MURFREESBORO — One of the newest eateries in the city is teaming up with a local nonprofit to give young people a First Shot at success with a fun and sophisticated fundraiser for adults.

The inaugural 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue fundraiser for the First Shot Foundation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at Blue Restaurant Bar in Jackson Heights Plaza.

The fundraiser — with events for men and women — is a benefit for First Shot Foundation, dedicated to empowering underserved youth. The evening’s proceeds will directly support five youth camps at Patterson Park Community Center.

The evening will feature a Strolling Fashion Show, showcasing fashions from Penny’s Closet, a Cosmopolitan drink-tasting for women, a Jim Beam bourbon whiskey tasting for men, a cigar-sampling smoker from Liquid Smoke, live entertainment, and special appetizers and food samplings of foods unique to Blue. To fit the evening’s theme, women are encouraged to wear blue casual attire, while men are asked to wear black casual clothing.

The highlight of the night will be an “Iron Chef”-style food-cooking competition featuring top chefs from Blue facing off against top chefs from area restaurants. Food samplings from the competition will be offered to event patrons following the competition.

“We are extremely excited to announce what we feel will become a signature annual event in Rutherford County,” First Shot Foundation director Andy Herzer said of the inaugural 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue fundraiser. “We are always looking for new and unique ways to raise funds for the foundation, and partnering with Blue Restaurant Bar and our other great sponsors should make for an event that will be a great night of fun and entertainment.”

“I have witnessed the works of First Shot Foundation since its inception in 2003 and have seen so many youths impacted positively,” Blue Restaurant Bar managing partner Greg Pogue said. “This should be a great event for a great cause.”

Tax-deductible donations to attend 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue are $50 per person or $90 per couple. Tickets are available at Blue Restaurant Bar at 810 N.W. Broad St., Suite 222; Chill Wine Spirits at 2445 Memorial Boulevard; and at FirstShotBasketball.net.

Sponsors of 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue are Blue Restaurant Bar, Jim Beam Whiskey, Best Brands, Chill Wine Spirits, Liquid Smoke and Penny’s Closet.

For more information, call Andy Herzer at 615-631-5312.

That’s why the Junior League of Murfreesboro is holding the Women’s Day Fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at McFadden Magnet School, located at 221 Bridge Ave..

It’s a free opportunity for women to learn about the supportive resources available in our community, including the Boys and Girls Club, Candle Wishes, Journey Home, Special Kids, United Way, YMCA, Kids in Kitchen and the Murfreesboro Health Department.

The Women’s Day Fair is also a chance for hardworking women to have fun and feel pampered. Attendees will have access to free coats, books and haircuts and will enjoy food, entertainment, games and door prizes.

The Women’s Day Fair is free and childcare will be provided. 

Cameron and Parelli, two men who have redefined the whole concept of colt-starting, will work together, competing against world-class horsemen from Australia and Canada, to win the title of “World Champions” for the United States.

“Road to the Horse is the most exciting equine event on the scene today,” said Cameron who is looking forward to partnering with Pat Parelli, a man he calls a great horseman and innovator.

Parelli reminds all of us that his partner for the 2012 event is already a past Road to the Horse Champion.

While the event is guaranteed to electrify students of natural horsemanship by the sheer volume of talent and experience on hand, the Road to the Horse event is also an integral part of the natural horsemanship revolution that is sweeping into all corners of the horse industry. And thats good news for horses.

Pat Parelli said, in fact, that is the best thing about The Road to the Horse competition. He said the event does for natural horsemanship what the Kentucky Derby does for thoroughbred racing. “It gets peoples attention and interest on natural horsemanship as a whole,” he said.

But dont kid yourself, Cameron and Parelli are playing to win. Both men have multiple decades of colt starting experience under their rodeo buckles and will prove formidable competition to the Australian and Canadian teams.

“We need to bring that championship home.” Cameron said. “This is right where it needs to be, in the USA.”

As young men, Parelli and Cameron came up through the rodeo circuit, riding rough stock, and each developed a deep love for horses. But early on, both men suspected the often violent methods used to “break” young horses was at least ineffective and unnecessary, if not wrong. Cameron and Parelli began their natural horsemanship journeys studying under legendary horseman Ray Hunt and Troy Henry.

“I always tried to work with a horse and not be abusive or rough. It was just an instinct,” said Cameron who is a member of the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame and travels 44 weeks a year educating horse lovers nationwide.

“Its about love, language and leadership in equal doses,” said Parelli who founded a program that now boasts over 200,000 students in 35 countries. “Life is about relationships and its pretty hard to beat that formula.”

Fans of Team USA are encouraged to fly their colors and support Cameron and Parelli in person in Murfreesboro, TN. While other countries certainly develop great horsemen, the worlds greatest come from America.

Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 International Road to the Horse competition. Tickets range from $80-$200 for all three days. VIP ticket costs are $285 in addition to regular seating costs. Limited charity seats are $2500. Charity seats are limited seating in the middle of the arena among the action within the clinicians round pens. These seats allow one on one time with each clinician and the ability to hear and see everything that goes on and off the record.

For an annual fee of only $39.95, Nation members receive privileges such as advance ticket purchase opportunities, a special prime seating section, merchandise and apparel discounts, early admission to the event and an interactive Road to the Horse Nation website. To become a member, visit www.roadtothehorsenation.com

For detailed travel and schedule information or to buy tickets online visit www.roadtothehorse.com or call 1-877-772-5425 or 1-888-695-0888.

Road to the Horse

Road to the Horse, the World Championship of Colt-Starting is unlike any other event in the equine or entertainment industry. The three-day event will match six of the world’s best horse trainers and clinicians against one another as they train unbroken colts to ride in just a few hours in front of a packed live audience and television cameras. By combining education, edge-of-your-seat suspense, entertainment and the love of the horse, Road to the Horse has been responsible for solidifying the position of todays horsemanship heroes and launching the careers of tomorrows hottest new stars.

In the process, the event itself has become a catalyst for the advancement of natural horsemanship. Hosted by Rick Lamb, of RFD-TVs The Horse Show with Rick Lamb, spectators are guaranteed not only to have a good time, but also to walk away with training knowledge that will improve their relationship with horses. The event is supported by title sponsor Western Horseman and in association with AQHA.

Road to the Horse is proud to partner with many outstanding companies across the equine industry including Road to the Horse presenting sponsor, Western Horseman and strategic partner AQHA along with Nutrena, WW Livestock, Callaway Farms Manufacturing, Prichards Distillery, Extreme Mustang Makeover, TWHBEA, Quarter Horse News, Western Shooting Horse Magazine, Horsecity.com, Horses Magazine, and Hoofbeats Magazine.

MURFREESBORO — The First Shot Foundation and Blue Restaurant Bar announce the inaugural 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue fundraiser event from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 at Blue Restaurant Bar in Jackson Heights Plaza.

The event for women and men will feature a “Strolling Fashion Show” showcasing fashions from Penny’s Closet, a Cosmopolitan drink tasting for women, a Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey tasting for men, a cigar sampling smoker from Liquid Smoke, live entertainment, and special appetizers and food samplings of foods unique to Blue.

Women are encouraged to wear blue casual attire, while men are asked to wear black casual clothing. The highlight of the night will be an “Iron Chef” style food cooking competition featuring top chefs from Blue facing off against top chefs from area restaurants. Food samplings from the competition will be fed to event patrons following the competition.

“We are extremely excited to announce what we feel will become a signature annual event in Rutherford County,” First Shot Foundation director Andy Herzer said of the inaugural 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue fundraiser. “We are always looking for new and unique ways to raise funds for the Foundation, and partnering with Blue Restaurant Bar and our other great sponsors should make for an event that will be a great night of fun and entertainment.”

Tax deductible donations to attend 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue are $50 per person or $90 per couple. Tickets are available at Blue Restaurant Bar at 810 Northwest Broad Street, Suite 222; Chill Wine Spirits at 2445 Memorial Boulevard; and at FirstShotBasketball.net.

First Shot Foundation is a nonprofit organization that targets underserved youths in Rutherford County. Funds from the event will directly support five youth camps at Patterson Park Community Center.

“I have witnessed the works of First Shot Foundation since its inception in 2003 and have seen so many youths impacted positively,” Blue Restaurant Bar managing partner Greg Pogue said. “This should be a great event for a great cause.”

Sponsors of 2011 Ladies Night Black Blue are Blue Restaurant Bar, Jim Beam Whiskey, Best Brands, Chill Wine Spirits, Liquid Smoke and Penny’s Closet.

For more information, call Andy Herzer at 615-631-5312.

