I'll tag-team with my friends at Nashvillest on this one: John Rich of Big & Rich will play on CBS' The Early Show from the Belmont Mansion Tuesday morning, and they're more than happy to invite Belmont (and Vandy) students to the mansion at 5:30 in the morning.
But hey, if you can't make that, maybe you'll be more interested in Belmont alum Josh Turner, who will be showing up Wednesday morning at the mansion with the same CBS folks. Heard of anyone else showing up? You know what to do.
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Friday, October 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Apocalypse weekend, or, a great time for an economic boost
A question was raised yesterday during a media walkthrough as to what the economic impact of the debate will be for Nashville. Convention and Visitors Bureau President Butch Spyridon told me he expects the economic impact of the city to be between $2-3 million, along the lines of the Americana Music Festival and Conference held earlier this month.
“The values of the media coverage going out of here – that’s where the real payoff is,” Spyridon said.
Spyridon estimated visiting media members have bought about 1,500 hotel rooms so far, which doesn’t include the other two huge events that will be happening this weekend: the Auburn-Vanderbilt football game that will draw ESPN’s College GameDay, and Bluegrass Fan Fest, which is expected to bring (updated Oct. 2) 3,000 people from outside Nashville.
Meanwhile, I have a really great parking spot at work that I’ll be taking offers for later this week.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Events of the Day/Week: The race gets religion
Author Shane Claiborne (Jesus for President) will be showing up three nights in a row around Nashville, speaking about politics and Christianity and serving the poor. Claiborne is one of the best-known leaders of the New Monastics, whom I can best describe as a cross among hippies, hipsters and monks (although you can be married). Claiborne kicks off his Nashville mini-tour tonight at Collins Alumni Auditorium at Lipscomb University at 7 p.m., then follows with lectures Tuesday at Vanderbilt's Benton Chapel at 2 p.m. and at Westminster Presbyterian Church (3900 West End Ave.) at 7:30 p.m., and finally at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Belmont Heights Baptist Church (2100 Belmont Blvd.). All events are free and open to the public.
Also on Wednesday, author Stephen Mansfield (The Faith of Barack Obama) will appear at The Commons Center at Vanderbilt as part of a discussion on race, religion and politics. Mansfield, a conservative evangelical who has also written about President Bush, surprised some folks when he wrote what is considered a fairly pro-Obama analysis. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6 p.m. on the Commons campus near Peabody College.
(Photo courtesy of Lipscomb University)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hip-hop the vote
Vanderbilt is hosting a free discussion Thursday on hip-hop and the election, including remarks from M-1 of the hip-hop duo dead prez (their own Web site prominently features their middle fingers, so I'll leave you to go find it). Having listened to a little of their stuff right now (again, you'll have to find it for yourself on YouTube) the group appears to have pretty heavy socialist leanings, so it might be interesting to hear M-1's take on the candidates, if only because it appears McCain and Obama aren't going to please him.
Other guests include authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Vijay Prashad, Maya Rockeymoore and community organizer Angela Woodson. The event starts at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose room of The Commons.
Other guests include authors Bakari Kitwana, Adam Mansbach, Vijay Prashad, Maya Rockeymoore and community organizer Angela Woodson. The event starts at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose room of The Commons.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Mystery solved: Beer company to host Belmont hospitality tent
Beyond adding patriotic bunting and rows of banners in every direction, bringing a presidential debate to Belmont University also involves some sacrifices — namely, the school’s soccer field.
Crews began covering the field with enough black mats to serve as the floor of a 25,000-square-foot tent that will house as many as 600 media members for the Oct. 7 debate.
By the end of Monday, most of the field had gone from green to black.
“It won’t be the whole thing, but it will be close,” Keith Krzeminski, a sales and operations manager with Private Event Group, a part of Classic Party Rentals Nashville, said of the field.
Barring weather delays, the tent is expected to be up by Thursday, but moving in all the equipment and wiring will take at least two weeks.
“We’re doing a number of different things to ensure there will be enough power and Internet,” including the use of generators, said Pamela Johnson, Belmont’s debate coordinator.
AT&T will provide phone and Internet services for the 600 media workspaces. With the crews combined, nearly 30 people may be working on the media tent at any one time.
