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Wild Summer of Authors: Lisa Regan

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Lisa Regan for a virtual reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

Postponed — TN Writers/TN Stories: Marissa Moss

TN State Museum 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN, United States

Join us for our first TN Writers | TN Stories with Marissa R. Moss, Her Country (Henry Holt) in conversation with Jewly Hight, WNXP editorial director and NPR music reporter. Our new book series, in partnership with Humanities Tennessee, Chapter 16 and Vanderbilt University Press, begins with a reading by music journalist Marissa R. Moss of Her Country and a discussion with Jewly Hight, WNXP editorial…

Bringing Books to Life Family Workshop

TN, United States

Join the Nashville Public Library for an online Loving & Learning Family Workshop. Designed for parents, these workshops discuss how to build early literacy skills in the home. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsdu6vqj0sEtLPXGWnDGkTngfaueU4scFM The series is partly funded by Humanities Tennessee's SHARP Grant program.

TN Writers/TN Stories: Leigh Ann Gardner

TN State Museum 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN, United States

As part of our book series and Juneteenth programming, Leigh Ann Gardner reads from To Care for the Sick and Bury the Dead: African American Lodges and Cemeteries in Tennessee, before joining journalist, author and historian, and board member of the Nashville Chapter of the Afro-American Genealogical Society, Natalie Bell, in discussion. Benevolent Orders, the Sons of Ham, Prince…

Wild Summer of Authors: Jessica Young

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Jessica Young for a virtual reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

Wild Summer of Authors: Greg Funderburg

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Greg Funderburg for a reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

Bringing Books to Life Family Workshop

Main Nashville Public Library 615 Church Street, Nashville, TN, United States

Join the Nashville Public Library & the Hope Clinic for Women for an online Loving & Learning Family Workshop. Designed for parents, these workshops discuss how to build early literacy skills in the home. https://zoom.us/j/96708496554 The series is partly funded by Humanities Tennessee's SHARP Grant program.

WYXR Stereo Sessions: The Antidote

Memphis Listening Lab 1350 Concourse Ave, Memphis, TN, United States

Join WYXR at the Memphis Listening Lab to listen to and discuss Indo G & Lil' Blunt's "The Antidote." WYXR Stereo Sessions are a series of free, in-person listening parties that explore and examine albums in the Memphis music catalog that achieve cult recognition. The series is partly funded by Humanities Tennessee's SHARP Grant program.

Bringing Books to Life Teacher Workshop

Bordeaux Branch Nashville Public Library 4000 Clarksville Pike, Nashville, TN, United States

Join the Nashville Public Library at the Bordeaux Branch Library for Professional Development Third Saturday Teacher Training. Designed for educators, these workshops discuss the importance of building students' early literacy skills. The series is partly funded by Humanities Tennessee's SHARP Grant program.

Teaching TN History Workshop: Trail of Tears

TN, United States

The East TN Historical Society will host history teachers to study the people and events of the Trail of Tears, and explore best practices for bringing this history to the classroom. Site visits include New Echota, Chief Van House, Red Clay, and the Hiawassee Heritage Center. This teachers' institute is partially supported through Humanities TN's…

Wild Summer of Reading: Kierstan Modglin

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Kierstan Modglin for a reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

Wild Summer of Authors: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Rita Lorraine Hubbard for a reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

Wild Summer of Authors: John V. Suter

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author John V. Suter for a reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

2022 Southern Festival of Books Author Reveal Party

Tennessee State Library & Archives 1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN, United States

Join us for a reception and reveal party for the authors for the 34th annual Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word! The event is free and will include the first showing of this year's art, information about some of the authors who will be on the program, merchandise sales, and refreshments.…

TN Writers/TN Stories: Rachel Martin

TN State Museum 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN, United States

Australia advertise that they fry their chicken “Nashville-style.” Thousands of people attend the Music City Hot Chicken Festival each year. The James Beard Foundation has given Prince’s Chicken Shack an American Classic Award for inventing the dish. But for almost seventy years, hot chicken was made and sold primarily in Nashville’s Black neighborhoods—and the story…

Wild Summer of Authors: Poetry Slam!

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming poets KB Ballentine, Christian J. Collier, Kelly Hanwright for an evening of poetry performance. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

WYXR Stereo Sessions: John Gary Williams

Memphis Listening Lab 1350 Concourse Ave, Memphis, TN, United States

Join WYXR at the Memphis Listening Lab to listen to and discuss John Gary Williams' album "John Gary Williams." WYXR Stereo Sessions are a series of free, in-person listening parties that explore and examine albums in the Memphis music catalog that achieve cult recognition.  Click here for more information and to register. The series is partly funded…

Wild Summer of Authors: Debbie Dadey

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Debbie Dadey for a reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

Wild Summer of Authors: Kristin O’Donnell Tubb

Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United States

Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Kristin O'Donnell Tubb for a reading and discussion event. For more information, visit: https://kelcurtfoundation.org/current-events The SDCL Wild Summer of Authors series is partly supported by a grant from Humanities Tennessee.

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Facing Down Storms: Memphis & the Making of Ida B. Wells

Malco Studio on the Square 2105 Court Ave, Memphis, TN, United States

The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at The University of Memphis cordially invites you to a screening of "Facing Down Storms: Memphis and the Making of Ida B. Wells," a documentary on the life of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, at the Malco Studio on the Square! The Hooks Institute will host…

Manuia Samoa & More

Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TN

Join Samoan filmmaker, educator, and anthropological activist Queen Muhammad Ali and her equally talented husband Hakeem Khaaliq as they share elements of their healthy lifeways project in American Samoa, Manuia Samoa. They will share film and conversation, as well as be joined by a local Siva dance group, for a memorable afternoon sharing traditions and…

Hip Hop in Bluff City: the Roots of Memphis Hip Hop with DJ Spanish Fly

Join the Tennessee Historical Society for the first in a series of free, virtual discussions.  Hip Hop in Bluff City features a conversation with DJ Spanish Fly and Dr. Langston Wilkins about Hip Hop in Memphis since the mid 1980s. For more information and registration visit the THS website. This event is part of a…