Austin City Limits Fest Gives Boost to TV Show

t the recent Americana Music Festival and Conference here in Nashville, I had the great pleasure of sitting on a Music on TV panel with Austin City Limits producer Terry Lickona and Yep Roc’s Records publicist James Bailey. Lickona was in town to receive the AMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for an Executive.
At the panel, [...]

(I Was There) Roy Orbison and Friends: Black and White Night

Welcome to the first post in what I hope will be a series called “I Was There.” Every now and then we’ll interview someone in the Nashville area who was there when a popular public television show or concert performance was taped. In this edition, we emailed a few questions to local songwriter and composer [...]

Why Watch Jim Lehrer Anywhere Else?

This Friday night marks the first official debate between Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama, live from the University of Mississippi. Jim Lehrer of PBS’ NEWSHOUR will host, so really, why watch it anywhere else but here on NPT? Aren’t things confusing enough these days, what with the “panic buying” gas crisis [...]

Your Beautiful Tennessee State and National Parks

NPT is preparing the latest installment of its popular Beautiful Tennessee series, and this time, we’re focusing on Tennessee’s State and National Parks. We want your home movies. Got video from that family hike in the Smoky Mountains? Ever bike the entire Tennessee stretch of the Natchez Trace?*
Inspired by Ken Burns’ approach to “The National [...]

Canine H20 Immersion and an Exclusive Outtake

How’s that for a convoluted title? Let me be clear here. This is no mere doggy dip. It’s a Pooch Plunge! Let your dog go swimming, or even go swimming with your dog, and support Nashville Public Television in the process. It’s the NPT Pooch Plunge on Saturday, September 27, 2008 from 8:00am (1st dip) [...]

Faith Hill Tapes Two For Soundstage

a href=”http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080912/COLUMNIST0501/809120396″>Beverly Keel reports in today’s Tennessean that Faith Hill recorded two shows for PBS’s Soundstage this week, making for two “truly memorable nights.” The two shows were taped in Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The first was a Christmas special consisting of tracks from her upcoming “Joy to the World,” album; the [...]

Secret City Film Festival Returns to Oak Ridge

Our good friend Keith McDaniel, director of the 2007 NPT Human Spirit Award winning film THE CLINTON 12 at the Nashville Film Festival, is gearing up for his own Secret City Film Festival to be held Oct. 9-12, 2008, at the Oak Ridge Playhouse in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
60 independent films from the around the [...]

HCA Cultural Inclusion Series Screens Little Kurdistan

pur original documentary, Next Door Neighbors: Little Kurdistan USA was recently screened as part of HCA’s Cultural Inclusion Series, an ongoing program that provides HCA employees with a forum for innovative and educational interactions that include engaging cultural and artistic presentations. NPT’s Beth Curley, Kevin Crane and Daniel Tidwell were in attendance along with [...]

Sesame Street Abby in Wonderland Discount Offer

p>In advance of the upcoming broadcast premiere of Abby in Wonderland on NPT and PBS KIDS stations nationwide, Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland will be on the big screen in almost 90 movie theatres around the country thoughout September. This special family-friendly Kidtoons weekend matinee series for kids and families allow the parents of children [...]

Get To Know Your Nashville Artists

Going to see live music in Nashville often offers a great opportunity to interact with musicians and songwriters and talk to them about their art. At the Nashville Film Festival each year, visiting directors and producers give attendees the unique experience of talking directly to those people responsible for making films. Book readings and signings [...]