Talking Service veterans’ reading and discussion program
Atlanta Bread Company Mall of Georgia, Buford, GA, United StatesThis month, the group will read “Veterans,” by Bryan Humphreys.
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Hometown Teams in Jefferson
Jefferson High School Arena Jefferson, GA, United StatesHometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition explores what sports and “hometown teams” mean to Americans, Georgians, and local communities. Hometown Teams is on view in Jefferson from January 14, 2017, through February 25, 2017.
“Still Raising Hell”: Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Exhibition
Schatten Gallery Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United StatesStill Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch exhibition
This exhibition explores Billops and Hatch’s commitment to speaking truth to power and exploring the meaning and purpose of African American art.
“African American Young Men in Jails and Wars”
DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, United States"African American Young Men in Jails and Wars: Walter Dean Myers’s 'Monster,' 'Fallen Angels,' and 'Sunrise over Fallujah'" Dr. Pearl McHaney presents part two of the "Connecting Lines: Building Empathy Through Literature" lecture series, sponsored by the Georgia Center for the Book. To hear an interview with McHaney by "City Lights" host Lois Reitzes, click […]
In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County
Morgan County African American Museum 156 Academy Street, Madison, GA, United StatesIn Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County exhibition, February 5 - April 30, 2017 Through complicated histories and narratives, documentary photographs, memorabilia, and dialogue, the exhibition In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County, Georgia examines entrepreneurial women of the Plainview community: landowners Anna Charleston, Jessie Andrews, and Katie Lowe. […]
Hometown Teams in Jefferson
Jefferson High School Arena Jefferson, GA, United StatesHometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition This Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition explores what sports and “hometown teams” mean to Americans, Georgians, and local communities. Hometown Teams is on view in Jefferson from January 14, 2017, through February 25, 2017.
“Still Raising Hell”: Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Exhibition
Schatten Gallery Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United StatesStill Raising Hell: The Art, Activism, and Archives of Camille Billops and James V. Hatch exhibition
This exhibition explores Billops and Hatch’s commitment to speaking truth to power and exploring the meaning and purpose of African American art.
“Carson and Columbus: It’s Complicated”
Columbus Museum 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, United StatesDr. Nick Norwood, director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians, will discuss the complicated relationship between Carson McCullers and the people of her hometown, Columbus, Georgia. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Titles@Twilight: A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Williams-Payne House 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, GA, United StatesTitles@Twilight: A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt lecture Heritage Sandy Springs hosts Kaye Minchew, author of A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Minchew will discuss Franklin Roosevelt's time in Georgia and the impact he and the state had on each other. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
“Carson’s Columbus”
Columbus Public Library 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, United States"Carson's Columbus" lecture Historian and author Dr. Virginia Causey discusses the childhood world of writer Carson McCullers in a look at Columbus, Georgia, in the 1920s-40s. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
