All good things, they say, must come to an end. So too my tenure as WPLN’s afternoon host. It’s a bittersweet goodbye. I’m returning to my first love, of reporting from the field, so I won’t be disappearing from local or national airwaves. But that doesn’t make it any easier to end the daily relationship […]
OZ Arts Cuts Prices, Adds Artists And Performances For New Season
Listen OZ Arts Nashville has announced its new season lineup. It features more artists and performances — and lower ticket prices. New artistic director Mark Murphy, who stepped into the role this spring, says that’s one of a few ways the contemporary performing arts center is looking to build bigger audiences.
Federal Ruling Officially Terminates White County Inmate Sterilization Program
A federal court in Nashville has officially terminated a short-lived, controversial program for inmates in White County, which offered reduced misdemeanor sentences for those who agreed to birth control implants or vasectomies.
Nashville’s New Family Safety Center Is A Hub For Help For Escaping Domestic And Sexual Violence
Listen Several years ago, Nashville set out to be a national leader in combating domestic and sexual violence. That’s culminated in the new Family Safety Center, a $26 million building run by the city, where children can run around and play while adults get all the resources they need delivered to them — for free.
New Artistic Director For OZ Arts: Nashville’s Boom Creates Space For Cutting-Edge Work
The new artistic director of OZ Arts comes to Nashville as a leader in his field. Mark Murphy has run high-profile contemporary arts centers in Seattle and Los Angeles and has worked with the National Endowment for the Arts. WPLN’s Natasha Senjanovic sat down with Murphy to talk about his vision for OZ, which turned […]
Why Private And Public School Teachers In Nashville See A Need To Join Forces
Listen A growing group of Nashville educators has been quietly taking professional development into their own hands. Through regular meetings and summer workshops they’re helping one another improve at their jobs, and intentionally cutting across the private-public school divide.
Restaurateurs Making The Biggest Splash Downtown Have A History Of Legal Problems
Some of the flashiest growth on Lower Broad is coming from companies not from Nashville, or Tennessee. And one in particular — Ohio-based TC Restaurant Group — now owns eight high-profile bars and restaurants.
Haslam Under Mounting Pressure To Commute Life Sentence Of Cyntoia Brown
Listen A Nashville woman serving life in prison for a murder committed when she was 16 years old has also become a cause for high-profile celebrities including Kim Kardashian West and Rihanna. Now, Tennessee’s outgoing governor is deciding whether to pardon Cyntoia Brown. Her case is compelling on many levels, its own unique and disturbing […]
Tennessee Republicans Net Clean Sweep In Three Open U.S. House Seats
Republicans went undefeated in races for the three open Congressional seats in Tennessee Tuesday night.
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