Tennessee Waters Exhibit – Farragut
Municipal Center Farragut, TN, United StatesThe city of Farragut will host Tennessee Waters at the Municipal Center. Learn more at: https://www.farragutparksandrec.org/historicresources
Black Arts in America: Stories of Our Ancestors
Global Education Center 4822 Charlotte Ave, Nashville, TN, United StatesJoin the Global Education Center for an afternoon of wisdom and stories with the Graceful Soul Storyweavers, representing the value and power of oral traditions for societal change. Part of the project series Black Arts in American, partially funded by Humanities Tennessee's General Grant Program.
WYXR Stereo Sessions: Reap the Lost Dreamers
Memphis Listening Lab 1350 Concourse Ave, Memphis, TN, United StatesJoin WYXR at the Memphis Listening Lab to listen to and discuss the Companion's 1977 progressive rock album "Reap the Lost Dreamers." Hosted by Pat Sansone and Jay "Jay B." Boyd. 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…
LOVE IN THE CLUB: Black Chicago Nighclub Photographs
Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E McLemore Ave, Memphis, TN 38126, USAVisit the Stax Museum to see this exhibit of photographs by Michael Abramson. Taken between 1974-1976, the images depict the smoky clubs of Chicago's South Side, a dance scene brimming over with style and free expression to the sounds of blues, disco, funk and soul.Form more information visit the Stax website.Humanities Tennessee is pleased to…
Wild Summer of Authors: Lisa Regan
Soddy Daisy Community Library 9619 Dayton Pike Suite C,, Soddy-Daisy, TN, United StatesJoin 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesAs 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesJoin 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 StatesJoin 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.
Discover Steampunk: A Fantastical Hands-on Adventure
Discovery Park of America TN, United StatesJoin the Discovery Park of America for this new, immersive exhibition featuring eight galleries inspired by different visionaries from the Victorian Age and focusing on how their philosophy, art, innovation and science have shaped our world today. Find more information and free education guides here. Humanities Tennessee is pleased to provide a grant for partial…