Humanities Tennessee
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FeaturedFestival Event: Erica Waters at Parnassus Books
Parnassus Books, 3900 Hillsboro Pike #14, Nashville, TN 37215, USA 101 Hillsboro Pl, United StatesHumanities Tennessee and Parnassus Books are pleased to present an evening with Erica Waters as she discusses her new YA novel, All That Consumes Us, as part of the 35th annual Southern Festival of Books. This is a free event which will take place IN STORE on Wednesday, October 18th at 6:30pm Central Time. Because space will be limited, registration…
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FeaturedFestival Event: Terrance Hayes at Tennessee State University
TSU Forum Auditorium 3500 John Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TNTerrance Hayes is a 2014 MacArthur Fellow and a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry. He is the author of American Sonnets for My Past And Future Assassin and To Float In The Space Between: Drawings and Essays in Conversation with Etheridge Knight. To Float In The Space Between was winner of…
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Festival Event: John Scalzi at Parnassus Books
Parnassus Books, 3900 Hillsboro Pike #14, Nashville, TN 37215, USA 101 Hillsboro Pl, United StatesHumanities Tennessee and Parnassus Books are pleased to present an evening with John Scalzi as he discusses his new book, Starter Villain, as part of the 35th annual Southern Festival of Books. This is a ticketed event which will take place IN STORE on Thursday, October 19th at 6:30pm Central Time. JOHN SCALZI is one of the…
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FeaturedTN Writers | TN Stories and Festival Event with Margaret Renkl
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAIn The Comfort of Crows, New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons—from a crow spied on New Year’s Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the…
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FeaturedUnited We Stand: Racial Reconciliation in West TN
LivestreamThis 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 by civil society, media, and the State in reversing the “othering” of any Tennessean. The West TN theme of Racial Reconciliation will feature Ida B.…
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FeaturedVirtual: 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, virtual event held on Chapter 16's Facebook page on Tuesday, July 16 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Click here to save event and set…
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FeaturedSouthern Festival of Books | Author Reveal Party
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAWe 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, plus we'll share several exciting announcements about this year's event. We'll also shine a spotlight on the 2024 Authors in the Round dinner which raises essential funds…
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Black Women of Print
UT Downtown Gallery 106 S. Gay St, Knoxville, United StatesVisit 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 Word, founder of Black Women of Print. For more information and a full roster of exhibit events, visit the gallery page. Humanities TN is pleased…
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Andrea Morales: Roll Down Like Water
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, United StatesRoll 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 region over time. Her approach is informed by Movement Journalism–an emerging, ethical, and community-oriented journalistic framework–and anchored in the historic legacies of activism in the…
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King Iron: The Untold Story of Enslaved Furnace Workers in Tennessee
Promise Land Heritage Association 707 Promise Land Rd, Charlotte, TN, United StatesCreated 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" seeks to further our understanding of pre-Civil War Tennessee through the lens of industrial slavery and its regional impact. The exhibit will be at the…
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“A Long, Hard Streak” Screening, Symposium and Tours
American Legion Post 149 202 S. Kingston Street, Wartburg, United StatesJoin 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, who evaded FBI capture for years living in a nearby cave and making art. The film is followed by a discussion with the producer, and…
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Panel Discussion (hybrid): Black Women of Print
University of Tennessee School of Art 1715 Volunteer Blvd Building Room 213, Knoxville, United StatesUT’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, and Tanekeya Word. Join us for a special panel discussion with Black Women of Print members Althea Murphy-Price, Karen J. Revis, and Tanekeya Word as…
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Defending DEI: Addressing Anti-Blackness and Systemic Racism in Rural West TN
Lane College Kirkendoll Student Center 816 N. Hays Ave, Jackson, United StatesJoin 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 justice system, and more through the experiences and perspective a rural Black West Tennesseans. The organizing consortium includes the Weakley Co. Reconciliation Project, the United…
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How We Got that Story: Erbil
VirtualJoin 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 discuss her travel, notable events in Kurdistan, and the relationship between our two regions. Registration is free and required to receive the Zoom link, so reserve…
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Storytelling as Liberation: A Conversation with Andrea Morales & Michela Watts
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, United StatesJoin the Brooks Museum for a panel in conjunction with the exhibition Andrea Morales: Roll down Like Water. Photographer Andrea Morales’s portrayal of our region is deeply rooted in the communities she engages with. Her approach to her photography is informed by “movement journalism,” and her photographs often document social and environmental movements with local…
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Gather, film screening & discussion
Global Education Center, 4822 Charlotte Ave., Nashville, TNJoin 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. Local indigenous educator, Shayna Hobbs, will lead a discussion. The event is part of a series, "Exploring Indigenous Nashville, Then and Now," funded, in part,…
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National Trail of Tears Association: 27th Annual Conference
