On Saturday, Jan. 21 at Eakin Elementary school, the Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville (CAAN) will sponsor a performance in celebration of the Chinese New Year.

If you can’t make it to the Jan. 21 performance, the Nashville Dragon Dance Team will offer a second showing on Saturday, Jan. 28 at Centennial Park.

The group will perform by the entrane near West End Avenue.

Both Dragon Dance performances are free to the public.

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The Metro police officer who was critically injured when he was hit by a car in Donelson on Saturday was released from the hospital this Wednesday, Jan. 11.

The 31-year-old man, who has been with the Metro force for six years, was responding to a car crash on Murfreesboro Pike when he was hit by a 1996 Toyota Camry.

Police were first called to the scene after a car hit a van that had broken down on Murfreesboro Road just past Donelson Pike. The car had come to rest in the center turn lane on Murfreesboro Road.

The officer, who was wearing a bright yellow police vest, was investigating near the car when the driver of the Camry hit him.

Police reports indicate that all traffic other than the Camry had moved over to the right lane to avoid the crash scene and its investigators.

The officer was in very critical condition at the scene. He was transported by paramedics to Vanderbilt, where the trauma team was able to stabilize him in about 40 minutes.

The victim suffered severe fractures in his face and ribs.

Since 2004, Tennessee law has required motorists to change lanes and make additional room for emergency vehicles parked on the shoulder of roads and interstates. If drivers cannot switch lanes due to traffic, they are required to at least slow down.

Charges have not yet been filed against the male driver of the Camry, but police say they are working with the district attorney’s office to determine whether or not charges will be brought.

Pedestrian accidents are less common in Nashville and its surrounding areas than they are in a more pedestrian-friendly city. That said, when cars do collide with people in Nashville, the consequences can be very severe and even deadly.

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The Nashville Food Project, known formerly as “Mobile Loaves & Fishes,” serves more than 3,000 nutritious meals to Nashville’s working poor and homeless across Davidson County.

Teams of up to six volunteers staff one of two trucks which travel around to various communities city-wide and serve hot, delicious food to community members. During the growing season, volunteers offer fresh produce on one side of their trucks that is given away to folks in areas where kitchens are accessible.

In addition to meeting immediate food needs, the trucks offer an opportunity for participants to practice hospitality and engage in transformative relationships that transcend social, economic, and cultural barriers.

Currently, The Nashville Food Project offers volunteers opportunities to work in community gardens, harvest produce, prepare meals, and deliver food to homeless and working poor communities.

This year, the Food Project plans to expand its program offerings.

Volunteers will be offering cooking education classes to Nashville’s poor in 2012.

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The Nashville Shakespeare Festival invites you to read every play Shakespeare wrote, out loud in a reading circle.

Once a month, participants will gather to read one of the works of William Shakespeare, beginning with the first play he wrote and ending with his last. No need to commit to the whole canon, but if you’ve ever wanted to say “Yeah, I’ve read all of Shakespeare’s plays,” this is the perfect opportunity to achieve that lofty goal!

Beginning this Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Nashville Public Library, Shakespeare Allowed! will feature a reading of Henry IV Part I, one of his most famous history plays, at the main branch of the Nashville Public Library.

16 chairs will be set up in a circle and readers (you could very well be one of them!) are invited to gather at 11:45 a.m. to select their chairs.

Additional seating will be provided for those who would simply like to listen in.

The reading begins at 12 noon and ends at around 3:00 p.m.

A 15-minute break will occur at the halfway point of the play, allowing readers to give up their seats (if they so choose) and all involved to take a break.

The Shakespeare Allowed! program will read one play each month until every one of Shakespeare’s plays has been read aloud. This means that the program does not end until Feb. 2015, with a reading of the last play the bard ever wrote, Two Noble Kinsmen.

Don’t miss out on the rare opportunity to hear Henry IV aloud!

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Around 10:17 p.m. on Tuesday night, a group traveling east in a Pontiac on Clarksville’s Madison Street hit a curb, went off the road, and hit a utility pole, according to a news release by the Clarksville Police Department.

Of the five occupants, all but one was wearing a seatbelt. A 19-year-old male who was sitting in the center backseat was thrown forward into the front windshield.

The teen sustained head injuries from the car accident and was airlifted by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt University Medical Center here in Nashville.

The others in the car accident were uninjured or sustained only minor scrapes and bruises.

Officer John Reyes of the Clarksville Police Department is the lead investigator and asks that anyone with information contact the TIPSLINE at 931-645-8477.

Symptoms of a Serious Head Injury

• Severe and Chronic Headaches

• Fluid draining from nose, mouth, or ears

• Memory Loss

• Slurred Speech

• Impaired Vision

• Stiff Neck

• Seizures

• Drop in Blood Pressure

5 Facts about Traumatic Brain Injury

1. TBI is the leading cause of death or disability for children and young adults.

2. Motor vehicle accidents account for 50% of all Traumatic Brain Injuries.

3. A TBI can have both short term and long term effects on the victims and their families.

4. 50,000 people die each year from Traumatic Brain Injuries.

5. Head injuries can be very serious and involve damage to the spinal cord and the brain.

Car wrecks, motorcycle accidents, boating accidents, and work-related accidents are the most common types of accidents that can result in serious head injury.

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