Daily Archives: December 3rd, 2011
Happy Hour: Ouch
- I-440 is closing this weekend, again, this time affecting westbound traffic. We’re almost getting used to planning our route without it. [WKRN]
- TennCare has cut an estimated 84,000 folks from the program since January when they started redetermining eligibility for certain groups of clients. [Times Free Press]
- A department head in Mayor Dean’s office was discovered to be a fan of a Facebook page that questioned the convention center. After getting busted by the Tennessean, she explained that she doesn’t really know how to use Facebook and had to ask Metro IT Services director and ex-Metro councilman Keith Durbin for help in removing herself. [Tennessean]
- Also think before you poke, people. [Tennessean]
- A credit union is requesting that Steve McNair’s estate cough up the $43,000 he still owed on the Chevy Cadillac Escalade he purchased for Sahel Kazemi shortly before their deaths. [Tennessean]
Photo by rumielf.
I-440 is closing this weekend, again, this time affecting westbound traffic. We’re almost getting used to planning our route without it. [WKRN] TennCare has cut an estimated 84,000 folks from the program since January when they started redetermining eligibility for certain groups of clients. [Times Free Press] A department head in Mayor Dean’s office was [...]
Music To Our Ears: Free Symphony Day Returns [Freebies]
It feels like just yesterday that we were standing in line at the first Regions Free Day of Music at the Schermerhorn, shortly after the brand-new building was opened to the public. Now, we’re gearing up to attend the fourth year of completely free performances by some of the most talented musicians and ensembles around!
This year’s Regions Free Day of Music will showcase more than 25 performances by names including Roy “Futureman” Wooten and the Black Mozart Ensemble, organist Wilma Jensen, Nashville Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony Chamber Chorus, Nashville Children’s Choir and more. The music starts at 10am and runs for a full twelve hours, and the day ends with a bang, featuring a performance by the Nashville Symphony and some fun in the courtyard with Music City Swing.
In addition to the music, the Symphony box office will also be selling buy-one-get-one-free tickets to any Friday performance in the ’09/’10 season, an appeal to us cheapskates that storm the doors on free day. And hey, it works! Check out Saturday’s full schedule HERE, and be sure to arrive early to reserve your spot at the most popular performances.
Photo by Travis Hightower.
It feels like just yesterday that we were standing in line at the first Regions Free Day of Music at the Schermerhorn, shortly after the brand-new building was opened to the public. Now, we’re gearing up to attend the fourth year of completely free performances by some of the most talented musicians and ensembles around! [...]
Bright & Early: When We Think Tim McGraw
Good morning, Nashville. We know winter in Nashville can get a little boring, so we’re glad that Tim McGraw and Gwenyth Paltrow have decided to spice it up a bit by filming a new movie here. We have no idea what this movie will be about and we can’t imagine what sort of convoluted plot could land the two of them on the same screen, but filming is slated for January and February and 80% of it will be happening right here in Nashville. And also, it should be noted that the producers chose us over Austin.
- Nashville’s got talent. A band of Healthways employees out of Franklin brought home the title of America’s #1 Corporate Rock Band after competing in an annual showdown at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame judged by Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee.
- Kidnapping case leak. The TBI is investigating who might have leaked confidential information about the newborn kidnapping case earlier this week, specifically information on the investigation of the family’s alleged attempts to sell the child.
- Bits & pieces. Tennessee’s traffic fatalities are down by nearly 100 compared to last year … Metro is promising to help some of the fairgrounds tenants find new places to set up shop … Dickson County Schools are preparing for a complete shutdown if they can’t pass a new budget … Deadrick Street is finally reopening and it’s a little bit greener … Metro is now allowing church groups of up to 25 meet in public parks regularly without a permit.
Photo by yummiec00kies.
Good morning, Nashville. We know winter in Nashville can get a little boring, so we’re glad that Tim McGraw and Gwenyth Paltrow have decided to spice it up a bit by filming a new movie here. We have no idea what this movie will be about and we can’t imagine what sort of convoluted plot [...]
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