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Kenny Chesney Tapes Conversations with Our Curator Podcast At Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music

Kenny Chesney. Photo: Danny Clinch

Kenny Chesney recently headed to Monmouth University in New Jersey to tape a special edition of their Conversations with Our Curator series with the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music Director of Curatorial Affairs and Director of Public History Melissa Ziobro. With the actual Center in the final stages of construction for their late spring 2026 opening, the recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee combined the book talk with touring the facility before it was ready for installations.

 

Scotty McCreery & Dustin Lynch Receive Fargo Force Jerseys During ‘Two for the Road Tour’

Scotty McCreery and Dustin Lynch with Scheels Arena staffers. Photo: Lily Voges/Scheels Arena

Triple Tigers Records artist Scotty McCreery and Broken Bow Records artist Dustin Lynch were presented with Fargo Force hockey jerseys by staffers at Scheels Arena in Fargo, North Dakota prior to their recent show there. The show was part of McCreery and Lynch’s co-headlining “Two for the Road Tour,” which took place over November and December and wrapped last Saturday in Duluth, Minnesota.

 

Randy Rogers Family Foundation Makes Donation To New Braunfels Christian Ministries’ Kids Club

Pictured (L-R, back row): Chelsea Rogers, Randy Rogers, Jim Wesson (CEO, New Braunfels Christian Ministries), Courtney Bukowski (RRFF Staff) and Slate Angel (RRFF Supporter). (L-R, front row): Kids from Kids Club, a program of New Braunfels Christian Ministries.

Randy Rogers, his wife Chelsea, and the Randy Rogers Family Foundation Staff personally delivered hundreds of hygiene items to the New Braunfels Christian Ministries’ Kids Club for local children on Dec. 9. Donations were gathered from fans who attended Rogers’ acoustic show at the historic Freiheit Country Store on Dec. 7. The generosity of concert goers led to the collection of nearly 1,600 much-needed items to Kids Club, including toothbrushes, pairs of socks, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, and various other hygiene items.

 

Isabella Kaufman Joins Christian Barker & Co. As Associate Attorney

Isabella Kaufman and Christian Barker

Isabella Kaufman has joined Christian Barker & Co. as Associate Attorney. Kaufman previously served as a law clerk with the firm, and earned her J.D. from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in 2025. Her achievements include advancing to the semi-finals in Moot Court, competing nationally on the ABA National Moot Court Team, and induction into the Order of the Barristers. She also completed more than 100 pro bono hours, received the GOOD Pro-Bono Award, and gained hands-on litigation experience while clerking for a judge in Tennessee’s 16th Judicial District.

 

Makenzie Phipps Returns To Hometown Of Bluefield, VA For Special Honors

Photo: Bluefield Daily Telegraph / Tara Wyatt

Makenzie Phipps was recently honored by her hometown of Bluefield, Virginia, together with Southwest Virginia Community College and Graham High School in a special recognition ceremony honoring her musical talent and her unwavering community spirit. Bluefield proudly presented Phipps with the Key to the Town, the Outstanding Citizen Award, and a formal proclamation formally declaring December 6, 2025 as “Makenzie Phipps Day.”

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