Nashville Stories

 

Chips Quinn Scholars capture essential Nashville stories Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Stories include Centennial dog park, coffee culture, Nashville morning, western wear, gourmet paletas, Lower Broadway, Nashville’s Farmer’s Market and Vanderbilt’s band camp.

*Nashville Cowboy Bleu, a sales associate at Trail West explains western wear.
*The Nashville Farmers Market is growing, seeing more customers every day.
*Vanderbilt’s Marching Band Camp includes more than just Vanderbilt marchers, all local university students are invited to play.
*Lower Broadway, a former rodeo rider tells the story of Downtown Nashville, past and present.
*The Centennial Dog Park is all about the puppy love.
*What is a Nashville morning? Interviews with people going about their morning routine.
*Exploring Nashville’s coffee house culture at Fidos in Hillsboro Village.
*Las Paletas, a family owned business in Nashville sells freshly made paletas.

Scholars Capture Nashville: Assignment One

 

Chips Quinn Scholars produced seven news videos Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. The videos range from coffee to guitars.

*Nashville’s favorite coffee house, Bongo Java roasts its coffee beans in-house at its east side cafe.
*Vanderbilt University’s greenhouse manager keeps the plants blooming for research and more.
*The Frist Center for Visual Arts offers hands-on experience for young and old.
*The Nashville Zoo has been recognized as one of the top zoos in the U.S. because of its nature-like and hands-on exhibits.
*Gruhn Guitars is a mainstay in downtown Nashville. George Gruhn talks about how he got started and why his collection continues to grow.
*The Parthenon in Centennial Park has one of the Nation’s largest indoor statues, Athena, which was created by a local Nashville sculptor.
*The Boxing Resource Center is a non-profit gym in Nashville that trains men and women for fitness or competition.

The Woman Behind Crazy Horse Memorial

(Video by Jesse Short Bull, Terrence Little Whiteman and Tonia Stands)

Side by Side

Nashville’s oldest flower shops are neighbors, in fact they are right next door to one another.

(Video by Jacqueline Lee and Sharon Yep)

Sisters in Silence

Sisters in Silence: Unspoken Voices of Nashville Women celebrates the work of women living in the Nashville Community. The work of artists, Melinda Gail Harris, Marcella Renée Stallings, and Holly Chaffin Neuhoff gives voice to those often ignored in a community.

(Video by Ana Cubias, Rickeena Richards and Andrew Villegas)

Meat and Three

Virginia’s Market is a well known lunch spot where local musicians flock for the meat and three special.

(Video by Maria Chercoles, Ashlee Clark and Chris Vongsarath)

Rare Tennessee Sunflowers

Originally thought to be extinct, a rare sunflower has been found by a Vanderbilt undergraduate student.

(Video by Matthew Cooper, Astrid Galvan and Sergio Delgado)

Morning Rain

Splashing through the morning commute, Nashvillians talk about getting soaked.

(Video by Shawntaye Hopkins, Martha Ramirez and Carlos Silva, Jr.)

Helping Veterans Walk Again

Vanderbilt researchers test a robotic leg developed in hopes of helping veterans who lost a limb in the Iraq War to walk again.

(Video by Devin Wagner)