Martin Luther King Jr. Events
MTSU Dance Theatre will present “The Exodus Project” in the Tucker Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

The concert examines historic and contemporary migrations. While some of the dances presented are poetic in nature, others present direct reflections on emigrations and immigrations that reshaped cultural identities. These works will be complimented by performances from T Lang Dance Company of Atlanta and Company d, a company of disabled dancers from Memphis.

General admission tickets are $10 and $5 for students. MTSU students are admitted free with a valid student ID.

On Saturday, the NAACP holds its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at 9 a.m. at MTSU in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building. The Jerry Anderson Hero Award and

Humanitarian Awards will be presented.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for youth. Contact Florence Smith at 615-439-7601 for tickets or more information.

Rutherford Society Gala
The MTMC Foundation will hold the fifth annual Rutherford Society Gala Saturday at the Embassy Suites. This year’s guest speaker is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is also a FOX News anchor, 2008 presidential candidate and NY Times best-selling author.

Diagnosed with Type II diabetes in 2003, Huckabee lost 110 pounds and barely two years later, had completed four marathons. Continuing to call for a national emphasis on living a healthy lifestyle, Huckabee completed the book, Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork.

The Rutherford Society Gala is a private event held to recognize donors in the Rutherford Society, a premier group of donors who contribute $1,000 or more to the MTMC Foundation in a calendar year to support the foundation’s 16 funds.

For more information on the MTMC Foundation or to attend the private Rutherford Society Gala, contact Lindsey Fournier at 615-396-4996 or lindsey.fournier@mtmc.org, or visit mtmc.org.

The Center for the Arts presents Haute Metal
The show combines and contrasts a series of masculine, oftentimes weathered assemblage and sculpture made from rusted, aged and discarded materials with an array of glitzy, over-the-top mixed media collage based on the perceptions and ideologies of human beauty.  

The show is comprises recent works of two artists, Whitney Keels and Gerry McMahon. Keels and McMahon are both native to the Middle Tennessee area, born in Mt. Juliet and Nashville respectively, and they are also graduating seniors at MTSU.

The Center for the Arts is located at 110 W. College St. in Murfreesboro.

Thursday
All day - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Featuring Chandra DeBuse, Dustin Farnsworth, Phil Haralam and Lisa Johnson MTSU Todd Art Gallery

3 p.m. - Smyrna Library E-Reader Workshop
Smyrna Library, 400 Enon Springs Road West

6:30 p.m. - OHS International
Baccalaureate Program
Oakland High School will hold an information meeting concerning its International Baccalaureate program. Parents who are interested in the program for next school year should meet in Oakland High's auditorium.

7:30 p.m. - “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”
Thursday-Sunday through Jan. 15.
Out Front on Main, 1511 E. Main St., OutFrontOnMain.com

Friday
7 p.m. - “Guys & Dolls”
Friday-Saturday with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee through Jan. 22. Murfreesboro Center for the Arts, 110 W. College St. 615-904-2787 or boroarts.org

4-8 p.m. - Lascassas VDF Fish Fry
Cost $11, discounts for children and seniors. 6531 Lascassas Pike lascassasvolfire.com

Saturday
6:30 p.m. - Concert: The Secret Commonwealth
Barfield-Crescent Park, 697 E. Barfield Road