Vanderbilt University Presents: The Southern Festival of Books, a program of Humanities TennesseeOCTOBER 17 (9am to 6pm)OCTOBER 18 (10am to 5pm)​The Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming hundreds of authors and thousands of visitors to downtown Nashville each OctoberThe Festival…

Joe Pagetta, The Apostle of Tennessee: The Indefatigable Life and Ministry of Father Aloysius Orengo (Vanderbilt University Press) When Nashville became a Catholic diocese in 1837, it was mostly an aspirational exercise. The few Catholics scattered throughout the state were ministered to only occasionally by missionary priests who traveled by horseback from Kentucky. It is believed that…

Join us for the final program in the Beyond The Divide series presented by Millions of Conversations (MoC) and hosted by Nashville Public Library Special Collections. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville and producer Nicholas Ma—the same creative team behind Leap of Faith—Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s most beloved…