One year since deadly and destructive flash flooding, dozens of Nashvillians are among those still recovering. The anniversary has drawn attention to their ongoing needs and an event on Saturday included a remembrance for the six deaths that occurred across three counties on March 27, 2021.
Ukrainian food pop-up unites Nashville vendors to raise funds for refugees
The Cook For Ukraine event inspired hope for locals with personal connections to the conflict and raised more than $13,000 for UNICEF’s humanitarian efforts.
Cookeville unveils a memorial park in path of deadly 2020 tornadoes
Newly opened Hope Park in Cookeville includes a playground, pavilion and lots of green space. It serves as a memorial site for the 2020 tornado.
Hidden history of Nashville’s segregated pools gets permanent reminder with new Centennial Park marker
For 50 years, Centennial Park’s Art Center has served as a community hub for exhibits and teaching workshops. But there was a time when the arts center was a bathhouse for one of the city’s segregated pools during Jim Crow. Now, this hidden history will have a permanent reminder.
Nashville’s Kurdish community celebrates Newroz with thousands attending the first new year event since the pandemic began
As thousands of Kurds gathered to celebrate Newroz, marking the new year, on Sunday, Mayor John Cooper announced that he had signed a declaration making March Kurdish Heritage Month in Nashville.
‘This is church for some people’: After nearly two decades in business, Lipstick Lounge is a fixture of queer community
Over the past 19 years in business, Lipstick Lounge has become a Nashville institution. Last year, the bar was voted best karaoke spot and best LGBTQ bar in the city by Nashville Scene readers. And as one of just 21 remaining lesbian bars in the country, it draws visitors from far and wide.
Nashville Symphony celebrates ‘an evening of firsts,’ with two world premieres and a return to live recording
The Nashville Symphony will return to recording with a live audience for the first time since the pandemic.
Friends remember Franklin historian, preservationist and ‘scribbler’ Robert Hicks
Friends are remembering author and local historian Robert Hicks, who died last month at the age 71.
Hate groups in Tennessee are on the decline, but the Southern Poverty Law Center says that’s only because extremism is becoming more mainstream
They say fewer people are becoming card-carrying members of hate groups because extremist ideas became more mainstream.
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