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LOVE IN THE CLUB: Black Chicago Nighclub Photographs
Visit 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…
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Wild Summer of Authors: Lisa Regan
Wild Summer of Authors: Lisa Regan
Join 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.
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Postponed — TN Writers/TN Stories: Marissa Moss
Postponed — TN Writers/TN Stories: Marissa Moss
Join 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
Bringing Books to Life Family Workshop
Join 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.
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TN Writers/TN Stories: Leigh Ann Gardner
TN Writers/TN Stories: Leigh Ann Gardner
As 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…
2 events,
Wild Summer of Authors: Jessica Young
Wild Summer of Authors: Jessica Young
Join 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.
3 events,
Wild Summer of Authors: Greg Funderburg
Wild Summer of Authors: Greg Funderburg
Join 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
Bringing Books to Life Family Workshop
Join 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.
2 events,
WYXR Stereo Sessions: The Antidote
WYXR Stereo Sessions: The Antidote
Join 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.
3 events,
Discover Steampunk: A Fantastical Hands-on Adventure
Join 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…
Bringing Books to Life Teacher Workshop
Bringing Books to Life Teacher Workshop
Join the Nashville Public Library at the Bordeaux Branch Library for Professional Development Third Saturday Teacher Training. Designed for educators, these workshops discuss the importance of building students' early literacy skills. The series is partly funded by Humanities Tennessee's SHARP Grant program.
3 events,
Teaching TN History Workshop: Trail of Tears
The East TN Historical Society will host history teachers to study the people and events of the Trail of Tears, and explore best practices for bringing this history to the classroom. Site visits include New Echota, Chief Van House, Red Clay, and the Hiawassee Heritage Center. This teachers' institute is partially supported through Humanities TN's…
5 events,
The Odyssey: A Retelling, by Lisa Bachman Jones
Join 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 for A Retelling Jones read Emily Wilson’s 2017 translation of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey. The exhibition highlights the hospitality of the overlooked identities that…
Wild Summer of Reading: Kierstan Modglin
Wild Summer of Reading: Kierstan Modglin
Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Kierstan Modglin 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.
4 events,
Wild Summer of Authors: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Wild Summer of Authors: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author Rita Lorraine Hubbard 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.
4 events,
Wild Summer of Authors: John V. Suter
Wild Summer of Authors: John V. Suter
Join the Soddy-Daisy Community Library (SDCL) and the Kelcurt Foundation in welcoming author John V. Suter 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.