Hitting the road

Ramping up reading

• Nashville Scene 9th Annual Burger Week | Monday, July 10-Sunday, July 16 | Participating locations | Cost of purchase | Enjoy tasty $7 burger specials from 50+ restaurants across town, then vote for your favorites across three categories.

• Bird Banding at Warner Park | Tuesday, July 11 | 8 a.m.-2 p.m. | Warner Park Nature Center, 7311 Hwy. 100 | Free | Observe as federally-licensed bird banders collect information for the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship research of migratory birds.
• NPT’s “Southern Storytellers” screening | Tuesday, July 11 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L. Parks Blvd. | Free | NPT will screen the new PBS “Southern Storytellers” series with a panel discussion featuring Mary Gauthier, Valerie June, Rashad Rayford, and others.

• Makeready L&L Innovator Dinner Series | Wednesday, July 12 | 5-7 p.m. | Makeready L&L, 200 4th Ave. N. | $90 | Nashville Film Festival’s Jason Padgitt (executive director) and Lauren Ponto (director of programming) will be the guest speakers while you enjoy dinner.

• Nashville Home Buyer Happy Hour | Thursday, July 13 | 5:30-7 p.m. | HiFi Clyde’s Nashville, 1700 Church St. | Free | Enjoy happy hour with food and drinks before a Q+A on the home buying process with a local realtor and lender.
• July Social at Six: L By Lauter | Thursday, July 13 | 6-8 p.m. | L By Lauter, 5012A Centennial Blvd. | $10 | Meet with Nashville’s Young Professionals to network and spark meaningful conversation over beer and snacks — registration required + free for members.

• NJW Presents Jazz in the Park | Friday, July 14 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Hadley Park, 1037 28th Ave. N. | Free | Enjoy an evening of jazz music in the park featuring saxophonist Cord Martin.
• 1964 The Tribute | Friday, July 14 | 8 p.m. | Schermerhorn Symphony Center, 1 Symphony Pl. | $33+ | Relive your favorite Beatles hits like “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “A Hard Day’s Night” with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles, and onstage banter.

• Big Machine Music City Grand Prix | Friday, Aug. 4-Sunday, Aug. 6 | Times vary | Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, 1 Titans Way | $60-$2,180 | Get your tickets and enjoy a weekend full of racing, concerts, food, and fun for the entire family.*

• The Joseph Hotel Nashville opens new cocktail bar Four Walls on Thursday, July 20. The bar mixes Southern and Italian influences and will feature shareable snacks + cocktails like The Moth to a Flame — gin, sea buckthorn, citrus, white balsamic, and espresso dust. (The Tennessean)

• Officials are hosting a grand opening for Ravenwood Park on Saturday, July 22 at 10 a.m. — 3401 Central Pk., Hermitage. The 800-acre park boasts a three-story climbing tower, sand play zone, pavilion, sports courts, fitness equipment, and trail connections to the Stones River Greenway.

• Starting today, Bakersfield will offer lunch service daily. Operating hours include Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

• Nashville SC lost Saturday’s match (1-0) against Chicago Fire FC. The Boys in Gold will return to GEODIS Park — where they’ve locked in six consecutive wins — on Wednesday, July 12 to take on Philadelphia Union.

• Tennessee’s tax-free weekend begins Friday, July 28. Purchase clothes, school supplies, and computers for personal use through Sunday, July 30 to avoid the 7% state sales tax. Review the list of exempt items. (The Tennessean)

• No Hulu? No problem. If you haven’t been able to watch the newly released “CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair” documentary, tune into ABC on Tuesday, July 18 at 8 p.m. for exclusive interviews and never-seen-before archival video of CMA Fest.

• 3 ounces NKD LDY whiskey
• 1 ounce WithCo Ellis Old Fashioned (all-natural mixer made with no concentrates or artificial flavors)
• 1 dropper of All the Bitter nonalcoholic bitters
• Optional, 1 Blue Henry dehydrated orange