The tent location has forced the men’s and women’s soccer teams to separate locations: the women to nearby Vanderbilt University, the men to fields in northwest Nashville owned by the University School of Nashville.
Belmont athletics director Mike Strickland said the teams had not been affected much by the move, as evidenced by their winning records.
“Our women’s soccer team, that’s not that bad; they’re right across the road,” Strickland said. The men have had to make a little bit of an adjustment, because they have to drive out … but it’s not too much of a problem at class time,” Strickland said.
After the debate is over, the tent will take nearly as long to disassemble, and the field’s turf will have to be replaced, Strickland said. The teams won’t be able to use the field until the following fall, when they might be playing at E.S. Rose Park under a deal approved by the Metro Council last year, Strickland said.
Beer company to host separate tent
An additional 5,000-square-foot hospitality tent with food for media, volunteers and university staff will be located on the school’s tennis courts next to the soccer field.
That tent, along with similar areas at the other three debates, will be hosted by Anheuser-Busch, which has been a sponsor during the last four presidential debate seasons. It’s a quirky match with the private, Christian school, which just cut ties with the Southern Baptist Convention last year.
Johnson said Anheuser-Busch would not have any advertising on the campus, but a statement from the company indicated it would have a “unique” presence. Belmont does not permit alcohol on campus.
“At the hospitality areas, we also take the opportunity to share information about Anheuser-Busch’s longstanding support of the U.S. political process and our company’s commitment to economic and social responsibility,” Michael Roche, vice president of national affairs for Anheuser-Busch, said in a statement.
The company did not release Monday how much it paid for this year’s national sponsorship, but it donated $500,000 for the 1992 presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, according to the school’s Web site.
Crews began covering the field with enough black mats to serve as the floor of a 25,000-square-foot tent that will house as many as 600 media members for the Oct. 7 debate.
By the end of Monday, most of the field had gone from green to black.
“It won’t be the whole thing, but it will be close,” Keith Krzeminski, a sales and operations manager with Private Event Group, a part of Classic Party Rentals Nashville, said of the field.
Barring weather delays, the tent is expected to be up by Thursday, but moving in all the equipment and wiring will take at least two weeks.
“We’re doing a number of different things to ensure there will be enough power and Internet,” including the use of generators, said Pamela Johnson, Belmont’s debate coordinator.
AT&T will provide phone and Internet services for the 600 media workspaces. With the crews combined, nearly 30 people may be working on the media tent at any one time.
The tent location has forced the men’s and women’s soccer teams to separate locations: the women to nearby Vanderbilt University, the men to fields in northwest Nashville owned by the University School of Nashville.
Belmont athletics director Mike Strickland said the teams had not been affected much by the move, as evidenced by their winning records.
“Our women’s soccer team, that’s not that bad; they’re right across the road,” Strickland said. The men have had to make a little bit of an adjustment, because they have to drive out … but it’s not too much of a problem at class time,” Strickland said.
After the debate is over, the tent will take nearly as long to disassemble, and the field’s turf will have to be replaced, Strickland said. The teams won’t be able to use the field until the following fall, when they might be playing at E.S. Rose Park under a deal approved by the Metro Council last year, Strickland said.
Beer company to host separate tent
An additional 5,000-square-foot hospitality tent with food for media, volunteers and university staff will be located on the school’s tennis courts next to the soccer field.
That tent, along with similar areas at the other three debates, will be hosted by Anheuser-Busch, which has been a sponsor during the last four presidential debate seasons. It’s a quirky match with the private, Christian school, which just cut ties with the Southern Baptist Convention last year.
Johnson said Anheuser-Busch would not have any advertising on the campus, but a statement from the company indicated it would have a “unique” presence. Belmont does not permit alcohol on campus.
“At the hospitality areas, we also take the opportunity to share information about Anheuser-Busch’s longstanding support of the U.S. political process and our company’s commitment to economic and social responsibility,” Michael Roche, vice president of national affairs for Anheuser-Busch, said in a statement.
The company did not release Monday how much it paid for this year’s national sponsorship, but it donated $500,000 for the 1992 presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, according to the school’s Web site.
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