AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoArts Leadership: Nashville’s “First Lady of the Arts” Martha Rivers Ingram, a major arts patron tied to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Nashville Ballet, Nashville Opera, Nashville Symphony and the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, has died at 90. Music & Culture: Country producer and pedal steel guitarist Tommy Detamore, whose work shaped hundreds of albums over four decades, has died at 70. Local Entertainment: The Nashville Now podcast is taking its show on the road, with a live stop at the Freeman Arts Pavilion on Aug. 11 featuring songwriter Maggie Rose. Media & Tech: TikTok is shutting its Nashville office and laying off 250 staff, ending the Music Row presence after a 2024 lease. Sports (Fan-facing): Tennessee men’s basketball adds a preseason exhibition vs. Xavier on Oct. 15 at Food City Center, with Duke also on the preseason slate. Community Events: “Million Dollar Quartet” runs Aug. 8–23 at Cain Center for the Arts, dramatizing the Sun Records Memphis session that launched Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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