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Looking Forward: Transportation connects southwest Nashville council members BY NICOLLE S. PRAINO

The first Metro Council meeting since the election took place on Oct. 3. There are multiple new and returning council members in The News’ southwest Nashville coverage area, so we sat down with each of them to talk about the issues they want to address during their term. Looking Forward will be an ongoing series of topics addressed by each member we were able to speak with ahead of the first council meeting. When it comes to the future of Nashville, transportation seems to be the

connective thread in budgeting, development and infrastructure projects. “Certainly transit is at the top of the list,” Sheri Weiner (D22) said. “I think I’m not unlike 99 percent of the folks that are going back in that say – now’s the time. We can’t wait any longer.” Weiner said finding a dedicated funding source has to be a priority for the future of any transportation projects. “I want to make sure that we put money away for what I call rainy day fund capital expenses,” Weiner said. “To include repairs,

to include changing gas prices, finding a way to be sustainable and greener.” Weiner suggested finding a way not to have to rely as heavily on fuel by looking at electric or hybrid as options to consider as well. “We don’t know what tomorrow holds, what the technology holds, but the experts do,” Weiner said. That means leaning on walkability and creating bikeable streets too. “We’ve got issues of needing walkability, connecting all the nodes in Bellevue so that it’s more cohesive, looking for >> PAGE 3

The United Auto Workers announced that a tentative agreement was reached with General Motors on Monday, just two days after the Local 1853 in Spring Hill joined the nationwide Stand Up Strike. Despite early news of a tentative agreement on Monday morning, the local union employees were still at the picket lines until the official word came down from UAW International President Shawn Fain in a 3:30 p.m. announcement. Local 1853 president John Rutherford told The News it was a surprise to get the call on Saturday, but said he knew it was a logical step because Spring Hill is one of the “big moneymakers”. About 80 workers walked out of the General Motors plant at 5 p.m. on Saturday, a non-production day. There are nearly 4,000 manufacturing employees at the plant, GM’s largest in North America. “Us alone takes down eight different plants. We feed eight engines to eight different plants,” Rutherford said. “I think [Fain] waited to last to try to get it over the edge.” He said he thought when they finally walked off they would get an agreement by the end of the week. Now, he and other local presidents and shop chairmen will go to Detroit to vote on that agreement. If the vote passes, it goes to the membership, which could happen by the end of the week. “I think it sent a message; we’re not playing around,” Daniel Martinez, UAW district committeeperson and shop committee member, told The News. “We’re serious about the demands that >> PAGE 4

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district were asking for. “A lot of the things I hear from constituents revolve around traffic calming, making sure that their streets are safe for kids to play and ride their bikes around,” Ewing said. Ewing added that, to those kind of issues fixed, it means working closely with the Metro Department of Transportation. “I want to look with MDOT at where our particular streets are that were flagged on the priority list and manage people’s expectations with regard to that,” Ewing said. “We also need to give some attention to other forms of mobility, including public transport, and make sure that we’re looking at all of it in concert.” Many of her fellow southwest Nashville council members agree. “I think one of the main things that we really need to be examining is how we can move people and goods the most efficiently throughout the city,” Preptit said. “I think that public transportation is the answer. Because if you look at most other major developed cities, not only just the United States but throughout the continental North America, they have more robust public transportation systems.” Druffel said there have been some ideas thrown around that don’t really make sense for the city. But, one thing he does believe would work would be coordinating the bus system into its own lane to help it move through the city faster. “We need to put together some common sense, reasonable mass transit system,” Druffel said. “You don’t have to put in rails. You just have a dedicated extra lane and you allow that to show dedicated transportation.” Cash said for public transportation to really start to work for Nashville, they need to look at the routes and encourage more people to use them. “I think part of it is to make it better and to encourage people to use it more. It’s good for our city.”

