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Lights! Camera! East Tennessee!

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

Visit 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, Humboldt

Visit 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…

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…

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…

TN Writers/TN Stories presents Yasmine Ali

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

A 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…

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, 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…

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:…

TN Writers/TN Stories presents Elizabeth Elkins and Scott Williams

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

Join us as we explore biographies — each with a unique approach — of two legendary Tennessee figures, David Crockett and Timothy Demonbreun. In We Should Soon Become Respectable: Nashville's Own…

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…

Abraham Verghese at Parnassus Books

Parnassus Books, in partnership with Humanities TN, is pleased to present an evening with Abraham Verghese as he discusses his new book, The Covenenant of Water. This is a ticketed event…

Social Judgement: Physiognomy & Silhouettes

Exchange Place Historic Site 4812 Orebank Rd, Kingsport, TN, United States

The Exchange Place Junior Apprentices will attend a workshop exploring the widespread prejudices associated with 18th-19th centuries practice of silhouette portraiture and similar expressions over time to the present.

Historic Figures of Tipton-Haynes

Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum 116 W. Main Street, Joneborough, TN, United States

Organized by the Tipton-Haynes Historic Site, this traveling exhibit that explores the people and the past of the storied site, and the property's role in broader, regional history. Click here…

Community Author Experience Project: Tammera Hicks

Join the Soddy Daisy Community Library for a discussion with Tammera Hicks, Director of Native American Services, who will explore the stories, myths, history and culture of Native Americans in…

Community Author Experience Project: Kimberly Brock

Author Kimberly Brock will present a writing workshop, followed by a discussion of her historical fiction at the Soddy Daisy Community Library. Register for free at Eventbrite. Humanities TN provided…

The Role of the Replica

The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37203, USA 2901 Parthenon Ave, Tennessee, United States

Visit the Parthenon's latest exhibition for an interactive, hands-on exploration of how replicas of ancient items and places are created, and why they teach us so much about our understanding…

Ruta Sepetys: You: The Story: A Writer’s Guide to Craft Through Memory

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

You: The Story is a powerful how-to book for aspiring writers that encourages you to look inward and excavate your own memories in order to discover the authentic voices and compelling…

WYXR x MoSH: The Way They Play panel discussion

WYXR and the Memphis Museum of Science & History (MoSH) are joining forces to uplift the voices of prominent local guitarists in Memphis by hosting a live panel discussion called…

Voices & Votes: Let’s Talk about It

Dickson County Library TN, United States

The Promise Land Heritage Association is hosting a discussion panel program to complement the Smithsonian-Museum on Main Street exhibit "Voices and Votes: Democracy in America" which is currently on display…

African American Fife & Drum Music in TN

Virtual

Join the TN Historical Society for a free, virtual discussion with musicologist John Shaw about these historic bands, which have served both as a rallying tool for political militancy and provided…

Clarence Brown Film Festival

TN, United States

Celebrate the work and legacy of Knoxville's Clarence Brown, one of Hollywood’s most highly regarded directors. His prolific body of work spanned the silent era into the 1950s. Join international…

A Community Born of Water & Stone Exhibit Opening

Historic Ramsey House 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, TN, United States

Join Historic Ramsey House for a ribbon cutting ceremony to open a new permanent exhibit, "A Community Born of Water & Stone," which explores the history, legacy and stories of…

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America Exhibition Opening

Maury County Library 211 W. 8th Street, Columbia, TN, United States

Join the African American Heritage Society of Maury County (AAHSMC) for the opening of the Smithsonian's "Voices & Votes" exhibition at the public library. The interactive exhibit explores, through multiple…

UNMASKING: Chattanooga Elders Speak

Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum 200 E M L King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN, United States

Join Mark Making for a theater performance based on oral history interviews of Chattanooga elders, followed by a facilitated discussion with the elders, performers and the audience. Click here to…

2023 Southern Festival of Books Preview

Parnassus Books 3900 Hillsboro Road, Suite #14, Nashville, TN

Parnassus Books is pleased to partner with The Women’s National Book Association (Nashville) in hosting a preview of the 2023 Southern Festival of Books. Serenity Gerbman, of Humanities Tennessee, will…

Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee Symposium

The Tennessee State Museum and the John Hope & Aurelia E. Franklin Library at Fisk University are presenting a two-day symposium in conjunction with the museum's exhibit, "Building a Brighter…

“Show Us Your Nashville” Youth Civics Art Contest

Artville Main Stage Wedgewood Houston

Join Kidizenship at Artville for an exhibition of finalists in the Show Us Your Nashville, a youth civics contest. Nashville youth were charged with creating a presenting one idea to…

Three Roots of Appalachia: Readings, Discussion, Panel

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

Global Education Center is hosting an event in its Three Roots of Appalachia project that includes a presentation of Scots-Irish traditions by Dr. Jane MacMorran, a reading from "Black Indian:…

Impact of the Cordell Hull Dam & Lake in Granville

Granville Museum 169 Clover Street, Granville, TN

Visit the Granville Museum for an opening ceremony of phase one of an exhibition project exploring the legacy of the construction of the Cordell Hull Dam to the local community.…

Tennessee Music Box: History, Mystery, Revival

Virtual

Join the TN Historical Society for a free, virtual discussion with musician and educator Sandy Conatser,  who will share her research of these ingenious folk instruments made of materials at hand…

A Place at the Table: Tennesseans Lead the Way for American Democracy

Martin Public Library 410 S Lindell St, Martin, United States

Mark Dudney, a public historian and historic preservation planner from Cookeville, will review the story of democracy in Tennessee, including Native American and early settlement, the Jacksonian era, the Civil…

American Experiments

Martin Public Library 410 S Lindell St, Martin, United States

Join the library for American Experiments, interactive, all-ages programs that explore democratic fundamentals such as critical reason and compromise, facilitated by educator Becky Verner. The program is presented alongside the…

Savages & Princesses: The Persistence of Native American Stereotypes

Museum Center at 5ive Points 200 Inman St SE, Cleveland, United States

Join the Museum Center for this traveling exhibit organized by the Mid-American Arts Alliance, which explores, through the work of indigenous artists, the various themes of stereotyping of Native Americans…

Savages & Princesses exhibit opening event

Museum Center at 5ive Points 200 Inman St SE, Cleveland, United States

Join the Museum Center for a reception to open a traveling exhibit, Savages & Princesses: The Persistence of Native American Stereotypes. Enjoy a discussion panel moderated by Dr. Rondall Reynoso…

Mary Leuana Christensen: Cherokee Author

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

Join the Global Education Center for an evening of reading and discussion with Cherokee poet and author, Mary Leuana Christensen. The event is part of the "Three Roots of Appalachia:…

Voices & Votes: Democracy in America

Tom & OE Stigall Museum, Humboldt

The Tennessee tour of “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” launched in Clinton at the Green McAdoo Cultural Center and is now concluding at the Tom & O.E. Stigall Museum in Humboldt. TN.…