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  • The Evolution of Transportation

    Tipton Haynes Historic Site 2620 S Roan St, Johnson City, TN, United States

    Tipton-Haynes new, permanent exhibition includes conveyances from their collection to explore the changes in transportation over time in the region. Visit http://www.tipton-haynes.org/ for more information. Humanities Tennessee is pleased to provide partial…

  • Community Author Experience Project

    The Kelcurt Foundation concludes its inaugural Community Author series with school visits by author Rita Mae Hubbard. Ms. Hubbard will visit students for reading discussions at the following elementary schools…

  • “How to Sue the Klan” film screening

    Walker Theater 399 McCallie Ave, Chattanooga, United States

    Civil Productions is pleased to announce the premiere of its documentary, How to Sue the Klan, which chronicles an historic event from 1980 Chattanooga involving Klan violence and the five…

  • People of Wessyngton after 1865

    Robertson County History Museum 124 6th Ave, Springfield, United States

    Join the Robertson County History Museum in welcoming John Baker Jr., for a discussion of based on the newly expanded Wessyngton exhibit expansion focusing on the stories of those formerly…

  • “Coal Black Voices” film screening & discussion with Frank X. Walker

    Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave #3, Nashville, TN 37209, USA

    Join the Global Ed Center for a screening of the documentary, Coal Black Voices, followed by a reading and discussion with author Frank X. Walker. For more information, visit: http://www.globaleducationcenter.org/ The…

  • Stories from Black Traditions

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

    Join the Global Ed Center at Howard Congregational Church for an event featuring author Frank X. Walker reading from "A is for Affrilachia" and storytelling from the Graceful Soul Storyweavers,…

  • King Iron: the Story of Enslaved Furnace Workers in Tennessee

    Clement Railroad Hotel Museum 100 Frank Clement Place, Dickson, United States

    Created by the Tennessee African-American Historical Group, this new travelling exhibit examines the little known story of enslaved iron workers in the Volunteer State. Well researched and curated, "King Iron"…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Dr. Mark Cheathem

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    The presidential election of 1844 had it all: an unpopular incumbent forced out of the race, a perennial presidential loser, a candidate whose career appeared to be on life support,…

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    United We Stand: Racial Reconciliation in West TN

    Livestream

    This United We Stand livestream will explore Tennessee’s collective imagination as a tool shaping a safer, more just civic life in which all Tennesseans belong, including the evolving roles played…

  • Author Event: Jeanne Hardt

    Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave #3, Nashville, TN 37209, USA

    Join the Global Education Center in welcoming Appalachian author Jeanne Hardt, who will read from and discuss her Smoky Mountain series. For more information, visit:http://www.globaleducationcenter.org/ The event is one in…

  • Film Screening: King Coal

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

    Join the Global Education Center for a screening of the documentary, King Coal, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. For more information, visit: http://www.globaleducationcenter.org/ The event is one of the…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Ciona Rouse

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    Poet, editor, and educator Ciona Rouse is the author of Vantablack, the first chapbook of Third Man Books (2017). Her poetry has appeared in the journals Oxford American, Wildness, Booth, The Account, Still, Talking River, Gabby Journal, Matter: a journal of political…

  • Quilts as Storytellers

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

    Join the Global Education Center for a reading with Colleen Anderson, whose focuses on the stories quilts tell, alongside a quilt exhibit by the Zuri Quilting Guild. For more information,…

  • Encore Film Screening: How to Sue the Klan

    Downtown Library, Chattanooga 1001 Broad Street, Chattanooga, United States

    Join us May 4th the Downtown Chattanooga Public Library for an encore screening of the documentary How to Sue the Klan: The Legacy of the Chattanooga Five, featuring remarks from…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Aime Alley Card

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    The Tigerbelles tells the epic story of the 1960 Tennessee State University all-Black women's track team, which found Olympic glory at the 1960 games in Rome. The author tells a story…