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we put forward to the company.” As a district committeeperson, Martinez represents members in contractual issues with management to enforce both the local and national contract. The union’s Region 8 Director Tim Smith and Region 8 Servicing Rep. Chuck Davenport visited the local union hall and picket lines on Sunday. State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) also visited the picket lines on Sunday. “The auto industry has made record breaking profits and workers are demanding a record breaking contract,” Jones said on social media. Gov. Bill Lee opposed the UAW efforts in 2019 at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. Lee’s office was tied to efforts to defeat the UAW organizing plans at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, The Intercept reported in 2019. Lee has not made a statement about the

union’s contract negotiations even though Spring Hill is now the second plant to go on strike in the state. Another GM plant in Memphis went on strike in September. The UAW said GM employees will return to work while the agreement goes through the ratification process as the other Big Three auto workers have done after their agreements in previous days. “When we went through bankruptcy in ‘09 we opened up our agreement twice because we knew times was bad,” Rutherford said to explain the strike. “We gave up a lot of concessions. And they said look when things get better...when we fast forward 15 years later, we made record profits...So we’re like, Hey, man, what about us? Can we get stuff back that we lost? That’s what this is all about right now.” Local 1853 announced it was joining the strike shortly after the UAW announced

it had reached a tentative agreement with Stellantis, which makes Dodge, Ram, Chrysler and Jeep vehicles, on Saturday and with Ford last week. The UAW is calling all three deals record-breaking. For the first time since the ‘90s, GM salary workers will receive a general wage increase that mirrors hourly employees. The agreement with GM grants a 25 percent base wage increase through April 2028. The top wage will increase by 33 percent along with an estimated cost-of-living raise to more than $42 an hour. Starting wages will be more than $30 an hour with a 70 percent increase along with an estimated cost-of-living adjustment. The agreement also ends several wage tiers, gives more money to retirees and reinstates benefits lost during the recession. The deal also brings Ultium Cells employees into the Master Agreement, along with GM Subsystems workers, which the

UAW said it had been told would never be allowed. Ultium, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution of South Korea, first announced plans to build a battery plant in Spring Hill in 2021. In 2022, the company announced an additional $275 million investment expected to yield additional jobs for a total of 1,700 in Spring Hill. “GM is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with the UAW that reflects the contributions of the team while enabling us to continue to invest in our future and provide good jobs in the U.S.,” GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said in a statement on Monday. “We are looking forward to having everyone back to work across all of our operations, delivering great products for our customers, and winning as one team. ”

Franklin woman’s advocacy leads to strengthening of state domestic violence laws BY MATT MASTERS

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“In the early morning hours of Sept. 12, 2020, as I walked away from a fiveyear relationship, I was taken down from behind and strangled,” Franklin resident Leigh Kentof told the State Senate Judiciary Committee in May 2023. “I can’t breathe, he’s breaking my neck, I’m going to die, were the only thoughts going through my mind. It was completely black and eerily silent. It felt as if I was drowning above water.” Kentof ’s traumatically common experience led to an extended court case delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and an eventual legal resolution, one that she said made her feel like a victim of what she said is a broken justice system that can lead to re-victimization. Her ex-boyfriend, former Major League baseball player Russell Branyan, accepted a

plea deal in that case, which saw his initial charge of aggravated assault reduced to reckless endangerment. Police called him the “primary aggressor,” and despite Kentof reporting that she was “fighting for her survival,” Branyan’s jail sentence was amended to nearly a year of probation, as well as an order to participate in domestic violence classes and take random drug screenings. He was also ordered to stay away from Kentof and wear a GPS tracking device, but Branyan’s charges were the latest in a history of criminal charges, including past domestic abuse charges, and later he was charged with stalking. “When I came to, he wasn’t on me — I took off running, he tried to keep me from leaving — I got away with my life and never looked back,” Kentof told The News. “That was trauma in itself.” “I saw myself as a very independent, strong woman — How did this happen to me?” Kentof ’s distaste with the criminal justice system sparked her mission to pressure the state to hold offenders accountable to a higher degree, in hopes that other victims can find justice, addressing both prosecutors and lawmakers to speak her truth and begin a long task of changing the law. Williamson County’s new District Attorney Stacey B. Edmonson was appointed to the role in May and sworn into office in June following the unexpected death of former DA Kim Helper in March, who began helping Kentof in her pursuit for change. “The difference between strangulation and unconsciousness and death is seconds; It’s not minutes, it’s seconds,” Assistant District