Embassey Suites 2321 Lifestyle Way, Chattanooga, United StatesHumanities 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 annual conference in Chattanooga, October 14-16, 2024. In its 27th year, the conference is an opportunity to connect tribal leadership with local communities, and includes site visits, speakers,…
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Introduction to Autistic Culture
Operation Stand Down Tennessee 1125 12th Ave S., Nashville, United StatesJoin 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 a culture that's based on the shared ways of "being," thinking, and communicating among Autistic people. It includes its own customs, norms, and values. This…
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FeaturedFestival Fundraiser: An Evening with Erik Larson
Paschall Theater at Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 Harding Pike, Nashville, TNAs 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 Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. Six of his books became New York Times bestsellers. Two…
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FeaturedWriters’ Workshops: a Festival collaboration with The Porch
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAWe 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 years, attendees have requested that we offer opportunities for writers to engage with each other and the written word. Through our collaboration with The Porch,…
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FeaturedAuthors in the Round 2024
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 222 5th Ave S, Nashville, TN, United StatesWe 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 ensures that Humanities Tennessee may continue to present the Festival at no charge. Roughly 175 authors are slated to attend the Festival and 40 of those authors…
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FeaturedThe 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 at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Museum, and Tennessee State Library and Archives on Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27. The festival…
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FeaturedTN Writers | TN Stories: Jared Sullivan at the Southern Festival of Books
Tennessee State Museum, 1000 Rosa L Parks Blvd, Nashville, TN 37208, USAFor 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 feet high and covering 84 acres, contained only by an earthen embankment. In 2008, just before Christmas, that embankment broke, unleashing a lethal wave of…
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FeaturedTennessee Book Award Reception: Putnam County
Putnam County Library 50 E. Broad St., Cookeville, United StatesHumanities 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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FeaturedTennessee Book Award Reception: Knoxville
East Tennessee History Center, 601 S Gay St, Knoxville, TN 37902, USAHumanities Tennessee will host a reading, reception, and award presentation for Denton Loving, winner of the inaugural Tennessee Book Award in Poetry.
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Gallery Talk with Elle Perry
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave, Memphis, United StatesJoin 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) in the Bluff City for nearly 20 years. Elle works now as Digital Desk Manager and Internship Coordinator for The Daily Memphian. Her work has…
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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 state’s folklife traditions. Over the course of five daylong sessions spread over three months, participants will develop skills necessary to cultivate Tennessee’s diverse cultural traditions.…
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Bernard School Rosenwald History Exhibit
Magness Public Library 118 W. Main St, McMinnville, United StatesJoin 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 13-Feb 28) alongside the "Bernard School Exhibit,"(Feb 1-28) exploring the history and legacy of McMinnville's own former Rosenwald School. Humanities Tennessee is pleased to provide…
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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 movement, with curricula that offers a powerful way for children to see themselves as changemakers. For more information contact Dwania Kyles, dkyles@m13f.org, or visit m13f.org…
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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 movement, with curricula that offers a powerful way for children to see themselves as changemakers. For more information contact Dwania Kyles, dkyles@m13f.org, or visit m13f.org…
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Chipping Away: the Life & Legacy of Sculptor William Edmondson
Edgehill United Methodist Church 1502 Edgehill Ave, Nashville, United StatesJoin 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 Schlicher, Edmondson family members, and community members and by a light reception. This event is free and open to the public. Visit the EUMC website…
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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 movement, with curricula that offers a powerful way for children to see themselves as changemakers. For more information contact Dwania Kyles, dkyles@m13f.org, or visit m13f.org…
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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 movement, with curricula that offers a powerful way for children to see themselves as changemakers. For more information contact Dwania Kyles, dkyles@m13f.org, or visit m13f.org…
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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 that offers a powerful way for children to see themselves as changemakers. For more information contact Dwania Kyles, dkyles@m13f.org, or visit m13f.org Humanities TN is pleased to…
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Being Black/African American and Autistic
Operation Stand Down Tennessee 1125 12th Ave S., Nashville, United StatesJoin 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 access the event. For more information visit: autismtn.org
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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 Leia Organa's words are not dissimilar from those spoken by museum professionals and volunteers across Tennessee. I know we are at capacity, but I hope…
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FeaturedYoung Writers’ Workshop at Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University Clarksville, United StatesIn 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 14-18 with a unique overnight summer camp experience focused on Creative Writing. This year's camp will be hosted at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville,…