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Tennessee Tourism Announces the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival

2013-05-17T15:12:54Z

May 17, DigitalJournal.com Nashville, TN (PRWEB) This summer, renowned puppeteers and performers from all over the world will make their way to Nashville, Tennessee for the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival June 21-23 at the Nashville Public Library and surrounding area. The festival is free and open to the public. “We have a top-tier library system, and [...]

Nashville International Puppet Festival and other Library Events in the Scene’s Summer Guide 2013

2013-05-16T21:02:12Z

May 16, Nashville Scene June 1: Readings from Apocalypse Now: Poems and Prose of the End Days at Nashville Public Library (11 a.m.) and East Side Story (2 p.m.) June 21-23: Nashville International Puppet Festival This offer has strings attached: the Nashville International Puppet Festival, well on its way to becoming one of the city’s premier arts [...]

Dollar General Awards $1.2M In Literacy Grants

2013-05-17T15:15:43Z

May 16, WTVF-TV News Channel 5 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Dollar General announced Thursday that they have awarded $1.2 million in grants to 42 local nonprofits and literacy programs. The money will provide education and help children, adults, and families in the community learn to read. About $350,000 will go to the Nashville Public Library’s limitless library [...]

Nashville’s Got the World on a String at the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival

2013-05-14T14:25:58Z

May 13, TNVacation Triptales blog, Amanda Stravinsky You’re going to want to mark your calendars for one of the biggest, eclectic and creative events of the year. Nashville will awaken in a lively display with marionettes in parades and shows around town as part of the 2013 Nashville International Puppet Festival June 21-23 hosted by the Nashville [...]

Ms. Cheap picks: Free day at Cheekwood today, marionettes at the library

2013-05-10T21:04:33Z

May 8, Tennessean’s Ms. Cheap, Mary Hance There are two fun, free events for families worth checking out. • Today is free day at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art as part of National Public Gardens Day. Just go to the “Better Homes & Gardens” website at http://npga.bhg.com to download a free coupon to present at Cheekwood for [...]

Nashville Public Library’s Green Hills Branch to Host National Exhibition on the Civil War

2013-05-08T17:04:48Z

May 8 – Digital Journal, NewsOK, Financial Content, Daily Herald Nashville, TN (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Green Hills Library will host Civil War 150, a national traveling exhibition, on display from May 20-June 10. The Civil War is one of most transformative periods in U.S. history. After long-simmering sectional tensions led to seven slaveholding states [...]

Bulger’s Beat: Nashville library to host summer puppet festival

2013-05-07T21:04:03Z

May 6, WSMV-TV NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Puppets and puppeteers from around the world will entertain children and children at heart next month as Nashville plays host to the International Puppet Festival. Artisans like Pete Carden are now busy working deep inside the Nashville Public Library, crafting dozens of puppets for the festival. “It’s probably [...]

Augusten Burroughs pulls no punches in new book

2013-05-07T21:02:39Z

May 2, The Tennessean, Brad Schmitt About a decade ago, Augusten Burroughs hit the New York Times best-seller list twice with the hilarious memoirs “Running With Scissors” and “Dry,” though his struggles with family, upbringing and sobriety were often dark. Now, Burroughs is out with a direct, at-times harsh self-help guide, “This Is How” ($24.99, [...]

CMHOF And Nashville Public Library Come Together

2013-05-02T19:29:43Z

May 2, All Access Music Group The COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM (CMHOF) and the NASHVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION have come together to present “STRING CITY: NASHVILLE’S TRADITION OF MUSIC AND PUPPETRY,” happening THURSDAY, JUNE 20th, at 8p (CT) at the CMHOF in NASHVILLE. Admission is available for a $30 per person donation [...]

Isabel Allende discusses her new novel Maya’s Notebook, her affection for vagabonds and the terrors of modern parenting

2013-05-02T19:27:54Z

May 2, Nashville Scene, Sean Kinch and Chapter16.org Isabel Allende has gained a large and devoted international readership by revealing the dark secrets and searing pains that afflict the human heart. Her stories are filled with incidents — journeys, missions, fights and love affairs — but the real action takes place on the inside, where [...]