And then there is a Latino Family Festival at Nashville Zoo 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, with Spanish translators, live entertainment, special activities and giveaways.

It is NOT free, but several local State Farm Insurance offices are offering a buy-one-get-one-free Zoo coupon for the festival day, which is sponsored by the Zoo, State Farm and Conexion Amercias. You can also print coupons from the Zoo website (www.nashvillezoo.org/events/latino-family-festival), and from Conexión Américas. Parking is $5 a car.

A new clothing thrift store benefitting Operation Stand Down is having its grand opening Thursday at 1125 12th Ave. S. The store, which is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, has men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and shoes. 615-248-1981

If you’d like to learn some Nashville history from a master historian, there is a four-class “Nashville 101” course that Davidson County historian Carol Bucy is teaching at the Fort Negley Visitor Center this fall.

“I want to help Nashvillians understand our history and how it shaped present-day Nashville. These classes are for everyone who has an interest in Nashville history,” said Bucy, whose class is called Nashville 101: Nashville History From its Beginnings to the Civil War.

The course costs $25, and meets 10:30-11:45 a.m. on four consecutive Thursdays beginning Sept. 22. A followup class, called Nashville 102, will be taught in the spring, focusing on Nashville history from the Civil War to modern times.

To register, send a $25 check, made out to the Nashville Cemetery Association, to the Metro Historical Commission, 3000 Granny White Pike, Nashville, 37204. Details: 615-862-7970

And now for some sales:

Donelson Heights United Methodist Church is having its fourth annual indoor yard sale 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the church, 84 Fairway Drive in Donelson. 883-8106.

The annual Kids Bargains Consignment Sale, with 450 consignors, is Friday and Saturday in the Family LifeCenter at Forest Hills Baptist Church, 2101 Old Hickory Blvd. (corner of Hillsboro Road). Hours are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, which is half-price day. http://www.fhbc.org” alt=”" title=”" target=”_blank”www.fhbc.org

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United Methodist Church is having its annual fall consignment sale Friday (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m.-noon half price) with children’s clothing (infant through teen sizes), equipment and toys. The sale also includes home decor, including bedding and pictures, and men’s clothing. Proceeds go to youth missions and outreach of the church.

Registration has begun for the Sept. 24 Hands On Nashville Day. The big volunteer day is set to be the biggest yet! It’s also the 20th anniversary of Hands on Nashville! Details: www.hon.org

This is the final weekend for Shakespeare in the Park. It is Thursday-Sunday at the Centennial Park Band Shell, with preshow entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. and the play, Romeo and Juliet, starting at 7:30 p.m. It is free, but there is a suggested donation of $10. www.nashvilleshakes.org

A wonderful free fall series of enrichment classes is being offered by Williamson County Parks and Recreation at the Franklin, Longview and Fairview centers.

The classes start this week and run through mid-November and include health and safety classes for older adults and their pets, history classes, a session on Alzheimers, a workshop on balance, a class on caregiver stress and a session on how to protect yourself from identity theft and financial crimes. To register, call 615-790-5719.

Murfreesboro Police spokesman Kyle Evans told The Daily News Journal that his department and an agent with the Department of Homeland Security are investigating who made the threat to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (http://bit.ly/qhnaZx).

The threat comes as the nation prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sunday.

The Murfreesboro mosque is trying to build a bigger place of worship. It has seen vandals target signs at its new proposed site, which was also struck by arsonists last year who torched construction equipment that was being used to prepare the grounds.

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Information from: The Daily News Journal, http://www.dnj.com

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Main Street is looking for an 18-20 foot tall evergreen-preferably a cedar, fir or blue spruce.

On December 2nd, Rutherford County Courthouse comes aglow as the community comes together for our Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Celebration.

There will be singing, caroling, delicious treats and, of course, a visit by Santa Claus.

The Public Square turns festive on this night when our merchants stay open late, restaurants offer holiday specials, and entertainment captivates the historic downtown.

“We need your help!” states Kathleen Herzog, Main Street Director. “If you are willing to donate a tree to our historic downtown, please give Main Street a call. In addition to acknowledging your kind gift during the tree lighting, Santa promises to make all your wishes come true.” 

The tree will be on display throughout the holiday season beginning the night of the tree lighting.

For details on donating a tree or additional information about Main Street

call the office at 615-895-1887 or e-mail kbherzog@bellsoth.net.

Murfreesboro Police spokesman Kyle Evans told The Daily News Journal that his department and an agent with the Department of Homeland Security are investigating who made the threat to the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (http://bit.ly/qhnaZx).

The threat comes as the nation prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sunday.

The Murfreesboro mosque is trying to build a bigger place of worship. It has seen vandals target signs at its new proposed site, which was also struck by arsonists last year who torched construction equipment that was being used to prepare the grounds.

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Information from: The Daily News Journal, http://www.dnj.com

Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Today — NBC, Sept. 5-9, 7am ET. Starting Sept. 5, NBC’s morning showToday will incorporate 9/11 coverage and programming into its show each day throughout the week. On Sept. 9, Matt Lauer will be live from Ground Zero for a split show with Ann Curry live from Studio 1A. Matt will give viewers a tour inside the new 1 World Trade Center, formerly known as Freedom Tower, that is still under construction. The show will also take a look back at some of the children of 9/11 victims that were first met 10 years ago, to catch up with them and find out what their lives are like today.

Access Hollywood — Syndicated (check local listings), Sept. 5-9.Throughout the week, Access Hollywood will feature special celebrity interviews as stars reflect upon their experiences and memories of Sept. 11, 2001. Billy Bush sits down with Dan Rather to hear about his emotional post-9/11 interview on Late Show With David Letterman; Rob Lowe talks about traveling with a doomed flight crew on a trip before the attacks; Liza Minnelli remembers the spirit of the crowd at Shea Stadium at the first Mets game played in New York after 9/11; and more.

PBS NewsHour – PBS, Sept. 5, 6pm ET. All this week, PBS NewsHour will air a special series of stories that examine how our world has changed in the decade since 9/11. These stories air in the show’s regular timeslot, and will lead up to a special one-hour presentation of America Remembers — 9/11 on Sept. 11 (see later in this post). Tonight’s episode looks at how the students and teachers of P.S. 150 are reflecting on the attacks. Filmmaker Jacques Menasche had a son in first grade there and in his film The Class of 9/11(which is excerpted here) he now revisits his son’s schoolmates and teachers to discuss what they remember about 9/11 and how the experience has affected them.

When Pop Culture Saved America — BIO Channel, Sept. 5, 8pm ET. This two-hour documentary looks at the days and months following the 9/11 attacks to show how the non-news media pitched in to bring the nation together. Comedians, singers, actors, entertainers all did their part with concerts, telethons and specials to help bring the nation back to the “new normal.” AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

PBS NewsHour – PBS, Sept. 6, 6pm ET. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the effort to build the world’s safest skyscraper on the site of the Twin Towers in a segment produced in collaboration with the PBS series NOVA. The segment takes an in-depth look at the science and technology behind the new 1 World Trade Center. Additionally, an architect from the University of Maryland discusses new buildings constructed with the design to make people feel safer.

I Survived … 9/11 — BIO Channel, Sept. 6, 8pm ET. BIO’s original series honors the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by profiling the stories of 12 firefighters, ambulance workers, defense officials and ordinary office workers who went to work that day, unaware that their lives were about to be changed forever.AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

Targeting Bin Laden – History, Sept. 6, 8pm ET. This two-hour special looks inside the dedicated effort to hunt and kill Osama bin Laden, exploring the historical ramifications for President Obama’s administration, as well as looking at the role of the men and women who worked for many years over several administrations to make this possible. Historical footage, photographs and re-enactments — along with interviews including President Obama and others — help illustrate one of the most important missions in our nation’s history.

Frontline: Top Secret America — PBS, Sept. 6, 9pm ET (check local listings). The Frontline team that produced “Bush’s War,” “The Torture Question” and “Cheney’s Law” teams up with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dana Priest to investigate the dark side of America’s “war on terror” over the last decade and to ask how a decade of fighting terrorism has reshaped our country, and whether it has made us any safer.

CNN Presents: “Footnotes of 9/11″ — CNN, Sept. 6, 11pm ET (replay Sept. 11, 8pm ET). Correspondent Drew Griffin interviews eight people who went to work on Sept. 11, 2001 and unexpectedly became part of history. Each of the eight people profiled is mentioned in The 9/11 Commission Report — their unique experiences are drawn from the 1,742 footnotes of that report and offer critical detail to the tragic events of that day. They include ticket agents who checked in some of the terrorists, a maintenance technician who answered a call from one of the planes under attack, and the Lt. Col. in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, also a United Airlines pilot, who scrambled to provide defense for New York and faced the possibility of having to shoot down a passenger plane.

