| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Mark Ethridge's GRIEVANCES Booksigning - Inspiration for new film DEADLINEPresented by Film House / Transcendent, LLC at BookManBookWoman February 14, 2012 Journalist and author Mark Ethridge will sign his novel Grievances that inspired the soon-to-be-released feature film Deadline, February 14 at BookManBookWoman, 1713 21st Avenue South, starting at 5:00pm. Grievances is a Grisham-esque thriller based on true events from Ethridge’s renowned career as a reporter and editor at the Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, N.C. Deadline ( | Film House / Transcendent, LLC | 02/14/12 | Nashville |
Parnassus Book ClubPresented by Parnassus Books at Parnassus Books February 15-February 16, 2012 The Parnassus Book Club will be discussing THE ALL OF IT by Jeanette Haien for their February meeting. | Parnassus Books | 02/15/12-
02/16/12 | Nashville |
A Reading of It Falls BetweenPresented by Scarritt-Bennett Center at Scarritt-Bennett Center February 17, 2012
A Selection From The Book
RENDERED INVISIBLE
STORIES OF BLACKS AND WHITES, LOVE AND DEATH
By Dr. Frank Dobson
Director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center
at Vanderbilt University
FRI, FEB 17 @ 7p
Directed By Helen “Olaketi” Shute-Pettaway
Featuring Ken Bernstein & Don Daniels
The reading will be followed by a dialogue between the author and audience.
| Scarritt-Bennett Center | 02/17/12 | Nashville |
Beyond The Truth: Brown Tales of Innocence and ExperiencePresented by Southern Word at Nashville Public Library - Main Library February 18, 2012 Beyond the Truth: Brown Tales of Innocence and Experience directed by Tia Mitchell returns for its second year. The show packed East Branch Library’s basement last year so the show has been moved to Nashville Public Library’s main auditorium. Beyond the Truth features an intergenerational cast of writers performing coming-of-age pieces focused on issues that challenge youth today. Participating youth and adult writers have been astounding audiences around Nashville for the past... | Southern Word | 02/18/12 | Nashville |
Book signing - The Healing: One Small Cat's Divine MissionPresented by I Am Light Ministries at Cosmic Connections February 18, 2012 Book Signing Event! The Healing:One Small Cat's Divine Mission, at Cosmic Connections in Nashville, TN. Join the fun as Reverend Barb opens her book signing with a short discussion, question and answer on "Contact from Beyond". This will be followed by individual book signings, and an opportunity to meet Reverend Barb and connect with her.
| I Am Light Ministries | 02/18/12 | Nashville |
Poet's CornerPresented by Scarritt-Bennett Center at The Front Porch @ Scarritt-Bennett February 23, 2012 Jarrett is a writer and software developer in Nashville, Tenn. Her recent work has been published or is forthcoming in African American Review, Boston Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Callaloo, DIAGRAM, Ninth Letter, Linebreak, Rattle, Third Coast and others. Her work has been nominated for Best New Poets 2011, and her collection “The Moon Looks Down and Laughs,” was selected as a finalist for the 2010 Tampa Review Prize for poetry.
A sampling of Jarrett’s poetry can be... | Scarritt-Bennett Center | 02/23/12 | Nashville |
NJW at ParnassusPresented by Nashville Jazz Workshop at Parnassus Books February 25, 2012 Nashville Jazz Workshop is teaming up with Nashville's exciting NEW independant bookstore, Parnassus Books, for a monthly concert series! We're very excited about Parnassus and their philosophy about a real bookstore, with real books!