  • “King Iron” Exhibit

    Black History Museum of Warren County 203 W. Main Street, Suite 13, McMinnVille, United States

    Created by the Tennessee African-American Historical Group, this new travelling exhibit examines the little known story of enslaved iron workers in the Volunteer State. Well researched and curated, "King Iron"…

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    Virtual: 50 Years | 50 Books Conversation with Ace Atkins

    For the final conversation in our 50 Years | 50 Books series, Chapter16.org contributor and New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins will discuss "Fletch," by Gregory McDonald. This is…

    Free

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Betsy T. Phillips

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    On September 10, 1957, Hattie Cotton Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee, blew up. On March 16, 1958, the Jewish Community Center was bombed. On April 19, 1960, the home of…

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    Southern Festival of Books | Author Reveal Party

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    We hope you'll join us Thursday, July 18 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm at the Tennessee State Museum! Our initial roster of authors for the 2024 Southern Festival of Books will be announced,…

    Free

  • Historic Marker Unveiling: Neighborhood Story Project, Gray, TN

    Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church 136 Bob Jobe Road, Gray, United States

    The McKinney Center and Holston Valley Unitarian Universalist Church invite you to join us for a special, Historic Marker Dedication on Emancipation Day, August 8, 2024, at the Unitarian Universalist…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Sara Koffi

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    Parasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, examining the intersection of race, class, and female friendship, and the devastating consequences of everyday…

  • Black Women of Print

    UT Downtown Gallery 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, United States

    Visit the UT Downtown Gallery for a new exhibition, "Black Women of Print," opening August 30, 2024. The exhibit features a portfolio of six printmaker, and is curated by Tanekeya…

  • Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, United States

    Roll Down Like Water features sixty-five photographs spanning a decade of work by the Memphis-based, Peruvian-American photographer Andrea Morales. These images reflect the collective change of Memphis and the surrounding…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories: Katie Seigenthaler (editor), Amy Frogge (editor), and Rachel Hester, Charles Strobel – The Kingdom of the Poor: My Journey Home (Vanderbilt University Press) in conversation with Kay West

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    *THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT* As Charles Strobel, beloved Nashville priest and advocate for the unhoused, reached the end of his life in 2023, he began to contemplate the last…

  • King Iron: The Untold Story of Enslaved Furnace Workers in Tennessee

    Promise Land Heritage Association 707 Promise Land Rd, Charlotte, TN, United States

    Created by the Tennessee African-American Historical Group, this new travelling exhibit examines the little known story of enslaved iron workers in the Volunteer State. Well researched and curated, "King Iron"…

  • “A Long, Hard Streak” Screening, Symposium and Tours

    American Legion Post 149 202 S. Kingston Street, Wartburg, United States

    Join the Morgan County Historical & Genealogical Society for a screening of the documentary, A Long, Hard Streak, featuring the story of local outlaw and outsider artist Billy Dean Anderson,…

  • Panel Discussion (hybrid): Black Women of Print

    University of Tennessee School of Art 1715 Volunteer Blvd Building Room 213, Knoxville, United States

    UT’s Downtown Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of new triptychs by Black Women of Print featuring work by Deborah Grayson, Karen J. Revis, Stephanie Santana, LaToya Hobbs, Althea Murphy-Price,…

  • Defending DEI: Addressing Anti-Blackness and Systemic Racism in Rural West TN

    Lane College Kirkendoll Student Center 816 N. Hays Ave, Jackson, United States

    Join regional partners at Lane College for a day of discussions and activities featuring scholars and practitioners covering topics such as civic engagement & voting, public health & families, the…

  • How We Got that Story: Erbil

    Virtual

    Join Nashville Public Radio for a webinar that will dive into reporting on Nashville’s growing Kurdish community. International correspondent Rose Gilbert will join online live from Erbil, the Kurdish capital of Iraq, to…

  • Gather, film screening & discussion

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

    Join the Global Ed Center for a screening of Gather, a film exploring a growing movement among Native American to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty. …

