Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, we're joined by Alex Kimerling, the president of Nashville-based board game publisher Hootenanny Games to talk about the process of taking a board game from concept to reality and how the deeply human pastime of play can engage and connect us with each other.

Find more about Hootenanny Games at https://playhootenanny.com/

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, we're joined by Michael J. Ewing, an associate curator from the Frist Art Museum, to talk about his work on some of the Frist's newest shows and what goes into making a museum welcoming and engaging to all who enter. Specifically, the exhibitions "David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration, and Friendship" and "Kindred Spirits: Intergenerational Forms of Expression, 1966–1999," both of which are on view until June 1, 2025.

Find more about the Frist, its exhibits, and events at https://fristartmuseum.org/

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, following up on last month's discussion of tabletop roleplaying games at the library, we're joined by Andrew Palmer to discuss running D&D for teens, the relationship between tabletop and video roleplaying games, and making compelling stories for an audience via actual play podcast.

Watch Overdue Adventures' preview episode on NPL's Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9X_Dk9lG5I

Find RPG programming and much more on NPL's events page:
https://events.library.nashville.org/

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola

Welcome back to The Spark, NPL's podcast about art and creativity.

Today, we're joined by Haylee and Beck—who run Dungeons and Dragons programs at the library—to talk about the appeal of tabletop roleplaying games, their experiences playing them, and the values these games can instill in players of any age.

Find NPL's D&D programs and much more at https://events.library.nashville.org

Join us for The Spark every third Thursday!

Theme song by Joey Frevola