"Searching for Beulah Buchanan: The 20-Year Search for What Happened to a Little Girl on Thanksgiving Day, 1917," lunch and learn lecture Dan Roper, the publisher and editor of Georgia Backroads, discusses the unsolved mystery of Buchanan's death. This lecture is a community event.
In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County, Georgia panel discussion 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. This project is a collaborative […]
Hometown 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: 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.
Southern Writers Onstage: Women - Black and White series This series of readings/performances tells the story of the Southern American woman – black and white – through the writings of Southern American women. Actors Brenda Bynum and Eric Moore present Eudora Welty's "Powerhouse," the story of a great jazzman playing at a white dance in Alligator, […]
"Carson McCullers and the Southern Gothic" lecture Did Carson McCullers "invent" Southern Gothic? Southern literature expert and former McCullers Center director Dr. Courtney George will place McCullers in the context of her contemporaries and examine how modern authors continue to draw inspiration from her work. This lecture is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Carson McCullers 100th Birthday Celebration with Karen Allen Film actress Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Perfect Storm) will debut her new short film, A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud., based on the Carson McCullers story of the same name. A concert of McCullers's favorite classical music and readings from her work will accompany […]
Jackie Robinson: Baseball and Civil Rights Pioneer exhibition, February 20 - March 17, 2017 This exhibition focuses on Jackie Robinson's life, courage, and triumphs, both on the baseball field and in his civil rights work. This exhibition is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Hometown 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: 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.
