The Film Movement Series

See international and independent films at Hodges Library Moviegoers now have a chance to sample award-winning, first-run independent and international feature films that are unlikely to be screened elsewhere in Knoxville. The UT Libraries’ Film Movement Series will show sixteen films every Tuesday from August 30 to December 13 in the John C. Hodges Library … Continued

Documentary film presentation Argentina: Hope in Hard Times

Presented as part of the Global Studies Association Conference The documentary Argentina: Hope in Hard Times will be shown Saturday, May 14 beginning at 1 p.m. in the Hodges Library Auditorium as part of the Global Studies Association Conference Crosscurrents of Global Social Justice: Class, Gender, and Race. The event is free and open to … Continued

One-man show pays tribute to famed native son

R.B. Morris channels James Agee in The Man Who Lives Here is Loony As part of the James Agee Celebration, the University Libraries’ own writer-in-residence, R.B. Morris, will pay tribute to his fellow Fort Sanders resident in his one-man show The Man Who Lives Here is Loony on April 10 at 7 p.m. and April … Continued

An evening with Sam Venable

Author to speak at Tennessee Reads book club on April 12 You are invited to join Tennessee Reads for an evening with author and award-winning Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Sam Venable, Tuesday, April 12 at 7 p.m., at the University Club (Kingston Pike and Neyland Drive). Venable will discuss his book Rock-Elephant: A Story of Friendship … Continued

James Agee Celebration

Knoxville is hosting a community-wide celebration of one of its most famous sons, writer James Agee, and the UT Libraries is joining in the festivities. The James Agee Celebration will feature film screenings, theater, and exhibitions throughout the spring and – during James Agee Week, April 13-17 – more drama, music, lectures, a keynote address … Continued

E-Forum: The 21st Century Scholar: Nirvana or Hell?

University of Virginia’s University Librarian, Karin Wittenborg, to discuss the future of scholarship Join the UT Libraries for the next e-Forum series on Thursday, March 3rd with Karin Wittenborg, University Librarian at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, as she presents The 21st Century Scholar: Nirvana or Hell? The lecture will be held at 3 … Continued

“Love Your Libraries” 5K Run and Fun Walk to benefit UT Libraries

UT Athletics shows its love by matching funds Thirteen is a lucky number for the libraries at the University of Tennessee this year, as it marks the 13th anniversary of the annual Love Your Libraries 5K Run and Fun Walk co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Senate and the Knoxville Track Club. The race will be … Continued