  • National Trail of Tears Association: 27th Annual Conference

    Embassey Suites 2321 Lifestyle Way, Chattanooga, United States

    Humanities Tennessee’s Shared Futures Lab (SFL) is pleased to announce our partnership with the National Trail of Tears Association (ToTA) and Tennessee Chapter to offer scholarships to attend the National Trail of Tears…

  • Introduction to Autistic Culture

    Operation Stand Down Tennessee 1125 12th Ave S., Nashville, United States

    Join AutismTN for a Spectrum Chat: "Introduction to Autistic Culture." This hybrid panel discussion is part of the Exploring Autistic Life and Culture project, funded, in part, by Humanities Tennessee. Autistic culture is…

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    Festival Fundraiser: An Evening with Erik Larson

    Paschall Theater at Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 Harding Pike, Nashville, TN

    As part of Southern Festival of Books, Humanities Tennessee, Parnassus Books, and Montgomery Bell Academy are thrilled to present an evening with Erik Larson, as he discusses his new book, The…

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    Writers’ Workshops: a Festival collaboration with The Porch

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    We are proud to welcome our literary friends from Nashville's The Porch back to the Southern Festival of Books with four facilitated writing workshops before the Festival officially begins. For…

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    Authors in the Round 2024

    Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 222 5th Ave S, Nashville, TN, United States

    We hope you will join us for Authors in the Round, a special event dinner that provides vital funding for the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books. Your participation in the dinner…

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    The 36th Annual Southern Festival of Books

    This fall, Humanities Tennessee will welcome more than 175 authors and 25,000 visitors to Nashville for the 36th annual Southern Festival of Books. The family-friendly weekend festival will be held…

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    TN Writers | TN Stories: Jared Sullivan at the Southern Festival of Books

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    For more than 50 years, a power plant in the small town of Kingston, Tennessee, burned fourteen thousand tons of coal a day, gradually creating a mountain of ashen waste 60…

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    Tennessee Book Award Reception: Putnam County

    Putnam County Library 50 E. Broad St., Cookeville, United States

    Humanities Tennessee will host a reception, award presentation, and reading with Monic Ductan, winner of the inaugural Tennessee Book Award for Fiction.

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    Tennessee Book Award Reception: Knoxville

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

    Humanities Tennessee will host a reading, reception, and award presentation for Denton Loving, winner of the inaugural Tennessee Book Award in Poetry.

  • How We Got That Story

    Virtual

    Join Nashville Public Radio for a webinar that will dive into reporting on Nashville’s growing Kurdish community. International correspondent Rose Gilbert will join online live from Erbil, the Kurdish capital of Iraq, to…

  • Gallery Talk with Elle Perry

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, United States

    Join the museum for a gallery talk about Andrea Morales' exhibition with Memphian Elle Perry. Born and raised in Memphis, Elle Perry has covered arts and culture (and related subjects)…

  • TN Folklife Institute

    The Tennessee Arts Commission Folklife Program, in partnership with Humanities Tennessee, presents the Tennessee Folklife Institute, an immersive training workshop designed to encourage and increase the documentation, preservation, and presentation of our…

  • Bernard School Rosenwald History Exhibit

    Magness Public Library 118 W. Main St, McMinnville, United States

    Join hosts of the Black History Museum at the library to see the TN State Museum traveling exhibition "Building a Bright Future: Black Communities & Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee," (Jan…

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    Teaching the Memphis 13: Virtual Workshop

    Elementary school educators are invited to a series of three virtual professional development workshops organized by the Memphis 13 Foundation. The focus explores the experiences of children in the desegregation…

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    Teaching the Memphis 13: Virtual Workshop

    Elementary school educators are invited to a series of three virtual professional development workshops organized by the Memphis 13 Foundation. The focus explores the experiences of children in the desegregation…

