Preschool Storytime
Presented by Nashville Public Library at Nashville Public Library - Edmondson Pike Branch
Features picture books, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and other activities. For group reservations and scheduling, please call (615) 880-3957.
01/26/11 - 05/30/12
Free Admission
- http://www.library.nashville.org/
Nashville Public Library - Edmondson Pike Branch - 5501 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN, 37211
Weekly Reader
Presented by Nashville Public Library at Nashville Public Library - Edmondson Pike Branch
Our Weekly Reader school age program includes books, crafts, activities, and other fun events.
01/27/11 - 05/31/12
Free Admission
- http://www.library.nashville.org/
Nashville Public Library - Edmondson Pike Branch - 5501 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN, 37211
Shakespeare Allowed: The Comedy of Errors
Presented by The Nashville Shakespeare Festival at Nashville Public Library - Main Library
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival invites you to read Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors out loud in a reading circle at Nashville's Downtown Library. There will be 16 chairs in a circle, and whoever wants to read out loud can choose one of the 16. There will be additional seating available for anyone who wants to read along silently. The play should not take longer than 3 hours to read out loud, and we will take a 15 minute break in between the third and fourth acts. Some copies of the play will be available, but please bring your own if possible. The Nashville Shakespeare Festival reads a different Shakespeare play on the first Saturday of every month.
06/02/12
Free Admission
- http://nashvilleshakes.org/shakespeareallowed.htm
Nashville Public Library - Main Library - 615 Church Street, Nashville, TN, 37219
Shakespeare Allowed: The Taming of the Shrew
Presented by The Nashville Shakespeare Festival at Nashville Public Library - Main Library
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival invites you to read Shakespeare's play, The Taming of the Shrew out loud in a reading circle at Nashville's Downtown Library.
There will be 16 chairs in a circle, and whoever wants to read out loud can choose one of the 16. There will be additional seating available for anyone who wants to read along silently. The play should not take longer than 3 hours to read out loud, and we will take a 15 minute break in between the third and fourth acts. Some copies of the play will be available, but please bring your own if possible. The Nashville Shakespeare Festival reads a diiferent Shakespeare play on the first Saturday of every month.
07/14/12
Free Admission
- http://nashvilleshakes.org/shakespeareallowed.htm
Nashville Public Library - Main Library - 615 Church Street, Nashville, TN, 37219
Killer Nashville Guests of Honor: Peter Straub and C.J. Box
Presented by Killer Nashville at Hutton Hotel
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 for Best Novel, (Blue Heaven, 2009) as well as the Anthony Award, the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, the Barry Award, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. He is an internationally published author whose books have won awards in Ireland and France and been translated into 25 languages. He has also received acclaim for his short stories, which have been featured in America’s Best Mystery Stories of 2006 and limited-edition printings.
Peter Straub is the author of more than 17 novels, several poetry and short story collections, seven novellas, and a collection of nonfiction essays. Although he is most famous for his work in the horror genre, he has also received acclaim for his poems, literary novels, and thrillers. One of the century’s most honored horror writers, he has received numerous literary awards, including the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Guild Award. Straub’s first novel, Marriages, was published in 1973, but it was his fifth, Ghost Story, that catapulted onto the national bestseller lists and made him a household name. Stephen King, with whom Straub collaborated on two fantasy novels, called Ghost Story one of the best horror novels of the latter half of the 20th century. Straub’s most recent thriller, A Dark Matter, was released in February, 2010 and won a Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.
Straub and Box will each do a one-hour interview or presentation, along with a book signing and a presentation at the Guest of Honor/Awards banquet, joining the ranks of past Killer Nashville Guests of Honor Carol Higgins Clark, Michael Connelly, J.A. Jance, Body Farm creator Dr. Bill Bass, Jeffery Deaver, Donald Bain, and Robert Dugoni.
Held annually on the weekend surrounding the fourth Saturday in August, Killer Nashville was created in 2006 to bring together forensic experts, writers, and fans of crime and thriller literature. Killer Nashville will be held on August 24-26, 2012 at Nashville’s five-star Hutton Hotel.
08/24/12 - 08/26/12
TBA
- http://www.KillerNashville.com
Hutton Hotel - 1808 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203
Preschool Storytime
Presented by Nashville Public Library at Nashville Public Library - Old Hickory
Age 3 and up. Group or school visits, please contact us at 862-5869 to place a reservation.
01/10/11 - 01/30/13
Free Admission
- http://www.library.nashville.org/
Nashville Public Library - Old Hickory - 1010 Jones Street, Old Hickory, TN, 37138
Franklin on Foot "The Widow of the South" Tour
Presented by Franklin on Foot at Franklin on Foot
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 with the Battle of Franklin Trust, a value ticket at a cost of $35 (you save $20). You will receive a ticket for a 90-minute walking tour of downtown Franklin and hour-long guided house tours of Carnton Plantation, the Carter House and the Lotz House.
08/09/11 - Ongoing
$35
- http://www.franklinonfoot.com/widow_of_the_south_tour.htm
Franklin on Foot - 114 E. Main St., Franklin, TN, 37064
Toddler Time
Presented by Nashville Public Library at Nashville Public Library - Old Hickory
Stories, songs, fingerplays and socialization through play. For ages 12 to 24 months
01/05/11 - Ongoing
Free Admission
- http://www.library.nashville.org/
Nashville Public Library - Old Hickory - 1010 Jones Street, Old Hickory, TN, 37138