The 24th lighting of the grand Christmas tree in Public Square Park Friday at 5:30 p.m.

The annual lighting ceremony will feature performances by the Andrew Jackson Elementary School choir as well as singer and actress Grace Leer (from Hallmark’s “Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas”).

2. Buyers’ love letters, videos becoming a legal problem - Friday, January 20, 2023

While overall – at least transactionally speaking – residential real estate sales are off as much as 40% in the Midstate, many segments of the market continue to experience frenzied buyers flocking to listings. The multiple-offer scenario continues to plague buyers and benefit sellers as many homes are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars more than list price upon their introduction to the market.

3. Events - Friday, December 17, 2021

Music City Bowl. Tennessee Volunteers vs Purdue Boilermakers. Thursday, Dec. 30, Nissan Stadium, 2 p.m. Information

Through Dec. 22

A Charlie Brown Christmas

4. Nashville Christmas concert to benefit homeless returns - Friday, December 3, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — The annual Nashville Unlimited Christmas concert to benefit homeless services provider Room in the Inn will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 7. This is the 22nd year for the concert at the downtown Christ Church Cathedral.

5. Retailers urge shoppers to buy early amid shipping crunch - Friday, December 11, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A number of retailers, including J.C. Penney, Lowe's and Kohl's, are telling shoppers they need to place their online orders soon or else pay expedited shipping fees if they want to get their packages delivered in time for the holidays.

6. US hits record COVID-19 hospitalizations amid virus surge - Friday, November 6, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. hit a record number of coronavirus hospitalizations Tuesday and surpassed 1 million new confirmed cases in just the first 10 days of November amid a nationwide surge of infections that shows no signs of slowing.

7. Doctors may be better equipped to handle latest virus surge - Friday, November 6, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest surge in U.S. coronavirus cases appears to be much larger than the two previous ones, and it is all but certain to get worse — a lot worse. But experts say there are also reasons to think the nation is better able to deal with the virus this time.

8. New generation revives Music Row’s Bobby’s Idle Hour - Friday, February 21, 2020

Long, brown hair framing her face, the young woman’s smile and green eyes shine as she stands by the stage at Bobby’s Idle Hour.

I ask Carolyn Lethgo to look a few weeks into the future as we try to stay out of the way of the workmen who are lovingly attempting to transport the spirit of the legendary bar – murdered by progress and closed more than a year ago – into this uncommon one-story building that increasingly is being dwarfed by the towering glass and steel of the new Music Row. Or “Condo Row” as a disenchanted “Outlaw” musician pal dubbed it before he died.

9. Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for 2019 - Friday, January 31, 2020

Top commercial real estate sales, 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

10. Top Middle Tennessee commercial sales for December 2019 - Friday, January 31, 2020

Top commercial real estate sales, December 2019, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

11. Life’s a blast for CMAC post attack - Friday, January 10, 2020

CMAC & The Heart Attack, a show band raising a ruckus in joints from Leiper’s Fork to Douglas Corner and beyond and between, has its roots – lifeblood really – in a near-fatal occurrence for a luminary in Nashville sports broadcasting history.

12. Childhood episode inspires new TMA president - Friday, November 22, 2019

One snowy Christmas Eve in New York, when Elise Denneny was a little girl, her mother pulled her father aside to share the bad news that their next-door neighbor’s wife had just died from breast cancer and that the widower could use some company.

13. Good Grief: Owners of Charlie Brown song sue Dollywood - Friday, October 11, 2019

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The copyright owners of the "Charlie Brown Christmas" theme song have sued Dollywood in federal court for copyright infringement.

News outlets report the complaint says the East Tennessee theme park named for country star Dolly Parton has used the song without permission in live Christmas performances since 2007.

14. Good Grief: Owners of Charlie Brown song sue Dollywood - Friday, October 4, 2019

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The copyright owners of the "Charlie Brown Christmas" theme song have sued Dollywood in federal court for copyright infringement.

15. King of the Road was like Nashville’s own Vegas, complete with Miller’s ‘Rat Pack’ - Friday, May 3, 2019

Standing on the open terrace outside the location of Roger Miller’s private suite next to The Roof, the Vegas-styled club atop his King of the Road Motor Inn, I look back in time and, dang me, I both wonder where it all went and celebrate that I can remember.

16. Banker/singer Howard a hit in business, on stage - Friday, February 2, 2018

Frank Howard sits in a chair while a woman he thinks is Vietnamese works on his feet.

I had tracked him down – and he is a dear friend, I should admit – to talk about his pending retirement from his 35 years of work for various banks around town. He began that career as a repo man and worked his way up to senior vice president at First American. He’s finishing up his stellar financial career at Pinnacle, where he’s an associate in the collections department.

17. ‘Don’t make her Cry’: Regina McCrary’s life on the road with Dylan - Friday, December 8, 2017

Regina McCrary swears it was God’s plan when Fairfield Four gospel star the Rev. Sam McCrary first held tightly the skinny, Jewish rock star.

“My father said, ‘Mr. Bob you are about to take my daughter out on the road.’