The first in the series will be February 25, from 4:00pm-5:00pm, with NJW's own Harry Warren vocal repertoire class, featuring vocalists Byron Hill,... | Nashville Jazz Workshop | 02/25/12 | Nashville |
Author event with Rohan QuinbyPresented by Parnassus Books at Parnassus Books March 1, 2012 Local author Rohan Quinby will be discussing his new book, Time and the Suburbs, in which he argues that the spaces in which we live are being transformed by technologies and landscapes of surveillance, consumption, and security that have completely reconfigured the spatial and political order of North America. | Parnassus Books | 03/01/12 | Nashville |
Three Stories of Youth MinistryPresented by Lipscomb University at Lipscomb University March 1, 2012 Mark your calendars for an exciting event that Lipscomb University’s College of Bible & Ministry is hosting, March 1, 2012 Titled, “The Three Stories of Youth Ministry.” We will have three nationally-recognized speakers in for this tremendous event:
Teaching THE Story of God: Michael Novelli, author of Shaped by the Story, an expert in teaching the Bible narratively. He will give you tools that you will be able to use to teach your students the Biblical... | Lipscomb University | 03/01/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: Henry VI Part III | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 03/03/12 | Nashville |
| Connecting Cultures Celebrates Kurdistan | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 03/03/12 | Nashville |
InvestiDate: How to Investigate Your DatePresented by InvestiDate at Bongo After Hours Theatre March 8, 2012 FREE workshop! A former reporter teaches you how to search free public records, analyze online dating profiles, and gauge body language to stay safe on your next date; as seen on The TODAY Show! Book signing to follow. | InvestiDate | 03/08/12 | Nashville |
Book Signing with Michael Lasser: American SongsPresented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts at Frist Center for the Visual Arts March 9, 2012 After his lecture “The Art of Songwriting: American Songwriting in the Twentieth Century,” meet Michael Lasser in the gift shop. There, he will be signing copies of his book American Songs: Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley, which is co-written with Phil Furia. The book explores how creative skills and artistry work together to create lasting songs and invites... | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 03/09/12 | Nashville |
Poetry + Comedy= CometryPresented by HAPPY PEOPLE NETWORK and The Listening Room Cafe at The Listening Room Cafe March 9, 2012 HappyPeopleNetwork presents Nashville's first-eva Cometry show! Laugh your a** off with some of the best comedians the city has to offer. Stimulate your mind with the BEST Spoken Word artists on the scene. Come and kick it with Nashville's favorite talent Renard Hirsch, Cashville's De'Mun Oakley and the infamous host KAY JAY!!! As if that's not enough, snap your fingers and clap your hands as you experience Spoken Word's erotic sensation, Karma Eve and Mic-dynamite Nova Supreme. Get there... | HAPPY PEOPLE NETWORK | 03/09/12 | Nashville |
| 2nd Saturday Book Sale | Nashville Public Library | 03/10/12 | Nashville |
| Artful tales: "Kawa the Blacksmith" | Frist Center for the Visual Arts | 03/18/12 | Nashville |
Rick Steves - Travel as a Political ActPresented by Vanderbilt University at Vanderbilt University - Student Life Center Ballroom March 19, 2012 Rick Steves–author of over 50 European travel guidebooks and host of the public television series, Rick Steves’ Europe–believes that thoughtful travel expands our world view and shapes how we address the challenges confronting our nation politically. Having spent four months a year overseas for the last 30 years, Rick feels that travel helps us “challenge truths we were raised to think were self-evident and God-given."
Rick shares how the other 96... | Vanderbilt University | 03/19/12 | Nashville |
Southern Literary Festival master class with Tina HowePresented by Lipscomb University at Lipscomb University March 31, 2012 On Saturday, March 31, from 9:00am-12:00pm, Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Tina Howe will host a master class as part of the Southern Literary Festival. This event is free and open to the public. Location TBA.
Howe, author of “Pride’s Crossing” and “Painting Churches,” will discuss six, 10-minute plays selected from works submitted by Lipscomb University students. Lipscomb actors will read the six plays, and Howe will give feedback on each. | Lipscomb University | 03/31/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: Richard III | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 04/07/12 | Nashville |
MTAC OmegaPresented by Middle Tennessee Anime Convention at Nashville Convention Center April 6-April 8, 2012 MTAC Omega is themed around surviving the end of the world and how post-apocalyptic settings are prevalent in anime, manga and Japanese popular culture. Not to mention all the great guests, music, events, panels, cosplay and contests you've come to expect. If 2012 really is the end of the world, then MTAC is going out with a bang at MTAC Omega!
Based in Nashville, Tennessee, MTAC is a non-profit corporation currently producing its twelfth annual convention. The Middle Tennessee... | Middle Tennessee Anime Convention | 04/06/12-
04/08/12 | Nashville |
| 2nd Saturday Book Sale | Nashville Public Library | 04/14/12 | Nashville |
WPLN Public Radio presents A Prairie Home CompanionPresented by Ryman Auditorium at Ryman Auditorium April 21, 2012 A Prairie Home Companion – Live from Nashville TWICE This Spring!
