Restored Lives and Legacies: Sketches from Savannah's LePageville Community A symposium on the efforts to restore the lost community of LePageville will take place on the campus of Savannah State University, in the Student Union Event Room C. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Celebrating Archival Record-Keeping: The Georgia Archives at 100 A symposium sponsored by the Georgia Archives and Friends of Georgia Archives and History. Presentation topics include genealogy, the desegregation of Georgia universities, and archives and World War I, and more. Event is free. Register online at https://goo.gl/kZQppk or by calling Caroline Crowell at 678-364-3796. This is […]
Lunch and Learn: Documenting John Henry (Doc) Holliday in Griffin, Georgia Archivist Cindy Barton, of the Griffin Spalding Archive, will give a lunchtime lecture on "Documenting John Henry (Doc) Holliday in Griffin, Georgia" at the Georgia Archives. (Read about Doc Holliday in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.) Bring your lunch to this free event. This is […]
National History Day state competition National History Day students from across Georgia will gather at Mercer University in Macon for the state competition. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the National Archives-Atlanta, […]
True South: No Single Story The 17th Annual Wesleyan Storytelling Festival takes place on the campus of Wesleyan College in Macon on Saturday, April 21. Featured performers include storyteller and humorist Andy Offutt Irwin and singer/songwriter Caroline Herring. The event is free and open to the public. This is a community event.
Poetry Atlanta Presents: Jennifer Holley Lux, Karen Paul Holmes, and Amy Pence Poetry Atlanta returns to the Georgia Center for the Book for an evening of poetry, featuring Jennifer Holley Lux, Karen Paul Holmes, and Amy Pence. This is a community event.
Meet Pulitzer Prize Winner Rick Bragg The Gwinnett County Public Library presents an evening with Rick Bragg, the best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', whose latest book, The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table, is a blend of memoir and cookbook. A wine bar, silent auction, and free recipe sampling […]
Spring Symposium: Think Native! The Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail annual Spring Symposium will take place on Friday May 4 in Plains. This year's theme is "Think Native!" Native horticultural treasures of Georgia, gardening and bees, and monarchs and milkweed across Georgia are among the topics to be explored. The event is cosponsored by Plains Chautauqua […]
Lunch and Learn: Historic Preservation in the City of Atlanta: Find Out How It Works and What Is Going On Now! A lunchtime lecture on historic preservation in Atlanta will be given by Douglas Young, assistant director for historic preservation, in the City of Atlanta's Department of City Planning. (Read more about historic preservation in […]
Lunch and Learn: History Alive! Tours and Programs at the Northeast Georgia History Center Ken Johnston, curator of education at the Northeast Georgia History Center in Gainesville, will give a lecture on tours and programs at the Center. Bring your lunch to this free event. This is a community event.
