{"id":14978,"date":"2023-07-06T15:39:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=14978"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T21:07:45","slug":"southern-storytellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2023\/07\/06\/southern-storytellers\/","title":{"rendered":"NPT\u2019s \u2018Southern Storytellers\u2019 event heralds new PBS series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NPT and the Tennessee State Museum are hosting a free screening from the new PBS Southern Storytellers <\/strong>series. The event takes place Tuesday, July 11, <\/strong>at the museum (1000 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., Nashville TN 37208), beginning with a reception at 6:30 p.m.; the screening starts at 7 p.m. RSVP for the free event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening includes a conversation moderated by Jeremy Finley, author and co-host of NPT\u2019s A Word on Words<\/strong> series. Finley will be joined by New York Times<\/em> bestselling author and Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House; Valerie June, poet, singer-songwriter and author; Allison Inman, independent filmmaker and the Belcourt Theatre\u2019s education and engagement director; Rashad Rayford, speaker, author, poet, and owner of Elevate Your Vibe; and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPT\u2019s Southern Storytellers<\/strong> event is being held in conjunction with the premiere of the PBS series by the same name. The three-episode series airs on NPT and PBS stations nationwide Tuesdays at 8 p.m., beginning July 18, and will also be available on PBS.org<\/a> and the PBS app. The series follows some of the region\u2019s most compelling and influential contemporary creators to the places they call home \u2013 the communities that fertilize the stories they tell in books, songs, poems, plays, and on screens large and small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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