  • Chipping Away: the Life & Legacy of Sculptor William Edmondson

    Edgehill United Methodist Church 1502 Edgehill Ave, Nashville, United States

    Join Edgehilles  neighbors for a special viewing of the documentary Chipping Away: The Life & Legacy of Sculptor William Edmondson followed by a panel discussion of the film with filmmaker Mark…

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    Teaching the Memphis 13: Virtual Workshop

    Elementary school educators are invited to a series of three virtual professional development workshops organized by the Memphis 13 Foundation. The focus explores the experiences of children in the desegregation…

  • Recurring

    Teaching the Memphis 13: Virtual Workshop

    Elementary school educators are invited to a series of three virtual professional development workshops organized by the Memphis 13 Foundation. The focus explores the experiences of children in the desegregation…

  • Teaching the Memphis 13 Educators’ Workshop

    Elementary school educators are invited to an in-person professional development workshops organized by the Memphis 13 Foundation. The focus explores the experiences of children in the desegregation movement, with curricula…

  • Being Black/African American and Autistic

    Operation Stand Down Tennessee 1125 12th Ave S., Nashville, United States

    Join AutismTN for the next in the Spectrum Chat series, partly supported by Humanities TN. The in-person gathering at Operation Stand Down will be live streamed. Use this link to…

  • TN Association of Museums Conference

    Crowne Plaza Hotel 401 W. Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, tennessee, United States

    "Hope is like the sun. If you only believe it when you see it, you'll never make it through the night."                           General Leia Organa, Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi General…

  • Knoxville: A Walking Music Guide Discussion

    Maple Hall 414 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, United States

    Join the Knoxville History Project and historian Jack Neely for an introduction to and discussion of the new Knoxville: A Walking Music Guide, which features a walking tour of Knoxville…

  • Tennessee History Day

    The 2025 state contest will be held Saturday, April 5th in Nashville for students who qualified at their regional contests and were advanced by their coordinators. Good luck to all!…

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    TN Writers | TN Stories with Keith Wood

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    The Memphis Red Sox: A Negro Leagues History examines Memphis’s symbolic meaning and value as a Negro leagues baseball city during Jim Crow. It locates the main intersections between black professional…

  • Sugarcane: film screening and discussion

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

    Join the Global Education Center for a screening of Sugarcane, a film depicting the the history of boarding schools for indigenous children, followed by a panel discussion and community meal.…

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    TN Writers | TN Stories with John P. Williams

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    The name Montgomery Bell is well known to residents of Davidson County and the greater middle Tennessee region. Montgomery Bell State Park is located in Dickson County, forty minutes west…

  • AN EVENING WITH Candace Parker IN COVERSATION ABOUT HER NEW BOOK THE CAN-DO MINDSET JUNE 4, 2025 6:00 PM AT LAWSON HS Candace Parker How to Cultivate THE CAN-DO MINDSET PROCEEDS BENEFIT Humanities Tennessee Our stories Our state

    An Evening with Candace Parker

    Join us for a conversation with WNBA legend Candace Parker. Your ticket purchase includes a signed copy of her book, "The Can-Do Mindset: How to Cultivate Resilience, Follow Your Heart,…

  • Life Along the Emory Exhibit

    Morgan County Genealogical and Historical Society 121 N Kingston St, Wartburg, United States

    The Morgan County Genealogical & Historical Society hosted a Neighborhood Story Project from March-May 2025 centered on changes that have been occurring along the nearby Emory River. The 12-person working…

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    [POSTPONED] TN Writers | TN Stories with Charlie Peacock

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    In this artful memoir, Roots and Rhythm, Grammy Award–winning music producer Charlie Peacock flexes his literary chops and gives readers the gritty backstage stories they crave: biographical anecdotes, geeky trivia,…

  • Young Writers' Workshop
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    Young Writers’ Workshop at Austin Peay State University

    Austin Peay State University Clarksville, United States

    In collaboration with Humanities Tennessee, Austin Peay State University is the proud new home of the Tennessee Young Writers' Workshop. The Tennessee Young Writers' Workshop provides high school students ages…

