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TN Smart Start and the TN Blue Sky Series with Wisty Pender

Thu, 04/23/2026 - 12:00 TN Smart Start and the TN Blue Sky Series with Wisty Pender Business as Usual Welcome back to Business as Usual, NPL’s podcast featuring business resources around the community. In this episode, we’ll be joined by Wisty Pender, State…

Girl Power Poetry

Girl Power Poetry April 8, 2021 Roses are red Violets are blue April is Poetry Month So whatcha gonna do? How about checking out some great poetry from your library?  I think we were all inspired by Amanda Gorman’s…

Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Twende with Sam Davidson

Thu, 05/14/2026 - 12:00 Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Twende with Sam Davidson Business as Usual Welcome back to Business as Usual, NPL’s podcast featuring business resources around the community. In this episode, we’ll be joined by Sam Davidson, local…

Episode Twelve: Survival Strategies

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 12:00 Episode Twelve: Survival Strategies Truth B Told: Conversations About Culture and Power

A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends

A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends April 5, 2021 Veronica Mars. The complete first season…

Biographies of the Rich and Famous

Biographies of the Rich and Famous April 9, 2026 Over time I have really leaned into loving Nonfiction books. And one of the subject I tend to gravitate towards is the celebrity biography. It seems like I’ll hit a streak where…

Field Trip: Iran

Field Trip: Iran April 22, 2021 I grew up listening to Manhattan Transfer (and still love them to this day). My favorite album of theirs is Mecca for Moderns. It has what is perhaps the weirdest song I’ve ever heard…

Summertime Ice Cream Fun!

Summertime Ice Cream Fun! July 19, 2021 Nothing says "summer" like an ice cream party. Whether you have an old fashioned hand-cranked machine, the latest kitchen ice cream machine, or you just buy ready-made from the…

Book Review - Marie Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen

Book Review - Marie Antoinette: The Making of a French Queen April 11, 2021 There are, perhaps, only a dozen or so persons whose mark on history is so definitive and broad that their lives continue to touch the living hundreds…

We're Back, Downtown!

We're Back, Downtown! The doors to the Main Library are wide open — come on in!This beloved location in downtown Nashville reopened on Monday,…

SUFFS: The Journey Continues

SUFFS: The Journey Continues April 3, 2026 We’re collaborating with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) on a special, behind-the-scenes project we think you’ll love.Last month, SUFFS — the acclaimed, Tony Award-winning…

Arts and Crafts for Kids

Arts and Crafts for Kids July 26, 2021 After music and reading, my next favorite school activity was art. Sometimes we made paper crafts, sometimes we made clay sculptures, and other times we made fun items out…

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"When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"

Fri, 06/04/2021 - 12:00 "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" Just Listen Podcast "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is a long poem written by American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892) as an elegy to President Abraham Lincoln. It was written in the…