PBS NewsHour – PBS, Sept. 7, 6pm ET. In a report produced by NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting in Berkeley, NPR correspondent Daniel Zwerdling explores what happens when private businesses and ordinary citizens respond to the government’s plea to report suspicious activities.

Saved (Sneak Peek) — Animal Planet, Sept. 7, 9pm ET/PT. This is a sneak peek of Animal Planet’s new series about how the emotional bond between humans and animals can sometimes transcend the traditional pet-owner relationship. This episode, “The Woolverton Family/The Haskell Family,” looks at how a Dalmatian named Blaze helped bring light to the family of two firefighter brothers who died responding to the World Trade Center attacks during the family’s darkest days, and how a 4-year-old girl, traumatized by the chaos around her following the attacks, was brought out of her place of terror and to a place of peace by a Yorkshire terrier named Scout.

American Greed: “9/11 Fraud” — CNBC, Sept. 7, 9pm ET/PT. CNBC airs a special edition of the American Greed series, looking at the illegal lengths people will go to steal money in times of national tragedy.

NOVA: Engineering Ground Zero – PBS, Sept. 7, 9pm ET; replays Sept. 9, 9:30pm ET (check local listings). This episode tells an epic story of engineering, innovation and the perseverance of the human spirit. With extraordinary access granted by The Port Authority of New York New Jersey, the program follows the five-year construction of 1 World Trade Center (1 WTC) and the National September 11 Memorial Museum, including interviews with 1 WTC architect David Childs; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Michael Arad, the man behind the breakthrough concept for the 9/11 memorial; and others.

Frontline: Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero (encore) — PBS, Sept. 7, 10pm ET; Sept. 11, 5pm ET (check local listings). In this episode originally broadcast in 2002, veteran Frontlineproducer Helen Whitney explores how the spiritual lives of believers — and unbelievers — have been challenged in the wake of Sept. 11. The two-hour special also examines how Americans are coping with difficult questions of good and evil, God’s culpability and the potential for darkness within religion itself.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Terror in the Dust — CNN, Sept. 7, 11pm ET (replay Sept. 10, 9pm ET). This special examines how responders who breathed in the toxic dust and noxious fumes at New York’s Ground Zero are coping with the health effects of the attacks 10 years later. Dr. Gupta’s investigation includes never-before-broadcast footage of the collapse of the Twin Towers, the medical consequences of the killer dust and safety recommendations for future crisis responses.

PBS NewsHour PBS, Sept, 8, 6pm ET. Correspondent Tom Bearden examines aviation security, which has evolved from X-ray scanners for carry-on bags and metal detectors, to full-body scanners, being forced to remove one’s shoes, explosive trace detection and, most controversially, “enhanced pat-downs.” The report examines some of these cases and how three individuals have fallen afoul of the new security systems.

Beyond Bravery: The Women of 9/11 — CNN, Sept. 8, 11pm ET (replay Sept. 11, 9pm ET). Correspondent Soledad O’Brien profiles the sometimes-overlooked female rescue workers who raced to the Twin Towers in the wake of the attack, looking at their work over the decade following their life-altering experiences. Among the stories of these heroic women is an African-American firefighter whose company lost seven of the 342 firefighters who died that day. She is pushing to recruit more women to this dangerous  job, even as the number of female firefighters has dropped to less than one percent of the NYFD. O’Brien also speaks with the family of a decorated police officer and mother who was photographed rescuing survivors just moments before the collapse of the towers, and reports on the present-day health and emotional struggles of these heroines.

9/11 — Ten Years Later – ReelzChannel, Sept. 9, 4pm ET. CBS News’ The Early Show anchor Jeff Glor hosts this hourlong look at how 9/11 affected the world of movies, entertainment and pop culture, and is also a retrospective on the events of that day and a look at the personal stories from those who lived through it. Included are interviews with Matt Damon, Nancy O’Dell, Kyra Sedgwick, Jane Rosenthal, Wayne Brady, Cablevision CEO Jim Dolan and MTV co-founder John Sykes about where they were, how they were affected and what they have since done to help. The special reairs throughout the weekend.

Special Report: America Then and Now – HLN, Sept. 9, 5pm ET. An in-depth look at how Americans’ lives changed on 9/11, examining how we live our lives now versus then.

PBS NewsHour – PBS, Sept. 9, 6pm ET. Senior correspondent Margaret Warner reports from Egypt, the intellectual birthplace of al-Qaeda and the radical jihadi movement. Ten years after 9/11, how do Egyptians feel about the day and their role in it, and how do they feel about the United States?

NBC Nightly News — NBC, Sept. 9, 10 and 11, 6:30pm ET. On Sept. 9 and 11, Brian Williams will anchor special editions of the newscast from Ground Zero. Lester Holt will anchor from Ground Zero on Sept. 10. NBC News will also be employing social media — Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — to ask viewers where they were on 9/11, sharing stories of people when they first heard the news of the attacks. On Twitter, the NBC News team will be following the hashtag #wherewereyou, as users share memories.

9/11: The Days After — History, Sept. 9, 9pm ET/PT. This documentary from the makers of 102 Minutes That Changed America examines what happened following the tragic day that terrorists attacked America. Telling the story exclusively through archival audiovisual materials collected from more than 50 sources — footage shot by professional news media and amateurs alike — the film takes a look at what happened after the tragedy, examining the texture of life in a post-9/11 world. AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

Dr. Drew – HLN, Sept. 9, 9pm ET. Dr. Drew looks at how families have rebuilt since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, sharing stories of people whose lives were directly impacted that day, including victims’ families and children of 9/11 who lost parents.

Dateline — NBC, Sept. 9, 9pm ET. Dateline airs a two-hour special during which NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw, who spent over 100 hours at the anchor desk the first week after the 9/11 attacks, takes viewers back to some of the most powerful stories reported by NBC news in the days and months following the tragedy. Brokaw will also re-interview some of the people he first spoke to about the events 10 years ago

Joy Behar – HLN, Sept. 9, 10pm ET. Joy talks to celebrities and newsmakers on the effects of 9/11, including how this day is remembered and lessons learnd over the past 10 years.

Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience — CNN, Sept. 9, 11pm ET (replays Sept. 10, 8pm and 11pm ET on CNN; and Sept. 11, 8:46am on HBO and 7pm on HBO2). This is a special presentation from Time in association with HBO. Captured in words and moving images, this documentary features untold stories drawing from 40 women and men who led and sacrificed for America in the hours, days and months that followed the attacks. Working with the editors of Time, award-winning photographer Marco Grob produced an astonishing set of portraits that are coupled with dramatic recollections from government leaders, survivors of the towers and first responders. In addition to being televised, the program will also be available Sept. 11 on a variety of platforms, including HBO.com, HBO GO, HBO On Demand, YouTube, the HBO Facebook page and time.com.

Nine Innings From Ground Zero – HBO, Sept. 10, 8am ET/PT. From HBO Sports, this documentary focuses on the 2001 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks, which took place barely a month after September 11, and played an important role in helping New York return to a sense of normalcy.

Flight 93 Memorial Dedication — Webcast via History Classroom, Sept. 10, 12:30pm ET. History will webcast the dedication of the Flight 93 Memorial from Shanksville, Penn., live on History.com/classroom. This is the dedication of Phase 1 of the permanent memorial.

On Native Soil — MSNBC, Sept. 10, 3pm ET; replays Sept. 11, 9pm ET.This documentary presents the riveting story of the 9/11 Commission hearings, capturing the content of the commission’s report while exposing new details, including interviews with witnesses who testified for the commission behind closed doors. Kevin Costner and Hilary Swank narrate.

Voices From Inside the Towers — History, Sept. 10, 9pm ET/PT. This film documents the many harrowing and heartbreaking stories — some never heard before — of love and loss on 9/11. This documentary uses audio records, such as recorded phone calls from people inside the World Trade Center buildings — some of whom perished, some who survived — as they contacted family members, friends and 911 dispatchers to provide a chillingly clear mental picture. AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

The Love We Make — Showtime, Sept. 10, 9pm ET/PT. Filmmaker Albert Maysles, who documented The Beatles’ first trip to America in New York, chronicles former Beatle Paul McCartney’s poignant and cathartic journey through the streets of New York City in the aftermath of the World Trade  Center’s destruction on 9/11, and his personal journey to help heal the city that welcomed him with open arms in 1964. The film, shot in 16mm black and white and in Maysles’ signature cinema verite style, also traces the planning and performance of the monumental benefit concert at Madison Square Garden — “The Concert For New York City” — which took place less than six weeks after the attacks.

