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Best Comics of 2020

January 6, 2021

Jeremy Estes

Panel Discussion book club host Jeremy Estes selects some of his favorite comics of 2020.

The Chill of Cold and Hard Times

January 4, 2021

Katie Varnell

The difficult periods of life will hurt, but beauty can still found within them. Katherine May recounts a painful season and the inevitability of sadness in her nonfiction book Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times.

Winter Watch Party, Part Two

January 3, 2021

Megan Adovasio-Jones

Take in the season with a hot beverage and a couple of these cold weather movies and TV shows.

The Colonel's Ribbons

January 2, 2021

Ken Fieth

Colonel George H. Morgan received the nation's highest military honor and went on to teach at Hume-Fogg High School in 1924-1925.

Podcast

Peace to 2020

December 31, 2020

Sages declared 2020, "The Year of Perfect Vision." Ohhhhhh, what change we witnessed! Tasneem and Andrea tell personal truths about the lessons of 2020 and their new vision for 2021. What experiences will be released? What do they hope to attract?

Podcast

The Slaying of the Tanuki

December 30, 2020

An old peasant is tricked by a wicked tanuki into doing something terrible. Now the peasant and his friend, a hare, must work together to bring about the tanuki’s demise.

Tennessean photo from 2003 when the bears were being cleaned

Music City's Polar Bears

December 26, 2020

Sarah Arntz

Most citizens of this city that have lived here for a few years know what I'm referring to when I say the "Edgehill Polar Bears", but do you know the history of them? Well here are the "bear" necessities.