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  • The African American Moviegoing Experience in the Segregated Era

    East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    Robert J. Booker will delve into the history of the African American moviegoing experience in Knoxville, Tennessee, in a conversation with Knoxville History Project Executive Director Jack Neely. Booker will discuss the city’s segregated Black theaters from the early 1900s to the 1960s, as well as his experiences at the Bijou Theatre, where African Americans…

  • Jubilee! From Slavery to Freedom

    Capitol Theater, 110 W Main St, Lebanon, TN 37087, USA

    Join the Wilson County Black History Committee for a multimedia event sharing the history of the places and people of Wilson county from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including the historic Pickett Chapel, and Maggie Porter and Thomas Rutling, both formerly enslaved Wilson Countians who became two of the original nine Fisk Jubilee Singers.…

  • Knoxville Girl: Murder Ballads & Misogyny in TN Music History

    Join the Tennessee Historical Society for the next event in a series of free, virtual discussions.  Author and musician Karen Hogg will delve into the misogyny that is ingrained in American music and its relationship to violence in our culture. For more information and registration visit the THS website. This event is part of a series, Tennessee…

  • Folk & Traditional Arts Day-Turkey Calls

    Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

    Join the Creative Discovery Museum for a demonstration and discussion of turkey calls with Kenny Brancefield at 1pm and 3pm, and tour the museum's new Appalachian Arts exhibit to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a traditional ramp festival. Visit the museum's website for more information. The Folk & Traditional Arts series is partly…

  • Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis & Clark

    Lewis County Depot, 112 E. Main Street, Hohenwald, TN

    Join the Lewis County Historical Society at the Depot Center for a traveling exhibit, Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis & Clark, organized by the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. The exhibit explores the impact on map making of the expedition, including the geography of indigenous cartographic traditions. The project is made possible with…

  • Folk & Traditional Arts Days: Ramp Cooking

    Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

    Join the Creative Discovery Museum for a ramp cooking class and discussion, and tour the museum's new Appalachian Arts exhibit to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a traditional ramp festival. Visit the museum's website for more information. The Folk & Traditional Arts series is partly supported by Humanities Tennessee's General Grant program.

  • Southern But Not Country: The Interwar Career of Nashville Bandleader Francis Craig

    Join the Tennessee Historical Society for the next event in a series of free, virtual discussions.  Dr. Carrie Allen Tipton, of Vanderbilt, provides a window into interwar Southern consumption and production of mainstream popular music. For more information and registration visit the THS website. This event is part of a series, Tennessee 101: the History of Tennessee…

  • Carl T. Rowan, Naval Officer, Journalist, Diplomat

    Warren Arts Performing Arts Center, Morrison

    Join Warren Arts for a presentation and discussion by Mark Dudney about the life and legacy of locally-born journalist and diplomat, Carl Rowan. This keynote event of the Caney Fork Writer's Conference is free and open to the public. The remainder of the conference requires registration.  More details may be found here. Humanities Tennessee provided…

  • Reimagining America Speaker Series: Dr. Antoine Saugrain

    Lewis County Public Library, 15 Kyle Street, Hohenwald 38462

    Join the Lewis Co. Historical Society in welcoming Char Ollinger Waughtel, who will discuss Dr. Antoine Saugrain at the county library. The speaker series coincides with the exhibition Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis & Clark, on view in the Hohenwald Historic Depot, 112 East Main Street. The project received partial support form Humanities TN.

  • Folk & Traditional Arts Days: Old Time Music

    Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

    Join the Creative Discovery Museum for an old time music concert and discussion with the players at 1pm and 3pm, and tour the museum's new Appalachian Arts exhibit to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a traditional ramp festival. Visit the museum's website for more information. The Folk & Traditional Arts series is partly supported by…