The PBS Fall Arts Festival begins this Friday, October 14 at 8:00pm with a new production of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic, HMS Pinafore, from the Guthrie Theatre in Minnesota. The Festival will continue for the subsequent eight weeks, with a dynamic collection of performance and documentary shows, from director Cameron Crowe’s Pearl Jam Twenty to Great Performances presentation of The Little Mermaid from the San Francisco Ballet. To celebrate the festival, we’re giving away a great-looking PBS Arts Fall T-Shirt and two “I Support NPT Arts” button every Monday throughout the Festival, starting October 17. The button gets you discounts at a number arts organizations throughout Nashville. All you have to do to be eligible is fill out your name and email address below. You’ll be added to our mailing list (we send out one or two emails a week), but if you’re already on this list, no worries, you can still enter. A winner will be randomly selected each Monday. If you don’t win this week, you’ll automatically be entered in the drawing the following Monday through December 12. We’ve got the shirts in medium and large, and couple of x-larges, and will try to accommodate winners as best as possible.
PBS Arts Fall Festival / NPT Schedule:
H.M.S. Pinafore: Oct. 14
AMERICAN MASTERS Pearl Jam Twenty: Oct. 21
GREAT PERFORMANCES Miami City Ballet: Oct. 28
Give me the Banjo: Nov. 4
AMERICAN MASTERS Bill T. Jones: Nov. 11
Women Who Rock: Nov. 18
GREAT PERFORMANCES Il Postino: Nov. 25
GREAT PERFORMANCES Andrea Bocelli: Dec. 4
GREAT PERFORMANCES The Little Mermaid: Dec. 16
Watch PBS Arts Fall Festival 2011 Preview on PBS. See more from PBS.