  • Spectrum Chat: Being Queer and Autistic

    Operation Stand Down Tennessee 1125 12th Ave S., Nashville, United States

    Join AutismTN for a Spectrum Chat: Being Queer and Autistic, a Pride Month panel discussion exploring the intersection of LGBTQIA+ identities and neurodivergence. !ueer and Autistic identities often overlap, but this intersection is still…

  • Knoxville History Project Open House

    Knoxville History Project 516 W. Vine Ave, Knoxville, TN, United States

    The Knoxville History Project (KPH) invites you to an open house. You’ve heard about Underground Knoxville, the part of town covered up by the 1919 Gay Street Viaduct project; drop…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories with Jennifer C. Core and Janet S. Hasson

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    Jennifer Core and Janet Hasson’s study of samplers—embroideries that are “first attempts at a new technique, color combination, or unusual material”—provides vivid descriptions of this nineteenth-century Tennessee art form in…

  • NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 25 posters

    Roadmap to Reading at the National Book Festival

    Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW HALL D, Washington, DC, DC, United States

    Come find us in DC! As the Tennessee Center for the Book, we'll be representing the Volunteer State at the Library of Congress' National Book Festival and showcasing our Great…

  • TN Writers | TN Stories with Serina Gilbert and Learotha Williams

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    The Promise Land community, a small village west of Nashville, Tennessee was founded after the Civil War by people who had been enslaved at the Cumberland Iron Furnace. These early…

  • EVENT CANCELED: An Evening with Senator Joe Manchin and Brad Paisley

    Commodore Ballroom at Vanderbilt University 310 25th Avenue South, Nashville

    PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS CANCELED.PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED TICKETS WILL BE REFUNDED. Every ticket includes a pre-signed copy of Joe Manchin's Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense. (Please note there will…

  • Film Screening: Leap of Faith

    Nashville Public Library Donelson Branch 2714 Old Lebanon Pike, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

    Join us for the first program in our new series Beyond the Divide, presented by Millions of Conversations and hosted by Nashville Public Library. Beyond the Divide is an eight-part series presented…

  • Pre-Festival Writing Classes

    Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USA

    Kick off your Southern Festival of Books weekend with The Porch on Friday, October 17. You'll have the unique opportunity to learn from celebrated authors as they pass through Nashville…

    $51 – $60

  • Authors in the Round 2025

    Marathon Music Works 1402 Clinton St., Nashville, Tennessee

    One of your favorite events returns Friday, October 17, 2025 at an exciting new venue: Marathon Music Works. Located in the Marathon Village neighborhood, our 2025 dinner venue tells its…

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    The 37th Annual Southern Festival of Books

    Vanderbilt University Presents: The Southern Festival of Books, a program of Humanities Tennessee, is among the oldest literary festivals in the country, annually welcoming approximately 150 authors and 25,000 visitors…

  • An Evening with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben, moderated by Ann Patchett

    Schermerhorn Symphony Center One Symphony Place, Nashville, TN, United States

    Join two titans of storytelling– Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Reese Witherspoon and #1 global suspense phenomenon Harlan Coben – for a special event in partnership with Humanities Tennessee and…

  • Film Screening: 36 Seconds

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

    Join us for the second program in our new series Beyond the Divide, presented by Millions of Conversations and hosted by Nashville Public Library. Beyond the Divide is an eight-part series presented…

    Free

  • The Harvest Screening

    The Ned 314 E Main St, Jackson, Tennessee, United States

    Community members are invited to attend a special screening of the PBS American Experience documentary The Harvest on Saturday, November 1, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at The Ned,…

    Free

  • A Celebration of Tennessee Book Award Winner Vic Sizemore

    East Tennessee Historical Society and Museum, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USA

    Join us for a reading, award presentation and reception with Vic Sizemore, the 2025 Tennessee Book Award Winner in Fiction.

    Free