Ensuring Compliance When Hiring Foreign Nationals. Join Baker Donelson shareholder Mabel Arroyo-Tirado for an in-depth discussion Thursday on employing foreign nationals and recent updates on employment eligibility and verification. The presentation will kick off Baker Donelson’s 2012 Third Thursday Breakfast Briefing series. The event is free, with complimentary breakfast, and has been submitted for HRCI and CLE credit. Advance registration is requested. Information: bakerdonelson.com.

THROUGH JAN. 19

Host Food for Fines

Nashville Public Library is hosting the Food for Fines drive at each of its branches. Each $1 in overdue fines will be waived for each canned good brought in. All donations will go to the Second Harvest Food Bank. The following cans/packages are being accepted: peanut butter (most needed), canned chicken or tuna, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned soups, cereal, pasta. The food drive does not include replacement fees for lost or damaged items, collection agency fees, card replacement fees and future overdue fines. Additionally, no drop-offs are allowed, no glass containers, no open packages and no repackaged or expired products will be accepted. Information: library.nashville.org.

SATURDAY, JAN. 21

Feng Shui Workshop

Symmetry hosts “Use Feng Shui to Prosper in 2012” with Tisha Morris. Morris also will be signing her second book, Feng Shui Your Life: The Quick Guide to De-Cluttering Your Home and Renewing Your Life at the event, scheduled for 2-4 p.m. at Symmetry, located at 212 Louise Avenue. The event is free and open to the public. Information: centerofsymmetry.com, 321-4040.

THROUGH JAN. 23

Watkins Community Education Registration

More than 40 classes and workshops for youth, teens and adults will be offered February through April, in drawing and painting, casting and molds, sculpture, ceramics, woodworking, color theory, film production, screenwriting, sound mixing, film editing, creative writing, crafting, sewing, hand-dyeing, graphic design, Photoshop, interior design, digital and nighttime photography, photo transfer, printmaking, book arts, social media and grant writing. Information: [email protected].

TUESDAY, JAN. 24
Propel: Growing from Entrepreneur to Enterprise

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce launches a new educational series developed with growing businesses in mind. This eight-session series is specifically designed to benefit second-stage businesses. Organizations best positioned to benefit from this series should have completed at least two years of operations, a minimum annual revenue of $1 million, 10 or more employees and a track record of year-over-year growth for past two years. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Information: 743-3063, nashvillechamber.com.

THURSDAY, JAN. 26

Women In Business Summit

Featured sessions and speakers include:

l Jaynee Day, Second Harvest Food Bank, on how she has used creative thinking to build an award-winning charity.

l Business owners Yvonne Collier, Erin Richardson and Beth Courtney discussing how they took family businesses and recreated them to reach higher levels of success.

l Selling your business, with Beth Franklin and Thelma Kidd.

l Franchising: How, when, why, what to do and what not to do with Gina Butler, Debbie Gordon and Rusty Powell.

l How to Grow Your Business with Eileen Katcher, Susan DePue and Sheila Hearn.

l How to Find Your Bliss with Marjorie Feltus-Hawkins, Sherry Deutchmann and Rhonda Marco.

Noon-7 p.m. at Second Harvest Food Bank, 331 Great Circle Road. Information: [email protected].

THROUGH JAN. 29

Watkins Interior Design Exhibit

Watkins College of Art, Design & Film presents its 15th annual Interior Design Student Exhibit, a juried show featuring works by Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design degree candidates in the Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery on campus. A reception and awards presentation will be held on Friday, January 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Currey Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Sunday, 2-4 p.m. Admission is free. Information: watkins.edu.

TUESDAY, JAN. 31

Business After Hours

An evening of networking at Terrazzo in the Gulch (700 12th Avenue South). Register as an individual attendee or increase your company’s marketing efforts by purchasing a 6’ display table to showcase your business. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Information: 743-3115, nashvillechamber.com.