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.
Avondale Towne Cinema Short Docs Festival: Water Stories At Water Stories, seven short documentary films will be shown, including films about water monitoring of the Chattahoochee; memories of the Creek people who once lived in the region; a Gulf of Mexico sailboat adventure; springs in Florida; and the frog-harming pesticide Atrazine. A talk-back will take […]
2018 Governor's Awards for the Arts & Humanities nomination deadline Today is the deadline for submitting nominations to Georgia Humanities for the 2018 awards.
2018 Susie King Taylor Mami Wata Rising International Conference The Susie King Taylor Women's Institute and Ecology Center is sponsoring a two-day conference on Susie King Taylor and her place in history. Taylor was the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in […]
Lunch and Learn: History of the Atlanta Braves: More than 145 Years of Braves History and Their Move to SunTrust Park Carolyn Serra, senior director of ballpark tours at Braves Heritage and Hall of Fame, will give a lecture on the Atlanta Braves and the team's new baseball park. Serra served as the director of […]
Power to the People: Celebrating 80 Years of Rural Electricity Witness a reenactment of FDR’s speech on the grounds of Gordon Military College in Barnesville 80 years ago for the dedication of the first rural electric membership cooperative. This event opens an exhibition on rural electrification in Georgia. Special guests include Wayne Clough, former secretary […]
Georgia Archives' 100th Anniversary The Friends of Georgia Archives and History (FOGAH) will host an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Georgia Archives on Saturday, August 18, beginning at 4:30 pm in Morrow. The celebration will begin at the Georgia Archives lobby, located at 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow at 4:30pm with a reception and […]
