Have Dinner with an Author

One of our favorite events, the Southern Festival of Books returns to Nashville this year at the War Memorial Plaza on October 10-12. This year, festivalgoers will have a unique opportunity to dine with some of the event’s renowned authors at the “Authors in the Round” — it IS Nashville after all — benefit [...]

NPT 8K Winners and Photos

Congratulations to Nicole Maire Adams and Wim Codington, the top female and male finishers at our inaugural NPT 8K at Bicentennial Mall. Both won tickets on Southwest Airlines to any destination in the continental United States.
Pictured above are Adams, NPT Volunteer Coordinator and 8K Organizer Miguel Otero and Codington. Plenty of photos are now posted [...]

Cookie Monster on the Colbert Report

Cookie Monster stopped in to the Colbert Report last night to defend his eating of fruit (as evidenced by the above photo of him with Matt Lauer). Watch the hilarious segment here.

The NPT 8K Run at Bicentennial Mall

Thanks to everyone who came out — especially Mandy — for the inaugural NPT 8K Run on Saturday, June 14 at Bicentennial Mall. We had fun, and hope you did, too. As expected with our first foray into the run business, there were a few kinks. But we appreciated the kind words and patience of [...]

I Believe in Barbecue

Sometimes in bed at night, I’m too tired to continue with the novel on my bedside table (currently the excellent Dear American Airlines by Jonathan Miles) and all of the piled up magazines are either too old or uninteresting. So I keep a couple of books of essays and short stories nearby so I can [...]

Jason and the Scorchers to Get AMA Lifetime Achievement Award

It was announced yesterday that Jason & The Scorchers will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement in Performance Award at the annual Americana Honors and Awards show Thursday, September 18 at the Ryman Auditorium, during the American Music Festival and Conference. Original Jason and the Scorchers members Jason Ringenberg, Warner Hodges, Jeff Johnson and Perry Baggs [...]

A Word on Words 37th Season Begins Taping with Bragg and More

John Seigenthaler taped episodes today for what will be the 37th season of his popular NPT book show A Word on Words With John Seigenthaler. Sitting across from John today in Studio A were Rick Bragg, here to discuss his latest memoir The Prince of Frogtown; Joseph Ingle, author of the poignant case against the [...]

Tennessee Crossroads Gets Smokin Tonight

Tennessee Crossroads: Smokin’, a new special focusing on barbecue joints and rib shacks throughout the state, premieres tonight at 7:00 p.m. on NPT-Channel 8 as part of our June Membership drive. Ken Beck at the Tennessean says it’s a show “…you’d best watch with a giant paper napkin tucked beneath your chin.” Check out the [...]

Rent PBS Docs on Netflix

Were you aware that you can rent PBS documentaries on Netflix? A quick perusal of the PBS documentaries sub-genre (accessible by logging into your account, choosing “Documentary” and then sub-genre “PBS Documentaries” in the right-hand column) reveals a plethora of docs and doc series. You can rent many of Ken Burns’ iconic documentaries, like “The [...]

Register Now for the NPT 8K Run / Walk

The first NPT 8K Run/Walk is fast approaching. The event takes place at Bicentennial Mall in Downtown Nashville on June 14 at 8:00 a.m. Registration is just $25 and includes a commemorative T-shirt. Register now at active.com.
Meanwhile, the runner in our promo, Sean Keveren of Brentwood, once again won the State title in High School [...]