coalition, mayors against illegal guns, what have your conversations with other mayors in the group unlike this week? it has been frustrating. and in some ways astonishing what we keep dealing with in major cities. by the way these aren t just shootings that are happening in the largest of cities in america. you are seeing, you see consistently in america suburban communities, more increasingly rural communities with these types of mass shootings are happening. particularly for those of us in red states. tennessee for example, we have heard about nashville, remember the school shooting there. my own state. and wichita, kansas, the other day having a shooting outside of a nightclub. this is happening again and again and it can be prevented. i think the thing that is most interesting for most of us mayors who i talked to all the time, we are not looking to be extreme. we are looking to concealed weapons.
sins away. todd: a lot of sins in new orleans, who knows about nashville. maybe tom brady will end up there. looking at sin city, looking at tennessee titans, and looking at the 49ers, we ll see what happens with that. that is carley, i m todd, we have news. carley: absolutely, good morning, happy friday, best day of the week, we have crime news starting with this. audience of anti-crime summit bursting into applause when a top police officer pushes back against a lawmaker, this clip was obtained by new york post. respectfully mr. dean read statistics about repeat oafeders, they would not be repeat offenders if police were
Actor, writer, producer, director, motivational speaker and voice-over artist
Nashville’s theater community lost a big, brilliant voice this year both literally and figuratively. William Barry Scott the veteran actor, writer, producer, director, motivational speaker and voice-over artist died Sept. 10 at the age of 65. The Nashville native was the founder and producing artistic director of the American Negro Playwright Theatre at Tennessee State University, the same institution from which he, his parents and grandparents graduated. He took on many iconic roles locally including works from Shakespeare, August Wilson and more though his résumé also includes plenty of regional stage, film and television credits. He was an accomplished writer with a number of scripts to his name, including
Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) is pleased to announce Benjy Russell, from Dowelltown, and Karen Seapker, from Donelson, as the 2020-21 recipients of the Tennessee Artist Fellowship.
The CECA Tennessee Artist Fellowship celebrates contemporary art and supports the continued creative work of exceptional Tennessee artists. Unlike other fellowships, nominations and applications from artists are not solicited. A committee of APSU faculty compiles a list of outstanding artists from across the state and selects the fellowship recipient. Through the generous support of CECA, the selected artists receive $5,000 to aid in the creation of new artwork and $1000 for an artist lecture.
Karen Seapker’s The Sower
The CECA Tennessee Artist Fellowship celebrates contemporary art and to support the continued creative work of exceptional Tennessee artists.
Unlike other fellowships, nominations and applications from artists are not solicited.
A committee of APSU faculty compiles a list of outstanding artists from across the state and selects the fellowship recipient. Through the generous support of CECA, the selected artists receive $5,000 to aid in the creation of new artwork and $1000 for an artist lecture.
“Since APSU is the Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts for the entire state of Tennessee, we wanted to find a way to support artists state-wide,” said Barry Jones, dean of the College of Arts and Letters at APSU. “There is an incredible number of amazing artists here, but unfortunately there isn’t much financial support for them. We hope that this fellowship helps a Tennessee artist maintain their practice and to know that we support what they ar