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…
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…
The Odyssey: A Retelling, by Lisa Bachman Jones
The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, USA 2901 Parthenon Ave, Tennessee, United StatesJoin the Parthenon for an exhibition of new works by Lisa Bachman Jones, a Nashville-based artist working across disciplines and investigating the everyday through a lens of care. In preparation…
Passport to Understanding: Multicultural Arts Integration
Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave #3, Nashville, TN 37209, USAJoin the Global Education Center for PreK-12 teacher workshop that shares approaches to teaching about Native American history, culture and arts. Click here for more information and to register. The…
Kristen Tubb O’Donnell Author Visits
Soddy-Daisy, TN, USAThe Soddy-Daisy Community Library & Kelcurt Foundation welcome children's author Kristen Tubb O'Donnell, who will visit local elementary schools to read from her works and meet the students over two…
Musica sin Fronteras (Music without Borders)
VirtualJoin the Tennessee Historical Society for the fourth in a series of free, virtual discussions. Manual A. Delgado and Dr. Gregory Reish discuss the history and genres of Mexican music…
Knoxville History Project Tour Launch
Maple Hall Bowling Alley, KnoxvilleJoin the Knoxville History Project team at Maple Hall Bowling Alley cocktail bar for the launch of Knoxville: A Walking Literary Tour, a new guide to the local sites of…
Color in Ancient Tennessee
The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, USA 2901 Parthenon Ave, Tennessee, United StatesJoin the Parthenon for this virtual symposium featuring Dr. Kevin Smith, archaeologist and professor at Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Smith will share his work to understand the pigments and colors…
Hill’s Island with Dr. Learotha Williams
Join the Cumberland River Compact for a virtual conversation with Dr. Williams about the history of Hill's Island in the Cumberland River. The event is part of an ongoing project…
Orchestra Unplugged: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Halloran Center for Performing Arts & Education 225 S. Main Street, Memphis, TN, United StatesCan you hear the dogs barking in Vivaldi’s famous Four Seasons? How about the driving snow and ice, swirling in the winter wind? Join the Memphis Symphony Orchestra in collaboration…
Lights! Camera! East Tennessee!
East Tennessee Historical Society and Museum, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USAVisit the East Tennessee History Center to learn about the history of moving images in the Knoxville region. This exhibition explores the technological roots of the film industry locally, film…
A Laughing Matter: Black Sitcoms in Review, 1950-2000
Tom & OE Stigall Museum, HumboldtVisit the Stigall Museum to see a traveling exhibit from Noir-Tech that explores the evolution of different forms of blackness across media, from Amos & Andy through the 1970s and…
Marching with Purpose: The Legacy of HBCU Music Programs in TN
Join the Tennessee Historical Society for the next event in a series of free, virtual discussions. Dr. Gary Powell Nash of Fisk and Dr. Reginald McDonald of TSU will discuss…
The African American Moviegoing Experience in the Segregated Era
East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USARobert 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…
Jubilee! From Slavery to Freedom
Capitol Theater, 110 W Main St, Lebanon, TN 37087, USAJoin 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…
TN Writers/TN Stories presents Mary Ellen Pethel
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAIn Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee’s Trailblazers, Mary Ellen Pethel introduces readers to past and present pioneers—each instrumental to the success of women’s athletics across the state of Tennessee and…
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…
TAM Conference – Memphis
Join us in Memphis on March 14-17 as we gather on the river with the TAMfam to explore this theme, visit landmark historic sites and museums with national significance and…
Folk & Traditional Arts Day-Turkey Calls
Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USAJoin 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…
Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis & Clark
Lewis County Depot, 112 E. Main Street, Hohenwald, TNJoin 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…
Folk & Traditional Arts Days: Ramp Cooking
Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USAJoin 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…
TN Writers/TN Stories presents Yasmine Ali
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAA gripping and meticulously crafted work of narrative nonfiction, Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster That Changed America (on-sale February 21, 2023) reconstructs the events of a horrific explosion in 1978 that…
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…
Tennessee History Day Competition
Tennessee History Day is the state level contest for National History Day. Students from across Tennessee come to Nashville to showcase the exhibits, performances, websites, papers, and documentary films they…
Carl T. Rowan, Naval Officer, Journalist, Diplomat
Warren Arts Performing Arts Center, MorrisonJoin 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…
Reimagining America Speaker Series: Dr. Antoine Saugrain
Lewis County Public Library, 15 Kyle Street, Hohenwald 38462Join 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:…