Portraits From Ground Zero — AE, Sept. 10, 10pm ET/PT.Photojournalist and filmmaker Andrea Booher was one of only two photographers allowed unlimited, 24-hour access to Ground Zero in the days after the Sept. 11th attacks. This two-hour special features the subjects of Booher’s harrowing photos, including a firefighter searching for the body of his lifelong friend; a teenage girl mourning her stepfather; a Franciscan friar ministering to the dead; and the future FDNY Chief of Department worrying about a potential building collapse. Booher uses the battered green notebook she carried at the World Trade Center to track down the people in nearly a dozen of her favorite pictures, and gets them to tell — for the first time — the riveting personal stories behind the photographs. AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

Beyond: Messages From 9/11 — BIO Channel, Sept. 10, 10pm ET. This one-hour special features families of 9/11 victims who share stories of messages they claim to have received from beyond from their lost loved ones. AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

In Memoriam: New York City, 09/11/01 (encore) — HBO, Sept. 11, 7:15am ET/PT. Originally aired in 2002, this moving film follows the Honorable Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and his senior staff from their first realization of the unbelievable tragedy, through the despair and tears they experienced, to a newfound strength that would emerge in the spirit of a new America via a personal collection of video and still photographs shot by more than 100 people in and around New York City.

9/11: America Remembers Ten Years Later — A Special Edition of Good Morning America – ABC, Sept. 11, 8am ET. Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos will anchor three hours of live coverage, with co-anchor Robin Roberts live from the World Trade Center site in New York. World Newsweekend anchor David Muir, Katie Couric and This Week anchor Christiane Amanpour will join them to take an in-depth look at the event that has defined a generation. Coverage will also include live reports from the sites of the 9/11 attacks — 20/20 anchor Chris Cuomo reports from the WTC site, senior Foreign Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz will be at the Pentagon andGood Morning America news anchor Josh Elliott will report from the site of the Flight 93 crash near Shanksville, Penn. In addition, ABC News Chief Investigative correspondent Brian Ross and senior Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas will address the ongoing war against terror, while Nightlineanchor Cynthia McFadden files a report on the lives of the children to whom George W. Bush was speaking in Florida when he first received word of the attacks that morning. Finally, senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper will be covering President Obama’s visits to each of the three sites, and ABC News will broadcast special live coverage of each visit throughout the day.

America Remembers — NBC, Sept. 11, 8am ET; simulcast on MSNBC and live-streamed on msnbc.com. Sunday Today and Meet the Press will be preempted for this special NBC News broadcast covering the nation’s 10th anniversary observance of the 9/11 attacks. Coverage will include the official memorial ceremonies at Ground Zero in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Penn. — the site of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash. Brian Williams anchors from Ground Zero, with David Gregory at the Pentagon and Lester Holt in New York. Tom Brokaw, who anchored the network’s coverage of the tragedy 10 years ago, joins this special broadcast.

The three-hour coverage of America Remembers will span the events and  critical moments during the morning of 9/11, including the exact moments when the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were first hit, the moment of the Flight 93 crash and the moments that each of the WTC Towers fell. In addition to live coverage of the memorial events, NBC will also revisit the original 2001 broadcast of the attacks and hear from some who lost family members that day.

Telemundo News Coverage — Telemundo, Sept. 11, 8am ET. Telemundo’s Jose Diaz Balart broadcasts a live, five-hour show from Ground Zero, including coverage of the official memorial services.

CNN News Coverage – CNN and CNN International, Sept. 11, 8:30am ET.Anderson Cooper and Candy Crowley anchor CNN’s global broadcast from Ground Zero, with Wolf Blitzer anchoring from the Pentagon, and John King from the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Penn. Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh will contribute from Pakistan, and anchor Suzanne Malveaux and senior international correspondent Nic Robertson will contribute from Afghanistan. CNN.com will also have extended coverage, including coverage of live events throughout the day on September 11 starting at 7:30am ET, and a live stream of the first few hours of the network’s coverage from 10 years earlier. CNN iReport will be connecting iReporters who have never met but who have strong connections and similar stories from 9/11.

CNN en Español News Coverage – CNN en Español, Sept. 11, 8:30am ET.Senior anchor Patricia Janiot and anchor Juan Carlos López lead coverage from Ground Zero, with regular reports by Adriana Hauser in New York and Ione Molinares from the Pentagon.

102 Minutes That Changed America (encore) — AE/BIO Channel/History/History International, Sept. 11, 8:46am ET. Simulcast across all AE networks at exactly the time when 10 years earlier the 9/11 attacks began, this is an encore showing of the acclaimed documentary that uses rarely seen and heard archival material to document the 102 minutes between the first attack on the World Trade Center to the collapse of the second tower. Also seen is footage broadcast outside the United States, electronic messages and voicemails, and “outtakes” culled from raw network footage.AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

9/11 Moment of Silence: Ten Year Anniversary – HDNet Movies, Sept. 11, 8:46am ET. At the exact moment when 10 years earlier the 9/11 attacks began, the HDNet networks acknowledge the anniversary with a one-minute moment of silence to commemorate all who were lost.

Telling Nicholas – HBO Signature, Sept. 11, 10:30am ET/PT. This documentary looks at 9/11 through the eyes of 7-year-old Nicholas, whose mother, Michele, worked in the World Trade Center. The film uses unique footage shot through apartment windows blocks from the WTC, as well as interviews with Nicholas and his family, as they reluctantly come to terms with Michele’s death and struggle to break the news to Nicholas.

NFL 9/11 Remembrances – Various networks, Sept. 11. The first Sunday of the NFL regular season falls on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the games and broadcasts on this opening Sunday will remember that day and salute the resilient spirit of America. The schedule of games on this day was designed to commemorate 9/11 on a national level, including CBS’s coverage of the Baltimore Ravens hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are based about 80 miles from Shanksville, Penn.; the Washington Redskins hosting the New York Giants (FOX); and the Dallas Cowboys visiting the New York Jets on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

The NFL plans on uniting fans by synching the pregame salutes during the afternoon CBS and FOX telecasts, followed by a special Sunday night presentation from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on NBC. The special pregame events that will be televised nationally will also be shown on videoboards in each of the stadiums hosting games that day.

All games in each of the broadcast windows (1pm ET, 4:15pm ET and Sunday night) will feature a special video introduction, followed by performances of “Taps” from near the sites of the 9/11 attacks, and moments of silence. For the 1pm games, “Taps” will be performed in Shanksville, while the 4:15pm games will feature a rendition from Arlington National Cemetery. The Sunday night game will feature a performance from Hoboken, New Jersey, looking across the Hudson River to Ground Zero. Coaches, players and local first responders will come together to hold field-length American flags for the playing of the national anthem prior to each game.

The Guys – HDNet Movies, Sept. 11, 1:30pm ET. After the Sept. 11 attacks, a fire captain and a journalist collaborate in writing the eulogies for a group of lost firefighters. Sigourney Weaver, Anthony LaPaglia and Irene Walsh star in this drama.

Slammin’ Iron: Rebuilding the World – HDNet Movies, Sept. 11, 7:05pm ET. This documentary follows the lives of death-defying ironworkers as they help rebuild the World Trade Center.

9/11: 10 Years Later — CBS, Sept. 11, 8pm ET/PT. This is an update of the critically acclaimed and award-winning 2002 documentary 9/11, an unprecedented and exclusive insider’s account of the World Trade Center attack, which contains the only known footage of the first plane striking the WTC, and the only footage from inside Ground Zero during the attacks. The update will also include footage from events marking the 10th anniversary, as well as new interviews with many of the firefighters who were featured in the original program. They will discuss how their lives, families and the world have changed in the 10 years since the tragedy, some for better, some ofr worse. NYFD health officials will also discuss some of the health issues that have plagued the firefighters who worked at Ground Zero. Robert De Niro, who hosted the original program, returns to host this updated special.

Dan Rather Reports: Dan Rather Remembers 9/11 – HDNet, HDNet Movies, Sept. 11, 8pm ET. A special broadcast of how much America has changed since the Sept. 11 attacks. An interactive element to the special allows viewers to submit questions to Rather. Click here for more details.

9/11: In Our Own Words — MSNBC, Sept. 11, 8pm ET. NBC News anchors and correspondents recall their personal memories of reporting live the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Weaving together the live footage of that morning with present-day interviews, this special covers the first several hours of reporting as the terrorist attacks on America unfolded. From Matt Lauer and Tom Brokaw in the NBC News studios in New York to David Gregory with President Bush, Jim Miklaszewski at the Pentagon and Andrea Mitchell at the Washington Bureau, the team relives the developments and emotions of that day.

