27th Edition of the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta For 26 years, the Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA) has offered a two-week literary extravaganza featuring an exciting lineup of the year's most exceptional authors. Each year, thousands of book lovers come together to listen, […]
Magical Language: Gloria Naylor's Mama Day The Athens-Clarke County Library will host a screening of "Daughters of Dust," based on Gloria Naylor's book Mama Day. A panel discussion will immediately follow the film screening. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call Sarah List at 706-613-3650 ext. 340. This event is supported by […]
Armistice Day Commemoration: British Poets of the Great War Commemorate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day with a reading of World War I poetry by Robert Graves, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and others. For British poets searching for a means to express the horror and heroism of the Great War, the shared cultural heritage of […]
Magical Language: Gloria Naylor's Mama Day The Athens-Clarke County Library will host Magical Language: Gloria Naylor's Mama Day, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the Gullah-Geechee. This panel discussion will focus on the book Mama Day, The Tempest, and the Gullah-Geechee history. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call Sarah List at 706-613-3650 ext. […]
Georgia Great Works Seminar: The New Era of Documentary Filmmaking in Georgia This Georgia Great Works Seminar will be moderated by Hal Jacobs, a Decatur-based documentary filmmaker who also organizes a bimonthly screening of "short docs" on southern people and places. Jacobs will share excerpts from his own work, including stories about segregation at the […]
Humanities Research Center Lecture Series: Noah Isenberg A film historian and professor of culture and media at the New School in New York, Noah Isenberg will discuss his recent book, We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie. The event will take place on the Georgia State University campus, […]
World War I: A Look Back 100 Years The Madison-Morgan Cultural Center will host a symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended WWI on November 11, 1918. The program will feature local and regional historians, including a keynote address from Dr. Jamil S. Zainaldin, President Emeritus of Georgia Humanities. A reception will immediately […]
Georgia Great Works Seminar: The New Era of Documentary Filmmaking in Georgia This Georgia Great Works Seminar will be moderated by Hal Jacobs, a Decatur-based documentary filmmaker who also organizes a bimonthly screening of "short docs" on southern people and places. Jacobs will share excerpts from his own work, including stories about segregation at the […]
The Patch Works Humanities Lecture Series: Cabbagetown Music - Its Past, Present, and Future This year, The Patch Works Art and History Center brings a lecture series on the lessons of Cabbagetown, past and present. The lecture, Re-surfacing Cabbagetown: Mapping the Emergence of Waterways and Stories, will feature Rebecca Page, Ashley Cheyemi McNeil, and Brennan Collins from Georgia […]
Georgia Great Works Seminar: The New Era of Documentary Filmmaking in Georgia This Georgia Great Works Seminar will be moderated by Hal Jacobs, a Decatur-based documentary filmmaker who also organizes a bimonthly screening of "short docs" on southern people and places. Jacobs will share excerpts from his own work, including stories about segregation at the […]
