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Nashville Public Library - Main Library

The Nashville Public Library is known for its artwork, public programs and special events. In 1998, prior to the passage of the city's percent for public art ordinance, the Nashville Public Library chose to allocate $600,000 of its construction budget to public art. Artists were selected through national and local calls for artists by a collaborative process involving the Library, Architect Robert A.M. Stern, a project manager, an art design review committee, and the Metro Nashville Arts Commission. As a result, Nashville's Main Library includes integrated public artworks, posters created by local artists, and photographs by local photographers, all of which enhance the library user's experience of this beautiful modern classical building.

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  Nashville Public Library - Main Library

  615 Church Street
  Nashville, TN 37219

  Phone: (615)862-5800

  Fax: (615)880-2610

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  • Wheelchair Access
  • Braille
  • Assisted Listening System
  • Low Vision

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• Current Events

  10/02/08- 10/30/08	Movies @ Main presents Thursday Nights of Terror
  09/27/08- 01/04/09	Open to the Night: Drawings by Sue Mulcahy
  08/23/08- 10/11/08	The Ordeal of Dr. Trifulgas
  08/22/08- 10/11/08	Marionette Show: Sky Bear

• Upcoming Events

  10/07/08- 10/09/08	Noon-Time & Drive-Time Technology Series: Voice over IP
  10/08/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library
  10/11/08- 12/06/08	Shakespeare Allowed
  10/24/08- 11/01/08	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  10/24/08- 10/01/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Courtney Jaye
  11/01/08- 01/31/09	The Photography of Jack Gunter
  11/04/08	Noon-Time & Drive-Time Technology Series: The Digital TV Transition
  11/08/08	2008 Nashville Public Library Literary Award
  12/02/08	Noon-Time & Drive-Time Technology Series: Del.icio.us Bookmarking Tool
  12/11/08	Movies @ Main Presents The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Past Events