TCM Commemorates 9/11 — TCM, Sept. 11, 8pm ET. TCM marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a special night of films chosen by two first responders, Patrick McNally and Vernon Webb.

McNally was on site at the World Trade Center when each of the towers fell, and worked exclusively at the site through the following November. McNally, whose 25th wedding anniversary was on Sept. 11, 2001, had planned a golf date with his wife, Liz, before he got the emergency call. “As Time Goes By” was the couple’s wedding song, so the 1942 classic Casablanca, which features the song prominently, is a natural as one of McNally’s picks tonight. It is followed by McNally’s second choice, Mister Roberts. McNally admires the film because its title character (played by Henry Fonda), is a leader “who always thinks about what he has to do for his men.”

Webb was at work in a nearby annex when the Pentagon was attacked. He and others served round-the-clock for the next several days investigating the crime scene. Webb, who became the first African American to hold the title of Criminal Investigator in Defensive Protective Service, chooses 1960′s All the Young Men as his first movie pick tonight, because it was one of the movies from his youth that inspired him to enter the military. And because he “grew up on John Wayne movies,” Webb also selects 1948′s Red River, with Wayne as a ruthless rancher and Montgomery Clift as a young protege who “turns out to be a better man” by learning the value of compassion.

Making the 9/11 Memorial — History, Sept. 11, 8pm ET/PT. On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the 9/11 Memorial (called “Reflecting Absence”) will at last be unveiled to the public. In this one-hour documentary filmed over the course of the past year, History presents a behind-the-scenes view from conception to on-site installation at Ground Zero. Key players share their creative journey, along with the challenge of translating elegant ideas into reality, as they race against the clock so that the memorial can open on 9/11/11.

Pentagon Under Fire – Military Channel, Sept. 11, 8pm ET. This special tracks the path of the plane that attacked the Pentagon on 9/11, hearing from witnesses to the moment of impact, the horrors of those trapped and stories of escape.

America Remembers — 9/11 — PBS, Sept. 11, 8pm ET (check local listings). In this one-hour special, the PBS NewsHour team will examine the significance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in many different communities across the nation. Hari Sreenivasan will narrate an account of the three major memorial observances at Ground Zero in New York City, at the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Jeffrey Brown will speak with several contributors to a new book, Legacy Letters; all have written letters, filled with insights gained in the past 10 years, to the family members they lost when the Twin Towers collapsed in New York. Ray Suarez will explore the attitudes of American Muslims, their efforts to get beyond the deep mistrust caused by 9/11 and their perspectives on what the future looks like for them; the story will be shot in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Judy Woodruff introduces viewers to a generation of young Americans who know only a post-9/11 world and visits a small town in California that has made extraordinary contributions, in terms of young lives lost, to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gwen Ifill will explore a decade of war’s impact on hundreds of thousands of soldiers and their families and the nation’s efforts to care for them.The broadcast will also include several pieces of a “video quilt” the PBS audience has been invited to help produce, using the PBS NewsHour’s social media sites.

9/11: After the Towers Fell – Military Channel, Sept. 11, 9pm ET. When the Twin Towers collapses on 9/11, thousands were feared trapped beneath the tons of steel and rubble. Rescue workers, family and friends rushed to Ground Zero to save the buried, and this program chronicles the stories of the race to rescue survivors.

Twins of the Twin Towers — OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Sept. 11, 9pm ET/PT. This special explores the previously untold personal stories of twins who were left twinless on September 11, 2001. On the day the Twin Towers collapsed, so too did the lives of over 40 twins worldwide.  The film delves into the unique connection these brave siblings shared, and the process they’ve endured for dealing with their devastating loss and moving forward with their lives. 

Great Performances: “A Concert For New York” — PBS, Sept. 11, 9pm ET (check local listings). The New York Philharmonic, with conductor Alan Gilbert, soprano Dorothea Röschmann, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and the New York Choral Artists, performs Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” in a concert for remembrance and renewal on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

Rebirth — Showtime, Sept. 11, 9pm ET/PT. The result of a decade-long filmmaking sojourn, the inspirational story of Rebirth follows the transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001 – and simultaneously tracks via unprecedented, multi-camera, time-lapse photography (accompanied by a great Philip Glass musical score) the minute-by-minute evolution of the memorial where the Twin Towers once rose over lower Manhattan.

According to producer/director Jim Whitaker, “Everything started with the site and putting the cameras up at the site. I just started essentially with the site, and I felt like I needed to approach it from kind of a 360‑degree angle and imagine who was affected at the site. So I had in my head an idea that I would find a firefighter, find somebody who was on the impact floor, various areas and people who would have been affected by the day in thinking about the site.”

In the film, we hear the gripping personal dramas of a fireman grappling with guilt after losing his best friend; a construction worker finding solace in new buildings rising from the wreckage; the fiancee of a first responder whose upended life takes surprising turns; a survivor who escaped from an impact floor but confronts life-changing scars; and a high-school student who uncovers new directions after the mother who meant everything to him perished.

The Space Between — USA Network, Sept. 11, 9pm ET/PT (replay at 10:53pm ET). Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) could become an Emmy winner, too, with her strong performance in this film as Montine McLeod, a lonely flight attendant who ends up as an escort to 10-year-old Pakistani-American Omar Hassan (Anthony Keyvan, Lost, iCarly) who is traveling as an unaccompanied minor on Montine’s plane. The flight ends up grounded in Longview, Texas, on the infamous morning of Sept. 11, 2001. When Montine discovers that Omar’s father works in the World Trade Center, she is forced to find a way to get the boy back home to his uncertain future in New York. As they journey across America’s heartland in the hours and days immediately following the terrorist attacks, Montine and Omar help each other discover the importance of tolerance, redemption, acceptance and hope. It’s a quiet, straightforward film, with great performances throughout, that touches on the emotions still impacting us 10 years after 9/11 without getting schmaltzy.

USA is airing The Space Between as part of its Characters Unite public service campaign dedicated to combating prejudice, discrimination and intolerance while promoting understanding and acceptance. The movie made the rounds at some film festivals, winning the Grand Prize for Dramatic Feature at the Heartland Film Festival and garnering a Special Mention for Leo’s performance at the Tribeca Film Festival. AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup – HDNet Movies, Sept. 11, 9:15pm ET. This highly controversial film argues that the Sept. 11 attacks were not mere acts of terrorism but the result of an intricate U.S. government conspiracy.

20/20 — Remembrance and Renewal: 10 Years After the 9/11 Attacks – ABC, Sept. 11, 10pm ET. This special edition of 20/20 revisits some of the most moving stories of Americans who lived through the 9/11 attacks. With reporting from Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Chris Cuomo, Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff, ABC News returns to those whose lives were changed that day, re-examines the images that became instantly iconic and reminds Americans of the patriotic fervor that swept the country in the weeks and months that followed.

9/11: The Towers and the Pentagon – Military Channel, Sept. 11, 10pm ET.The attacks of 9/11 resulted in the total collapse of the Twin Towers, but the Pentagon withstood its attack. Forensic engineers study the structural consequences of the attacks and explain why the results were so different.

From the Ground Up — OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Sept. 11, 10:15pm ET/PT. From the Ground Up is the story of five widows of firefighters killed on September 11, 2001. It is their journey, taking two steps forward and one step back, through tears, depression and laughter, to triumph through tragedy. Lifting spirits, they empower their communities and honor their heroic husbands in the most fitting personal ways they can imagine.

Twin Towers — USA Network, Sept. 11, 10:21pm ET/PT. Dick Wolf (of Law Order fame) produced this Oscar-winning short documentary about two brothers, one a policeman and the other a fireman, who lost their lives in the line of duty on Sept. 11, 2001. AIRS COMMERCIAL-FREE.

Conspiracy Files: 9/11 Ten Years On – HDNet Movies, Sept. 11, 11pm ET.An examination of the 9/11 conspiracy theories that circulate around the Internet and other sources.

MURFREESBORO — John Joslyn, the man who gave the world its very first look at the RMS Titanic resting on the ocean floor in the late 1980s, will be the keynote speaker at the Tennessee Hospitality Association and Greater Nashville Hospitality Association Annual Meeting on Wednesday.

Joslyn’s speech begins at 9 a.m. at Embassy Suites Murfreesboro Conference Center.

For more than three decades, John Joslyn has been a powerful force behind innovative exhibitions, attractions, television programming and marketing. Known worldwide as an adventurer, explorer and pioneering producer, his televised exploits have earned him considerable commercial success, as well as universal respect for high-quality, well-researched network and syndicated television specials.

He currently co-owns the high-end Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson, Missouri, which he developed and opened in 2006. Joslyn’s second Titanic Museum Attraction opened in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in 2010 and is “boarding” approximately 100,000 “passengers” each and every month.