Attorney Jennifer Dungan told The News. Dungan has worked in the 21st Judicial District since 2018 where she specializes on prosecuting domestic violence and other crimes against women, including cases of stalking, harassment and sexual assaults. “Domestic violence is a cycle that is driven by manipulation and power and control,” Dungan said. “The types of things that drive that cycle could include substance abuse, mental health issues and a myriad of other things.” Dungan said that domestic violence is seen across varying socio-economic levels, and according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in four women and one in 10 men experience intimate partner physical violence, sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking during their lifetime, something that more than 10 million adults experience in the United States annually. According to data compiled by the Training Institution on Strangulation Prevention, some 68-80 percent of women who experience intimate partner violence will be the victim of near-fatal strangulation by a partner, while strangulation can lead to immediate or delayed death. Kentof ’s advocacy led to changes in state law this summer, including a mandatory 30-day jail sentence upon conviction for anyone who commits domestic violence with strangulation or attempted strangulation. The new law also means that anyone who strangles a victim to the point of unconsciousness could now be charged with second-degree murder and an increased penalty if is the victim is pregnant, as well as

increased bond requirements. The then-bill and now-law was sponsored in the Senate by Majority Leader Jack Johnson and in the House by Rep. Jake McCalmon, among other co-sponsors. “It took a lot of courage on her part to be able to share that with me and explain some of the issues that she had with the criminal justice system,” Johnson told The News. “I encourage constituents to when they have an issue, or a thought or an idea, they should reach out to their elected folks and share that.” Johnson called Helper an “invaluable resource” in helping the legislature to understand the complexities that law enforcement faces when investigating and prosecuting domestic violence cases and how to best improve the law to help victims. This is not Kentof ’s first experience as an advocate, after she pushed for “Andy’s Law” in 2021, a proposed federal legislation named after her late brother which would make access to mental health services for veterans, an issue that she continues to work on. “The last three-and-a-half years have changed me — I miss my rose-colored glasses,” Kentof said, adding that she’s not done trying to bring light to a system that she said can easily re-victimize people who are advocating for themselves and countless victims of intimate-partner violence. “I believe I’ve gone from victim to victory,” Kentof said, “But I’m still working on justice, because our system is broken.”

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MNPS Board provides director’s evaluation BY KELSEY BEYELER

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The main topic of October’s only Metro Nashville Public Schools board meeting was the director’s evaluation. In short, MNPS

Director of Schools Adrienne Battle met all of the board’s overall expectations for the 2022-23 academic year. Battle, along with

board chair Rachael Anne Elrod and District 4 representative Berthena Nabaa-McKinney, attended the meeting remotely. In the current evaluation process, the director of schools reports quarterly selfevaluations. Members of the school board review these evaluations and provide feedback in the winter and the summer. In October, they present the summative evaluation, which considers the director’s self-evaluation and district data in four categories: literacy, numeracy, socialemotional learning and transitions. The data used to inform these decisions includes that from benchmark, achievement and growth testing, along with attendance rates. The evaluation also considers the performance of specific MNPS initiatives. They decide if the director meets, partially meets or doesn’t meet expectations. For the 2022-23 academic year, the board concluded that Battle met expectations in all categories. For the academic components of the evaluation — numeracy and literacy — they cited student and district growth data and noted increases in math and reading achievement scores, which fall at 22.5 percent and 28.5 percent, respectively.

State won’t challenge Fairgrounds lawsuit ruling BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT The state of Tennessee apparently does not plan to challenge the ruling of a threejudge panel striking down a new state law aimed at the Fairgrounds Nashville. According to The Tennessean, the 30-day deadline for the state to appeal the ruling passed earlier this week with no action. The law, one of several aimed at Metro Nashville this year, sought to lower the Metro Council vote threshold necessary to allow for major renovations to be conducted at the Fairgrounds. The legislation was designed to smooth the path for a plan to renovate the Fairgrounds Speedway and bring a top NASCAR race back to the track. The three-judge panel ruled in September that the law violated the Tennessee Constitution’s Home Rule Amendment, which protects local governments from targeted legislation. “The opinion of the three-judge panel forcefully rejected the state’s arguments,” Metro Legal Director Wally Dietz said, according to The Tennessean. “We are grateful the state’s attempt to rewrite the Metro Charter failed.” A deal to renovate the track, a priority of former Mayor John Cooper, could still be on the table under new Mayor Freddie O’Connell, though he has not listed the possibility as a priority in the early days of

Rendering of Fairgrounds racetrack PHOTO COURTESY OF PERKINS-EASTMAN his term. Other Metro lawsuits against the state remain ongoing. The city received a temporary reprieve in its effort to overturn the state’s decision to cut the size of the Metro Council in half, though a final ruling

has not been issued. Metro is also fighting the state over efforts to add state appointees to the Nashville airport and sports boards. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

