Editing Brownsville, Tennessee (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[Image:West Main Mindfield 2008.jpg|thumb|right|''The Mindfield'', by Brownsville artist [[Billy Tripp]]]]

The [[Flagg Grove School|Tina Turner Museum]]&mdash;dedicated to singer [[Tina Turner]], born in Brownsville in 1939&mdash;is located in a renovated schoolhouse Turner attended.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last1=Turner|first1=Tina|url=https://archive.org/details/itina00turn|title=I, Tina|last2=Loder|first2=Kurt|publisher=New York : Morrow|year=1986|isbn=9780688059491|pages=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Fong-Torres|first=Ben|date=October 14, 1971|title=Tales of Ike and Tina Turner|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/tales-of-ike-and-tina-turner-237489/|access-date=December 12, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> Located alongside the Tina Turner Museum is the relocated childhood home of local blues musician [[Sleepy John Estes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleepy John Estes Home |url=https://www.westtnheritage.com/sleepy-john-estes-home |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Ann L. Marks Performing Arts Center is located in the [[College Hill Historic District (Brownsville, Tennessee)|College Hill Historic District]]. The theater is named for local writer Ann Liberman Marks who made substantial contributions to the arts during her lifetime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann Marks Obituary (2000) - Brownsville, TN - The Jackson Sun |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/jacksonsun/name/ann-marks-obituary?id=48667612 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> The theater houses 420 attendees and was built in 1920.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Ann Marks Performing Arts Center – Haywood County, Tennessee |url=https://haywoodtn.gov/ann-marks-performing-arts-center/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The theater was damaged by a storm in 2020, but reopened after renovations on January 11, 2024.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News |date=2024-01-12 |title=Ann Marks Performing Arts Center opens again |url=https://www.wbbjtv.com/2024/01/11/ann-marks-performing-arts-center-opens-again/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=WBBJ TV |language=en-US}}</ref>

Brownsville is home to The Mindfield, the largest sculpture in Tennessee. It has been single-handedly constructed by local author and artist Billy Tripp every year since 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billy Tripp's Mindfield, Brownsville, Tennessee |url=https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14826 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=RoadsideAmerica.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Mindfield – Brownsville, Tennessee |url=https://brownsvilletn.gov/live/the-mindfield/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> The sculpture is 127 feet at its tallest and approximately 300 feet in length.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-24 |title=The Mindfield Cemetery |url=https://spacesarchives.org/explore/search-the-online-collection/billy-tripp-the-mindfield-cemetery/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Spaces Archives |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, construction was completed on an amphitheater in downtown Brownsville. The venue plays host to numerous events, including concerts, fundraisers, and public celebrations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amphitheater – Brownsville, Tennessee |url=https://brownsvilletn.gov/play/amphitheater/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |language=en-US}}</ref> Free weekly concerts are held regularly in the summer to showcase local talent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Music on Main – Free Music Concert Series At the AMP – Brownsville, Tennessee |url=https://brownsvilletn.gov/music-on-main-free-music-concert-series-at-the-amp/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Brownsville was previously home to a spacious three-story opera house. This venue saw many traveling companies throughout the years, and also hosted various local programs, talent shows, and dances. Notable performances at the opera house were done by [[W. C. Handy]] and [[John Philip Sousa]]. The opera house was destroyed by a fire that had started in a restaurant nearby in December of 1931.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Opera House Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=194088 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref>