Events

Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine: The Cursed Poets and the Birth of the Avant-Garde Talk by Dr. Andrea Schellino October 29th, 2025 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM 1101 Classroom – Room 108 1101 19th Avenue South Please join us for a talk by Dr. Andrea Schellino in… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host historian and bestselling author Scott Ellsworth on Tuesday, Nov. 11, for a discussion of his latest book, "Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America."  Read More

We invite all member of the Blair Academy to join us for our annual Halloween Open House on October 28, 2025, from 4-6 p.m., to enjoy crafts, games, stories, costumes, and a performance by the Blair Suzuki cello studio!… Read More

The 2025 Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in partnership with Humanities Tennessee Oct. 18–19, will connect faculty, students, alumni and others with university ties to a vast community that shares their love for creative expression. Read More

Before his performance with the Blair Big Band on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Grammy winner Ignacio Berroa will be giving a pre-concert talk hosted by the Wilson Music Library at 6:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!… Read More

The McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies is launching a new speaker series this fall designed to help students and others take a critical look at media influences and foster a healthy relationship with technology. “Reimagining Expertise” will examine what it means to be an “expert” in the year 2025. Read More

Local and regional makers of comics, zines, and more will be at the 2025 Nashville Comic Arts Festival hosted by Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Oct. 4. This free event, which is open to the public, will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the fourth-floor main lobby of Central Library. Read More

Young people and their families will explore science, engineering and coding through hands-on autumn-themed activities at Fall Into STEAM, hosted by Vanderbilt’s Peabody Library on Saturday, Oct. 25. Read More

The life, music, and visual art of Dr. Yusef Lateef will be celebrated September 12-13, 2025, as the Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music hosts the Yusef Lateef Symposium. The two-day conference will include panel discussions, viewings of the Yusef A. Lateef Collection housed at Vanderbilt, a film screening, visual… Read More

The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries will host a pair of events on Wednesday, Sept. 17, to celebrate Constitution Day. Read More