Art & Letters

Book signings

Davis-Kidd Booksellers (4007 Hillsboro Road; 385-2645). 6:30 p.m. Friday. Motivational speaker and performer Robin Crow will discuss and sign Jump and the Net Will Appear.

Lectures/Classes

Frist Center for the Visual Arts (919 Broadway; 244-3340). 10 a.m. Saturday and Nov. 9. Learn basic drawing techniques as a family while studying pieces by famous master painters in the galleries including Whistler, Sargent and Steer. Artist Nancy Hall will lead the workshop.

Tennessee State University (Thomas Edward Poag Auditorium in the Humanities building; 963-5000). 12:15 p.m. today. TSU