  10/24/08- 10/01/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Courtney Jaye
  10/04/08	Find Your Way Home: A Magdalene Book Signing and Celebration
  10/04/08	Frankenstein Make-Up Workshop
  09/24/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring David Tanner
  09/23/08	Getting In Seminar
  09/17/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Chris Casello
  09/11/08	Movies @ Main Presents: The Candidate
  09/10/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Nick Nixon
  09/04/08	What Is It? Insights into Abstract Art
  09/03/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Anna Wilson
  08/30/08	Bookmaking Workshop with Robin Paris and Jennifer McQuistion
  08/27/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring members of Take 6
  08/20/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Radio Daze
  08/15/08	Book Cover Mania!
  08/13/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Serenatta
  08/09/08	Thought Bubbles Out Loud
  08/06/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Jonell Mosser
  08/05/08- 08/26/08	Cool and Crafty Lunch Hour for Teens and Adults
  07/30/08	Lunchtime Concert Series at the Library featuring Riders in the Sky
  07/22/08	Pop Up Story Times
  07/22/08	Drop-In, Pop Up Workshop for All Ages
  07/18/08- 08/09/08	Marionette Show: The Frog Prince
  07/18/08	Metro Parks Jam Band Concert
  07/15/08	MP&F Speaker Series: Pulitizer Prize-Winning Author David Maraniss
  07/13/08- 08/31/08	Beyond the Page: Carol Barton's Art and Influence
  07/13/08	Reception and Talk: The History of Movable and Pop-up Books
  07/11/08- 07/12/08	Pop-up Workshop with Carol Barton-Bookmaking Program
  07/11/08	Cremona Strings Ensemble Too
  07/10/08	Movies @ Main Presents Wait Until Dark
  07/09/08	Second Wednesday Book Club: The Omnivore's Dilemma
  07/07/08- 07/28/08	Great Books Club: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations
  06/29/08	Authors @ Main: Joe R. Lansdale
  06/25/08	Gene Hackman at the Nashville Public Library
  06/20/08- 06/22/08	Nashville International Puppet Festival
  06/19/08	International Puppet Festival Preview Party featuring an evening with Phillip Huber
  06/13/08- 06/28/08	A Midsummer Night's Dream
  06/12/08	Movies @ Main presents Jaws
  06/07/08	The Hollow Trees: Folk Music for the Family
  06/05/08	The Open Door: Libraries in the 21st Century
  05/29/08	Teens Only: Summer Reading Kick-Off Party
  05/28/08	Faith in the Boardroom
  05/27/08	Nashville Circuit Court Judge Kip Gayden reads, discusses and signs Miscarriage of Justice
  05/23/08- 05/24/08	Get Ready for Puppets!
  05/18/08	Where the Blind Horse Sings
  05/17/08	Postcard Collecting Workshop
  05/10/08	Nashville Ballet's Big City Bop
  05/03/08- 05/17/08	Hope for the Flowers
  04/22/08	Music @ Main Presents: Gospel Quartet -- The Messengers
  04/19/08	That's What I Like About the South: Family, Food, Race and Religion in Southen Novels
  04/18/08	The Gruffalo
  04/18/08	Author Talk with Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
  04/17/08	Adult Short Story Hour: Tennessee Red Berry Tales
  04/12/08	Author Talk: Four Stars in the Window
  04/05/08	Banish Misfortune-Celtic Music Concert Series
  04/05/08	Craft Day: Bird Houses
  04/01/08	Virtuoso Showcase Concert Series: Stanley Yates
  03/29/08	Songwriting Workshop
  03/28/08- 05/17/08	Marionette Show: Many Moons
  03/26/08	NaFF 2008 Preview
  03/22/08	Family Movie and Craft Day
  03/20/08	Nashville Double Reed Ensemble
  03/20/08	Short Story Lunch Hour
  03/15/08	Nashville Ballet presents Carnival of the Animals at the Downtown Library
  03/15/08- 07/22/08	Works with Words
  03/08/08	ACLU-TN Students' Rights Conference 2008
  03/08/08	Musical Performance with Metro Parks Jamband
  03/04/08	The Best Interests of the Child: Adoptions in Tennessee
  02/29/08	A Celebrating of Women Mentoring Women
  02/21/08	Anansi the Spider: Special Performance Interpreted in American Sign Language
  02/07/08	Authors @ Main: Kimberla Lawson Roby
  02/05/08	Virtuoso Showcase: Marko Feri
  01/19/08	That's All Folks! The History and Trivia Behind Looney Tunes Cartoons
  01/18/08- 03/01/08	Anansi the Spider
  01/17/08	Adult Story Hour featuring Ann Patchett
  01/11/08- 01/12/08	Adam and the Couch Potatoes
  12/15/07	Screen to Stage: It's a Wonderful Life
  12/13/07	Movies at Main: Elf
  12/11/07	Out of the Book: The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
  12/08/07	Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency - A Free Preview
  12/07/07- 01/15/08	Happy Holidays Remembered
  12/06/07	Inspirational Spaces: Sepiatone Photographs by Bob Schatz
  12/05/07	Thinking Out of the (Lunch) Box
  12/04/07	MP&F Speaker Series: Rick Atkinson
  12/04/07- 12/11/07	Rare Tennessee Williams Book on Display at Nashville Public Library
  11/07/07	The Story of 'Cruel and Unusual'
  11/06/07	Virtuoso Showcase: Mark Teicholz
  11/03/07	2007 Nashville Public Library Literary Award
  11/03/07	A Conversation with Ann Patchett
  11/02/07- 12/22/07	A Child's Calendar
  10/20/07	Aesop's Fables Children's Ballet
  10/09/07	Spirit of Nashville: The Art and Soul of Music City - Art Opening and Book Signing
  10/09/07	Virtuoso Showcase: Soloduo
  10/06/07	Grand Opening: New Special Collections Center and StoryCorps StoryBooth
  10/03/07	Intellectuals in Public Life - Thinking out of the Lunch Box
  10/01/07- 11/24/07	Spirit of Nashville Exhibit
  09/26/07	Anna Wilson
  09/19/07	Radio Daze @ the Library
  09/15/07	A Sneak Preview of Ken Burns's THE WAR
  09/12/07	Chris Casello
  09/05/07	Jazz Quartet with Jim Hoke