ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

This January, NPT will bring viewers season 4 of the acclaimed series ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, the only primetime national television series to focus exclusively on contemporary art and artists. You don’t have to wait until January to see the series, though. NPT and the Frist Center for the Visual Arts are coming together [...]

CROSSROADS IS THE CREAM OF THE CROP

The Tennessee Soybean Festival in Martin; a farm in Sparta; an old house with Civil War memories in Cornersville; and a Sword Swallower in Nashville — Tennesseans got to visit all of these places and people last night. In fact, so many people watched Tennessee Crossroads on NPT last night that it was the highest [...]

TAVIS SMILEY TO APPEAR AT TSU

The Tennessean reports this morning that Tavis Smiley, host of The Tavis Smiley Show, will speak at Tennessee State University on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. as part of his Talented Tenth Tour. Tavis’ event is free to the public. To register, go to www.tavistalks.com.

The Tavis Smiley Show can be seen NPT-Channel 8 on Sunday nights [...]

GORE WINS A SECOND QUILL AWARD

Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice-President Al Gore received a second Quill award yesterday at the third annual Quill Awards. Gore’s The Assault on Reason won the Quill award for the history/current affairs/politics category — the same award he won in 2006 for his book An Inconvenient Truth.
Book of the Year went to Angels [...]

THE FUGITIVES TO COME TO NPT

(above, l. to r., Robert Penn Warren, John Crowe Ransom, Laura Riding and Merrill Moore)
Last week, Vanderbilt University and NPT announced a new strategic partnership. One outcome of that partnership will be a documentary about The Fugitives — an informal club of Vanderbilt professors, students, and alumni that often met in Nashville between 1915 and [...]

I READ THE NEWS TODAY …

… and yesterday, and the day before that, and apparently bought bath salts or something. The perils of having to read as many papers as possible every day: my office gets overrun by newsprint. Fear not, I wheel the recycling bin in here about once a week.

MELINDA DOOLITTLE TO HOST CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT 2007

The eyes of the nation will soon be on Nashville, its stunning Symphony Center, its world-class school of music and one of its favorite daughters.
In case you missed the announcement last week, Belmont University graduate (‘99) and American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle will host the 2007 Christmas at Belmont concert, a production of Nashville Public [...]

MICHAEL WEBB – THE NEW FACE OF NPT?

Quite a few people have asked me about this. Apparently, word of this spot has been getting around town, but because it often airs late around our weekly music programming, not many people have had a chance to see it yet. Fortunately, it’s up on YouTube now for everyone to enjoy.
It’s local musician Michael Webb, [...]

KARL DEAN GOES ONE ON ONE

Karl Dean, the new mayor of Nashville, came by the offices the other day to tape an upcoming episode of One on One with John Seigenthaler. It was a great interview that touched on a variety of subjects and issues facing Nashville, such as public schools, public safety and economic development. Dean and Seigenthaler also [...]

SYLVIA HYMAN ON SYLVIA HYMAN

Several art exhIbitions at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts close this Sunday, October 7. Most notable is Sylvia Hyman: Fictional Clay, which showcases the meticulously crafted trompe l’oeil sculptures created over the last eight years by Nashville’s renowned clay artist. Back in July, in advance of our airing of the documentary Sylvia Hyman: [...]