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support producers circle vehicle donation planned giving connect twitter facebook instagram email newsletters contact us events search pledge now and be automatically entered into 3 drawings during our fall membership campaign including a trip to cabo san lucas chas sisk wpln nation engaged mt. juliet pastor known for viral videos says he s speaking to the itch of society editors note this week npr stations across the country are asking the same two questions what does it mean to be an american and what can the next president do to further that vision as part of a series called a nation engaged . read more tony gonzalez wpln nashville s newest luxury hotels should drive down prices but it may take a while tn photo services haslam says concerns about gop s future prompted him to repudiate trump tennessee education officials issue warning before releasing test scores they will look bad by blake farmer oct 14 2016 listen listening ... 1 13 hear the radio version of this story . it will still be weeks before scores are released for the few tennessee students who completed new standardized testing in the spring . but already education officials are warning that the numbers will look bad . nation engaged mt. juliet pastor known for viral videos says he s speaking to the itch of society by chas sisk oct 14 2016 chas sisk wpln listen listening ... 4 04 hear the radio version of this story . editors note this week npr stations across the country are asking the same two questions what does it mean to be an american and what can the next president do to further that vision as part of a series called a nation engaged . nashville s newest luxury hotels should drive down prices but it may take a while by emily siner oct 13 2016 tony gonzalez wpln listen listening ... 1 31 hear the radio version of this story . the new hotels opening in nashville this month are not cheap but tourism officials hope the increased competition will start to bring down the rates in the region which are right now among the highest in the country . haslam says concerns about gop s future prompted him to repudiate trump by chas sisk oct 13 2016 tn photo services listen listening ... 1 02 hear the radio version of this story . gov. bill haslam says his public repudiation of presidential nominee donald trump is for the good of the republican party . haslam said thursday that trump s remarks about groping women are just too alienating . live in studio c agnes wan piano by nina cardona oct 13 2016 nina cardona nashville public radio listen listening ... 28 30 former blair school of music professor agnes wan is back in nashville this week and she stopped by our studios with a performance that highlighted her precise and sensitive playing . she brought two selections from franz schubert each composed to sound as if they were improvised on the spot . mtsu s new board is heavy on business pros while ttu gets an astronaut alum by blake farmer oct 13 2016 tn photo services middle tennessee state university and tennessee tech will soon have more control of their respective destinies . that is the goal at least of the state s broader effort to grant independence to tennessee s public colleges . gov. bill haslam appointed their new governing boards thursday . national charter school advocate made big blitz in tennessee prior to august election by blake farmer oct 13 2016 pete flickr listen listening ... 1 01 hear the radio version for this story . a national charter school advocate funneled more than 100 000 into tennessee races in the final days before the august election . new campaign finance figures show stand for children targeted much of the spending on nashville school board races . tennessee shows off its old prison with a sweet drone video in hopes to ward off trespassers by tony gonzalez oct 13 2016 courtesy of brian siskind listen listening ... 1 21 hear the radio version of this story . tennessee s old state prison known as the castle and often a backdrop in hollywood films is in the spotlight again . this time state corrections officials enlisted a nashville filmmaker to fly his drone mounted cameras throughout the complex that housed inmates from 1898 to 1992 . that s when a federal court decision forced the state to move them to a less crowded and more humane facility . after months of deferrals tax hike for more services in suburban nashville has few takers by meribah knight oct 12 2016 flickr a controversial proposal that would up city services and increase taxes for thousands of nashville homes is finally advancing after months of deferral . but the plan is now a fraction of the size . black executives prominent professionals and a big donor included on new tsu board by chas sisk oct 12 2016 tsu media relations listen listening ... 0 45 hear the radio version of this story . gov. bill haslam has made his picks for tennessee state university s new governing board including the heads of several prominent african american businesses . citizens bank president deborah cole and lewis & wright funeral home owner richard allen lewis are among the selections . pages1 2 3 4 next last a prairie home companion live at the ryman on february 4 see new host chris thile s nashville debut . tickets go on sale friday october 14 at 10am . get tickets wait wait ... don t tell me live at tpac on november 3 npr s peabody award winning quiz show will be recorded live before a studio audience and you can be there . info and tickets the latest from classical 91.1 live in studio c agnes wan piano by nina cardona oct 13 2016 nina cardona nashville public radio listen listening ... 28 30 former blair school of music professor agnes wan is back in nashville this week and she stopped by our studios with a performance that highlighted her precise and sensitive playing . she brought two selections from franz schubert each composed to sound as if they were improvised on the spot . nashville symphony kicks off first ever composer lab fellowship by nina cardona oct 7 2016 nashville symphony the nashville symphony will play music by a young composer from california s bay area this weekend in a performance that kicks off an intensive season long relationship with the artist . 24 year old gabriela smith was one of five composers chosen to take part in a workshops at the schermerhorn symphony center last year . the nashville symphony offered feedback mentoring sessions and a chance for the composers to hear their work played by a full orchestra . over the course of three days the smith wowed the symphony s leaders with her talent and eagerness to learn . beyond don giovanni the don juan story retold through the centuries by nina cardona oct 6 2016 originally published by h. fores on july 23 1820 wikimedia commons this weekend the nashville opera opens its season with mozart s don giovanni . it s a classic tale of a womanizing cad who runs out of luck . the story that forms the basis for the opera was already more than a century and a half old when mozart set it to music and it s been retold many times through the years . more in classical 2016 nashville public radio about us