Two stage musicals inspired by country music icons — Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn — are making news.
Black History Month and the arts in Nashville
It is no secret that Nashville has a strong performing arts presence, but arguably, even more important is the city’s impact on Black history.
Tennessee’s foster care kids who ‘age out’ face high rates of homelessness, addiction and incarceration, study finds
A new report from Belmont Innovation Labs has found that foster youth are suffering once they age out of the system.
Students at Belmont make voting social this Election Day
Nashville is known as the “Athens of the South” in part because it is home to so many colleges and universities. That means it’s also home to lots of young, first-time voters today. I cast my ballot this morning at my polling location on Belmont University’s campus, where I saw some students have made this […]
Belmont simulation lab aims to prepare the next generation of medical workers
Belmont University built a new simulation center for future medical workers. Future physicians will train there, and they’ll be sharing this space with other disciplines, like nursing, pharmacy and physical therapy.
Belmont University opens medical school amid worsening physician shortage
Some of Belmont’s neoclassical buildings — with the signature white columns, domed roofs and clock towers — date before the Civil War. But one of them is brand new. “This began just three years ago with a hole in the ground, literally,” said Dr. Anderson Spickard. He’s the dean of the new Thomas F. Frist, […]
You can’t stop the beat! Hairspray’s 20th anniversary tour dances into TPAC
The Tony award-winning Broadway musical Hairspray comes to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center this week. The current national tour celebrates the show’s 20-year history and stars Belmont University graduate Caroline Eiseman in the role of Tracy Turnblad, a teenager in the ’60s who’s determined to change the world and end prejudice.
Disability advocates raise concerns over Jillian’s Law that would change involuntary commitment in TN
A bill headed to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk would make it so anyone deemed unfit to stand trial would be automatically committed.
NashVillager Podcast: April 17, 2024
Does a new Tennessee law close all the loopholes that were exposed by the death of Belmont student Jillian Ludwig?
NashVillager Podcast: April 12, 2024
How is one Nashville university at the center of the next chapter in a storied neighborhood’s development?
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