Last year at this time, the national spotlight was on Fort Campbell, with reports of 13 confirmed or suspected suicides. That number is significantly lower this year, thanks to new programs, new initiatives and the base’s extensive education and awareness efforts. To mark the one-year anniversary of the division-wide suicide stand-down initiative, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, [...]
Middle Tennesseans Encouraged To Send In Their Best Nashville Photo for “Visions of Nashville” Campaign The Ryman. Opryland. 2nd Avenue. The Shelby Street Bridge. The Batman Building. Musica. What do all these have in common? Every one of these locations is pictured in thousands of photos every year because they are Nashville. They are the [...]
[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR8MgbsvfMI"] In the first of what we hope will be a sometimes-series of music performances taped exclusively for Nashville Public Television, NPT CAMERA ONE, Irish musician folklorist Mick Moloney shared with us “There’s A Typical Tipperary Over Here,” from his new CD project If It Wasn’t For the Irish and the Jews. The song is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Subscribe via iTunes. (Must have iTunes application running) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