The SEL component of the evaluation highlighted the fact that MNPS met its attendance goals, with an average daily attendance rate of 91.8 percent. (The districtwide chronic absence rate is 27.5 percent.) It also nodded to an increase in the amount of engagement to the support hub and the number of students enrolled in the district’s Sown to Grow program (93 percent), and broadly referenced success in the district’s advocacy and peace centers. The transitions component of the evaluation considered increased retention as a result of reintroducing fifth grade back into elementary schools, but did not provide a specific number. It also included the number of MNPS students who achieved full-ride scholarships at local universities, but not overall MNPS college-going rate, which was 44 percent in 2021 according to a report compiled by the Nashville Public Education Foundation. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Scene.

O’Connell named Partnership 2030 co-chair BY STEPHEN ELLIOTT

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that Mayor Freddie O’Connell will serve as co-chair of public-private entity Partnership 2030. According to a release, O’Connell will work alongside co-chair Lee Blank, Regions Bank Middle Tennessee market executive, as Partnership 2030 continues its efforts to strengthen ties between Metro Government and the city’s business community. By design, Nashville mayors have served as co-chairs of Partnership 2030; however, former Mayor John Cooper did not. Formed in 1990, Partnership 2030 continues a five-year strategy (2021-2026), with key metrics including the creation of 150,000 jobs, enhancing educational attainment to 55 percent of the population (ages 25-64) with an associate’s degree or higher, fostering a $30 billion growth in gross metropolitan product and welcoming 200,000 new residents to the region. “The synergy between the city and the business community is a powerful catalyst for creating unimaginable opportunities for our residents,” O’Connell said in the release. “Through Partnership 2030, we are not just envisioning, but manifesting a future filled with growth, education, and an enhanced quality of life.” This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post

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Biden works to support Israel and motivate humanitarian aid in Gaza amid growing tension BY BILL FREEMAN

civilians, but history will surely show that President Biden’s support of Israel and his equally strong support for humanitarian aid have been steadying and measured. People of Jewish faith sometimes say the Hebrew phrase, “Shalom aleichem,” meaning, “Peace be upon you.” The irony is not lost that the same phrase in Arabic is nearly identical: “As-salamu alaykum.” Let us pray that the entire world will have peace upon us all as we stand at the precipice of war. Bill Freeman Bill Freeman is the owner of FW Publishing, the publishing company that produces the Nashville Scene, Nfocus, the Nashville Post and The News.

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As the leader of the free world, one of the greatest challenges facing President Joe Biden is supporting our allies while encouraging humanitarian aid at the same time. At some critical junctures, the two are not mutually exclusive — that’s the tightrope walk Biden is currently navigating with his firm support of Israel, one of our greatest allies, and also his encouragement for humanitarian aid for the innocents caught between the Islamic terrorist group Hamas and the nation of Israel. Yet Biden is finding a way to accomplish both goals. This is unquestionably the mark of a strong and capable leader. President Biden addressed the nation recently to inform American citizens of the challenges facing Israel and his intentions to fully support our ally, while also cautioning against the temptation to rush headlong into battle. He likened the situation facing Israel, after a horrific assault on their nation, to the United States’ response after the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. As President Biden said in his address to the nation on Oct. 19, 2023, “We’re facing an inflection point in history — one of those moments where

the decisions we make today are going to determine the future for decades to come.” Biden’s resolve to both support Israel and to deliver aid amid the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is commendable. In fact, Fox News analyst Brit Hume, whose conservative news media organization certainly is never one to rave over Biden’s addresses, stated that the president’s speech “may be remembered as one of the best, if not the best, speeches of his presidency.” The challenges were many, and the risks were great — yet President Biden made his address only after first traveling to Israel to show unequivocal support for Israel’s right to defend itself against attack. At the same time, a second goal was to use the strength of the United States to help relieve suffering, negotiate for release of hostages and encourage an intentional and wellplanned response. Biden compared the Israelis’ understandable shock and grief with the United States’ collective outrage after 9/11. He encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the people of Israel to learn from the United States’ experiences in seeking justice following an unprovoked