The 1987 Titanic Expedition was the first to recover and restore artifacts from the ship’s wreck site. As co-expedition leader, Joslyn assembled the best scientists and salvage experts available. The team collaborated with the distinguished French Institute for Research and Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) to reach Titanic’s final resting place two and a half miles beneath the surface of the North Atlantic. Nautile, Ifremer’s deep-diving submersible, plunged to depths up to 12,500 feet and completed 32 deep-sea dives—the highest number of dives for any televised project.

Joslyn was a network television executive with NBC and CBS for six years before forming Westgate Entertainment Corporation (Westgate) in 1980. Its first projects included the series, Return of the Lone Ranger, and a program covering entertainment news, a popular forerunner of Entertainment Tonight. Syndicated by News Information Weekly Service (NIWS), it attracted an unprecedented 175 subscriber television stations in its first year.

Also, the annual “Touch a Truck” event offers an assortment of trucks — firetrucks, dump trucks, delivery trucks, etc. — for children to investigate, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Thompson Station Church parking lot at 2604 Thompson Station Road. Details on both events: www.wcparksandrec.com or 615-790-5719

At Stones River

Stones River National Battlefield at 3501 Old Nashville Highway in Murfreesboro, has lots to do and see and learn.

A tintype that shows a rare angle of the oft-photographed general was recently donated to Goodwill in Murfreesboro and The Tennessean reports the picture could set a record for the thrift’s online bidding site (http://bit.ly/q7ELmv).

It was already up to $8,000 Friday and if that figure holds up, it will set a new mark.

Larry Hicklen, a Civil War memorabilia store owner, said he had a “holy smokes!” moment when he saw the anonymously donated tintype. He says pictures of Lee are not rare, but that the tintype appears to have been made of a photograph that no longer exists. That’s because it shows the Virginian from the side, a rare angle.

Online:

http://www.shopgoodwill.com

Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com

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You might want to think again — unless you want to be a private eye, open a day care or join one of a handful of other self-employment fields that managed to grow in a shrinking economy.

Middle Tennessee and the nation began shedding self-employed businesses for the first time during the economic recession, with few industries spared. Big losses were predictably linked to the housing market, including real estate agents and construction contractors.

But some self-employed fields saw growth, to the surprise of even those who made the numbers what they are.

Increases came in personal care services, including hair and nail salons, janitorial work and building maintenance, and repairs to household goods, according to numbers put out this summer by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Child day cares sprouted especially in Middle Tennessee, with the number increasing 12.2 percent from 2008 to 2009 in the area that includes Nashville, Franklin, Murfreesboro and Columbia. Nationally, day cares increased by 3.8 percent.

Self-employment in art, entertainment and recreation declined slightly nationwide but showed an uptick locally.

The Census Bureau reported that companies with no employees other than the owner make up the majority of businesses, but the nation lost 260,000 such firms in 2008, including more than 1,100 locally.

“People have a perception that self-employment becomes more robust in recessions,” said Don Bruce, an economics professor at the University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research.

But retirement portfolio losses, decisions to work longer in traditional jobs and extensions to unemployment benefits might play a role in declining self-employment.

“There are as many reasons as there are people involved,” Bruce said.

Interviews with business owners in growing fields found that corporate layoffs, delayed retirements and longtime entrepreneurial dreams contributed to self-employment decisions.

Piano tuner

Donald Freeman never dreamed of running his own company, but 20 years of computer experience didn’t save his position during a 2009 downsizing at his former employer in Lynchburg, Va.

Relatives in Tennessee prompted Freeman to take up the old family business: tuning pianos.

“I like working for myself — it’s just that the business is not quite as vigorous,” he said.

At $85 per tuning — with as many as three in a day — he isn’t close to earning what he previously did, but “the potential is there,” he said. When he made the leap to self-employment, Freeman was surprised to learn that his father and brother had earned more tuning pianos than he did working with computers.

And as far as he can tell, the recession has caused only a few people to forgo tunings, he said.

Freeman’s work falls under the category of household goods repair, which has seen a small increase in self-employed firms locally and nationally.

Day-care owner

In its report, the Census Bureau highlighted the growing number of day cares from 2008 to 2009, including almost 250 new ones in the Nashville area.

The growth appears to be continuing, according to area residents in the industry.

Melinda Troutman, 42, of Mt. Juliet began the process to start her day care in late 2010 after a young relative was injured at another day-care center, she said.

A former hospital accountant, Troutman didn’t want to lose her income, but she was driven to provide care for her relative and other children, she said.

“We could take a small hit for a little while, but we would make that sacrifice,” she said.

She now cares for children ages 15 months to 5 years at her in-home day care within the city limits of Mt. Juliet. She hopes to expand in a few years with a larger facility elsewhere in Wilson County, which has more permissive zoning rules.

Troutman said her previous work prepared her for many of the rigors of running a business.

“We’re learning how to file taxes; that’s all new to us,” she said.

She’s also growing accustomed to a 60-hour work week.

“Once the kids are gone, it doesn’t stop,” she said. “You have to go disinfect the toys, do the paperwork. I knew it going in. I knew it was going to be a full-fledged job. But to me, it’s not really a job. It’s where my passion is.”

Filmmaker

The fields of arts, entertainment and recreation saw a nationwide decrease — but a local increase — in self-employment during the recession.

Writer and filmmaker Carolyn McDonald, 51, of Nashville called her self-employment effort a “leap of faith” after she was cut from a traditional day job in 2008.

“When you’re kind of forced to call upon the skills you’ve been using for other people … and use them for yourself, you’re like, ‘OK, I’m a one-man corporation,’ ” she said.

That means she does it all, from taking out the trash to maintaining her website, in addition to actually creating her works of art.

Right now, McDonald is working on a book about her life experiences and a documentary about a program that taught Nashville children about architecture and design.

Like more than half of all self-employed people, McDonald must also work part-time job to help pay the bills, she said.

But she recently attended a local workshop targeted at developing the business skills of artists.

She said her solo work is like performing a spinning-plates routine.

“I’ve made a commitment to make this my life,” she said.

Private investigator

James Hathcock of Donelson said he could not find a satisfying job to match his years of experience as a police officer, store security manager and bodyguard.

“They’re not hiring anybody who’s 60 for anything right now,” he said.

But private investigations utilize Hathcock’s management skills and street smarts.

“I don’t want to sit around and be depressed and get some piddly … little job,” he said. “It’s just really a good feeling to have your own business. … I’ve always worked for somebody else and had a paycheck.”

Because investigations and security services is a relatively small field, a Census Bureau researcher cautioned against reading too much into numbers that show a local increase in the field despite a slight national decrease.

However, many new to the field say the profession has obvious financial allure and makes sense to many aging and retired law enforcement officers. They also believe the industry is still growing.

The Tennessee Association of Licensed Private Investigators has noted a doubling of its membership since 2008, said association secretary Honey Hargrove. She also is new to the field, having previously worked in a family floral business.

Also semi-retired and new to the field is Ron Miller of Hendersonville, who said he found a niche in investigations in 2010. He works for defense attorneys, combing through records databases.

The job meets his interest in law and can be done from his cozy and cluttered home office, he said, adding that the work he does feels meaningful. It’s always “in-the-news stuff,” he said.

Thursday, August 25

• According to William Walter‘s bio, “Four albums of independently released original material, a full bag of carefully selected cover tunes and a bold sense of improvisation make for an exciting repertoire of live music … The full band’s unique sound combines high-energy rock and roll with a special blend of funky twang. Solo shows deliver even more intimate moments from the singer/songwriter and incorporate live looping jams with epic guitar wizardry. Whether solo or with the full band, William Walter is a crowd favorite with music that reflects a common shared experience. Listening to William is like hanging out with good friends: intimate, energizing and fun.” Walter Co. visit Pisgah Brewing Company (150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain, 669-0190) for a performance with multi-instrumentalist Tucker Rogers. 8 p.m. Free.

Friday, August 26

• Asheville Community Yoga Center (8 Brookdale Road in Woodfin) offers a new take on the ancient discipline with Black Light Yoga. “Be sure to wear white so you can glow while you flow,” reminds a blurb on the organization’s calendar. The family-friendly event is open to practitioners of all ages and skill levels. 8:30 a.m. Free.

• Summer is drawing to a close, so don’t miss your last chance to enjoy the best of local watersports. The Lake Lure Ski Club‘s annual water-ski show will wow crowds with pyramids, ballet lines, flips and more. Held at the beach of Rumbling Bald Resort, 112 Mountains Blvd. in Lake Lure. 5:30 p.m. Free.

