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Rachel Iacovone @racheliacovone.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

There are just a couple days left in Hispanic Heritage Month, but you can — and should! — support Nashville’s Latino community year-round. Here’s my @citycastnash.bsky.social guide to some of my favorite Latine-owned places to eat, shop, dance and help at:

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Our Favorite Latine-Owned Nashville Businesses And Eateries - City Cast Nashville

Here’s where to dine, shop and volunteer in Nashville’s Latino community, long after Hispanic Heritage Month.

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We’re giving away 4 tickets to TPAC’s Urban Bush Women October 17th 🎟️ HOW TO ENTER: •Follow @citycastnash.bsky.social & @tennesseepac.bsky.social •Like and save this post •Comment and tag a friend The winner will be selected by October 13th! #nashville #giveaway

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Baloo and my daughter are always here to help! 😊

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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Urgent: Help me save Furball Friday! Send in your pet pictures to nashville@citycast.fm. And while you're at it, sign up as a member of @citycastnash.bsky.social! @kidlitmatters.bsky.social, please thank your daughter for saving my morning by sharing a photo of Baloo!

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

With more deadly crashes and pedestrian deaths, Gallatin has been promised a makeover. Our Executive Producer @whittlz.bsky.social breaks down the daily hazards of being a local pedestrian and what needs to change.

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Donna Cangelosi @donnacangelosi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Thrilled to share the cover of LIGHT, LETTERS, & LOVE: How Jo van Gogh Saved Vincent's Paintings for the World, Words by me & Art by Elisa Paginelli! Coming from Sleeping Bear Press 3/16/27🌻 Many thanks to Vivian Kirkfield for this wonderful interview! viviankirkfield.com/2026/08/01/c...

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Cover Reveal: LIGHT, LETTERS, AND LOVE: How Jo van Gogh Saved Vincent’s Paintings for the World

YIPPEE!!! What a wonderful way to start the month of August!!! And I’m so very happy that you all are joining me here for the unveiling of a new picture book cover!!! Author Donna Cangelosi i…

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It’s that time of year again, and we would be honored to be your choice for Best Podcast in the @nashvillescene.com’s annual Best of Nashville awards! Go to vote.nashvillescene.com to cast your ballot, and be sure you vote in at least 20 categories. Thank you we love you ok bye 😻

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Best of Nashville 2026

Best of Nashville Ballot 2026

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I get so much out of this conference every year. Definitely recommend to pb authors @picturebooksummit.bsky.social

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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If you want to see a clouded leopard cub being fed, ask @areaderlymom.bsky.social when and where. Or you can read it n the @citycastnash.bsky.social newsletter! Just make sure you read it all the way through for these little snippets of gold!

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

So excited to announce my debut picture book will release next September from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social !!! It will be illustrated by the phenomenal @joseebisaillon.bsky.social . Can’t wait for people to read it!

A photo of trees in fall with a book announcement on top of it.

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey Bluesky there’s an incredible high school robotics team in Nashville that qualified for the world championships but they can’t afford to get there. Can y’all help me step up for them? $10, $20 … Anything helps! Competition is at the end of the month so we gotta hustle:

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Donate to Help The Pioneers Go To Worlds!

The Pioneers ask for your support to send a group of our students to compete in Houston for the FIRST Impact Award on a global stage and to experience the highest level of robotics competition.

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Okay, I’m going to try to start posting on here again! Here’s everything I read in March, and some of what my kid read. What books did you read in March?

Covers of these Books I finished:
📚 YOU AND ME ON REPEAT
📚 THE BOOK OF ALCHEMY
📚 WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE
📚 A YEAR WITHOUT HOME
📚 OCTOPUS MOON
📚 THE LEAVING ROOM
📚 WEIRDO
📚 WARRIOR GIRL UNEARTHED
📚 FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER
📚 TALLWATER
📚 REDRESS
📚 NINETAILS

Covers of these Books my 8-year-old finished:
📚 THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX
📚 WINGING IT
📚 SCIENCE COMICS: WILD WEATHER
📚 SPIN TO SURVIVE DEEP SPACE DANGER
📚 PEPPER PAGE SAVES THE UNIVERSE
📚 CAT’S CRADLE: SURI’S DRAGON
📚 AMETHYST PRINCESS OF GEM WORLD
📚 THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY’S GREAT IDEA
📚 PROFESSOR THOMAS CAT’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BRAIN: THE DYSLEXIA FILES
📚 THE CURIOUS CAT SPY CLUB
📚 MIXED FEELINGS
📚 PAWS: THE TROUBLE WITH LEO
📚 UNICO HUNTED
📚 I SURVIVED THE DESTRUCTION OF POMPEII
📚 THE BOY WHO LOST HIS SPARK

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks for always reading to the end!

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

SKULDUGGERY AFOOT IN THE TN 7th?? Google is sending push notifications saying that Matt Van Epps won the election. Clicking through the push leads to this. Anybody else get one of these??

