The Tennessee Renaissance Festival runs each weekend in May at Williamson County’s Castle Park.
Magnolia McKay
Magnolia McKay is a multimedia producer based in Nashville who first cut her audio journalism teeth in San Francisco at NPR affiliate station KALW. The features she produced for their daily show Crosscurrents won regional and national awards for Investigative Reporting, Best Use of Sound, and Excellence in Audio Features Journalism. She is passionate about audio storytelling and particularly loves uncovering the historical contexts that illuminate current events. She created and hosts a podcast called the Post Purity Project. An interest in learning more about the origins of the purity movement is what ultimately led her to Nashville. Back in San Francisco, she was also a peer counselor at San Francisco Women Against Rape, where she supported survivors on a hotline, in one-on-one counseling and in emergency rooms. When she isn't working, she is most likely enjoying a craft cocktail at a local watering hole or singing at your friendly neighborhood karaoke joint.
Anatomy of the perfect Tennessee road trip
When WPLN Senior Music Writer Jewly Hight pitched This Is Nashville producer Magnolia McKay the idea for an episode about roadside attractions, McKay was quick to say yes. But she was not prepared for the deep knowledge Hight had on the plethora of fun and quirky stops within Tennessee state lines. Luckily, she was an eager student and a good sport.
This Middle Tennessee talent show proves that age is just a number
On a Tuesday night last October, the Franklin Theater was sold out for a talent show that is quickly becoming an annual tradition. For the past five years, the Morning Pointe Foundation has hosted the Seniors Got Talent event in Williamson County — a live talent show for contestants ages 60 or older.
Behind the scenes on Black horror
No, we aren’t going to stop talking about this.
From farm to tote bag: how yarn gets made in Middle Tennessee
Earlier this year, producers Elizabeth Burton and Magnolia McKay took the road less-traveled to an alpaca farm in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
A decade after Uber and Lyft disrupted Nashville’s ride ecosystem, what’s it like to catch a ride?
Midnight on the sidewalk outside the Ryman Auditorium is a bustling scene after a recent Marty Stuart show. Most of the locals I speak with have chosen not to drive for the evening — either to avoid parking, or to get home safely after drinking. And most prefer booking a ride with an app like […]
‘They’re letting us die’: Nashville high schoolers demand that lawmakers strengthen gun laws after the Covenant shooting
This Is Nashville made space for local high schoolers to share their reactions to the Covenant School shooting and what they want lawmakers to do about it.
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