• In their own words, The American Gonzos are “a power trio with rock and roll attitude! Louder than The Who but with the ability to make the crowd get up and dance. Catchy melodies and bitchin riffs round out these North Carolina sons.” The band celebrates the release of it’s funk-flavored debut with an album release show at The Root Bar (1410 Tunnel Road, 299-7597).

• From a 2009 Xpress review:

“‘I said pop music for cannibals for a while,’ recalls the If You Wannas’ Ryan Cox. ‘Then I called it minimalist pop mayhem. I also said green apples in mud to someone once.’ Surprisingly, these off-the-wall descriptions are somehow fitting of the If You Wannas dreamy soundscapes, poppy hooks and often-bizarre lyrics. Built around Cox’s gleefully melancholy vocals and guitarist Gavin Conner’s meandering riffs, the band’s catalog is an experiment in stylistic schizophrenia. Drawing from elements of ska, roots rock, grunge and indie pop, listening to an If You Wannas album is like playing a carefully constructed mix tape, cohesive yet capable of dramatic stylistic leaps from one track to the next.”

Catch the band at Highland Brewing Company (12 Old Charlotte Highway # H, 299-3370). 6 p.m. Free.

• ”Jasmin Kaset recorded her first album in 2008 and released it exclusively on audio cassette through the now-defunct Nashville noise rock cassette label, Nailbat Tapes. The self-titled album, now difficult to find, is a sparely arranged and recorded collection of quirky folk-pop songs that had never traveled far beyond the basements of Murfreesboro, Tennessee — the college town where Jasmin also played drums in the locally notorious all-girl punk band, Stevie Binge and the Fork Hunts. By the time the album saw a release, Jasmin had moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she played in pubs and wrote a host of new songs that chronicled her transition from the brash innocence of her Tennessee youth to adulthood’s first weird brushes with clarity and loss. Returning to Tennessee, she partnered with producer Jordan Lehning to make Hell and Half of Jordan, a big sounding 18 minute, 8 song record.” Kaset brings her lush indie pop and quirky charm to Bandwagon (474 Haywood Road, above the Dry Goods Shop) for a show with Asheville’s own Sky Lake. 8 p.m. $5.

** Check out Bandwagon’s Facebook for info on a Thursday performance by Neapolitan Children, Villages, Concern and Advance Base. **

Saturday, August 26

• From Transition Asheville: “We are planning a community celebration of the work done so far to make us the 88th Official Transition Town in the USA and the 373rd Official Transition Town worldwide. We are officially part of the global movement to build community resilience as we power down. Plans for the celebration include good food, great music, activities for families and a chance to renew our common ground in the prinicples and positive vision that the Transition Movement offers. We are inviting some politicians, some of the many nonprofits already doing this work in WNC, some of the green businesses that have generously supported sustainability efforts in our community and, most important, all of the many folks who have attended our events, read our newsletter and believe that together we can make a future beyond fossil fuels.” The afternoon will include entertainment by Billy Jonas, Geri Littlejohn, Deja Fuze and more. 5-10 p.m. Free.

• Browse local art and enjoy the sweet sounds of Kellin Watson and Woody Wood at Paints and Pints, an event to raise awareness for The Pisgah Center, a local nonprofit that “offers court-involved young people a fresh start and hopeful future through experiential education, career-technical training and treatment.” Held at The Ale House, 117 Cherry St #117C in Black Mountain. 2-8 p.m. Free.

Photo by Gary Reckard

• Halloween is still a few months away, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to get spooked. Join a Blue Ridge Parkway Ranger for a two-mile hike to Moses and Bertha Cone’s final resting place, which is rumored to be haunted. Trip departs from Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, MP 294. 8 p.m. Free.

Moses Cone (seated)

• From this week’s Xpress:

“Sure, Asheville has its share of bands of brothers (The Enemy Lovers, Her Marigold, Sons of Ralph, to name a few). But very rarely do three brothers — in three different bands — grace the same stage on the same night with each of their musical ventures. Meet the Robbins brothers. You’ve probably heard of Wayne Robbins, the oldest. With a Neil Young-meets-My Bloody Valentine sound, his band Wayne Robbins The Hellsayers has released two critically acclaimed albums and tromped through Europe opening for Band of Horses. Younger brother Sean Robbins, 37, also a guitarist and songwriter, cut his teeth in local buzz band Nevada before forming the sunny-pop tinged Warm the Bell last year. And 31-year-old Matt Robbins, the youngest, currently plays drums in the tripped-out, Raleigh shoegaze band White Cascade.”

The brothers perform at The LAB (39 North Lexington Avenue, 252-0212). 10 p.m. $5.

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MURFREESBORO — Glowgolf, an operator of indoor, glow-in-the-dark, miniature golf courses based in Wichita, Kan., has opened a new location at Stones River Mall.

Glow-in-the-dark miniature golf is a family entertainment concept similar to black light or “cosmic” bowling. Special florescent golf balls, putters, course obstacles and wall décor all glow under black lights. The florescent glow of the course creates a “one-of-a-kind” miniature golf experience.

Located next to Sears, the new Stones River Mall Glowgolf features an 18-hole golf course, a Laser Maze Challenge attraction and an area for birthday parties and group events. Guests can play up to three rounds of golf with their admission. An adult admission is $8 and a child admission is $6. Group and family discounts are also available. Operating hours are Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Brea Faeth, area manager for Glowgolf, said, “This is a wonderful opportunity for us. The golf course here has all of our latest bells and whistles. It’s a lot of fun to play. The shoppers at Stones River Mall are really going to enjoy it.”

In addition to the new Stones River Mall location, Glowgolf operates miniature golf courses across the United States. A complete list of locations is available at www.opryglowgolf.com.

And in the coming weeks, the flea market will add a food court to provide Mexican, Thai and American food, according to managing partner Wally Hanna.

“We’re bringing a couple thousand people, so we must have some kind of food for them,” he said.

Located at 1209 Park Avenue in Murfreesboro, the indoor flea market is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

“We’re getting bigger and bigger,” Hanna continued. “We started with 30,000 square feet, and we are 90 percent full. That’s nice. We can still use another 50 vendors to bring in different products. We’d love to have them, and we still have a lot more to grow.”

For more information or to view a list of vendors, visit www.MurfreesboroFleaMarket.com or search The New Murfreesboro Flea Market on Facebook.

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A handful of new retailers will be joining Stones River Mall in the coming months.

Sam’s Sports Grill was originally slated to open in late August, but was pushed back to early November, co-owner Sam Sanchez said.

Located in the former Bobby McKee’s Irish Pub space near Electronic Express, the new restaurant and sports bar and will mirror its Hendersonville location, which is “very family friendly.”

According to a news release from Stones River Mall, the following stores will also be opening soon:

At the top of the list of fashionable additions is teen favorite Wet Seal. The California-based company is a leading specialty retailer of contemporary apparel for teen girls and young adults, featuring on-trend collections of fashion tops, dresses, shoes, denim, accessories and more at affordable prices.

Also slated to open is Versona Accessories, a new women’s specialty retailer of jewelry and accessories, accented by key apparel items.

Located in the outdoor promenade, Versona retailer boasts an upscale shopping environment where women can find all the necessities to complete an outfit.

Visitors to Stones River Mall will score some wholesome fun when Glowgolf, which opened on Friday. The glow-in-the-dark mini golf offers rounds of fun and inexpensive entertainment for all ages.

Glowgolf is located near Sears and the Food Court.

In other entertainment news, longtime favorite at Stones River Mall, Chuck E. Cheese’s is expanding its current location at the main entrance to the shopping center beginning late August, adding 2,100 square feet of space.

When completed, the popular party place will offer even more of its wholesome environment with games, food and fun for kids of all ages. Chuck E. Cheese’s plans to remain open during construction.

As a result of the Chuck E. Cheese’s expansion, GNC, one of the world’s largest stores dedicated to helping customers improve the quality of their lives, has made a move and is now located inside Stones River Mall off Center Court next to Best Buy Mobile.

Contact Melinda at mhudgins@murfreesboropost.com.

MURFREESBORO — Kelsey Stroop’s ties to Hollywood have come a long way since she first sold concessions at Premier 6 Theater.

A 2006 graduate of Oakland High, Stroop has spent the better part of the last year working on the motion picture “Dolphin Tale.” The movie — starring heavyweights Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr. — details the relationship of a rescued dolphin named Winter and the impact she has on the lives of the staff at Clearwater Marine Hospital in Florida and their family members.

She was in town Friday to talk about her experiences with Oakland theater students. Stroop served as the assistant to director Charles Martin Smith, likely best-known for his role as Agent Oscar Wallace in “The Untouchables.”

