Georgia Humanities

"Still Raising Hell": Camille Billops and James V. Hatch Exhibition
2017-02-20, 2017-02-13, 2017-02-06, 2017-02-01 | Schatten Gallery, Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States
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, and is on display November 14, 2016, through May 14, 2017.

Hometown Teams in Jefferson
2017-02-20, 2017-02-13, 2017-02-06, 2017-02-01 | Jefferson High School Arena, Jefferson, GA, United States
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.

Jackie Robinson: Baseball and Civil Rights Pioneer
2017-02-20 | Ingram Library, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA, 30118, United States
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.

Carson McCullers 100th Birthday Celebration with Karen Allen
2017-02-19 16:00 - 20:00 UTC | RiverCenter for the Performing Arts, 900 Broadway, Columbus, GA, 31901, United States
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 the film.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"Carson McCullers and the Southern Gothic"
2017-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
“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.

Southern Writers Onstage: Women Black and White
2017-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Balzer Theater at Herren’s, 84 Luckie Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
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, Mississippi. Southern Writers Onstage was developed by Dr. Pearl McHaney of Georgia State University.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County, panel discussion
2017-02-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Morgan County Public Library, 1131 East Avenue, Madison, GA, 30650, United States
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 effort between documentary photographer and mixed media artist Lynn Linnemeier, volunteer photographers, descendants of Anna Charleston, the Morgan County African American Museum staff, and the Morgan County African American community.
In Plain View is on display February 5-April 30, 2017.
This exhibition is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"Searching for Beulah Buchanan"
2017-02-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, 30260, United States
“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.

Georgia Day
2017-02-10 - 2017-02-11 | Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, 30260, United States
Georgia Day, February 10-11, 2017
In honor of Georgia Day, the Georgia Archives will display Georgia’s copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Royal Charter.
The documents will be on display February 10-11, 2017, from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

"Carson's Columbus"
2017-02-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia, 31906
“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.

Titles@Twilight: A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2017-02-07 18:30 - 19:30 | Williams-Payne House, 6075 Sandy Springs Circle, Sandy Springs, GA, 30328, United States
Titles@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 and Columbus: It's Complicated"
2017-02-07 12:00 - 14:00 | Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, 31906, United States
Dr. 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.

In Plain View: African American Women Entrepreneurs of Morgan County
2017-02-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Morgan County African American Museum, 156 Academy Street, Madison, GA, 30650, United States
In 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. This project is a collaborative effort between documentary photographer and mixed media artist Lynn Linnemeier, volunteer photographers, descendants of Anna Charleston, the Morgan County African American Museum staff, and the Morgan County African American community.
An opening reception and artist talk takes place February 5, 2:00-4:00pm at the Morgan County African American Museum.
In Plain View is on display February 5-April 30, 2017.
This exhibition is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

"African American Young Men in Jails and Wars"
2017-02-01 19:15 - 21:00 | DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, 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 here.
This is a community event.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
2017-01-24 08:00 - 2017-02-15 17:00 | Various, Atlanta, GA, United States
The largest film festival in Atlanta and the largest Jewish Film Festival in the world, the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival presents outstanding international and independent cinema that fosters intergroup understanding among Atlanta’s diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious populations.

Talking Service veterans’ reading and discussion program
2016-12-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Atlanta Bread Company, Mall of Georgia, Buford, GA, 30515, United States
This month, the group will read “Veterans,” by Bryan Humphreys.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia
2016-12-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, 30260, United States
“Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia,” by Kaye Lanning Minchew
Minchew, author of A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia, will deliver a Lunch and Learn lecture about Roosevelt and his Georgia holiday traditions.

Hometown Heroes
2016-12-07 08:30 - 15:00 | Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, GA, United States
Hometown Heroes: Sports and the 8th Grade Economics Standards
Georgia Council on Economic Education presents a day-long teacher workshop focusing on the intersection of Georgia’s multi-billion dollar sports industry and economic concepts addressed in the Georgia Performance Standards. Register by December 1.

Grand Opening Festivities for Hometown Teams
2016-11-19 09:30 - 11:30 | Downtown Amphitheater, Carrollton, GA, United States
Grand Opening Festivities for Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America exhibition
Pep rally begins at the downtown amphitheater at 9:30 a.m., followed by an old-fashioned parade through downtown Carrollton. The opening ceremony begins at 11:00 a.m. on Carrollton’s Main Street.

Hometown Teams
2016-11-19 08:00 - 2016-12-24 17:00 | Carrollton Cultural Arts Center, Carrollton, GA, United States
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.

First Folio!
2016-11-05 08:00 - 2016-12-11 17:00 | Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Cir NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
First Folio! The book that gave us Shakespeare exhibition
This exhibition features Shakespeare’s First Folio, on loan from the Folger Shakespeare Library for the first time, on display with his Second, Third, and Fourth Folios in honor of the 400th anniversary of his death.
