lives here in Nashville, and he has one heck of a smile. Happy Friday, y’all! Thanks to pr9000 for the submission. Photo Of The Day will be a recurring feature for Nashvillest as long you keep giving us stuff to post. Don’t worry–we’ll give you props. Just add them to [...]
Spring Starts With Free Rita’s Italian Ice [Freebies]
You may remember our excitement last year upon learning that Rita’s Italian Ice was opening relatively close to Nashville, out in good ol’ Hermitage (and coming soon to Mt. Juliet). Now, for Rita’s newbies, let us explain something. Every year, on the first day of spring, Rita’s dishes out free italian ice all day. And we love them dearly for it.
And ever so conveniently, the first day of spring is today! So hop in the car and take a mini road trip out to Hermitage between noon and 10pm today for some free Rita’s Italian Ice. It will change your life. And if anyone wants to franchise a bona fide Nashville location, we’d be your biggest fans.
Photo by Mr. T In DC.
You may remember our excitement last year upon learning that Rita’s Italian Ice was opening relatively close to Nashville, out in good ol’ Hermitage (and coming soon to Mt. Juliet). Now, for Rita’s newbies, let us explain something. Every year, on the first day of spring, Rita’s dishes out free italian ice all day. And [...]
Bright & Early: On The Ball Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As the first of the stimulus money starts flowing into Tennessee, the folks at Metro Nashville Public Schools are still waiting for their cut. At $15 million in the hole, they’ll be receiving almost $26 million in extra funding with one catch: It can only be used for Title I, or low-income, programs. Though it probably won’t salvage any jobs, it’s still good news for us since most of the kids in MNPS are considered low-income (Not-so-fun fact: about 75% of the kids in MNPS use the free and reduced lunch program.) Until they actually receive the money, they won’t be making any decisions about what to do with it.
- The Germans are coming. Our friends over at Chattarati have the exclusive report about Volkswagen’s announcement today regarding a possible multimillion-dollar investment in several universities across Tennessee. They’ll be covering the press conference today, so stay tuned.
- Pay up. After Dell announced a new round of layoffs a few weeks ago, the folks in Wilson County are starting to rethink all the tax breaks they gave the corporation to lure them into town. Although Dell promised them 1,000 new jobs, county officials point out that the plant now employs less than 300 people.
- Bits & pieces. Look at us go! Nashville was Tennessee’s fastest growing city last year, gaining about 30,000 new Nashvillians between July 2007 and July 2008 … The Nashville office for AIG blacked out the company’s logo this week and plans to rebrand itself as AGLA … More on the whole wine-in-grocery-stores thing … Nashville Shores’ infamously packed job fair is happening again this weekend.
Photo by somegeekintn.
Good morning, Nashville. As the first of the stimulus money starts flowing into Tennessee, the folks at Metro Nashville Public Schools are still waiting for their cut. At $15 million in the hole, they’ll be receiving almost $26 million in extra funding with one catch: It can only be used for Title I, or low-income, [...]
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