Local Living: 5 Things to do This Week in Nashville

WHAT: McKay’s is hosting its sixth annual Harry Potter Book Night! This year’s theme is the Triwizard Tournament, and they will have all sorts of games, activities, and prizes. You’ll even have the chance to be sorted by the Sorting Hat! Plus, there will be a costume contest, and one winner will be chosen from each age group (kids, teens, and adults). You can also enter to win a grand prize gift bag full of HP goodies. You must be present at 7pm to win either contest. It will be a magical evening for the whole family!

WHEN: Thursday, February 6, 5:30p – 7:30p

WHERE: McKay’s, 636 Old Hickory Blvd, Nashville 37209

WHAT: Ramona Reid will be talking about Enneagram Personality Typing at The Wild Cow Vegetarian Restaurant this Tuesday. This is part of a series the restaurant will be hosting each month, in which an expert will come and speak about their area of expertise. The talk begins at 6p. The kitchen will be closed but the bar will be open (opening at 5:30p).The first talk is Tuesday, February 4th at 6pm (bar opens at 5:30).

As described here by Ramona:

The Enneagram is a personality typing system and so much more, incorporating traditional wisdom with modern psychology. It explains that we are one of 9 different personality types, with varying degrees of health inside each type, and unique “wings” and instinctual variants. It outlines how each type tends to deal with stress, conflict, matters of the heart, boundaries, work and social interactions. The Enneagram describes the box of personality that we have all learned to live inside, our rules of engagement and reactionary patterns, where our ego sabotages us and where we place value…. And then it allows for a path out of that box, a disintegration of the walls of personality and integration into our highest selves.

WHEN: Tuesday, February 4, 5:30p – 7:30p

WHERE: The Wild Cow Vegetarian Restaurant, 1100 Fatherland Street, Suite 104, Nashville 37206

WHAT: Gather your gals and come shop your heart out at The Shop at Thistle Farms. Get exclusive deals on meaningful products, handmade by women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction here in Nashville and around the world. Browse new gift sets and earn free gifts with purchase. Enjoy delicious food, rose’, and live music along the way! The first 25 people in the door will receive a free Thistle Farms t-shirt.

The Shop At Thistle Farms is a nonprofit social enterprise, based in Nashville, TN, dedicated to helping women survivors recover and heal from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. We provide a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support because we believe love is the most powerful force in the world.

WHEN: Wednesday, February 5, 5p 0 -7p

WHERE: Thistle Farms, 5122 Charlotte Ave, Nashville 37209

WHAT: Experience the iconic Star Wars films like never before! Travel to “a galaxy far, far away” and enjoy Return of the Jedi projected in HD above the stage, while your Nashville Symphony performs the score live. In the spectacular climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) joins his droid allies R2-D2 and C-3PO, along with Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), to free his comrade Han Solo (Harrison Ford), imprisoned by the vile crime lord, Jabba the Hutt. Reunited, the Rebels race to the moon of the planet Endor where they launch a desperate attack upon the entire Imperial Fleet. But the ultimate battle is between father and son, as Luke faces Darth Vader one last time, for the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. © 2019 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©DISNEY

WHEN: Thursday, February 6, 7p – 10p

WHERE: Nashville Symphony, 1 Symphony Pl, Nashville 37201

WHAT: Celebrate trees, a new year of nature, and environmental education during a special Tuesdays for Tots honoring Tu B’Shevat at Cheekwood. Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the Jewish month of Shevat, is a holiday also known as the New Year for Trees. Drop-in between 10a – 12p for art activities and educational story time.

WHEN: Tuesday, February 4, 10a – 12p

WHERE: Cheekwood Botanical Garden, 1200 Forrest Park Drive