and violent attack never seen on U.S. soil before or since. He reiterated the importance of remaining objective and focused in the midst of grief and the desire to seek justice. “When I was in Israel yesterday, I said that when America experienced the hell of 9/11, we felt enraged as well,” he said. “While we sought and got justice, we made mistakes. So I cautioned the government of Israel not to be blinded by rage.” “Worry” is too weak a word to use in describing the rest of the world’s concern over the prospect of a war in the Middle East. You don’t have to be very old to know all too well that this region has been a powder keg for generations — the birthplace of Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Uneasy peace has been more common than outright war in the Middle East for a few decades, yet we are now standing on the precipice of a war between Israel and Hamas. In fact, as of this writing, Israel has now begun a full ground invasion of Gaza — marking the official beginning of war. Time will tell what the ripple effects will be of Israel’s understandable desire to respond to the unprovoked attack on their innocent

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Nashville-based co-founders of The Home Edit Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, District 32 Councilmember Joy Styles, Tanger executives, and other local officials kicked off the festivities with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRAVE PUBLIC RELATIONS

Tanger Outlets Nashville is officially open for business after a three-day grand opening celebration over the weekend. A ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Nashville-based co-founders of The Home Edit Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin,

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, District 32 Councilmember Joy Styles, Tanger executives, and other local officials kicked off the festivities. The “Grand Opening Weekend” activities included performances and special and offers,

Dolly Parton celebrates opening of fashion exhibit at Lipscomb STAFF REPORTS

Legendary musician Dolly Parton celebrated the opening of a new fashion exhibit inspired by her iconic wardrobe on Friday at Lipscomb University. “Dolly Parton and the Makers: My Life in Rhinestones” is a physical interpretation of Parton’s new fashion-focused book, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones, which was released on Oct. 17th. The exhibit opened on Oct. 31 and will be on display through Dec. 9 in the John C. Hutcheson Gallery in Lipscomb’s Beaman Library. It will feature 25 of Parton’s fashions from throughout her career and will highlight the makers behind the looks. “I love to shine,” Parton said in regards to her fashion at the ceremony. “It makes me feel lighter and more exciting and excitable.” The exhibition came together through a partnership with Lipscomb’s Fashion & Design Department; Rebecca Seaver, Parton’s lead archivist and curator for Behind the Seams; and Iisha Lemming, a visiting faculty member at Lipscomb and Parton’s former head seamstress, as well as 42 students across more than 12 majors. Tickets are on sale now and must be purchased online, ahead of time at www.

lipscomb.edu/art/dolly-parton-andmakers-my-life-rhinestones. No tickets will be available for purchase onsite at the exhibition, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. It will be closed Sunday and Monday.

with a portion of the initial sales benefitting Musicians On Call, a local program that brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare environments. “The Tanger team has truly created an environment celebrating the spirit and

culture of Nashville,” Tanger Nashville General Manager Kendall Merrick said. “Tanger Nashville will serve as a social hub as much as it is a shopping center – featuring top brands, iconic local dining favorites, a central gathering space dedicated to special programming for the community and ongoing local partnerships.” Tanger Nashville features 60 retail stores across seven buildings, as well as over 20,000 square feet of restaurants, including local favorites such as Prince’s Hot Chicken, TailGate Brewery and Red Bicycle Coffee. The grounds also include 15 original large-scale murals painted throughout the center by local artists, butterfly gardens, onsite renewable energy, electric vehicle charging stations and other sustainable operations programs. According to a news release, approximately 700 individuals were employed during the construction of Tanger Nashville, while another 1,100 jobs created through the center’s retail operations. Tanger Nashville is the company’s third center to serve Tennesseearea markets, alongside centers covering the Sevierville and Memphis communities.

Dallas company buys again in Berry Hill BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS A Texas real estate company that has amassed a noteworthy amount of Berry Hill property has once again undertaken a deal in the Davidson County satellite city. An LLC affiliated with Dallas-based Xebec now owns property located at 505 E. Iris Drive, having paid $1.2 million for it, according to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document. The sellers in the most recent transaction, via separate LLCs, were local residential real estate agents Ben delCarmen and John Rula. The two paid $229,900 for the property in 2006, Metro records show. The property offers a building that most recently accommodated, Rula said, the since-closed Latitude Realty Group, which delCarmen and Rula owned and operated. Relatedly, Xebec has landed a loan, valued at $780,000 from Oklahoma City-based First Liberty Bank. The transaction follows Xebec’s having spent $1.4 million in April for a property at 2809 Columbine Place. That deal followed Xebec’s purchase in December 2022 $1.1 million for a property at 2810 Columbine Place. In July 2022, Xebec paid $1 million for a property located at 2802 Columbine Place.

