(News) NPT Visits Our Bhutanese Next Door Neighbors

From the NPT Pressroom:

*** Fourth Installment in NPT’s Original Documentary Series Explores Nashville’s Emerging Bhutanese population; Premieres Thursday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m. ***
Each year, new refugees with different backgrounds flee a variety of struggles to arrive in cities such as Nashville. They face an utterly new environment and a demanding sacrifice of their history, [...]

Frontline Makes Rough Cut of Obama`s War Available Online

As President Obama approaches a decision point on Afghanistan strategy and whether to increase troop levels, FRONTLINE has made a 24-minute rough cut of the first act of Obama’s War, scheduled to premiere Tuesday, October 13 on NPT and PBS stations nationwide at 8:00 p.m. Central.
The 24-minute rough cut of the first act of “Obama’s [...]

NPT Presents H1N1: What You Need to Know

If you’re like most people, you’ve got questions about the H1N1 virus and upcoming vaccine. This Friday night, learn what you and your family can do to help prevent the spread of the virus as NPT presents H1N1: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, Friday night, October 2, at 9:00 p.m. In this timely program to [...]

The Matt Emigh Inaugural Bicycle Commute

There are several of us here at NPT that teeter between cycling enthusiasts and casual bike riders. The more adventurous of us even commute. I ride in once or twice a week from Brentwood; producer Will Pedigo cruises in from East Nashville and Tony Keats occasionally rolls in from downtown. Many others have bikes that [...]

NPT This Week (((Audio Edition))) Podcast May 31-June 6, 2009

In the latest episode of the podcast, Justin Harvey and Joe Pagetta discuss NASHVILLE: THE 20TH CENTURY IN PHOTOGRAPHS, the violin stylings of David Garrett, the importance of and FREEDOM SONGS: THE MUSIC OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, and more for the week of May 31-June 6.
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Sesame Street Helps Military Families Cope with Change

Last year, Ilona Meagher, author of Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America’s Returning Troops joined NPT for a day-long summit on Depression and what we need to do as a nation to help returning serviceman. The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, and other psychological disorders, as well as the physical injuries [...]

So Many Ways to Get Under Your Skin

Sunday night, March 8, at 7:00 p.m. Central on NPT, famed trumpeter Chris Botti is joined by a wealth of guests, and the Boston Pops, in Chris Botti: Live in Boston. One of the guests is American Idol alum Katherine McPhee, who duets with Botti on the Cole Porter classic “I’ve Got You Under My [...]

Tennessee Now 24th in Foreign Born Residents

The Tennessean reports that census figures, out this week on America’s foreign-born population, “show Tennessee — and particularly Middle Tennessee — becoming an increasingly popular destination for immigrants.”
“Since 1990, the state gained nearly 200,000 foreign-born residents,” writes Chris Echegaray, “an increase that moved Tennessee’s ranking from 31st to 24th for the number of immigrants and [...]

Free Screening of HELVETICA at the Downtown Library

It’s the font that changed the way we look at the world. Now it’s the film that’s changing the way we look at fonts.
ITVS Community Cinema, a free documentary screening series sponsored by Nashville Public Television and Nashville Public Library, is proud to present HELVETICA, a film about how the [...]

Lioness Premieres on NPT This Week: New York Times Review

“This is not an antiwar film,” LIONESS co-producer Meg McLagan told The New York Times. “It takes a position that we need to talk about and recognize what women are doing. The gap between the policy and the reality needs to be closed.”
LIONESS, a film we screened last month as part of the ITVS Community [...]