As part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Nashville Public Radio is delighted to announce that Garrison Keillor and crew are coming back to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for two live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion on April 21 and April 28, 2012.
We are offering a limited number of special packages that include a pair of tickets for great seats, plus a Hatch Show Print... | Ryman Auditorium | 04/21/12 | Nashville |
WPLN Public Radio presents A Prairie Home CompanionPresented by Ryman Auditorium at Ryman Auditorium April 28, 2012 A Prairie Home Companion – Live from Nashville TWICE This Spring!
As part of its 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Nashville Public Radio is delighted to announce that Garrison Keillor and crew are coming back to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium for two live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion on April 21 and April 28, 2012.
We are offering a limited number of special packages that include a pair of tickets for great seats, plus a Hatch Show Print... | Ryman Auditorium | 04/28/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: Titus Andronicus | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 05/05/12 | Nashville |
| 2nd Saturday Book Sale | Nashville Public Library | 05/12/12 | Nashville |
Click Clack Moo: Cows That TypePresented by Nashville Children's Theatre at Nashville Children's Theatre April 3-May 13, 2012 Farmer Brown’s cows find an old typewriter in the barn, and next thing you know, click-clack-moo, clickety-clack-moo, Farmer Brown gets a typewritten note:
Dear Farmer Brown,
The barn is very cold at night. We’d like some electric blankets.
Sincerely, The Cows
When Farmer Brown refuses to comply, the cows go on strike. With the help of a neutral duck arbitrator, everything gets back on track... kind of. | Nashville Children's Theatre | 04/03/12-
05/13/12 | Nashville |
| Bellevue Story Time | Nashville Public Library | 05/04/11-
05/16/12 | Nashville |
| Preschool Storytime | Nashville Public Library | 01/26/11-
05/30/12 | Nashville |
| Weekly Reader | Nashville Public Library | 01/27/11-
05/31/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: The Comedy of Errors | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 06/02/12 | Nashville |
| Shakespeare Allowed: The Taming of the Shrew | The Nashville Shakespeare Festival | 07/14/12 | Nashville |
Killer Nashville Guests of Honor: Peter Straub and C.J. BoxPresented by Killer Nashville at Hutton Hotel August 24-August 26, 2012 Killer Nashville is proud to announce our 2012 Guests of Honor: New York Times bestselling mystery and thriller author C.J. Box and legendary horror and thriller author Peter Straub.
C.J. Box is the author of thirteen novels, including several standalone thrillers and a popular series featuring heroic park ranger Joe Pickett. A Wyoming native and avid outdoorsman, Box uses his knowledge of the great outdoors to bring his books to life. He has won the Edgar Alan Poe Award... | Killer Nashville | 08/24/12-
08/26/12 | Nashville |
| Preschool Storytime | Nashville Public Library | 01/10/11-
01/30/13 | Old Hickory |
State of the Word: Spoken Word Workshop SeriesPresented by Nashville Public Library at Nashville Public Library - Main Library September 16, 2010 - Ongoing Express yourself at this series of free spoken-word workshops, open to ages 14-18, sponsored by Youth Speaks Nashville. You will learn how to develop and perform your own material, ending with a performance at a spoken-word showcase. Top universities have begun recruiting Youth Speaks graduates for poetry and hip-hop scholarships, and Youth Speaks Nashville poets have performed in major cities across the country... | Nashville Public Library | 09/16/10-
Ongoing | Nashville |
Franklin on Foot "The Widow of the South" TourPresented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot August 9, 2011 - Ongoing The Widow of the South, written by long-time Franklin resident and Historic Carnton Plantation Association board member Robert Hicks, centers on the life of Carrie McGavock, the mistress of Carnton before, during and after the Civil War. After the hardcover release in September, 2005, the book rose to #5 and spent eight weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list in the fall of 2005.
To learn about the people and places in The Widow of the South, we offer, in conjunction... | Franklin on Foot | 08/09/11-
Ongoing | Franklin |
| Toddler Time | Nashville Public Library | 01/05/11-
Ongoing | Old Hickory |
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