Also during that month, the company paid a collective $3.3 million for a trio of properties at 2803-05-07 Columbine Place, Metro records show. Those deals followed Xebec’s in May having paid $2 million for two properties: one home to Manuel American Designs at 2804 Columbine Place and the other at 503 E. Iris Drive. It is unclear if Xebec (pronounced “ZEE-beck”) owns more than the nine Berry Hill properties as officials with the company, which focuses on industrial real estate, were unavailable for comment regarding the continued assembling of the commercial properties. The Xebec website lists only industrial properties and no holdings in Nashville. Rula and delCarmen represented themselves in the transaction, with Bransford Maxwell, principal broker and co-founder of Voyager Real Estate Partners having represented Xebec. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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Five free and cheap family things to do in middle Tennessee BY AMANDA HAGGARD

Halloween. Each year it’s creeped up a little earlier until (I’m sure you’ve noticed) there’s a blending of seasonal decor in each store such that you might not know it’s October and not December. Anyhow, if you’re ready to get going on Christmas, there are two events this weekend: The Mill at Christmas in Lebanon and Mingle Jingle in downtown Franklin. There’s also a documentary series at Nashville Public Library where they’ll show I Am Big Bird on Nov. 3. And then there are a couple of chats with folks: one with author Kate DiCamillo and one with former Major League Baseball player Dave Stewart. As part of our series on free and cheap things to do with the family, here is our weekly roundup of places to spend time together over the next week: THE MILL AT CHRISTMAS

Well, folks, it just took a mere four days to begin the Christmas celebrations after

From Nov. 3-4, the 11th annual The Mill at Christmas will be going on in Lebanon. The two-day event includes family festivities and shopping: There’ll be a bubble bar, desserts, and custom shopping bags. On Nov. 4, there’ll be Christmasy crafts and

games, and the man in red will come for an early showing. You can get those Santa photos done early this year. MINGLE JINGLE Several Franklin businesses will join on the corner of 2nd Ave and Bridge Street in downtown Franklin to kick of the holiday season with food, music, shopping and seasonal discounts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 4. Here you can get some shopping done early if your kids have passed the age of sitting with Santa. A CONVERSATION WITH KATE DICAMILLO Ann Patchett is slated for a chat with 2023 Nashville Public Library Literary Award recipient, Kate DiCamillo on Nov. 4, and this will be the first time it has been awarded to a children’s literature author. At 10 a.m. at Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High School, they’ll also premier DiCamillo’s new puppet show La, La, La, which based on her book of the same name. Register first to attend.

DOCUMEN”TEA”RIES AT NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY On Nov. 3, the Nashville Public Library downtown will screen the documentary I Am Big Bird: The Life and Career of Puppet Performer Caroll Spinney while patrons enjoy some tea and snacks. The film may be better for older children, but is appropriate for all. PORCH TALK: MEET THE LEGEND, DAVE STEWART At the Williamson County Library, the African American Heritage Society is hosting former Major League Baseball All-Star Dave Stewart for a chat. Stewart, nicknamed “Smoke,” is a professional baseball executive, pitching coach, sports agent and former starting pitcher. Stewart was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 16th-round selection in the 1975 draft and he played through 1995, winning three World Series championships along the way. Register ahead of time by emailing volunteer@aahswc.org.

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Humanities Tennessee hosted a record crowd at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum for the annual Authors in the Round Dinner. Nearly 450 guests and more than 45 published authors came together for the fundraising event, which kicked off the 35th annual Southern Festival of Books. Billed as the best book club in town, Authors in the Round allows guests to dine with published authors, resulting in a night of lively discourse that’s a beloved tradition for local bibliophiles. Co-chaired by Laura Smith and LoLita Toney, the evening began with a cocktail hour on the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s sixth floor terrace, followed by a three-course dinner. Grammy and Dove Award winner Shannon Sanders served as emcee for the evening and kicked off the program by welcoming guests and inviting Humanities Tennessee Executive Director Tim Henderson to the stage to recognize the participating authors, which included Carl Hiassen, John Scalzi, Mark Greaney, and Drew Galpin Faust. Authors

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