Calendar of Events

The Sundress Academy for the Arts is excited to present "Fragmented Histories: Exploring Identity and Cultural Memory through Erasure Poetry," a workshop led by Melanie Hyo-In Han on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025, from 6:00 - 7:30 PM EST. This event will be held over Zoom. Participants can access the event at tiny.utk.edu/sundress (password: safta).

In this workshop, we’ll use erasure and blackout poetry to engage with fragmented histories and cultural memory. Focusing on poets Emily Jungmin Yoon and Don Mee Choi — who address war, migration, and identity through experimental forms — we’ll explore how erasure poetry reveals and reframes historical trauma. Participants will create poems from archival texts, transforming silenced narratives into spaces where marginalized voices can resurface. After the writing exercises, we’ll reflect together on how fragmented forms can mirror cultural dislocation, personal loss, and resilience. Each participant will leave with a poem that deeply explores themes of identity, history, and memory, along with new tools for navigating complex personal and collective stories. Whether new to poetry or experienced, this session offers fresh approaches to examining identity and cultural memory.

Born in Korea and raised in East Africa, Melanie Hyo-In Han recently moved from the U.S. to the U.K. She is the author of Abecedarian: Banff, Canada (kith books, 2024), My Dear Yeast (Milk & Cake Press, 2023) and Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips (Finishing Line Press, 2021), as well as the translator of several collections of Spanish poetry (Hebel Ediciones). Han has received fellowships from Sundress Academy and Banff Centre and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Flora Fiction and Two Languages Prize Editor at Gasher Press. Learn more about her at melaniehan.com.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1672757549988149/

2/8 • Reading the Landscape: Geology
2/8 • Becoming a Survivalist: Beginner Outdoor Skills
2/8 • Woodcock Walk: Guided Birding Program
2/9 • Reset, Renew, Rejuvenate Workshop
2/12 • Full Moon Hike
2/15 • Paint with a Turkey Vulture and American Kestrel
2/16 • Reset, Renew, Rejuvenate: Yoga Workshop and Sauna Session

Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920. Visitor Center open daily 10-6; grounds and trails open daily from 8 AM - dusk. Information: 865-577-4717, www.ijams.org

Monday Modern | 7-8pm
Wednesday Wildcard | 7-8pm

We offer intermediate/advanced level open classes on Mondays and Wednesdays. Your first class with Momentum is free!

At Tennessee Conservatory of Fine Arts, 2906 Tazewell Pike STE A, Knoxville, TN 37918
https://www.momentumdancelab.org/classes

Capoeira Fundo da Mata is the Knoxville chapter of UCA. We train at the Sustainable Future Center on Mondays and Wednesdays 5:30-7:30 PM under the guidance of Mestre Avestruz. Classes are $5 and the first class is free. Capoeira is a great combination of exercise, mobility, fun movement and expression, as well as music and Brazilian culture.

Contact us at info@capoeiraknoxville.org.
https://capoeiraknoxville.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/10676755862/

Sustainable Future Center, 201 Ogle Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-294-0154, https://www.sfcknox.org/

Wednesdays, with lessons at 7:00 and dance at 8, held by the Knoxville Swing Dance Association. Social dance with no partner or experience required. https://www.facebook.com/KnoxSwingDance/

At the Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Avenue, Knoxville
http://jubileearts.org/ongoing-events/