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document.writeln(' FESTIVELY LOCAL FESTIVAL will take place in Pulaski on October 16, 17, and 18. Pulaksi is a one hour drive from Nashville. Festively will feature 3 stages, 72 acts, homegrown food, arts and crafts, workshops, camping -- all on a beautiful 34-acre farm. Shelby Bottom String Band will perform on Sunday, the 18th at 1 pm. Admission is $22 in advance and $27.50 at the gate. You don\'t want to miss this! TAP is one of the beneficiaries of the proceeds of the festival so come out, have a great time and support TAP! Tickets and information at hillhousewriters.com/fest/details.htm
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document.writeln(' TAP YOUR FOOT, 6-8 pm Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at The 5-Spot, located at 1006 Forrest Avenue and Main Street in East Nashville. With East Side Story and Shelby Bottom String Band. East Side Story is four great singer/songwriters/musical wizards who live in hip East Nashville: Elizabeth Chauncey, Joe Bidewell, Julie Zeitlin, Maarten Muller. They have been compared to Fleetwood Mac. Go to www.myspace.com/eastsidestorynashville for more. This is a non-smoking event. Proceeds will benefit TAP. TWO GREAT BANDS!! Admission: $5 to $15. Give what you can for a Good Cause!
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document.writeln(' The Shelby Bottom String Band (Nell Levin, Michael August, Holly Tashian, Bob Mason, Gene Bush and Dave Thomas) cook up old and new songs with social relevance including some quirky Americana gems -- all delivered with down-home charm. www.myspace.com/shelbybottomstringband.
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document.writeln(' The Compass VI Conference on Green Jobs, will be held in Nashville at Cohn Adult Learning Center on Friday and Saturday, December 4-5, 2009. It will bring together grassroots activists, labor, environmental and economic justice organizations, green businesses, government officials, concerned citizens, and youth from around Tennessee who want to rescue our economy and save the environment by creating family-supporting, career-track green jobs.
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On Friday, December 4, a networking session will be held for people who are working to bring green jobs to their communities. Saturday, December 5 will be People’s Day at Compass VI with speakers, workshops, films, music, poetry and other activities centered around the movement for green jobs in Tennessee. National speakers from Green for All and the Apollo Alliance will be featured along with a performance by Youth Speaks-Nashville, as part of our Youth Track.
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document.writeln(' The Green Jobs Corps resolution passed Metro Council on July 21 with 35 co-sponsors signing on. We want to extend a special thanks to our two key sponsors, Councilman Erik Cole and Councilwoman Erica Gilmore. The resolution asks that the Green Jobs Corps be created as a community/public/private partnership and that green jobs that provide pathways out of poverty target Nashville\'s distressed communities. This initiative is being supported by the Green-Collar Jobs Task Force of Nashville-Davidson County, of which TAP is a key member.
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document.writeln(' PRESS CONFERENCE in support of Green Jobs Corps resolution was held Thursday, July 2, 2009, 12:15 pm, Farmer\'s Market, 900 8th Avenue North, Nashville. You can read the Channel 2 news story at this link; it includes a video.
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document.writeln(' TAP Coordinator Nell Levin has a blog in The Tennessean, about once a week. Click here for a list of her essays; click on the title of any of them to read it. You can also go to www.tennessean.com, click on Voice and Views and scroll down to Community Opinions. She is also a regular columnist to the new newspaper, Nashville Free Press, which hits the streets bi-weekly.
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document.writeln(' Check out Nell\'s song/video, Don\'t Blow Up the Mountain, inspired by the acclaimed documentary Kilowatt Ours by filmmaker Jeff Barrie. The video, which has received 5,000 hits on You Tube, was made by Ron Ault. The music was performed by Susie Coleman, guitar and vocals; Nell Levin, fiddle; Ron Ault, banjo; and Charlie Chadwick, bass. You can also read Nell\'s article on Daily Yonder, about mountaintop removal.
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document.writeln(' TAP\'s annual Long Haul Awards Celebration on Saturday May 9th was a major success with a record-breaking number of people in attendance. Irish Diva Maura O\'Connell was soulful, our fabulous kitchen crew prepared delicious food, we sipped award-winning LeVin Cellars California wine, had a great silent auction, were deeply inspired by Keynote speaker, Rev. Ed Sanders, and Shelby Bottom String Band made our toes tap.
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Rev. Bill Barnes, Elizabeth Barger, Guy and Candie Carawan, George Grider, Dora Rucker, Margaret G. Scrivens, and Jim Zralek.
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