18. Stars honor country singer Troy Gentry at Opry memorial - Friday, September 15, 2017

NASHVILLE (AP) — Country singer Troy Gentry of the popular duo Montgomery Gentry was memorialized Thursday by friends and Grand Ole Opry singers as funny and kind, an artist with a huge appetite for life who loved his family, his music, his band and his fans.

19. Events - Friday, December 23, 2016

Fan Zone on Broadway. A two-day block party Dec. 29-30 on Broadway to celebrate the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Enjoy food and drinks by Nashville’s top restaurants, family-friendly activities, battle of the bands, pep rallies, a tailgate party, live music and much more. The Fan Zone is free to attend and will include outdoor concerts by Jason Eskridge, Rubiks Groove and LOCASH. Information: www.musiccitybowl.com/events

20. Volunteering: The perfect holiday gift to the community - Friday, November 11, 2016

Looking to do good this holiday season, maybe downplay the materialism of it all?

Not a problem. Nashville is filled with tons of opportunities to do good, serve others and still have time to meet all the other obligations that fill this time of year.

21. Toys R Us holds its own against online holiday competition - Friday, January 8, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Toys R Us reported stronger holiday sales despite intense competition from online retailers such as Amazon.com.

The private company said Friday that sales at stores open at least a year rose 2 percent from Nov. 2 to Jan. 2, a crucial period for retailers, compared with last year's holiday season. From Nov. 29 and Jan. 2, sales at stores open at least a year rose 3.7 percent.

22. Events - Friday, December 11, 2015

Real Estate Investors Network. Williamson County Lunch Group. Rehabbers, builders, commercial, mini-storage, wholesalers, private lenders, transaction funders, hard-money lenders, bankers, title attorneys, Realtors and vendors discuss deals, the state of the market, and how they can help each other prosper. Thursday, 11:30 a.m., The Egg and I, 1000 Meridian Blvd, Suite 118, Franklin. Information: www.rein.org. Additional December opportunities:

23. Mac Wiseman: Last of the original CMA board - Friday, October 30, 2015

“Charley Pride was sitting right there in that same chair as you. We sang ‘Footprints in the Snow,’’’ says Mac Wiseman, the last surviving member of the original CMA board of directors, nodding to where I sit.

24. NYC premiere of Rogen film canceled as threats fly - Friday, December 12, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Threats of violence against movie theaters. The New York premiere of "The Interview" canceled. Leaks of thousands more private emails. Lawsuits by former employees that could cost tens of millions in damages.

25. Festive drinks and fun venues - Friday, December 5, 2014

A number of new places opened in Nashville this year, bringing a bevy of new bourbons, crafted brews and incredible places to sit, relax and sip. If you are looking for more than a meal and want that genuine, trendy Nashville experience, here are a few hot spots.

26. Stonewall Jackson's little slice of heaven in heart of Brentwood - Friday, November 21, 2014

“Everybody has to meet his Waterloo,” sings honky-tonk hero Stonewall Jackson in his breakthrough No. 1 hit back in 1959.

Of course, that line, the entire song really, means everybody must meet his or her fate someday.

27. Despite losses, UT, Titans, Preds merchandise still selling - Friday, December 13, 2013

In the financial market, there is often a direct link between a stock’s past and future performance. The same correlation can’t necessarily be made in the sports business world about a team’s on-field performance and the success or failure of its merchandising efforts.

28. Like Santa, real estate market is a mystery - Friday, October 18, 2013

Santa Claus is coming to town, and soon. Ten weeks is soon for an adult and a lifetime for a child, but December 24 ’twill be the night before Christmas, and the jolly old elf will appear.

As an aged father of 5-year-old twins, the explanation of a not-so-miniature sleigh full of toys being pulled by eight reindeer driven by St. Nick is becoming less believable by the year.

29. Big concerts only a memory for MTSU's Murphy Center - Friday, October 4, 2013

The King came, sang and conquered. So did The Boss. The Thunder rolled, there was some rollin’ on the river and, at some point, Jeremy spoke in class there.

Elvis Presley, Pearl Jam, Garth Brooks and Tina Turner once played a renowned concert venue on a college campus about 30 minutes southeast of downtown Nashville.

30. Voter disdain spreads as 'fiscal cliff' looms - Friday, December 7, 2012

HOOKSET, N.H. (AP) — Fear and frustration course through the lunch crowd at Robie's Country Store and Deli, a popular outpost 500 miles from where Washington is again locked in tense negotiations over taxes and spending as a critical deadline looms.

31. The mother of all venues - Friday, August 10, 2012

Kim Carnes’ unforgettable Bette Davis Eyes voice dances happily as she professes love for the spot she calls the best musical venue in the city.

“The first place that comes to mind is the Ryman,” she says, putting down her coffee and turning away from The New York Times for the morning conversation.

32. Obama, Romney star power shines on businesses - Friday, April 27, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the Obama effect: A presidential visit can be good advertising for restaurants and businesses.

Vermilion in Alexandria, Va., is one of the most recent establishments in the spotlight after President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, dined there on Valentine's Day.

33. Nashville Pickers - Friday, June 17, 2011

“Nashville Cats” and other fans of John Sebastian and the Lovin’ Spoonful know “there’s thirteen-hundred fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville.” That number has grown, of course, in the 45 years since that song was a hit.