Anniversary of Nashville Metropolitan Government

Anniversary of Nashville Metropolitan Government April 25, 2016 53 years ago, the government that Nashville now knows well as the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County was implemented, consolidating 2 separately-operating governments…

Salon@615: Steve Berry

Salon@615: Steve Berry October 9, 2015 Steve Berry discusses his book, The Patriot Threat, as part of the Salon@615 author series. Filmed April 22, 2015 | Main Library | 56:…

Banned Books Club: Of Mice and Men

Banned Books Club: Of Mice and Men May 11, 2025 Book Title: Of Mice and MenAuthor: John…

Conversations@NPL: Freedom Summer

Conversations@NPL: Freedom Summer January 5, 2016 Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Dr. C.T. Vivian visted Nashville Public Library to discuss how the ideas and practices from the summer of 1964 still echo today. Selected excerpts from the award winning…

Conversations@NPL: Michele Norris

Conversations@NPL: Michele Norris July 28, 2014 NPR host and special correspondent Michele Norris visited Nashville Public Library for a conversation on race, class and current civil rights issues. Her visit was part of the 10-year anniversary…

WISHING CHAIR PRODUCTIONS DEBUTS ORIGINAL MUSICAL ADAPTATION OF 'GOLDILOCKS' MAY 9

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Salon@615: Chelsea Clinton

Salon@615: Chelsea Clinton April 7, 2016 Chelsea Clinton discusses her book, It's Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going!, as part of the Salon@615 author series…

Salon@615: Jane Smiley

Salon@615: Jane Smiley April 7, 2016 Jane Smiley discusses her book, Golden Age, the last book in the trilogy The Last Hundred Years, as part of the Salon@615 author series…

Board Games with Hootenanny Games' Alex Kimerling

Thu, 05/15/2025 - 12:00 Board Games with Hootenanny Games' Alex Kimerling The Spark 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…

"The Moonlit Road"

Mon, 07/07/2025 - 12:00 "The Moonlit Road" All Things Eerie Tonight’s author, Ambrose Bierce, has a personal history almost as strange as any of his tales. In 1913, Bierce told reporters that he was travelling to Mexico to gain first-hand experience of the Mexican…

Salon@615: Deborah Harkness

Salon@615: Deborah Harkness March 28, 2016 Deborah Harkness discusses her book, The Book of Life, as part of the Salon@615 author series. Filmed May 28, 2015 | Main Library | 1…

Salon@615: Adriana Trigiani

Salon@615: Adriana Trigiani February 17, 2016 Adriana Trigiani discusses her book, All the Stars in the Heavens, as part of the Salon@615 author series. Filmed November 20,…

Salon@615: Elizabeth Gilbert

Salon@615: Elizabeth Gilbert February 12, 2016 Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her book, Big Magic, as part of the Salon@615 author series. Filmed October 21, 2015 | Hume Fogg…

Building Music City: The Foster & Creighton Company

Building Music City: The Foster & Creighton Company May 31, 2025 Do the names "Foster & Creighton" ring a bell? Especially when said together like that?If not, maybe these do: the Parthenon, the Sparkman Street Bridge…

Who is Paul Sheldon? Misery by Stephen King

Who is Paul Sheldon? Misery by Stephen King May 2, 2016 First, I should say that I know this book isn’t new. It came out in 1987 when I was a delicate three-year-old child, who had not quite gotten to chapter books just yet. Misery is a…