“I did everything an assistant does, getting his groceries and dry cleaning, helping him read scripts and arranging travel. I can’t even think of all the things I’ve done,” Stroop said.

Stroop graduated from the University of Tampa in May 2010 and said she never expected to be working on a major motion picture so soon. It was a college professor, she said, who recommended her for a job at the production company. A secretary in the office thought Stroop would work well with Smith and arranged an interview.

“We talked for about five minutes and (Smith) said, ‘I think this will work,’” she recalled.

The movie premiers in Hollywood Sept. 17 and opens nationwide Sept. 23.

“It was a good way for the students to see what you can do (studying theater) and how it comes together,” said April Gunter, who teaches theater and speech at the school. “She really impressed her professors in Tampa. Keeping in touch with them, especially the ones you work closely with, is important as you start looking for work.”

Not all aspects of filmmaking are as glamorous as they may appear, Stroop said, especially jobs that require working behind the scenes.

“If you want normal, this isn’t the life for you. I’ve worked 16 and 18 hour days, but the more you’re willing to do, the more responsibility you’ll get,” she said, adding that students should take advantage of any opportunities to work on commercials or other small projects while in college.

MURFREESBORO — With two new fashion retailers set to open for the holidays and new expanded entertainment options coming soon, Stones River Mall is adding to its shopper-friendly reputation as hub for not only shopping, but also dining and entertainment.

At the top of the list of fashionable additions is teen favorite Wet Seal. The California-based company is a leading specialty retailer of contemporary apparel for teen girls and young adults, featuring on-trend collections of fashion tops, dresses, shoes, denim, accessories and more at affordable prices.

Wet Seal is planning to open in time for holiday dressing and gifting. The 3,900-square-foot store will be located near the food court.

Also slated to open during the holidays is Versona Accessories, a new women’s specialty retailer of jewelry and accessories, accented by key apparel items. The retailer boasts an upscale shopping environment where women can find all the necessities to complete an outfit, including jewelry, handbags, belts, scarves, hair accessories, sunglasses, footwear and more.

Versona will occupy 8,842 square feet outdoors in the lifestyle promenade, The Shops at Stones River, and will be among the first 10 new stores nationwide.

Visitors to Stones River Mall will also score some wholesome fun when Glowgolf opens this Friday. The glow-in-the-dark mini golf course offers rounds of fun and inexpensive entertainment for all ages. Excellent for groups, small parties or just a twosome, players enjoy a round of miniature golf under a blacklight — even the balls glow. Glowgolf will be located near Sears and the food court.

In other entertainment news, longtime favorite at Stones River Mall, Chuck E. Cheese’s is expanding its current location at the main entrance to the shopping center beginning in late August, adding 2,100 square feet of entertainment space.

When completed, the popular party place will offer even more of its wholesome environment with games, food and fun for kids of all ages. Chuck E. Cheese’s plans to remain open during construction.

As a result of the Chuck E. Cheese’s expansion, GNC, one of the world’s largest stores dedicated to helping customers improve the quality of their lives, has made a move and is now located inside Stones River Mall off Center Court next to Best Buy Mobile.

FYI

Stones River Mall is located at Old Fort Parkway and Interstate 24. For more information, call 615.896.4486 or visit www.stonesrivermall.com or www.urbanretail.com.

courtesy Jason Wade, Unitus Arts Entertainment Festival Jesse Waters a/k/a “Scarab,” photographed here on August 7, 2011, didn’t necessarily identify as a Juggalo.

His name was Jesse, but he went by Scarab or Drake. He was 24, stood five-feet, nine-inches tall, and had reddish-brown shoulder-length hair. He’d driven to the 12th annual Gathering of the Juggalos this year with his girlfriend, a young woman nicknamed Scratch, who’d been handcrafting boxes with Insane Clown Posse’s Joker’s Card figures to sell at the festival for five bucks a piece. And then on Friday, he vanished.

On Sunday evening, a barricade fence inexplicably went up by the Gathering’s Main Stage, in a stage-left area adjacent to the Ohio River. Rumor was that the Coast Guard found a floating person in the water near the Kentucky-Illinois state lines, a fact confirmed Monday by Illinois’ Hardin County police. Yesterday, Kentucky’s Union County coroner identified the body found on nearby Sturgeon Island as Jesse Waters from Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

The weekend before the Gathering of the Juggalos, Waters volunteered at the proudly off-the-grid Unitus Arts Entertainment Festival in Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee, a camping event of drum circles, eco-friendly workshops, and the Southeast’s largest fire-poi competition. This is where Ly met him. “He had such an amazing personality and was so ambitious that he helped us out more than the required eight hours,” the Unitus founder says about working with Waters. “He took care of everyone during the festival including, finding mint leaves outdoor to help aid sore throats, to cooking for the staff and covering their nightshifts.” Ly adds, “He even stayed after the event and was one of the couple to help clean up after everyone has left.”

On Saturday, Waters’s friends were scouring the HogRock campgrounds, showing a picture around and asking if anyone had seen him. Union County, Kentucky coroner Stephen Shouse doesn’t suspect foul play, reports no signs of trauma, and when we spoke with him this morning, confirmed that the autopsy was “unremarkable, pending toxicology results,” which will be available in approximately 30 days.

“He asked me and my buddy the best way to get down to the river,” posted Gathering attendee Kyle Willard on Facebook. “We told him not to get in it, as it is a powerful river with an undercurrent. I guess he didn’t listen to us.”

Waters did have a Gathering of the Juggalos wristband on when he was found, but that’s a mandatory bracelet for admission. “He was in no sort a Juggalo from what I collected,” says Ly. “I know he would not be happy being labeled by the media as a [Juggalo] and I hope that this could be changed.”

Regardless, Juggalos have been posting tributes online. “Everyone please say prayers (or whatever your belief might be) for the family of [Jesse] Waters,” wrote Mr. Hatchet of the Web site True Juggalo Family. “We lost a homie at the Gathering this year,” posted RuthlessNinjette. “May you rest in peace brother til we see you in Shangri-La! MCL!!” Monoxide from
Saturday night’s headliner Twiztid, Tweeted, “A moment of silence for the fallen juggalo, Jesse Waters RIP.”

This isn’t the first time someone has died near the Gathering of the Juggalos grounds since it’s been held at Cave-In-Rock. Last year, Hardin County then-Sheriff Thomas Seiner told us that another young man was found dead in the Cave-In-Rock woods at a previous Illinois-based Gathering, a young Juggalo who’d wandered off alone and died from dehydration. The biggest difference between this one and that one is that the national media didn’t notice.

cdodero@villagevoice.com | @camilledodero

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MURFREESBORO, — With two new fashion retailers set to open for the holidays and new expanded entertainment options coming soon, Stones River Mall is adding to its shopper-friendly reputation as hub for not only shopping, but also dining and entertainment.

At the top of the list of fashionable additions is teen favorite Wet Seal. The California-based company is a leading specialty retailer of contemporary apparel for teen girls and young adults, featuring on-trend collections of fashion tops, dresses, shoes, denim, accessories and more at affordable prices. Wet Seal is planning to open in time for holiday dressing and gifting. The 3,900 square-foot store will be located near the Food Court.

Also slated to open during the holidays is Versona Accessories, a new women’s specialty retailer of jewelry and accessories, accented by key apparel items. The retailer boasts an upscale shopping environment where women can find all the necessities to complete an outfit, including jewelry, handbags, belts, scarves, hair accessories, sunglasses, footwear and more. Versona will occupy 8,842 square feet outdoors in lifestyle promenade, The Shops at Stones River, and will be among the first 10 new stores nationwide.

Visitors to Stones River Mall will score some wholesome fun when Glowgolf opens this Friday. The glow-in-the-dark mini golf offers rounds of fun and inexpensive entertainment for all ages. Excellent for groups, small parties or just a twosome, players enjoy a round of miniature golf under a blacklight — even the balls glow. Glowgolf will be located near Sears and the Food Court.

In other entertainment news, longtime favorite at Stones River Mall, Chuck E. Cheese’s is expanding its current location at the main entrance to the shopping center beginning late August, adding 2,100 square feet of entertainment space.

When completed, the popular party place will offer even more of its wholesome environment with games, food and fun for kids of all ages. Chuck E. Cheese’s plans to remain open during construction.

As a result of the Chuck E. Cheese’s expansion, GNC, one of the world’s largest stores dedicated to helping customers improve the quality of their lives, has made a move and is now located inside Stones River Mall off Center Court next to Best Buy Mobile.

Stones River Mall is located at Old Fort Parkway and Interstate 24. For more information, call 615.896.4486 or visit www.stonesrivermall.com or www.urbanretail.com.