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Three Spring Exhibitions and Events Focused on Marginalized Communities
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“When we help people, we help pets stay in their homes”
How the first Black Girl Scout leader in Nashville’s work continues through Camp Holloway
Helpers: This is the first in a series about people pitching in for their neighbors, friends and community in ways big and small.
The Tennessee State Museum opened Tennessee Voices, American Stories on Jan. 13 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Tennessee State Museum
The exhibition, which is organized around three concepts from the preamble to the U.S. Constitution: “We the People,” “A More Perfect Union,” and “The Blessings of Liberty,” highlights items from the museum’s collection. Miranda Fraley Rhodes, Ph.D, is the assistant chief curator at the Tennessee State Museum. She curated this show, and says the exhibit shares artifacts and stories related to remarkable people who helped to build Tennessee and the United States.
The Contributor looks at the events and policy shifts that shaped the year
The pages of wrapping paper inside the Dec. 3 issue of The Contributor were created as part of collaboration between vendors who sell The Contributor newspaper and Unzine Nashville.
The show brings to life the eponymous zine series created through a partnership among The Contributor, Nashville Street Poetry Project, and Stagger Press
Jennifer Alexander, longtime Contributor vendor, artist, poet and writer, died Sept. 19 after suffering from a terminal illness. She was 74 years old.