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Steve Haruch

Nashville

Senior Producer at Nashville Banner

Writer, Editor and Producer at Freelance

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  • 2 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Haruch

    Phil Bredesen is a big believer in the public good. As mayor of Nashville, he pushed to create more public spaces, like the downtown public library. He also sought to invigorate the core of the city, in part by bringing big-time sports to town. (Wait until you hear the story of how he got to the final handshake on an NFL franchise.) As governor of Tennessee, and through his work with the Land Trust for Tennessee, Phil has also worked to acquire and preserve public land.

  • 3 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Haruch

    Music historian Don Cusic has played many roles — songwriter, producer, novelist, professor. (Not to mention putting in a stint at a newspaper in Cookeville many years ago.) Decades ago, he pulled into Nashville in an old VW bus that doubled as his home until he found his footing writing about music. Since then, Don has written 28 books, ranging from a biography of Roger Miller to an encyclopedia of cowboys. His latest delves into the life of one of Nashville’s most influential figures.

  • 1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Haruch

    Five years ago this week, Watkins School of Art, Design & Film held a socially distanced commencement ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It would the last in the school’s 185-year history, as it later merged with Belmont University. Steven Womack taught at Watkins for 25 years, and he details his time there — and the school’s demise — in a memoir titled Death of a College.

  • 1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Demetria Kalodimos |Steve Haruch

    With the state of Tennessee set to restart executions this month, federal public defender Kelley Henry is even more busy than usual. Her client Oscar Smith is the first man scheduled to be killed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Her team has exhausted its legal options, and Smith is set to be executed on May 22. He will spend 14 days on death watch, instead of the customary three.

  • 1 month ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steve Haruch

    This week, the Metropolitan Social Services department released a report based on its annual community needs evaluation. The title of this year’s report: “The High Cost of Low Wages in Nashville.” Coinciding with its release, the department hosted a community gathering at West End Community Church, featuring a panel discussion on the report’s findings and possible solutions.

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