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Judith Tackett @judytacketttn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thank you, @areaderlymom.bsky.social for a Halloween newsletter chock-full of news. If you're not following the newsletters of @citycastnash.bsky.social , @tennesseelookout.com, @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, and #AxiosNashville yet, sign up! Great summaries to keep you informed about local news.

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👻 Nashville’s most popular Halloween costume is …

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

SNAP benefits are about to lapse. Wondering how to help our neighbors, or need food aid? Here are some local food banks that serve the Nashville community. nashville.citycast.fm/nashville-li...

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Where To Find Food Banks in Nashville, & How To Donate - City Cast Nashville

Help your hungry neighbors by donating to these Nashville food banks.

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Good morning. We are the Best Podcast in Nashville, according to YOU, the kind people who voted in the @nashvillescene.com Readers Poll!!! The Scene also honored us as "The Best Way To Keep Up With Local Politics." Thanks for listening, reading, and being part of the conversation, everybody! 😻

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Best Way to Keep Up With Local Politics

You’re not supposed to reach for your phone the moment you wake up, but it’s hard to resist opening the City Cast Nashville email first thing in the morning. With

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Need some book recs for your fall reading? Here are 10 new releases by Nashville authors! nashville.citycast.fm/best/nashvil...

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New and Forthcoming Books by Nashville Authors - City Cast Nashville

Wondering what to read this fall? Here are the newest book releases by Nashville authors.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Book Riot is hiring a digital content specialist based in Portland, Oregon. Consider applying and/or passing along to those who might be interested! bookriot.com/hiring-digit...

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We're Hiring a Digital Content Specialist

Good at making internet? Love books? Come work with us as a digital content specialist.

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Listening to final mix now. Y’all. If you want to know EVERYTHING about the Elon Musk Tesla Tunnel that they’re planning to build in Nashville, you need to listen to tomorrow’s @citycastnash.bsky.social. (We cannot tell you where it’s gonna start or go or end, though, bc I don’t think THEY know.)

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

**Libraries & Mental Health Survey** I'm updating my research and subsequent talks related to mental health in the library. I'd love insight from library workers of all backgrounds + experiences, and I've got a handy survey. Please take & share widely. Thank you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Image of a Canva graphic. It says "Survey! Librarianship & Mental Health" with the link to the survey via Google docs at tinyurl.com/library-mh-25. It has an image of books on shelves. Below the image, it says "Open through August 1. Answers anonymous and encouraged from *all* levels of library workers."

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Let the record reflect that @citycastnash.bsky.social newsletter editor @areaderlymom.bsky.social did indeed wear cat ears to morning meeting

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If you want I can start dressing up as a cat for our morning meeting.

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Maybe I should’ve snuck it in there!

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I agree to the terms. Thanks for managing!

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Congrats to my friend, @laurabontje.bsky.social, on her newest picture book, WHEN THE AIR SANG, a beautiful, intergenerational celebration of cicadas! Perfect for curious kids. #KidLit

1. My hand holds the book in front of trees. The white cover shows a brown skinned, black haired child running through an oversized garden, a cicada on a yellow flower.

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Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for: BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS! Early Bird registration begins 6/12! #amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I should add we’re on Ryan’s insurance.

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

They would only cover one inhaler brand for Marian, not the ones her doctor recommended. 🙃

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Could you pass the third grade TCAP test? Here are five questions from it. Let us know your score; very few people have gotten a 5/5! 👀 nashville.citycast.fm/explainers/n...

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Take the Nashville Weekly Trivia Quiz! - City Cast Nashville

Nashville third graders must pass the TCAP test to proceed to fourth grade. Could you pass it? Take this quiz to find out!

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Margaret Kingsbury @kidlitmatters.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I love Lei and the Fire Goddess! There’s a second book in that series out now. I have both the latest Misfits novel and Grace Lin on my shelf waiting to be read. I am behind on the Front Desk series! 😅

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Today on City Cast Nashville, Brenda Pérez from The ReMIX TN gives us her first-hand account of Sunday’s ICE/TN Highway Patrol detainment dragnet in South Nashville. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:

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A First-Hand Account of the ICE Detainments in South Nashville - City Cast Nashville

On Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement partnered with the Tennessee Highway Patrol to make as many as 150 traffi...

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City Cast Nashville @citycastnash.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Wondering what new laws are heading our way? Here's a summary of some of the most important bills that passed during this legislative session. nashville.citycast.fm/explainers/2...

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2025 Tennessee Legislative Wrap-Up: The Bills That Passed - City Cast Nashville

The 2025 Tennessee General Assembly has adjourned, and our legislature passed almost 600 bills. Here are more than 30 of them.

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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Y’all need to read @areaderlymom.bsky.social’s Nashville history through the story of her grandparents. We are so lucky to have her as part of the @citycastnash.bsky.social team. This is glorious:

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