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Fans and Supporters Celebrate A Downton Abbey Affair at Cheekwood (Photos)

Published on March 7, 2013 By Joe Pagetta

Supporters of NPT and fans of the hit show Downton Abbey gathered in the elegant confines of the Mansion at Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art on Saturday, March 2 to celebrate public broadcasting and bid farewell to the third season.  The 140 guests came dressed in their Downton best, many in formal or [...]

Media Update: NPT One of Seven TN Recipients of Nissan Foundation Grants

Published on July 26, 2012 By Joe Pagetta

NPT is proud today to be one of seven Tennessee organizations to receive grants from the Nissan Foundation, awarded today at Nissan North America’s corporate headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee. The grant for our Next Door Neighbors project continues the Nissan Foundation’s support for the initiative since it began several years ago. In that time we [...]

Media Update: Cool Teacher Tool Alert: Teacher Wall

Published on June 21, 2012 By Erin McInnis

What is something you have done in the past year to make yourself a better teacher? What’s your biggest challenge? What words of advice would you offer a new teacher? Recently, twelve educators from across Middle Tennessee were invited to come to NPT and answer those questions, as well as many others, as a component [...]

(Media Update) A Conversation With Artist Wayne White

Published on April 18, 2012 By Erin McInnis

Beauty is Embarrassing, Neil Berkeley’s funny, irreverent, inspiring and fascinating documentary about Tennessee-born artist Wayne White, makes its Nashville premiere at the Nashville Film Festival on Thursday April 19 at 6:30 pm. The documentary follows Wayne’s story from his humble roots as a puppeteer in Nashville to his work as one of the creative forces [...]

(News) NPT Visits Our Sudanese Next Door Neighbors

Published on June 17, 2011 By Erin McInnis

We’re extremely excited to bring you a new episode of our informative and educational Next Door Neighbor series next week! In the past, we’ve brought you together with Nashville’s Kurdish, Somali, Hispanic and Bhutanese communities (now available for viewing online), and this time we’ll introduce you to Nashville’s burgeoning Sudanese neighbors. Sudan is the largest [...]

A Teen Facing Life: Thoughts on Cyntoia Brown and Her Story

Published on February 22, 2011 By Joe Pagetta

By Molly Secours Imagine a young girl that has been abandoned early on by her biological mother and grandmother — who both share a history of emotional instability (including drug and alcohol abuse) and several generations of suicidal behavior. In spite of being adopted and nurtured by a loving family, by her teen years she [...]

A Special Message About Federal Funding from the Presidents of NPT and WPLN

Published on February 14, 2011 By Joe Pagetta

In a joint opinion piece in today’s Tennessean, Beth Curley, president and CEO of  Nashville Public Television (NPT) and Rob Gordon, the president and CEO of WPLN (Nashville Public Radio) make their case for the importance of federal funding for public broadcasting. “Public broadcasting is America’s largest classroom,” they write. “Both public television and public [...]

Nashville Provides the Soundtrack to `Circus`

Published on October 25, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

When the new multi-part series CIRCUS premieres on November 3 on NPT and PBS stations nationwide, the first music viewers will hear will come from right here in Middle Tennessee. Nashville’s own The Features contributed four songs to the soundtrack, including three from its latest album, Some Kind of Salvation. The band was also contracted  [...]

Sherlock Gets a Contemporary Makeover (and Eight Others We Think Could Use One)

Published on October 16, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

By Erin McInnis and Joe Pagetta Picture the scene. We’re in London where there has been a rash of seemingly identical suicides. Or has there?  Wanting to reassure the community, Inspector Lestrade holds a press conference to release a statement and answer questions from the media. In true Holmes fashion, Sherlock e-blasts his opinion via [...]

Announcing the 2010/11 ITVS Community Cinema Series at Nashville Public Library

Published on September 16, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

We’re proud to announce the 2010/11 season of ITVS Community Cinema in Nashville. Now in its third year in Nashville,  Community Cinema returns with nine compelling documentaries from this year’s lineup on Independent Lens, followed by engaging panel discussions and Q&A sessions.  The free screening series begins in Nashville on October 30 with Reel Injun: [...]