YP Nashville Networking Event. The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and YP Nashville invite attendees to mix, mingle and network with other young professionals at this annual event. Thursday, 5-7 p.m., BB King’s Nashville (Itta Bena Room, 152 2nd Avenue North, Nashville) for a night of new connections. $20. Information: nashvillechamber.com, 615 743-3063
THROUGH JAN. 24
Nashville Originals’ Restaurant Week
A semiannual event sponsored by Nashville Originals, Restaurant Week is a way to enjoy Nashville’s unique local dining establishments. Through Jan. 24. Participating restaurants, which offer special menus and breakfast, lunch and dinner deals, Include 55 South, Americano, The Bunganut Pig, Cabana, Caffé Nonna (lunch and dinner), Chago’s Cantina, Copper Kettle, Cork & Cow, Cross Corner Bar & Grill, Crow’s Nest, Elliston Place Soda Shop, Embers Ski Lodge, Fenwick’s 300, Fido, Finezza Italian Bistro, Fleet Street Pub, Flyte World Dining and Wine, Germantown Cafe, GRAY’S on Main, Harvest at Homestead, Holland House, Jackson’s, Jimmy Kelly’s Steakhouse, The Listening Room Café, Love Peace & Pho, MAFIAoZA’S, McCabe Pub, Mere Bulles, Midtown Cafe (lunch), Midtown Cafe (dinner), Noelle Restaurant, Nonna’s Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Noshville Delicatessen, Peg Leg Porker, The Pineapple Room at Cheekwood, Pizza Perfect, PM, Provence Breads & Cafe, Puckett’s Boat House, Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant (5th & Church), Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant (Franklin), Red Pony, The Row, Rumours East, Saffire, Salsa, Smokin Thighs, Sole Mio, South Street, Suzy Wong’s House of Yum, Table 3 (lunch and dinner), Tin Angel, Two Ten Jack, Urban Grub, Valentino’s Ristorante, Watermark Restaurant, Wild Iris, The Yellow Porch. Information: http://nashvilleoriginals.com/nashville-restaurant-week
THURSDAY, JAN. 21
Tennessee Christian Chamber of Commerce Banquet
Mark Whitacre, a whistleblower responsible for uncovering the Archer Daniels Midland price-fixing scandal in the early 1990s, will be the featured speaker at the Tennessee Christian Chamber of Commerce’s second annual membership banquet at the Holiday Inn on 1453 Silohill Lane in Murfreesboro. Networking will take place from 6-6:30 p.m., with dinner served at 6:30. The program is 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $35 online (http://tnchristianchamber.org) and $45 at the door.
THROUGH MARCH 10
Wedding Dresses Through The Decades
Enjoy traveling through time as you walk among more than 50 gowns that are being placed on loan and exhibited, most for the first time. The “Wedding Dresses Through the Decades” exhibit at Oaklands Mansion (900 North Maney Avenue, Murfreesboro) is presented Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Special Friday evening openings will take place Jan. 22, Feb. 5 & 19, and again Mar. 4, 4-8 p.m.