December Founder’s Letter

SYMOR - START YOUR MONTH OFF RIGHT!

JOIN US at the Jefferson Street Sound Museum on Monday, DECEMBER 1st, from 7pm-9pm for an OPEN MIC and ARTIST SHOWCASE.

GET READY TO LAUGH OUT LOUD with MIKE DREW, COMEDIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE.

SYMOR COMMUNITY, IT IS TIME FOR - OPEN MIC!!!!! Calling all talented individuals: singers, musicians, comedians, spoken word and entertainers. This is YOUR TIME TO SHINE!

********December 2nd GET OUT AND VOTE! ***********

The special election in Congressional District 7 is a moment to make history! OUR VOTE MATTERS protect your family, your future and generations to come.

Join us on December 11th, 7pm-9pm for a screening of THE RIVER featuring the band COYOTE MOTEL. The visionary film The River: A Songwriter’s Stories of the South is a music and performance movie, but it’s a cultural history, memoir and a psychedelic experience. In 10 songs and stories THE RIVER explore the lives, lore and locales along three great rivers of the American South: the Mississippi, the Cumberland and the Tallahatchie.

 Please be part of history, stop by on Saturday, December 13th from 4:00pm-5:00pm, for the JSSM Legacy Series.

Our guest LEGEND is former Senator Brenda Gilmore, her career spans more than two decades. She has served as a Nashville Metro Council Member and on the Tennessee General Assembly State House.

Over the years, Sen. Gilmore has been involved with a long list of community organizations and national endeavors, including: CABLE; League of Women Voters; Nashville Women Political Caucus; NAACP; Tennessee State University Alumni Association; Music City Links; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Minerva Foundation; Fifty-Forward; YWCA; Urban League of Middle Tennessee; Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation; National Black Caucus of State Legislators; Women in Government; Southern Legislative Conference; National Caucus of Environmental Legislators; to name only a few. Come and listen as Sen. Gilmore shares stories of her community and political journey.

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas! On December 25th and all year, we have many blessings to be grateful for. Be sure to embrace your family and friends.

It is important for ALL of us to stay aware of conditions around us that affect our community, our friends and our loved ones.

Step back in time and tour the Museum. Listen and learn about the artists that performed on Historic Jefferson Street from Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, James Brown, Little Richard, Peggy Gaines, Jimmy Church, Frank Howard Jackie Shane, Ike and Tina Turner and more.

For those of you celebrating your birthday this month, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Please come and tour the Museum as we continue to ensure that our history, our sound and our culture is visible and thriving.

Many Blessings,

Lorenzo Washington, JSSM Founder and Curator